San Francisco Playhouse, Theatre in Union Square, San Francisco, US.
San Francisco Playhouse is a theater on Post Street in the Union Square neighborhood of San Francisco. The house seats close to 200 people and stages a mix of contemporary plays, classic dramas, and Broadway musicals throughout the year.
The theater was founded in 2003 and gradually built a reputation within the Bay Area arts scene over the following years. During that time it received several awards from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.
The playhouse is known for giving new playwrights a platform to stage their work in front of a real audience. This makes many productions feel like discoveries, with stories and voices that are hard to find in larger venues.
The theater sits in central San Francisco, so it is easy to reach on foot or by public transit from most parts of the city. Booking ahead is a good idea since the house is small and seats fill up quickly.
In 2015 the company received the American Theatre Wing's National Theatre Company Grant, an award given to nonprofit theatres across the country. The same year's pandemic-era work is also notable: San Francisco Playhouse was among the first US companies permitted by Actors' Equity to film live actors on stage, streaming Yasmina Reza's Art from 24 October 2020.
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