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SFBATCO presents Cuckoo Edible Magic
World Premiere
Written by Reed Flores
Directed by Michelle Talgarow
Magic World Premiere The Boiling by Sunhui Chang
the boiling
By Sunhui Chang
Directed by Ellen Sebastian ChangIt’s a live performance.
It’s Theatre.
It’s a collection of short films.
It’s live cinema.
Magic World Premiere Aztlan by Luis Alfaro
Aztlán
By Luis Alfaro
Directed by Kinan Valdez
MacArthur Genius Award Winner Luis Alfaro returns to work with Campo Santo and the Magic Theatre!
Magic World Premiere Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission by Richard Montoya
Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission
By Richard Montoya
Directed by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Dramaturgy by Edris Anifowoshe Cooper
Montoya leads this play with a live band, exploring the formative years of the iconic Grateful Dead frontman in San Francisco's Mission District. The play delves into Garcia's childhood wharf roots and his immersion in the vibrant communities and love of silent films, all ranges of music, all highlighting the diverse cultural influences that shaped his music and persona.
Tigerbear Productions presents GHOSTRAVE
GhostRave unfolds – for Chayson, Coyote, an assortment of Native and indigenous beings and spirits, and most of all the audience – as an immersive adventure from composer Brandon M.P. Roberts and librettist Jerome Joseph Gentes that breaks the rules of dancefloors, spacetime, indigeneity, genderqueerness, opera and theatre. Featuring groundbreaking approaches to musical composition, using DJ formulas and techniques such as harmonic mixing and beat matching to fuse music genres and rhythms.
Lorraine Hansberry THeatre presents The black feminist Guide to the Human Body
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presents The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body. A daring celebration of life and the resilience of Black women, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body marks Lisa B. Thompson’s triumphant return to the Bay Area in a rolling world premiere celebrating the joys and challenges of growing older and wiser.
DOUBLE FEATURE
See Crowded Fire Theater’s Shipping & Handling by Star Finch and the Magic Theatre’s Richard II in one day at a discounted price for both!
Richard II
A NEW VERSION BY NAOMI IIZUKA
DIRECTED BY DR. KARINA GUTiÉRREZ
Richard II is Shakespeare’s examination of the destructive powers of privilege. In the second half of the Iizuka Repertory - the company from the world premiere of Garuda's Wing will perform a new, lean production of Iizuka’s Play On version of Richard II shaped to this company. Not modernized, just new. This will be the first Shakespeare produced by the Magic Theatre in decades, but this is new!
Crowded Fire Theater’s Shipping & Handling by Star Finch
Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
August 8 - September 7, 2024
Magic Gala Silent Auction!
Silent Auction
Preview items August 1, Noon
Auction goes LIVE Friday August 2 at Noon
Garuda’s Wing
Written by Naomi Iizuka
Directed by Margo Hall
Get ready for the mysterious new play by Naomi Iizuka, Garuda’s Wing, a mesmerizing blend of personal intimacy and international intrigue! Garuda’s Wing is a magical experience, a spellbinding trance that begins in Borneo and takes us back and forward in time. Hold on and follow the ghosts as we traverse a riveting tale of search, discovery, and even murder, both at an intimate, familial level and on a grand, global colonial scale. Iizuka showcases her unique talent to craft intimate human portraits while evoking layers of revolution and colonial effects!
Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin)
Making Magic: Masterclass Writing & Dramaturgy
The Magic Theatre (in Young Performers Theatre) • May 11, 2024
On Saturday May 11, 2024 Magic Theatre’s Education Program Making Magic: Arts and the Community will present the second installment to Making Magic: A Masterclass, featuring San Francisco Bay Area theatre’s legends and local artists who have made indelible impact in the community.
Making Magic: A Masterclass is a new initiative within Magic Theatre’s Education geared to provide tools, resources, and techniques to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who identify as writers and dramaturgs who are new, emerging, or established in the field.
This workshop event is designed to celebrate and provide support to Writers and Dramaturgs of color in the San Francisco Bay Area region. Magic Theatre's Making Magic: Art & Community's Writing & Dramaturgy Workshop aims to foster a sense of community, provide valuable resources, and encourage the flourishing of creativity within a diverse cultural context.
Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind
Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind
a world premiere theatrical concert
by Martha Gonzalez and Virginia Grise
Directed by Kendra Ware
Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad NARCAn Training
Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad By Ashley Smiley
Special event Narcon training
Oscar Party
Watch the Oscars with us!
Magic Board Member, and Sean San José’s bestie, Colman Domingo is nominated for his performance in Rustin.
Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin) Monday, February 26th @ 6pm in the lobby of the Magic Theatre.
Making Magic: Masterclass
On January 27, 2024 Magic Theatre’s Education Program Making Magic: Arts and the Community will present Making Magic: A Masterclass, featuring San Francisco Bay Area theatre’s legends and local artists who have made indelible impact in the community.
Making Magic: A Masterclass is a new initiative within Magic Theatre’s Education geared to provide tools, resources, and techniques to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who identify as theatre artists in preparation for upcoming regional General Auditions as well as other audition-based arts employment opportunities within the region.
Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC Presents: Miriam and Esther Go To The Diamond District
Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC presents Miriam and Esther Go To The Diamond District
STILL Here
STILL HERE
Still Here – The Workshop Performance
“Still Here” tells the story of how San Francisco, in the face of adversity and unprecedented devastation, a generation found the fortitude to not only survive but to thrive in spite of overwhelming odds. It is a story told through the eyes of ten members of the SF AIDS Foundation’s Elizabeth Taylor 50 Plus Support Network that is sometimes powerful, passionate, poignant, and poetic.
Hear how they rose as a community, and as individuals, as they bring to life the challenges and struggles they overcame in order to discover that love is the answer, whatever the question.
A collaboration of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Magic Theatre Workshop, “STILL HERE” was written by members of Elizabeth Taylor 50 Plus Support Network. Script by Ely Sonny Orquiza, co-directed and co-facilitated by Ely Sonny Orquiza and James WDL Mercer II.
Performance: December 4, 2023 at 8PM in Fort Mason.
Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin) Monday, November 27 @ 6pm in the lobby of the Magic Theatre.
Mother/Tongues
On this 45th anniversary of the play Tongues by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin premiering at the Magic Theatre we are doing a celebratory event called Mother/Tongues conceived by Aidan Stone.
The event will include a reading of Tongues and plus additional material, including letters between Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin.
RIchard II A Conversation
Join us in conversation at the Orinda Public Library! Led by Liam Vincent, Sean San José, Lue Douthit (Play On! Shakespeare) Dr. Karina Gutierrez and Dr. Philippa Kelly. These incredible people will discuss the play Richard II and the translation of it by Naomi Iizuka.
Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin) Monday, September 18 @ 6pm in the lobby of the Magic Theatre.
Post Show Conversation with Luis Alfaro
Post-show conversation with Luis Alfaro! Enjoy a free drink and intimate conversation with the incomparable Playwright following the LA performance of The Travelers at LATC in downtown Los Angeles!
The Travelers at LATC!
by Luis Alfaro
Directed by Catherine Castellanos
restaged for LTC by Sean San José
Set inside a nearly abandoned Catholic monastery, a small group of Brothers world is exploded with the sudden arrival of a man shot through the heart. The Travelers explores a disconnected community of Brown men in search of connection and corazon with intimate honesty and inspired humor. These travelers are emblematic of the communities of California’s Central Valley as they seek some soul connection in a state that is building prisons over schools and forgoing any sense of faith over fear-mongering. In the original voice of the Latinx/Latiné world, Alfaro’s writing breaks through religious dogma, recognizes cultural connections, and offers solace for communal souls.
EDit Annie
Reverse. Slow it down. MAKE IT RIGHT.
Annie has the perfect job editing videos for social media influencer Clara Couture: she sets her own schedule, she doesn’t have to leave the house, and she doesn’t have to interact with the outside world. But when a chance encounter brings her face-to-face with Clara in real life, Annie gets pulled out of her comfort zone in more ways than one. A life full of jump cuts, reverse scrubs, and parasocial relationships pulled into the real world quickly gets dizzying. What story is Annie creating? A queer rom-com? Buddy film? Psychological thriller? Claymation creature feature? Where is this Insta Story leading? Heartfelt, comedic, and poignant, Edit Annie invites us to explore our relationships to internet fame, anonymity, and intimacy in the digital age.
Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin) Monday, September 18 @ 6pm in the lobby of the Magic Theatre.
DUGO
The Magic Theatre • Saturday and Sunday August 26 & 27 @ 8PMIntroducing a project by Sean San Jose In collaboration with Rachel Lastimosa, Patricia Barretto Ong and Joan Osato
Sponsored by SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District
A new performance piece walking through memory of a time before AIDS
Created by Sean San José with Rachel Lastimosa, Joan Osato, Christopher Sauceda & Tessa Nebrida
One weekend only at the Magic Theatre in the YPT space
Magic Gala 2023!
Help us celebrate 2023 and ring in the upcoming 2024 year of exciting programming! Mingle, dine, dance and drink with artists, fellow supporters, friends, performers and of course, the Magic staff.