American Conservatory Theater Archives

Onstage

“I’ll make it even wilder”: Bill Irwin takes ‘On Beckett’

Emily Wilson - October 16, 2022

The accomplished physical comedian brings his ever-changing relationship with the Irish playwright's work to the A.C.T.

Movies

Screen Grabs: How ‘The Panic in Needle Park’ changed drug movies

Dennis Harvey - July 29, 2021

The 1971 film mixed stark realism with post-hippie disillusionment. Plus: Lorelei, Tailgate, No Ordinary Man, more

Performance

‘It Can’t Happen Here’ returns, right before election

Emily Wilson - October 5, 2020

A collaborative radio drama from Berkeley Rep revives the Sinclair Lewis classic, which won raves four years ago

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

Dennis Harvey - July 7, 2020

For years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was a July event, and this summer would have marked its 25th anniversary—but due to you-know-what,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Dennis Harvey - May 12, 2020

Many everyday things have been notable for their absence during the shutdown, so something that stood out was construction—because it never seemed to stop,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Two of SF’s biggest acting exports light up screens again

Dennis Harvey - May 9, 2020

One of the first cultural casualties of the pandemic was, of course, live theater, with many local productions stopped mid-run, others’ openings canceled, and...

Onstage

In ‘Please Don’t Eat the Mangos,’ this Mami has secrets

Emily Wilson - March 11, 2020

When Wilma Bonet first read Ricardo Pérez González's script for the play Don’t Eat the Mangos (through March 22 at Magic Theatre), she liked it right away. “First...

Arts + Culture

‘Free For All’: Not your great-great-grandmother’s Miss Julie

Emily Wilson - October 9, 2019

While Megan Cohen was attending Stanford University, she considered a career in acting. But performing scenes from August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, where Julie, an aristocrat...

Onstage

Tracking the human condition through a Nigerian family epic

Emily Wilson - March 15, 2019

ONSTAGE While writing the nine plays of the Ufot Family Cycle, which follows several generations of a family of Nigerians in America, Mfoniso Udofia...

Arts + Culture

Playwright Lauren Yee’s tribute to China Town community comes home to SF

Emily Wilson - January 18, 2019

Lauren Yee’s play, King of the Yees, has been produced all over – Baltimore, Toronto, Seattle, and Chicago. But she’s particularly excited for it...

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“I’ll make it even wilder”: Bill Irwin takes ‘On Beckett’

Screen Grabs: How ‘The Panic in Needle Park’ changed drug movies

‘It Can’t Happen Here’ returns, right before election

Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

Screen Grabs: ‘5 Blocks’ delves into Mid-Market development quandary

Screen Grabs: Two of SF’s biggest acting exports light up screens again

In ‘Please Don’t Eat the Mangos,’ this Mami has secrets

‘Free For All’: Not your great-great-grandmother’s Miss Julie

Tracking the human condition through a Nigerian family epic

Playwright Lauren Yee’s tribute to China Town community comes home to SF

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