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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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Events Calendar
Thu Sep 11 - Wed Oct 15
Rock 'N' Roll
Rock 'N' Roll is by Tom Stoppard, and Directed by Carey Perloff. "A rapturous, pulsating, decades-spanning tale of Prague's rock revolution, Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll follows the passions and politics of a wily Marxist professor in Cambridge an... More		 Tickets

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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The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Shockingly Appropriate
By Nirmala Nataraj (06/30/2005)

" Shockworthy theatre is somewhat outmoded. Since the ancient Greeks produced high dramas and low comedies chronicling the prurient histories of gods and heroes -- adultery, orgies, and incest have been stock motifs in the mises en scene of a proper stage. In much the same way, Edward Albee's Tony-Award winning play, "The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?: Notes Toward a Definition of Tragedy", takes its cue from the blatantly carnal urges of classical theater. "

Editorial Review
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The Black Rider
Innovative Musical Theater with Hipster Credentials
By Suzanne Kleid (09/04/2004)

" Based on a 19th century German tale, The Black Rider tells the story of Wilhelm, a clerk who will not be allowed to marry his love, Kathchen, unless he learns to hunt. Unable to kill anything except a vulture, he makes a deal with the devil: she gives him magic bullets that will kill anything he wants them to. "

Editorial Review
Eve Ensler's The Good Body Image
Eve Ensler's The Good Body
More Body, Less Vagina
By Nirmala Nataraj (07/02/2004)

" Five years ago, the word "vagina" kaboomed itself out of stagey whispers and into the very heart of the American milieu. With that, Eve Ensler went from being a theater nobody to a feminist playwright with global clout. Sometimes candid, sometimes tongue in cheek, and always extraordinary, Ensler's Vagina Monologues had a snowball effect being performed in more than 30 countries and translated into 28 languages. Now, after her infamous musings have accrued a gaggle of vagina aficionados and achieved a critical mass of performers (college drama classes and Hollywood debutantes alike), Ensler has turned her gaze to an area above... "

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