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American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)

415 Geary St.
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Mason
district: Union Square/San Francisco Centre

Tel. 415-749-2228
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About American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)

American Conservatory Theater nurtures the art of live theater through dynamic productions, intensive actor training in its conservatory, and an ongoing dialogue with its community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Managing Director Heather Kitchen, A.C.T. embraces its responsibility to conserve, renew, and reinvent its relationship to the rich theatrical traditions and literatures that are our collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and new communities. A commitment to the highest standards informs every aspect of A.C.T.'s creative work.

Founded in 1965 by William Ball, A.C.T. opened its first San Francisco season at the Geary Theater in 1967. In the 1970s, A.C.T. solidified its national and international reputation, winning a Tony Award for outstanding theater performance and training in 1979. During the past three decades, more than 300 A.C.T. productions have been performed to a combined audience of seven million people; today, A.C.T.'s performance, education, and outreach programs annually reach more than 250,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1996, A.C.T.'s efforts to develop creative talent for the theater were recognized with the prestigious Jujamcyn Theaters Award.

Today A.C.T. is nationally recognized for its groundbreaking productions of classical works and bold explorations of contemporary playwriting. Since the reopening of the Geary Theater in 1996, A.C.T. has enjoyed a remarkable period of audience expansion and renewed financial stability. The company continues to produce challenging theater in the rich context of symposia, audience discussions, and community interaction.

The conservatory, led by Melissa Smith now serving 1,900 students every year, was the first training program in the United States not affiliated with a college or university accredited to award a master of fine arts degree. Danny Glover, Annette Bening, Denzel Washington, Benjamin Bratt and Winona Ryder are among the conservatory's distinguished former students. With its commitment to excellence in actor training and to the relationship between training, performance, and audience, the A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program has moved to the forefront of America's actor training programs, while serving as the creative engine of the company at large.

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First Look New Plays - 2007
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September 7 - 24
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann

November 30 - December 23
Luminescence Dating
by Carey Perloff

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2007 - 2008 Season Announced
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Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed and Designed by John Doyle

The Rainmaker
by N. Richard Nash
Directed by Mark Rucker

Speed-the-Plow
by David Mamet
Directed by Loretta Grecco

The Blood Knot
by Athol Fugard
Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright

The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol
Directed by Carey Perloff

Curse of the Starving Class
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Peter DuBois

’Tis Pity She’s a Whore
by John Ford
Directed by Carey Perloff

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Editorial Review
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A Number at A.C.T.
The Uniqueness of Being(s)
By Nirmala Nataraj (05/11/2006)

" If you stop to closely consider all the elements that constitute an individual -- core beliefs, relationships, ideals, a fate largely dictated by the convergence of social and economic conditions -- then the concept of uniqueness becomes a bit far-fetched. Caryl Churchill examines all of the above to brilliant effect in her play "A Number", which dissects the archetypal father-son relationship under the heavily subdued lights of genetic engineering. "

Editorial Review
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Gem of the Ocean
Standing in the Light
By Clifton Lemon (02/24/2006)

" This complex, mystical, and powerful work is the ninth in August Wilson's ten play cycle about the twentieth century African-American experience. Gem of the Ocean's setting, Pittsburgh in 1904, is the earliest chronologically; it introduces characters referred to in the cycle's plays set in later decades. It paints a vivid historical picture of life in the post-Emancipation North that's as full of pain, joy, humor, and resonance as it is devoid of sentimentality, sanctimoniousness, or prejudice. "

Editorial Review
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The Overcoat at A.C.T.
If You've Got It, Flaunt It
By Nirmala Nataraj (09/16/2005)

" Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat" is a cautionary tale of mystical and fantastic proportions, centered on the dreary life of a low-class man. In keeping with the naturalist oeuvre of his literary counterparts, Gogol infused the tale with Dickensian details of the quotidian -- minutiae that served his leitmotif of toilsome monotony and culture-specific oppression. "

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