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American Conservatory Theater - ACT415 Geary St.San Francisco, CA 94102 map cross street: Mason district: Union Square/San Francisco Centre Tel. +1 415.749.2228 Email American Conservatory Theater - ACT Website |
 | Fri Oct 23 - Sun Nov 22 David Mamet's fiendishly funny, over-the-top new comedy November, fresh from its smash-hit success on Broadway, offers no mercy in its satirical stab at American politics. Meet President Charles Smith, the most corrupt, inept buffoon ever to sit in t... More |  |
 | Thu Dec 03 - Sun Dec 27 Scrooge is back, and he's meaner than ever in A.C.T.'s A Christmas Carol, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition. Featuring adorable Tiny Tim, those spooky Christmas ghosts, and a multigenerational cast of dozens, A Christmas Carol is a sparkling,... More | |
| About American Conservatory Theater - ACT American Conservatory Theater nurtures the art of live theater through dynamic productions, intensive actor training in our conservatory, and an ongoing dialogue with our audience and our community. We embrace our responsibility to conserve, renew, and reinvent the rich theatrical traditions that are our collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and new communities. |
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Editorial Review  War Music A Brave Attempt, But Not Quite There By Ann Taylor (04/03/2009)" Honor. Glory. Bloodshed. These are the words that come to mind at the mention of Homer’s Iliad, the famous epic poem about the wrath of Achilles during the last year of the Trojan War. While the poem itself is rather long and tedious in places, the tensions between the characters as well as Homer’s descriptions of the battles would seem rich fodder for a theatrical production. Yet, American Conservatory Theatre’s production of "War Music", a stage adaption of Christopher Logue’s book by the same name, provides none of the spectacle, excitement, and tension one might expect from a modern remake of Homer’s classic tale of war. " |
Editorial Review  The Quality of Life A Brilliant Meditation By Nirmala Nataraj (11/07/2008)" Playwright Jane Anderson’s “The Quality of Life", currently at the American Conservatory Theater, is a brilliant meditation on a morass of issues: love, loss, grief, Red State v. Blue State, spiritual transcendence, and the possibility of shared understanding in times of crisis. Given all the issues that snake through the story with the mathematical complexity of a Moebius strip, Anderson, who also directs, displays tremendous skill in weaving her plot points together with seamless ease and opting for relatable, believable characters rather than a grand metanarrative about the human condition. " |
Editorial Review  'Tis Pity She’s a Whore From Parody to Powerhouse Performance By Nirmala Nataraj (06/28/2008)" John Ford’s “’Tis Pity She’s a Whore", is one of the most gruesome morality plays in Jacobean literature. With its turgid sensationalism, brusquely candid treatment of incest, and unrelenting presentation of the bilious clash between church and state, there are obvious congruencies with Shakespeare, but this tragedy foregoes Bard-like suggestiveness for categorical bawdiness. " |
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