84 upcoming theater events
Dance Downtown
Thu, 5 Mar 2026
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
Dance Downtown at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Mar 5, 2026) presents contemporary dance and choreographic performances in an interdisciplinary, live-movement program.
$5 Off Tix: Award-Winning Drama “M. Butterfly” Live in SF (Feb. 5-March 14)
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 at 21:00
San Francisco Playhouse
David Henry Hwang’s award-winning drama M. Butterfly runs at San Francisco Playhouse (Feb 5–Mar 14), a provocative retelling that probes love, power and cultural identity through a diplomat’s long affair with a Chinese opera singer.
SF Neo-Futurists “The Infinite Wrench” (30 Plays in 60 Minutes, every Fri & Sat)
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 at 22:00
447 Minna St.
The SF Neo-Futurists perform The Infinite Wrench — 30 bite-sized plays in 60 minutes — a fast, experimental live-performance running Fri & Sat at 447 Minna St, praised by the SF Chronicle.
Misfit Cabaret Circus
Sat, 7 Mar 2026
Great American Music Hall
Misfit Cabaret Circus at the Great American Music Hall is a late-night cabaret/circus variety show mixing acrobatics, burlesque, music and theatrical performance for an artsy nightlife crowd.
Opera San José
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 at 20:00
Filoli Historic House & Garden
Opera San José performs a world-class preview of its 2026–2027 season at the historic Filoli House & Garden on March 17, 2026, offering an elegant evening of operatic highlights.
Nov25
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
Magic Theatre
Magic Theatre in San Francisco presents a new version of Macbeth by Migdalia Cruz, directed by Liam Vincent, running Mar 18–Apr 5, 2026.
Mar18
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
Magic Theatre
Magic Theatre presents a staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth on Mar 18 in San Francisco — a dark, intense production of the classic tragedy for adult theatre audiences.
LINES Ballet World Premiere with esperanza spalding + “Ode to Alice Coltrane”
Sat, 11 Apr 2026
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
LINES Ballet premieres a new dance work at YBCA featuring composer/bassist Esperanza Spalding in a musical tribute to Alice Coltrane—contemporary choreography with live music in San Francisco.
La Bohème
San Francisco Zoo
Puccini’s La Bohème at San Francisco Opera: a classic Romantic opera production—sung in Italian with projected English translations, full of music, love and tragedy.
Alice Formerly of Wonderland
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents Alice Formerly of Wonderland, a contemporary stage reimagining of the Alice story blending drama and whimsy for mainstage audiences.
Love Notes
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Love Notes at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a mainstage musical production presenting stories of love and relationships through song and performance at a professional regional theatre.
Parsifal
San Francisco Zoo
Wagner's Parsifal at the San Francisco Opera is a grand, dramatic German-language opera production exploring themes of redemption and the Holy Grail.
2024–25
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera's 2024–25 season at the War Memorial Opera House presents a lineup of classic and contemporary operas in multiple languages, featuring world-class singers and full orchestral productions.
El Ultimo Suenode Frida y Diego
San Francisco Zoo
A contemporary opera at San Francisco Opera dramatizing the lives and relationship of artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera with theatrical music and visual spectacle.
Orpheus and Eurydice
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice — a timeless myth brought to life with luminous classical music, full orchestra and theatrical staging.
Partenope
San Francisco Zoo
Handel's baroque opera Partenope presented by San Francisco Opera — a staged, vocally virtuosic evening of classical music and theatrical drama in San Francisco.
Tristan and Isolde graphic of them embracing within a droplet of water
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, a sweeping tragic opera of doomed love promoted with artwork of the lovers embracing inside a droplet, performed in German with English supertitles.
Duck Gulps in Silence: A Staged Reading Written by AeJay Antonis Marquis
Brava Theater Center
A staged reading of Duck Gulps in Silence by AeJay Antonis Marquis at Brava Theater Center presenting a rehearsal-style, dialogue-focused glimpse of a new contemporary play.
The Elixir of Love graphic of a woman in a beach hat encapsulated in a bubble coming from a bottle on the waiters tray. In the background are beach umbrellas, buildings and a person riding a motorcycle.
San Francisco Zoo
Donizetti’s comic opera The Elixir of Love at San Francisco Opera — a romantic, witty production with seaside-themed visuals, sung in Italian with surtitles for an evening of classical theatre.
VENUE INFO
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Venue information and booking page for the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco, providing details for performances, rentals and upcoming live events.
Heated Rivalry Drag Brunch
San Jose Improv
A lively drag brunch-style cabaret at the San Jose Improv featuring comedic performances, music, and brunch vibes for an energetic daytime entertainment experience.
JUJU'S BURLESQUE
Yoshi's Oakland
JUJU'S BURLESQUE at Yoshi's Oakland — an adults-oriented cabaret night of theatrical burlesque, dance, comedy and live music in an intimate club setting.
1.War Memorial Performing Arts Center
War Memorial Performing Arts Center
The War Memorial Performing Arts Center in San Francisco houses the historic War Memorial Opera House, Davies Symphony Hall and Herbst Theater, home to the San Francisco Opera, Ballet and Symphony in a landmark Beaux‑Arts complex.
2.SHN Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum Theatre
The historic Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco presents major Broadway musicals in an ornate, landmark 1920s venue combining cathedral-like exterior and art-deco interiors.
10.Magic Theatre
Magic Theatre
Magic Theatre in San Francisco's Marina District stages bold, innovative contemporary plays and new writing, many of which have gone on to success in Los Angeles, New York and beyond.
2023–24
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera's 2023–24 season presents a lineup of full-scale operas and productions featuring classic and contemporary works, inviting audiences in San Francisco to attend staged performances across the company's season.
2025-26
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera announces its 2025–26 season of staged operas featuring new productions and revivals with leading singers and full orchestral productions.
3.The Curran Theatre
The Curran Theatre
Historic 1,600-seat San Francisco theatre The Curran has hosted Broadway-caliber musicals since 1922 and reopened in 2017 after a major restoration, famously launching Fun Home in its renewed space.
4.American Conservatory Theater
American Conservatory Theater (Geary Theatre / The Strand)
The American Conservatory Theater (Geary Theatre and The Strand) is a leading San Francisco institution staging classic and boundary-pushing plays and smaller cabaret productions in historic venues.
6.Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater is a 700+ seat San Francisco venue staging dance, music and dramatic programs — home to frequent SMUIN contemporary ballet performances including the annual Christmas Ballet.
7.SF Playhouse
San Francisco Playhouse
SF Playhouse is a 199-seat intimate theater in the Kensington Park Hotel presenting emotionally driven contemporary dramas that aim to deepen self-awareness and shared human experience.
8.ODC Dance
ODC Theater
ODC Dance is San Francisco's pioneering modern dance company presenting contemporary performances and community-engaging classes, youth programs and workshops in its intimate 170-seat ODC Theater.
A.C.T.'s Annual Gala
American Conservatory Theater
A.C.T.'s Annual Gala at the American Conservatory Theater on Oct 24, 2025 is a formal fundraising evening of performances and celebration supporting the theater company in San Francisco.
A graphic of a bride and groom standing between empty chairs with pink balloons tied to them. There is a large image of a female looking down on them holding a pink balloon.
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Innocence, a visually striking contemporary opera exploring love, loss and memory with evocative staging and dramatic imagery.
Alyssa Edwards
Castro Theatre
Alyssa Edwards, acclaimed drag performer and choreographer, brings high-energy dance, comedy and lip-sync cabaret to the Castro Theatre in San Francisco for an unforgettable adult night out.
Antony and Cleopatra
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Antony and Cleopatra, a grand operatic staging of Shakespeare's tragic story with dramatic music and lavish production values.
A Streetcar Named Desire
American Conservatory Theater
Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (Jan 21–Feb 1, 2026) — a classic, intense drama about desire, class tensions, and psychological unraveling.
Beautiful The Carole King Musical
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox Broadway-style show celebrating Carole King’s life and hits, staged by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley with classic pop songs, storytelling and theatrical spectacle.
Christian Cagigal's Witching Hour
American Conservatory Theater
Christian Cagigal's Witching Hour is a limited-engagement dramatic production at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (Mar 6–7, 2026), presenting a contemporary staged piece by noted playwright/director Christian Cagigal.
Come From Away
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Come From Away is a moving, community-focused Broadway musical about compassion and resilience in the aftermath of 9/11, presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Die Frau ohne Schatten
San Francisco Zoo
Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at San Francisco Opera is a lavish, German-language epic opera of mythic drama and rich orchestration presented in a major staged production.
Digital green outline of Steve Jobs with silhouette of a woman sitting on the rim of the glasses
San Francisco Zoo
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at San Francisco Opera is a contemporary, biographical opera exploring the life and legacy of Steve Jobs through music and drama.
Dracula
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley stages Dracula, a Gothic drama adapting Bram Stoker’s classic into a suspenseful, romantic, and chilling live-theater experience.
Elektra
San Francisco Zoo
A powerful staging of Richard Strauss's Elektra at the San Francisco Opera — an intense, expressionist one-act opera driven by a fierce orchestral score and dramatic vocal performances.
Eugene Onegin
San Francisco Zoo
Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at San Francisco Opera is a classic Russian opera of love, regret and social tension, presented with full orchestration and likely English supertitles for an elegant, dramatic evening.
Golden Thread Productions and Brava present What Do the Women Say? 2026
Brava Theater Center
Golden Thread Productions and Brava present 'What Do the Women Say?' — a contemporary theatrical drama exploring women's voices and stories at Brava Theater Center in 2026.
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Magic Theatre
A production of Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Magic Theatre, presenting the classic tragedy on stage for theatre audiences.
Graphic silhoutte of Carmen in a long yellow dress with red down the front as she is standing between two gigantic bull horns
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera stages Bizet's Carmen, a passionate, dramatic opera with an iconic score and striking visuals at the San Francisco Opera house.
Hamnet
American Conservatory Theater
Hamnet at American Conservatory Theater (Apr 22–May 24, 2026) is a dramatic stage adaptation exploring family, grief and the Shakespearean legacy in a powerful period piece.
Idomeneo
San Francisco Zoo
A staging of Mozart's Idomeneo at the San Francisco Opera, presenting the classic opera with full orchestration, drama and vocal virtuosity.
Indomeneo graphic of a man dangling between the prongs of a tridant as a figure approaches from the far distance
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Mozart's Idomeneo — a grand, dramatic opera production with heroic visuals and the classic score, typically sung in Italian with English surtitles at the War Memorial venue.
Kim’s Convenience
American Conservatory Theater
Kim’s Convenience at American Conservatory Theater (Sep 18–Oct 19, 2025) — a warm, witty stage comedy about a Korean-Canadian family running a corner store, blending humor with heartfelt family dynamics.
La Boheme graphic of two hands holding a candle and the smoke from the flame creating a silhouette of a woman
San Francisco Zoo
Puccini's La Bohème at San Francisco Opera promises a romantic, visually striking production—imagery of candlelight and smoke forming a woman's silhouette—presented in the original language with surtitles for a classic operatic experience.
La Traviata
San Francisco Zoo
Verdi's La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera — a classic Italian opera of love and sacrifice presented at SF's premiere opera house.
Lohengrin illustration of a hand holding a sword with a swan wrapped around it and a woman reaching up to the falling feathers
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Wagner's Lohengrin, a dramatic Romantic opera centered on the swan motif with soaring orchestral and vocal writing—see the SF Opera page for production details and ticketing.
Madame Butterfly
San Francisco Zoo
Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at San Francisco Opera — a fully staged production of the classic tragic opera with soaring arias and dramatic storytelling; see SF Opera for dates, cast, and tickets.
Musicals
Orpheum Theatre
The Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco presents touring musicals and Broadway-style live song-and-dance productions suitable for families and theatre lovers.
Paranormal Activity
American Conservatory Theater
Paranormal Activity, a dramatic production at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, runs Feb 19–Mar 22, 2026 and explores supernatural themes in a contemporary stage work.
Plays
Orpheum Theatre
A series of staged plays at the historic Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco offering live dramatic performances for theatergoers.
Primary Trust
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Primary Trust is a contemporary stage drama presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, promising thoughtful storytelling and live theatrical performance in the Bay Area.
Rigoletto
San Francisco Zoo
Verdi's Rigoletto at San Francisco Opera: a dramatic Italian opera (typically performed with English surtitles) presenting tragedy, memorable arias and high-stakes drama in a formal staged production in San Francisco.
San Francisco
Orpheum Theatre
San Francisco is a staged theatrical/musical production playing at the Orpheum Theatre — a live, touring show celebrating the city with music and drama; check the ATG listing for dates and tickets.
Shane
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents Shane, a dramatic stage adaptation of the classic western exploring loyalty, identity and moral courage in a live theatrical production.
Stereophonic
American Conservatory Theater
Stereophonic (Oct 28–Nov 23, 2025) at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco is a contemporary theatrical production that explores sound and storytelling in a staged drama.
The Barber of Seville
San Francisco Zoo
Rossini's comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville at the San Francisco Opera — a lively bel-canto show in Italian with English supertitles, full of memorable arias, wit and theatrical charm.
The Employee Dharma Handbook
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
A contemporary comedic play at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley that satirizes workplace culture and mindfulness in the tech era through sharp humor and character-driven storytelling.
The Extraordinary Card Magic of Jason Ladanye
San Jose Improv
A live card-magic performance by Jason Ladanye at the San Jose Improv blending sleight-of-hand, comedy, and audience interaction for an engaging evening of illusions.
The Monkey King
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents The Monkey King, an operatic retelling of the classic Journey to the West tale offering musical spectacle and dramatic storytelling for opera fans and families.
Tristan and Isolde
San Francisco Zoo
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at San Francisco Opera — a monumental, tragic romantic opera in German; check the SF Opera site for performance dates, cast and tickets.
Un Ballo in Maschera
San Francisco Zoo
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at San Francisco Opera: a dramatic, masked-opera production blending political intrigue and romance, typically sung in Italian with surtitles.
Un Ballo in Maschera graphic depicting a male and female silhouette face to face with a chandelier between them.
San Francisco Zoo
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at San Francisco Opera: a dramatic, romantic masked‑ball opera featuring full orchestral forces and theatrical staging exploring love and political intrigue.
The Handmaid's Tale
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera stages The Handmaid's Tale, a contemporary opera adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel combining striking music and theatrical storytelling.
The Handmaid's Tale graphic of a handmaid in red dress and white bonnet with invisible hands around her and a large eye in the background
San Francisco Zoo
A dramatic operatic adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale presented by San Francisco Opera, combining contemporary score and striking visual design to bring Margaret Atwood’s dystopia to the stage.
The Magic Flute
San Francisco Zoo
Mozart's The Magic Flute at San Francisco Opera is a majestic, family-accessible opera known for its memorable arias, fantastical staging, and dramatic vocal performances.
Omar graphic of Omar praying in a long white robe that fans out before him.
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera presents Omar, a contemporary opera with striking visual staging and powerful vocal performance exploring themes of faith, identity and history.
Recommended
Civic Center
Recommended: a Broadway-style musical performance at the Civic Center — an indoor, ticketed theater event with date/details to be confirmed.
||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||
American Conservatory Theater
GIRLS CHANCE MUSIC is a staged musical running Mar 12–Apr 19, 2026 at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco as part of ACT's 2025–26 season.
Events
Orpheum Theatre
Catch a rotating slate of live musical theatre and stage performances at the historic Orpheum Theatre — check the ATG listing for show dates, times, and ticket info.
Il Trovatore
San Francisco Zoo
Verdi's Il Trovatore at San Francisco Opera is a dramatic, romantic grand opera in Italian with powerful arias and full orchestral score, staged at San Francisco's premier opera house.
Dialogues of the Carmelites
San Francisco Zoo
San Francisco Opera stages Francis Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, a powerful French-language opera about faith, fear and martyrdom presented with dramatic staging and surtitles.
YC Cabaret Winter 2026
American Conservatory Theater
YC Cabaret Winter 2026 at the American Conservatory Theater (Mar 13–22, 2026) is a conservatory cabaret featuring musical and theatrical showcases from ACT's young performers.
Carmen
San Francisco Zoo
Bizet's Carmen at the San Francisco Opera — a dramatic, passionate opera of love and fate featuring famous arias like the Habanera and Toreador; a classic evening of grand staging and powerful vocals.
Dead Man Walking
San Francisco Zoo
Dead Man Walking at San Francisco Opera is a powerful contemporary opera (in English) exploring crime, punishment, redemption and grief, based on Sister Helen Prejean's book.
Ear Hustle Live!
American Conservatory Theater
Ear Hustle Live! brings the acclaimed Ear Hustle podcast to the American Conservatory Theater on Apr 11, 2026 for a live storytelling and conversation exploring life inside and after prison.