Theater & Stage Shows in SF Bay Area

Dance Downtown at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Mar 5, 2026) presents contemporary dance and choreographic performances in an interdisciplinary, live-movement program.

M. Butterfly at San Francisco Playhouse is a dramatic stage production exploring identity and geopolitics in a theatrical, thought-provoking evening.

See Monty Python's Spamalot, the zany musical comedy playing at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco on 2026-03-05; tickets available through verified providers.

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.

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 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 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.

Magic Theatre in San Francisco presents a new version of Macbeth by Migdalia Cruz, directed by Liam Vincent, running Mar 18–Apr 5, 2026.

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.

Sanctuary: All-School Arts Showcase at Fox Theater in Oakland presents a multidisciplinary evening of student performances and arts; tickets available from verified providers.

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.

Palo Alto Children’s Theatre presents Matilda the Musical on April 20, 2026 — a family-friendly, theatrical musical adaptation perfect for kids and parents alike in Palo Alto.