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415 Geary (at Mason) San Francisco, CA 94102

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Best Stage Actress
Award Winner 2011

Hours: Various.
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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Endgame and Play

Daily from May 9 until May 12

Two plays by Samuel Beckett.
The Scottsboro Boys

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from June 21 until June 27

Musical based on the lives of nine black men wrongly accused of a crime whose story helped spark the civil rights movement.

2011 | Best Stage Actress

As the curtain rises on Harold Pinter's 1964 play The Homecoming, we find ourselves in a North London house full of men brimming with unexamined rage. Enter Ruth, returning to England after a few years' absence in America. She places the men under her spell even as she surrenders to their need for sexual conquest -- and by play's end, she becomes both den mother and whore. Only an actress of remarkable depth can handle one of modern theater's most enigmatic roles, and René... More »
2005 | Best Costume Rental

Each Halloween San Francisco's costume shops overflow with folks looking to rent kitschy gear for an evening -- did you want to be a flapper, a chicken, or a medieval warrior But the most elegant, amazing costumes by far are to be found at ACT's Costume Shop, an offshoot of the famed theatrical company, at which the clothing that swathed actors in past productions can be rented for about $100 per week. The cost is relatively high, but it's worth it for big events: We know of one woman who... More »

"Humor Abuse": A Son Remembers the Pickle Family Circus

By Nathaniel Eaton | Wed, January 25, 2012

For some of us, the allure of running away with the circus, traveling in gypsy vans, living in backstage tent cities, and clowning around is but a dream, a Fellini movie. For Lorenzo Pisoni, literally born into San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus... More »
For the Bob Cratchit in Us All

By Lily Janiak | Wed, December 07, 2011

A.C.T. has staged A Christmas Carol for 35 years, but in today's political and economic climate, Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh's adaptation of the Dickens novella could hardly feel timelier. "The parallels between now and what was going on Dickens'... More »
Timeless -- and Timely -- as Ever

By Lily Janiak | Wed, November 23, 2011

A.C.T. has staged A Christmas Carol for 35 years, but in today’s political and economic climate, Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh’s adaptation of the Dickens novella could hardly feel timelier. “The parallels between now and what was going on Dickens’... More »
"Race": Mamet Seizes the Issues, Loses the Drama

By Lily Janiak | Wed, November 09, 2011

If Race showcases any of playwright David Mamet's virtues, it's prescience. The play, which premiered in 2009 and is now running at ACT, follows a familiar-sounding story. Charles (Kevin O'Rourke), a rich and powerful white guy, seeks the aid of ... More »
Catching Up

By Kate Conger | Wed, October 26, 2011

Enjoying its Bay Area premiere, David Mamet’s new comedy Race portrays attorneys prepping their defense of a white man accused of assaulting a black woman. Although Mamet couldn’t have foreseen the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, this timely, pr... More »
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American Conservatory Theater

415 Geary (at Mason) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-749-2228

Description

Daily from May 9 until May 12

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from June 21 until June 27

2011 | Best Stage Actress

2005 | Best Costume Rental

By Nathaniel Eaton | Wed, January 25, 2012

By Lily Janiak | Wed, December 07, 2011

By Lily Janiak | Wed, November 23, 2011

By Lily Janiak | Wed, November 09, 2011

By Kate Conger | Wed, October 26, 2011