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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - san-francisco-ca (theater) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Billionaires' Row: Outer Broadway Architecture DTSTART:20260906T180000Z DTEND:20260906T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002943Z UID:1715077-1788692400-1788692400@www.sfcityguides.org CATEGORIES:theater LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002943Z LOCATION:Billionaires’ Row: Outer Broadway Architecture URL:https://www.sfcityguides.org/event/ X-SOURCE-NAME:San Francisco City Guides X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.sfcityguides.org/mobile.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dolores Park: SF Mime Troupe - WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy DTSTART:20260906T203000Z DTEND:20260906T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T003237Z UID:10039806-1788701400-1788708600@missionlocal.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy features a four-person cast th at includes veteran SF Mime Troupe\ncollective members: \nMichael Gene Sul livan* (Security\, Nestor\, Bobby\, Paul)\nJed Parsario* (Gideon\, Busines s Man\, Bertrand\, Karl\, Lance)\nKeiko Shimosato Carreiro* (Stage Manager \, Mari\, Jeribeth)\nChloris Li (Felicity\, Business Woman\, Fredericka\, Claudine\, Sergeant Nicola\, Mari’s Mother). \nWill Durkee (Bass)\nDanie l Savio (Keyboards)\nMiguel Jose Wacher (Drums) \nIs it just us\, or does it feel like everything is falling apart? \nMary\, a flower seller barely managing to hold on in an increasingly unaffordable city\, must defend her street corner from invading evangelical Felicity\, who is herself torn be tween joyfully anticipating the Rapture and the discrepancies she’s foun d in her church’s accounting. Meanwhile Bobbie\, a successful software d eveloper who realizes his new AI agent is far from intelligent\, is caught between telling his bosses at Anthropomorphic the dangerous truth\, or de livering a dud that will – despite endangering the world – boost the s tock. \nAnd patriotic immigrant Lance joined the National Guard and now fi nds himself deployed against protesters who are exercising the very freedo m of speech he joined the military to defend! \nHallucinating robots\, eco nomic collapse\, protesting frogs\, people praying for the End of the Worl d – This is not the future\, or the democracy\, we were promised! \nBut the real question is: When it’s all over will there be enough left to bu ild something new out of this… wreckage? \n* The Actors and Stage Manage r employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association\ , the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States . LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T003237Z LOCATION:Dolores Park\, 19th & Dolores St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, U nited States URL:https://missionlocal.org/event/dolores-park-sf-mime-troupe-wreckage-a- musical-tragicomedy/2026-09-06/ 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:Dolores Park: SF Mime Troupe - WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy DTSTART:20260907T203000Z DTEND:20260907T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T063156Z UID:10039807-1788787800-1788795000@missionlocal.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy features a four-person cast th at includes veteran SF Mime Troupe\ncollective members: \nMichael Gene Sul livan* (Security\, Nestor\, Bobby\, Paul)\nJed Parsario* (Gideon\, Busines s Man\, Bertrand\, Karl\, Lance)\nKeiko Shimosato Carreiro* (Stage Manager \, Mari\, Jeribeth)\nChloris Li (Felicity\, Business Woman\, Fredericka\, Claudine\, Sergeant Nicola\, Mari’s Mother). \nWill Durkee (Bass)\nDanie l Savio (Keyboards)\nMiguel Jose Wacher (Drums) \nIs it just us\, or does it feel like everything is falling apart? \nMary\, a flower seller barely managing to hold on in an increasingly unaffordable city\, must defend her street corner from invading evangelical Felicity\, who is herself torn be tween joyfully anticipating the Rapture and the discrepancies she’s foun d in her church’s accounting. Meanwhile Bobbie\, a successful software d eveloper who realizes his new AI agent is far from intelligent\, is caught between telling his bosses at Anthropomorphic the dangerous truth\, or de livering a dud that will – despite endangering the world – boost the s tock. \nAnd patriotic immigrant Lance joined the National Guard and now fi nds himself deployed against protesters who are exercising the very freedo m of speech he joined the military to defend! \nHallucinating robots\, eco nomic collapse\, protesting frogs\, people praying for the End of the Worl d – This is not the future\, or the democracy\, we were promised! \nBut the real question is: When it’s all over will there be enough left to bu ild something new out of this… wreckage? \n* The Actors and Stage Manage r employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association\ , the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States . LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T063156Z LOCATION:Dolores Park\, 19th & Dolores St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, U nited States URL:https://missionlocal.org/event/dolores-park-sf-mime-troupe-wreckage-a- musical-tragicomedy/2026-09-07/ 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:ODC Theater: OFF WAA Showcase DTSTART:20260909T020000Z DTEND:20260909T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T123008Z UID:10040569-1788894000-1788901200@missionlocal.org CATEGORIES:dance,theater DESCRIPTION:ODC and ODC Theater invite 2026 Oakland Western Arts Alliance Conference delegates and dance lovers alike to an OFF WAA showcase featuri ng Bay Area choreographers at the top of their field. Hosted by ODC’s Di rector of Artistic Planning Joseph Copley and ODC Theater Creative Directo r Chloë L. Zimberg\, attendees may enter and exit the theater between wor ks and learn more about the companies in the ODC Theater Lobby. \nFeatured artists:\nODC/Dance\nChitresh Das Dance\nKinetech Arts\nRAWdance\nBabatun ji\nMargaret Jenkins Dance Company LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T123008Z LOCATION:ODC Theater\, 3153 17th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States URL:https://missionlocal.org/event/odc-theater-off-waa-showcase/ 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:Danubius: Eastern European Musical Performance at the JCCSF DTSTART:20260909T201500Z DTEND:20260909T211500Z DTSTAMP:20260901T125420Z UID:108624-1788959700-1788963300@www.jccsf.org CATEGORIES:theater LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T125420Z LOCATION:JCCSF\, 3200 California Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, Uni ted States URL:https://www.jccsf.org/event/danubius-eastern-european-musical-performa nce-at-the-jccsf-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Jewish Community Center of San Francisco X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.jccsf.org 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: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:San Francisco Opera 2026-2027 Season DTSTART:20260912T230000Z DTEND:20260913T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T001354Z UID:12919-1789228800-1809133200@sfciviccenter.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Opera’s 2026-2027 season opens with Opera Ball in September\, marking the Company’s 104th season. \nThe San Franci sco Opera notes highlights include Thea Musgrave’s rarely performed 1977 opera\, Mary\, Queen of Scots\, (opening September 20th) starring soprano Heidi Stober\, as well as repertory revivals such as Mozart’s The Marri age of Figaro (opening October 31st) and Puccini’s Tosca (June 4th) with soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen. Other wonderful operas include Manon (op ening October 15th) and Das Rheingold (opening May 29th) and special event s such as Strauss in Concert (November 6th) and the Rpide Conert (June 25t h.) \nSee the SF Opera site for more information and tickets. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T001354Z URL:https://sfciviccenter.org/event/san-francisco-opera-2026-2027-season/ X-SOURCE-NAME:SF Civic Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://sfciviccenter.org/event/skateboarding-san-francisco-c oncrete-community-continuity-at-sfpl 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. 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: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:See Drama live at Lagunitas and support the SF SPCA DTSTART:20260928T232000Z DTEND:20260929T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T191551Z UID:10000501-1790612400-1790629200@www.sfspca.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Live at Lagunitas Summer Concert Series\nGood vibes. A great c ause. Live at Lagunitas. 🎶 \nScore a VIP ticket to see Drama at the Liv e at Lagunitas Concert Series. Every VIP ticket sold benefits the SF SPCA. \nFor more information and to purchase tickets\, click here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T191551Z LOCATION:Lagunitas Brewery\, 1280 N McDowell Blvd.\, Petaluma\, CA\, 94954 URL:https://www.sfspca.org/event/see-drama-live-at-lagunitas-and-support-t he-sf-spca/ X-SOURCE-NAME:San Francisco SPCA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.sfspca.org/join-our-community/volunteer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Patrick Ball—Celtic Harp & Story DTSTART:20261024T020000Z DTEND:20261024T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260822T001032Z UID:10001757-1792782000-1792789200@irishcentersf.org CATEGORIES:music,theater DESCRIPTION:Celtic Harpist & Storyteller Patrick Ball presents a musical a nd dramatic performance \nTICKETS\n \nReturning to the UICC stage—Patri ck Ball is one of the premier Celtic harp players in the world and a capti vating spoken word artist. He has recorded nine instrumental and five spok en word albums which have sold well over one-half million copies internati onally and won national awards in both the music and spoken word categorie s. \nAlong with Celtic Harp & Story\, his beguiling blend of music and spo ken word concerts\, Patrick has written and currently performs three accla imed solo musical theater pieces. O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music brings to the stage the legendary life\, the turbulent times and the glorious mu sic of Ireland’s most celebrated and beloved musician\, Turlough O’Car olan. The Fine Beauty of the Island is a musical journey to Ireland’s le gendary Blasket Islands in search of a deeply haunting tune and the vanish ed islanders who played it. “Come Dance With Me In Ireland: A Pilgrimage to Yeats Country” is a musical and dramatic performance based on the li fe and works of Ireland’s greatest poet\, William Butler Yeats—and was a huge hit at the UICC in 2024. \nPatrick Ball is “a rare artist.” Fo r in playing the ancient\, legendary brass-strung harp of Ireland with its crystalline\, bell-like voice and performing marvelous tales of wit and e nchantment\, he not only brings new life to two cherished traditions\, but blends them in concert to create “a richly theatrical and hauntingly be autiful performance.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260822T001032Z LOCATION:United Irish Cultural Center\, 2700 45th Avenue\, SAN FRANCISCO\, CA\, 94116\, United States URL:https://irishcentersf.org/event/patrick-ball-celtic-harp-story/ X-SOURCE-NAME:United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco X-SOURCE-URL:https://irishcentersf.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sayaka Shoji\, Violin with the San Francisco Symphony DTSTART:20261114T033000Z DTEND:20261116T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T010355Z UID:10000709-1794598200-1794776400@www.usajapan.org CATEGORIES:music,theater DESCRIPTION:Arts from Japan spotlights acclaimed violinist Sayaka Shoji as she joins the San Francisco Symphony for a program of enormous expressive power. Shoji brings her renowned artistry to Respighi’s spellbinding Co ncerto gregoriano\, summoning the full grandeur of its medieval plainsong reimagined with 20th-century pizzazz. French conductor Marie Jacquot makes her debut leading the orchestra\, opening with the first SF Symphony perf ormances of Augusta Holmès’s Wagnerian-scaled symphonic poem Andromède \, and closing with Prokofiev’s savage\, sensual Romeo and Juliet\, a sc ore as ambiguous and passionate as the Shakespeare tragedy that inspired i t. \nNovember 13–15\, 2026 — don’t miss this rare Bay Area appearanc e. \nProgram\nAndromède\nAugusta Holmès \nConcerto gregoriano\nOttorino Respighi \nSelections from Romeo and Juliet\nSergei Prokofiev \nThis is a co-promotional event in our inaugural Arts from Japan Season\, presented b y our partner\, the San Francisco Symphony. For this co-promotional perfor mance we’ve secured a limited block of premium tickets reserved for our members and friends for the November 13th performance\, so we can experien ce this concert together. \nThese tickets are offered for sale first to ou r Arts from Japan Founding Donors\, then to our Leadership Circle\, and th en to our broader membership as availability allows. Once our allotment is purchased\, we’re happy to connect our members directly to our partner ’s box office\, where a member discount rate is available for all secti ons except for Premier Orchestra\, Loge\, Side Box\, and Center Terrace. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T010355Z LOCATION:Davies Symphony Hall\, 201 Van Ness Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States URL:https://www.usajapan.org/event/sayaka-shoji-violin-with-the-san-franci sco-symphony-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Japan Society of Northern California X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.usajapan.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kodo: Luminance at Cal Performances DTSTART:20270124T230000Z DTEND:20270125T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T010355Z UID:10000706-1800802800-1800810000@www.usajapan.org CATEGORIES:music,theater DESCRIPTION:The awe-inspiring taiko drummers return with their earth-shatt ering sounds and astonishing choreography! \nOne of the most beloved taiko groups\, Kodo explores the limitless possibilities of traditional Japane se drums with a practice rooted in their home of Sado Island. In Japanese \, kodo can mean “heartbeat\,” the primal source of all rhythm\, as well as “children of the drum.” This program includes signature piec es honed through decades of world tours\, including the mighty O-daiko  drum solo and climactic Yatai-bayashi finale. They also pay homage to M aki Ishii’s masterpiece Monochrome\, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026\, and present new works by Kodo members and guest artists. \nThis is a co-promotional event in our inaugural Arts from Japan Season\, prese nted by our partner\, Cal Performances. For this co-promotional performanc e we’ve secured a limited block of premium tickets reserved for our memb ers and friends\, so we can experience this concert together. \nThese tick ets are offered for sale first to our Arts from Japan Founding Donors\, th en to our Leadership Circle\, and then to our broader membership as availa bility allows. Once our allotment is purchased\, we’re happy to connect our members directly to our partner’s box office\, where a member discou nt rate is often available. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T010355Z LOCATION:Zellerbach Hall\, 101 Zellerbach Hall\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, U nited States URL:https://www.usajapan.org/event/kodo-luminance-at-cal-performances/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Japan Society of Northern California X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.usajapan.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:People v. Ebens Trial Reenactment featuring UC Law SF Students & A lum DTSTART:20270212T014500Z DTEND:20270212T031500Z DTSTAMP:20260901T183716Z UID:10006594-1802367900-1802373300@www.uclawsf.edu CATEGORIES:theater LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T183716Z URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/event/people-v-ebens-trial-reenactment-featuri ng-uc-law-sf-students-alum/ X-SOURCE-NAME:UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings) X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.uclawsf.edu/academics/academic-calendar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR