Written by Tanya Barfield, Directed by Darryl V. Jones, Prod. by Aurora Theatre Company. Intimate. Intrepid. Inspired. Tanya Barfield’s two-man play puts Lewis, a high-achieving Black mathematics professor, in conversation with three generations of his ancestors over the course of a fevered dream or night of sleepless delusion as he wrestles with his own sense of …
Written by William Shakespeare, in a modern verse translation by Amy Freed, Directed by Giulio Cesare Perrone & L. Peter Callender, Prod. by African American Shakespeare Company. “The Taming of the Shrew” or “Kiss Me Kate” or “10 Things I Hate About You” or even “The Timing of Us Two” (I just made that one up!)… however you perceive …
Written by Amelio Garcia, Directed by William Hodgson, Prod. by Oakland Theater Project. A WORLD PREMIERE Ancient myth and the post-modern present collide in the genre-bending queer love story written by Amelio Garcia, co-conceived by OTP’s William Hodgson and Lisa Ramirez and inspired by Anne Carson’s novel Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, and …
Written by Dominique Morisseau, Directed by L. Peter Callender, Prod. by African American Shakespeare Company After two incidents at his public school which culminated in two suspensions, Nya, a public-school teacher, takes her son, Omari, out of the inner-city public school and enrolls him at Fernbrook, a private school far from home. When a third …
Written by Martyna Majok, Directed by Emilie Whelan, Prod. by Oakland Theater Project Oakland Theater Project is thrilled to stage the Bay Area Premiere of Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated play Cost of Living, directed by Emilie Whelan (A Streetcar Named Desire; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus). Cost of Living deftly challenges the …
Musical Direction by Dr. Yvonne Cobbs, Stage Direction by Margo Hall, Prod. by Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Gather the family for the return of Soulful Christmas! While conjuring a winter wonderland filled with upbeat music, joyful lyrics, and high-energy performances, some of your favorite Bay Area powerhouse singers will blow the roof off the house. Led by the incomparable Dr. …
Written by Harrison David Rivers, Directed by ShawnJ West, Prod. by New Conservatory Theatre Center Before Simon came out, his mother Ora was his best friend and biggest supporter, but now there’s an ocean between them of what can’t be said, especially around his father. After a life-changing secret comes to light, will the family’s …
Written by Jocelyn Bioh, Directed by Margo Hall, Prod. by SF Playhouse It’s the nineties in Lagos, and aspiring ingenue Ayamma yearns for the glitz and glamor of movie stardom, landing an audition with Nollywood’s hottest director seeking a fresh face. Between fights with the resident diva and igniting sparks with Nigeria’s “Sexiest Man Born,” …
a west coast premiere: Written by Taylor Mac, Directed by Emilie Whelan, Prod. by OAKLAND THEATER PROJECT Two servants are charged with cleaning up the aftermath, in a darkly comedic play the New York Times called “fabulous and bedraggled: a defiant and beautiful mess.” An exploration of power, privilege, death, survival, and the role of …
a new play written by Traci Tolmaire and co-created & directed by Margo Hall Set in her Waverly Place flat in New York, legendary writer Lorraine Hansberry shares a rowdy, scotch-filled evening debating, confronting fears, and celebrating the hope of revolution with the incomparable musician Nina Simone and the prolific writer James Baldwin. This world premiere is presented by the Lorraine …
