BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CalDiscovery//caldiscovery//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH DESCRIPTION:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscover y.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fro m CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. SOURCE:https://caldiscovery.com/san-francisco-ca/comedy.ics X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-WR-CALDESC:Discovered and maintained by CalDiscovery (https://caldiscove ry.com). Event details belong to their publishers. Contains information fr om CalDiscovery\, which is made available under the ODbL 1.0. X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - san-francisco-ca (comedy) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Z Space: Killing My Lobster & Z Space present: San Francisco Hyste rical Historium DTSTART:20260906T020000Z DTEND:20260906T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T063226Z UID:10040473-1788634800-1788642000@missionlocal.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:A Co-Production with Red Barn Productions\nSeptember 4-12\nZ B elow \nTarnation! Killing My Lobster\, San Francisco’s premiere sketch c omedy troupe\, is fresh off our run at Red Barns Production’s San Franci sco Historium–and we’re bringing our lovable troupe of prospectin’ p layers to the stage at Z Below.\nWe’re travelling back in time to San Fr ancisco as it was during the Gold Rush era of the 1800’s.\nAbandon your ship at the docks\, hop on one of them new-fangled “cable cars\,” and join us for some sketch comedy that ain’t fool’s gold! \nBuy Tickets\n https://ci.ovationtix.com/34231/production/1285948 LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T063226Z LOCATION:Z Space\, 450 Florida St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United St ates URL:https://missionlocal.org/event/z-space-killing-my-lobster-z-space-pres ent-san-francisco-hysterical-historium/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Mission Local X-SOURCE-URL:https://missionlocal.org/2020/11/new-city-covid-19-test-site- opens-at-alemany-farmers-market-in-light-of-higher-southeast-sector-infect ion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RISING TIDES Closing Party X Sketch Wednesday DTSTART:20260910T000000Z DTEND:20260910T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T181147Z UID:10006841-1788973200-1788991200@111minnagallery.com CATEGORIES:arts,comedy,music DESCRIPTION:SAN FRANCISCO\, ONE LAST WAVE! 🌊 \nAfter an incredible five -month run\, we’re sending Rising Tides out with a splash. Join @PangeaS eed and our friends at @111minnagallery for our official Rising Tides Clos ing Party – a night of art\, music\, costumes\, sketching\, and ocean-in spired fun.\n\nAnd yes… come dressed to krill! 🦐 \nWe’re turning th e gallery into an underwater playground for the night. Sea creatures\, sal ty characters\, ocean icons\, Jacques Cousteau\, Steve Zissou\, Quint from JAWS – get creative because the best ocean-inspired costumes win prizes ! \nSKETCH WEDNESDAY FUNDRAISER ✏️ 
More than 25 incredible Bay Area artists will be drawing live and creating original\, affordable artwork t hroughout the evening – all in support of PangeaSeed and our mission to transform how people think\, feel\, and act for our oceans. \nSPECIAL GUES T DJ SET BY @davidchoonglee will be keeping the party moving all night. \n Plus:
🎨 Rising Tides original art + Printed Oceans showcase
🍹 Oc ean-themed cocktails
🎁 Giveaways + prizes
🌊 Good people supporti ng a great cause \nBring your friends\, get weird with your costume\, grab some original art\, and help us celebrate an amazing run of Rising Tides together. \nOne exhibition. 100+ artists. One ocean worth protecting. See you in the deep! \nSketch Wednesday Artist Lineup: \n@alicekoz\n@alynnpain t\n@brandonjosephbaker\n@chelsearobot\n@1elitheman1\n@eliwild_studio\n@eri ka.rosendale\n@evaneskwilson\n@gan_dalf\n@griffinone\n@hebertlucio\n@henry lewis77\n@ian_beerman\n@jessicatagamiart\n@thurmanart\n@joeyrosestudio\n@l oucheur\n@matleyhurd\n@maxehrman\n@nategeareart\n@nathalie_fabri_artist\n@ nicolehaydenart\n@optimistneverdies\n@party_pablo\n@shervin.510\n@turtlewa yne LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T181147Z LOCATION:Entire Venue\, 111 Minna Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, Un ited States URL:https://111minnagallery.com/event/rising-tides-closing-party-x-sketch- wednesday/ X-SOURCE-NAME:111 Minna Gallery & Event Space X-SOURCE-URL:https://111minnagallery.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lorraine Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre: African Stew By Lisa B. Thompson DTSTART:20260911T023000Z DTEND:20260911T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T000622Z UID:10012645-1789068600-1789074000@fortmason.org CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:About\n Event Details\n About The Artists\n Gallery\n Plan Your Visit\n Tickets\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrican Stew By Lisa B. Thompson Presented By Lo rrain Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre\n\n\n\nLorraine Hansberry Theatre presents African Stew\, a satirical new comedy by nationally acclaimed\, award-winning playwright Lisa B. Thompson\, at Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen an African American woman and a Nigerian man announce their engagement after a swift courtship\, their families gather for a mea l in Oakland\, CA – and what begins as a celebration soon simmers with tension as cultural differences\, familial expectations\, and questions o f identity bubble to the surface. \n\n\n\n\n\nAt a time when so much cente rs on who belongs and who doesn’t\, this deeply human comedy asks what i t actually takes to build a family across class\, across culture\, and acr oss generations\, and highlights the pleasures and dangers of loving and m isunderstanding in the Black Diaspora. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Artists & P erformers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa B. Thompson’s satirical comedies\, poignant dramas\, and insightful criticism explode stereotypes about Black life in the U.S.\, particularly the experiences of the Black middle class. Her awa rd-winning plays Single Black Female\, Underground\, Monroe\, The Mamalogu es and The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body have been produced Off-B roadway\, throughout the U.S.\, and internationally. Thompson’s creative and scholarly work has received support from institutions such as Hedgebr ook\, MacDowell\, Millay Arts\, National Performance Network\, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, Clayman Institute for Gender Research\, American Council of Learned Societies\, W. E. B. DuBois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center\, Fusebox Festival\, and Texas Performing Arts. He r publications include Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New Africa n American Middle Class as well as articles in Theatre Journal\, Criterion Collection\, Journal of American Drama\, NPR\, Theatre Survey\, and The W ashington Post. Thompson also co-hosts and co-produces Black Austin Matter s\, an NPR podcast that explores Black life\, culture\, and politics in Ce ntral Texas. The San Francisco native currently serves as the Bobby and Sh erri Patton Endowed Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and the interim associate dean of graduate education and academic affairs for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\nMar go Hall is Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT)’s Artistic Director and an A frican Stew cast member. Hall is an award-winning actor\, director\, playw right\, and educator. Hall was recently awarded the 2021 Kenneth Rainin Fe llowship in Theater and listed as one of the YBCA 100 honorees for 2020. \ n\n\n\nShe was last seen onstage in Josephine’s Feast by Star Finch for Campo Santo and Magic Theatre. Other acting credits include Black Odyssey\ , Fences\, Twelfth Night\, A Raisin in the Sun\, A Winter’s Tale\, Ameri can Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose\, and SPUNK for the California Shakespe are Theater\; JAZZ\, Skeleton Crew\, Gem of the Ocean\, Fences\, and Seven Guitars for Marin Theater Company\; Ah! Wilderness\, Once in a Lifetime\, and Marcus or the Secret of Sweet at American Conservatory Theater\; Exit Strategy and Trouble in Mind at the Aurora Theater\; and Marcus Gardley ’s A World in a Woman’s Hands for Shotgun Players\; Barbecue (also dir ected)\, and MotherF**ker with the Hat at SF Playhouse. Some of her acting credits for Campo Santo include Dennis Johnson’s Nobody Move\, Chinaka Hodges’ Mirrors in Every Corner\, Jessica Hagedorn’s Fe in the Desert and Stairway to Heaven\, and Naomi Iizuka’s Hamlet: Blood in the Brain\, 17 Reasons (Why)\, and Polaroid Stories. \n\n\n\nHall recently directed FLEX\, FAT HAM\, and Nollywood Dreams for SF Playhouse\, and Garuda’s Wi ng for Campo Santo. Hieroglyph\, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza\, was a co-pr oduction of LHT and SF Playhouse. Other LHT credits include Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body\, Sunset Baby\, In the Evening by the Moonlight\, Soulful Christmas\, Thurgood\, and Rejoice! Other directing credits inclu de How I Learned What I Learned for LHT\, Ubuntu\, and Marin Theatre Compa ny\, Barbecue\, Red Velvet\, and The Story\, an SF Playhouse/Lorraine Hans berry Theatre co-production. \n\n\n\nCreative Team \n\n\n\nPlaywright: Li sa B. Thompson​Director: Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe \n\n\n\n\n\nCast \n\n\ n\nPatricia “Trish” Lopez: Carla GallardoTitilola “Lola” Ogunde:  Jeunée SimonDiana “Didi” Lawson: Margo HallHarold “Harry” Laws on: Ron ChapmanBabatunde “Baba” Ogunde: ShawnJ WestJulie “Jules” Lawson: Sundiata AyindeKen Ogunde: Titus VanHook \n\n\n\n​Design & Pr oduction \n\n\n\nLighting Design: Jenny Bachofer Sound Design: Alexis B rooks // Ray Archie Scenic Design: Pamela PenistonScenic Build: Jamila Ring Costume Design: Andre Harrington \n\n\n\n​Production Manager/ Sta ge Manager: Taylor Mendez \n\n\n\nSundiata Ayinde (she/her/hers)\, is an Oakland\, CA-raised performer passionate about universal access to the art s. She spent two years as an assistant dramaturg working under Philippa Ke lly on work such as As You Like It adapted by Shaina Taub at SF Playhouse. Ayinde’s latest work includes The Watermelon Cabaret directed by Mylo C ardona at Magic Theatre for FnFProductions and The Cake directed by Lisa M allete at City Lights Theater. She’s grateful for her mom. \n\n\n\nTitus VanHook (he/him) is thrilled to return to Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. He is a multi-hyphenate artist born and raised in Oakland\, CA. He attended P omona College where he earned his BA\, followed by matriculating to Columb ia University for his MFA in acting. Since then\, VanHook has worked acros s different mediums including television\, voice over\, commercial and soc ial media. His most recent stage productions include “Buttercup” at th e Marin Shakespeare Company and Paradise Blue at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley\, CA. He is currently a professor of drama at the Academy of Art University. VanHook would like to send his gratitude to his loved ones fo r their love and support. You can keep up with him on Instagram: _vanhook_ . \n\n\n\nRon Chapman is a writer and actor who believes in the power of storytelling. He last appeared as Rev/Pap in Fat Ham. \n\n\n\nShawnJ West (he/him\, Diva) is thrilled to be making his LHT acting debut in African S tew. He previously directed Soulful Christmas with LHT and is excited to r eturn in a new capacity. West has been performing since high school and di recting since 2008\, finding both immense joy and challenge in the art of storytelling. His most recent onstage appearance was in New Conservatory T heater Center’s Unpacking in P’town (2023)\, where he happily tapped h is heart out. When he’s not onstage or directing\, you can catch him and his co-hosts sharing candid thoughts\, observations\, and plenty of laugh s about San Francisco Bay Area theatre on the podcast Creatively Shaded\, available wherever you get your podcasts. \n\n\n\nCarla Gallardo is a San Francisco Bay Area actor\, and is excited for the opportunity to perform f or LHT for the first time. Past credits include: Hard Times (Word 4 Word)\ , A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Romeo / Juliet (Marin Shakespeare Company) \, A Christmas Carol\, Arsenic & Old Lace (Center Rep)\, 1984 (Aurora Thea ter)\, Doméstica Realidad\, Las Azurduys (La Lengua Teatro)\, Cost of Liv ing\, Exodus to Eden\, Book of Sand (a fairytale)\, The Tempest\, Romeo an d Juliet (Oakland Theater Project)\, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (Custom Made Theatre)\, among others. Through acting\, she has worked as a teaching artist for many theater companies in the SF Bay Area. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate\ n\n\n\nThursday\, September 10\, 2026 through Sunday\, September 27\, 2026 \n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\nThursday to Saturday: 7:30 p.m.Sunday: 4:00 p.m.Satur day\, September 19 and 26: 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nMagic Theatre \, Building D\, Third Floor\, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\, 2 Mar ina Boulevard\, San Francisco \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n$37 to $77 \n\n\n\n\n\nL orraine Hansberry TheatreLHTSF.org(415) 345-3980info@LHTSF.org \n\n\n\nFac ebook\n\nInstagram\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\nLisa B. ThompsonLisaBThompson.co mlbt@LisaBThompson.com \n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagram\n\nThreads\n\nX\n\n\n \n\ntickets\n\n\n\n \n Share\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n \n X\n \n \n Mail\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign Up F or Our E-News\n\n\n\nSign up today for the latest news from Fort Mason Cen ter For Arts & Culture. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T000622Z URL:https://fortmason.org/event/lorraine-hansberry-theatre-at-magic-theatr e-african-stew-by-lisa-b-thompson/2026-09-10/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture X-SOURCE-URL:https://fortmason.org/event/fort-mason-center-farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:50th San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition DTSTART:20260912T020000Z DTEND:20260912T053000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T120646Z UID:10002972-1789153200-1789165800@www.verdiclub.net CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Get Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 50th San Francis co Stand-UP Comedy Competition\nFor fifty years\, the San Francisco Comedy Competition has discovered remarkable comedians\, launched careers\, and entertained audiences throughout the Bay Area. \nFeaturing\n\n\nFrankie Ma rcos\n\n\nFrankie Marcos is a comedian originally from San Jose\, Californ ia\, who has gained recognition for his stand-up performances both in the U.S. and internationally. He recently made a name for himself by winning t he 2024 San Francisco Comedy Competition\, joining the ranks of famous pas t competitors like Robin Williams and Ellen DeGeneres. Marcos regularly pe rforms at well-known venues such as Don’t Tell Comedy and Chocolate Sund aes at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood\, and he has appeared at major event s like the New York Comedy Festival\, SF Sketchfest\, and the Melbourne In ternational Comedy Festival. \nMarcos’ career has involved working with notable comedians\, including Taylor Tomlinson\, Michael Che\, and Nicole Byer. He has also performed at prominent comedy clubs across various count ries\, such as Australia\, Canada\, and the UK. Additionally\, he’s feat ured in the upcoming documentary Sincerely the Bay\, which showcases vario us Bay Area talents. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T120646Z LOCATION:Verdi Club URL:https://www.verdiclub.net/events/50th-san-francisco-stand-up-comedy-co mpetition-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Verdi Club SF X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.verdiclub.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lorraine Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre: African Stew By Lisa B. Thompson DTSTART:20260912T023000Z DTEND:20260912T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T182026Z UID:10012646-1789155000-1789160400@fortmason.org CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:About\n Event Details\n About The Artists\n Gallery\n Plan Your Visit\n Tickets\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrican Stew By Lisa B. Thompson Presented By Lo rrain Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre\n\n\n\nLorraine Hansberry Theatre presents African Stew\, a satirical new comedy by nationally acclaimed\, award-winning playwright Lisa B. Thompson\, at Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen an African American woman and a Nigerian man announce their engagement after a swift courtship\, their families gather for a mea l in Oakland\, CA – and what begins as a celebration soon simmers with tension as cultural differences\, familial expectations\, and questions o f identity bubble to the surface. \n\n\n\n\n\nAt a time when so much cente rs on who belongs and who doesn’t\, this deeply human comedy asks what i t actually takes to build a family across class\, across culture\, and acr oss generations\, and highlights the pleasures and dangers of loving and m isunderstanding in the Black Diaspora. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Artists & P erformers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa B. Thompson’s satirical comedies\, poignant dramas\, and insightful criticism explode stereotypes about Black life in the U.S.\, particularly the experiences of the Black middle class. Her awa rd-winning plays Single Black Female\, Underground\, Monroe\, The Mamalogu es and The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body have been produced Off-B roadway\, throughout the U.S.\, and internationally. Thompson’s creative and scholarly work has received support from institutions such as Hedgebr ook\, MacDowell\, Millay Arts\, National Performance Network\, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, Clayman Institute for Gender Research\, American Council of Learned Societies\, W. E. B. DuBois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center\, Fusebox Festival\, and Texas Performing Arts. He r publications include Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New Africa n American Middle Class as well as articles in Theatre Journal\, Criterion Collection\, Journal of American Drama\, NPR\, Theatre Survey\, and The W ashington Post. Thompson also co-hosts and co-produces Black Austin Matter s\, an NPR podcast that explores Black life\, culture\, and politics in Ce ntral Texas. The San Francisco native currently serves as the Bobby and Sh erri Patton Endowed Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and the interim associate dean of graduate education and academic affairs for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\nMar go Hall is Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT)’s Artistic Director and an A frican Stew cast member. Hall is an award-winning actor\, director\, playw right\, and educator. Hall was recently awarded the 2021 Kenneth Rainin Fe llowship in Theater and listed as one of the YBCA 100 honorees for 2020. \ n\n\n\nShe was last seen onstage in Josephine’s Feast by Star Finch for Campo Santo and Magic Theatre. Other acting credits include Black Odyssey\ , Fences\, Twelfth Night\, A Raisin in the Sun\, A Winter’s Tale\, Ameri can Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose\, and SPUNK for the California Shakespe are Theater\; JAZZ\, Skeleton Crew\, Gem of the Ocean\, Fences\, and Seven Guitars for Marin Theater Company\; Ah! Wilderness\, Once in a Lifetime\, and Marcus or the Secret of Sweet at American Conservatory Theater\; Exit Strategy and Trouble in Mind at the Aurora Theater\; and Marcus Gardley ’s A World in a Woman’s Hands for Shotgun Players\; Barbecue (also dir ected)\, and MotherF**ker with the Hat at SF Playhouse. Some of her acting credits for Campo Santo include Dennis Johnson’s Nobody Move\, Chinaka Hodges’ Mirrors in Every Corner\, Jessica Hagedorn’s Fe in the Desert and Stairway to Heaven\, and Naomi Iizuka’s Hamlet: Blood in the Brain\, 17 Reasons (Why)\, and Polaroid Stories. \n\n\n\nHall recently directed FLEX\, FAT HAM\, and Nollywood Dreams for SF Playhouse\, and Garuda’s Wi ng for Campo Santo. Hieroglyph\, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza\, was a co-pr oduction of LHT and SF Playhouse. Other LHT credits include Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body\, Sunset Baby\, In the Evening by the Moonlight\, Soulful Christmas\, Thurgood\, and Rejoice! Other directing credits inclu de How I Learned What I Learned for LHT\, Ubuntu\, and Marin Theatre Compa ny\, Barbecue\, Red Velvet\, and The Story\, an SF Playhouse/Lorraine Hans berry Theatre co-production. \n\n\n\nCreative Team \n\n\n\nPlaywright: Li sa B. Thompson​Director: Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe \n\n\n\n\n\nCast \n\n\ n\nPatricia “Trish” Lopez: Carla GallardoTitilola “Lola” Ogunde:  Jeunée SimonDiana “Didi” Lawson: Margo HallHarold “Harry” Laws on: Ron ChapmanBabatunde “Baba” Ogunde: ShawnJ WestJulie “Jules” Lawson: Sundiata AyindeKen Ogunde: Titus VanHook \n\n\n\n​Design & Pr oduction \n\n\n\nLighting Design: Jenny Bachofer Sound Design: Alexis B rooks // Ray Archie Scenic Design: Pamela PenistonScenic Build: Jamila Ring Costume Design: Andre Harrington \n\n\n\n​Production Manager/ Sta ge Manager: Taylor Mendez \n\n\n\nSundiata Ayinde (she/her/hers)\, is an Oakland\, CA-raised performer passionate about universal access to the art s. She spent two years as an assistant dramaturg working under Philippa Ke lly on work such as As You Like It adapted by Shaina Taub at SF Playhouse. Ayinde’s latest work includes The Watermelon Cabaret directed by Mylo C ardona at Magic Theatre for FnFProductions and The Cake directed by Lisa M allete at City Lights Theater. She’s grateful for her mom. \n\n\n\nTitus VanHook (he/him) is thrilled to return to Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. He is a multi-hyphenate artist born and raised in Oakland\, CA. He attended P omona College where he earned his BA\, followed by matriculating to Columb ia University for his MFA in acting. Since then\, VanHook has worked acros s different mediums including television\, voice over\, commercial and soc ial media. His most recent stage productions include “Buttercup” at th e Marin Shakespeare Company and Paradise Blue at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley\, CA. He is currently a professor of drama at the Academy of Art University. VanHook would like to send his gratitude to his loved ones fo r their love and support. You can keep up with him on Instagram: _vanhook_ . \n\n\n\nRon Chapman is a writer and actor who believes in the power of storytelling. He last appeared as Rev/Pap in Fat Ham. \n\n\n\nShawnJ West (he/him\, Diva) is thrilled to be making his LHT acting debut in African S tew. He previously directed Soulful Christmas with LHT and is excited to r eturn in a new capacity. West has been performing since high school and di recting since 2008\, finding both immense joy and challenge in the art of storytelling. His most recent onstage appearance was in New Conservatory T heater Center’s Unpacking in P’town (2023)\, where he happily tapped h is heart out. When he’s not onstage or directing\, you can catch him and his co-hosts sharing candid thoughts\, observations\, and plenty of laugh s about San Francisco Bay Area theatre on the podcast Creatively Shaded\, available wherever you get your podcasts. \n\n\n\nCarla Gallardo is a San Francisco Bay Area actor\, and is excited for the opportunity to perform f or LHT for the first time. Past credits include: Hard Times (Word 4 Word)\ , A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Romeo / Juliet (Marin Shakespeare Company) \, A Christmas Carol\, Arsenic & Old Lace (Center Rep)\, 1984 (Aurora Thea ter)\, Doméstica Realidad\, Las Azurduys (La Lengua Teatro)\, Cost of Liv ing\, Exodus to Eden\, Book of Sand (a fairytale)\, The Tempest\, Romeo an d Juliet (Oakland Theater Project)\, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (Custom Made Theatre)\, among others. Through acting\, she has worked as a teaching artist for many theater companies in the SF Bay Area. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate\ n\n\n\nThursday\, September 10\, 2026 through Sunday\, September 27\, 2026 \n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\nThursday to Saturday: 7:30 p.m.Sunday: 4:00 p.m.Satur day\, September 19 and 26: 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nMagic Theatre \, Building D\, Third Floor\, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\, 2 Mar ina Boulevard\, San Francisco \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n$37 to $77 \n\n\n\n\n\nL orraine Hansberry TheatreLHTSF.org(415) 345-3980info@LHTSF.org \n\n\n\nFac ebook\n\nInstagram\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\nLisa B. ThompsonLisaBThompson.co mlbt@LisaBThompson.com \n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagram\n\nThreads\n\nX\n\n\n \n\ntickets\n\n\n\n \n Share\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n \n X\n \n \n Mail\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign Up F or Our E-News\n\n\n\nSign up today for the latest news from Fort Mason Cen ter For Arts & Culture. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T182026Z URL:https://fortmason.org/event/lorraine-hansberry-theatre-at-magic-theatr e-african-stew-by-lisa-b-thompson/2026-09-11/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture X-SOURCE-URL:https://fortmason.org/event/fort-mason-center-farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lorraine Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre: African Stew By Lisa B. Thompson DTSTART:20260913T023000Z DTEND:20260913T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T000318Z UID:10012647-1789241400-1789246800@fortmason.org CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:About\n Event Details\n About The Artists\n Gallery\n Plan Your Visit\n Tickets\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrican Stew By Lisa B. Thompson Presented By Lo rrain Hansberry Theatre At Magic Theatre\n\n\n\nLorraine Hansberry Theatre presents African Stew\, a satirical new comedy by nationally acclaimed\, award-winning playwright Lisa B. Thompson\, at Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT DETAILS\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen an African American woman and a Nigerian man announce their engagement after a swift courtship\, their families gather for a mea l in Oakland\, CA – and what begins as a celebration soon simmers with tension as cultural differences\, familial expectations\, and questions o f identity bubble to the surface. \n\n\n\n\n\nAt a time when so much cente rs on who belongs and who doesn’t\, this deeply human comedy asks what i t actually takes to build a family across class\, across culture\, and acr oss generations\, and highlights the pleasures and dangers of loving and m isunderstanding in the Black Diaspora. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout The Artists & P erformers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa B. Thompson’s satirical comedies\, poignant dramas\, and insightful criticism explode stereotypes about Black life in the U.S.\, particularly the experiences of the Black middle class. Her awa rd-winning plays Single Black Female\, Underground\, Monroe\, The Mamalogu es and The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body have been produced Off-B roadway\, throughout the U.S.\, and internationally. Thompson’s creative and scholarly work has received support from institutions such as Hedgebr ook\, MacDowell\, Millay Arts\, National Performance Network\, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy\, Clayman Institute for Gender Research\, American Council of Learned Societies\, W. E. B. DuBois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center\, Fusebox Festival\, and Texas Performing Arts. He r publications include Beyond the Black Lady: Sexuality and the New Africa n American Middle Class as well as articles in Theatre Journal\, Criterion Collection\, Journal of American Drama\, NPR\, Theatre Survey\, and The W ashington Post. Thompson also co-hosts and co-produces Black Austin Matter s\, an NPR podcast that explores Black life\, culture\, and politics in Ce ntral Texas. The San Francisco native currently serves as the Bobby and Sh erri Patton Endowed Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and the interim associate dean of graduate education and academic affairs for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. \n\n\n\nMar go Hall is Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT)’s Artistic Director and an A frican Stew cast member. Hall is an award-winning actor\, director\, playw right\, and educator. Hall was recently awarded the 2021 Kenneth Rainin Fe llowship in Theater and listed as one of the YBCA 100 honorees for 2020. \ n\n\n\nShe was last seen onstage in Josephine’s Feast by Star Finch for Campo Santo and Magic Theatre. Other acting credits include Black Odyssey\ , Fences\, Twelfth Night\, A Raisin in the Sun\, A Winter’s Tale\, Ameri can Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose\, and SPUNK for the California Shakespe are Theater\; JAZZ\, Skeleton Crew\, Gem of the Ocean\, Fences\, and Seven Guitars for Marin Theater Company\; Ah! Wilderness\, Once in a Lifetime\, and Marcus or the Secret of Sweet at American Conservatory Theater\; Exit Strategy and Trouble in Mind at the Aurora Theater\; and Marcus Gardley ’s A World in a Woman’s Hands for Shotgun Players\; Barbecue (also dir ected)\, and MotherF**ker with the Hat at SF Playhouse. Some of her acting credits for Campo Santo include Dennis Johnson’s Nobody Move\, Chinaka Hodges’ Mirrors in Every Corner\, Jessica Hagedorn’s Fe in the Desert and Stairway to Heaven\, and Naomi Iizuka’s Hamlet: Blood in the Brain\, 17 Reasons (Why)\, and Polaroid Stories. \n\n\n\nHall recently directed FLEX\, FAT HAM\, and Nollywood Dreams for SF Playhouse\, and Garuda’s Wi ng for Campo Santo. Hieroglyph\, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza\, was a co-pr oduction of LHT and SF Playhouse. Other LHT credits include Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body\, Sunset Baby\, In the Evening by the Moonlight\, Soulful Christmas\, Thurgood\, and Rejoice! Other directing credits inclu de How I Learned What I Learned for LHT\, Ubuntu\, and Marin Theatre Compa ny\, Barbecue\, Red Velvet\, and The Story\, an SF Playhouse/Lorraine Hans berry Theatre co-production. \n\n\n\nCreative Team \n\n\n\nPlaywright: Li sa B. Thompson​Director: Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe \n\n\n\n\n\nCast \n\n\ n\nPatricia “Trish” Lopez: Carla GallardoTitilola “Lola” Ogunde:  Jeunée SimonDiana “Didi” Lawson: Margo HallHarold “Harry” Laws on: Ron ChapmanBabatunde “Baba” Ogunde: ShawnJ WestJulie “Jules” Lawson: Sundiata AyindeKen Ogunde: Titus VanHook \n\n\n\n​Design & Pr oduction \n\n\n\nLighting Design: Jenny Bachofer Sound Design: Alexis B rooks // Ray Archie Scenic Design: Pamela PenistonScenic Build: Jamila Ring Costume Design: Andre Harrington \n\n\n\n​Production Manager/ Sta ge Manager: Taylor Mendez \n\n\n\nSundiata Ayinde (she/her/hers)\, is an Oakland\, CA-raised performer passionate about universal access to the art s. She spent two years as an assistant dramaturg working under Philippa Ke lly on work such as As You Like It adapted by Shaina Taub at SF Playhouse. Ayinde’s latest work includes The Watermelon Cabaret directed by Mylo C ardona at Magic Theatre for FnFProductions and The Cake directed by Lisa M allete at City Lights Theater. She’s grateful for her mom. \n\n\n\nTitus VanHook (he/him) is thrilled to return to Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. He is a multi-hyphenate artist born and raised in Oakland\, CA. He attended P omona College where he earned his BA\, followed by matriculating to Columb ia University for his MFA in acting. Since then\, VanHook has worked acros s different mediums including television\, voice over\, commercial and soc ial media. His most recent stage productions include “Buttercup” at th e Marin Shakespeare Company and Paradise Blue at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley\, CA. He is currently a professor of drama at the Academy of Art University. VanHook would like to send his gratitude to his loved ones fo r their love and support. You can keep up with him on Instagram: _vanhook_ . \n\n\n\nRon Chapman is a writer and actor who believes in the power of storytelling. He last appeared as Rev/Pap in Fat Ham. \n\n\n\nShawnJ West (he/him\, Diva) is thrilled to be making his LHT acting debut in African S tew. He previously directed Soulful Christmas with LHT and is excited to r eturn in a new capacity. West has been performing since high school and di recting since 2008\, finding both immense joy and challenge in the art of storytelling. His most recent onstage appearance was in New Conservatory T heater Center’s Unpacking in P’town (2023)\, where he happily tapped h is heart out. When he’s not onstage or directing\, you can catch him and his co-hosts sharing candid thoughts\, observations\, and plenty of laugh s about San Francisco Bay Area theatre on the podcast Creatively Shaded\, available wherever you get your podcasts. \n\n\n\nCarla Gallardo is a San Francisco Bay Area actor\, and is excited for the opportunity to perform f or LHT for the first time. Past credits include: Hard Times (Word 4 Word)\ , A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Romeo / Juliet (Marin Shakespeare Company) \, A Christmas Carol\, Arsenic & Old Lace (Center Rep)\, 1984 (Aurora Thea ter)\, Doméstica Realidad\, Las Azurduys (La Lengua Teatro)\, Cost of Liv ing\, Exodus to Eden\, Book of Sand (a fairytale)\, The Tempest\, Romeo an d Juliet (Oakland Theater Project)\, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (Custom Made Theatre)\, among others. Through acting\, she has worked as a teaching artist for many theater companies in the SF Bay Area. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate\ n\n\n\nThursday\, September 10\, 2026 through Sunday\, September 27\, 2026 \n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\nThursday to Saturday: 7:30 p.m.Sunday: 4:00 p.m.Satur day\, September 19 and 26: 4:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nMagic Theatre \, Building D\, Third Floor\, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\, 2 Mar ina Boulevard\, San Francisco \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n$37 to $77 \n\n\n\n\n\nL orraine Hansberry TheatreLHTSF.org(415) 345-3980info@LHTSF.org \n\n\n\nFac ebook\n\nInstagram\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\nLisa B. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T000318Z URL:https://fortmason.org/event/lorraine-hansberry-theatre-at-magic-theatr e-african-stew-by-lisa-b-thompson/2026-09-12/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture X-SOURCE-URL:https://fortmason.org/event/fort-mason-center-farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BATS IMPROV SHOWS 2026 DTSTART:20260913T030000Z DTEND:20260913T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T180618Z UID:10012409-1789243200-1789250400@fortmason.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:About\n Event Features\n Gallery\n Plan Your Visit\n Tickets\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBATS Improv\n\ n\n\nExplore the world of improv with Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture resident organization BATS Improv. Saturday nights and select Sunday nigh ts offer in-person shows at the Bayfront Theatre in Building B. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBATS IMPROV DETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpontaneous Broad way dances in on Saturday\, September 5 and 12\, 2026\, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nLa Vida Loca: An Improvised Telenovela ignites passions on Saturday\, September 19 and 26\, 2026\, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nHa lloween season offers The Improvised Twilight Zone on Saturday\, October 3 and 10\, 2026. Trick Or Treat: Fun-Size Spooky Scenes rings doorbells on October 17 and 24\, 2026. Double Creature: A Horrifying Double Feature sta lks the stage on Saturday\, October 31\, 2026. All shows run 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturdays in November are set for Theatresports\, N ovember 7 to 26\, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nHoliday favorite An Impr ovised Dickens Musical returns on Saturdays\, December 5 to 26\, 2026\, 8: 00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nFor more improv\, visit the BATS YouTube vid eo channel for free digital clips of BATS Improv’s greatest hits. Onlin e shows from past shows\, as well as other BATS Improv reels\, are free to view by following Facebook links. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Trick Or Treat: Fun-Size Spooky Scenes\n\n\n\nDouble Creature: A Horrifyin g Double Feature\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheatresports\n\n\n\nAn Improvised Dickens Musical\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlan Your Visit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDates & Times\n\n \n\nSaturdays\, September 5 through December 26\, 2026\; 8:00 p.m. to 10:0 0 p.m. \n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nBayfront Theatre\, Building B\, Third Floor \, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\, 2 Marina Boulevard\, San Francis co \n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\n$15 to $25 \n\n\n\n\n\nBATS Improvwww.Improv.org(41 5) 474-6776BATS@Improv.org \n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n\n\n\nFacebook\n\nInstagra m\n\nLinkedIn\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n \n Share\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Facebook\n \n \n \n \n X\ n \n \n Mail\n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSign Up For Our E-News\n\n\n\nSign up today for the latest news from Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. 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