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Rainbow Zebra Reading Series Presents Magic Classics
Rainbow Zebra Reading Series presents Magic Classics!
Every Monday in the month of June at 7:00
Fool For Love by Sam Shepard June 2
True Beauties by Julie Hébert June 9
Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro June 16
The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod June 23
Buried Child by Sam Shepard June 30

Rainbow Zebra Reading Series: Magic Classics
Rainbow Zebra presents Reading Series: Magic Classics
Fool For Love by Sam Shepard

Rainbow Zebra Reading Series: Magic Classics True Beauties by Julie Hébert
Rainbow Zebra presents Reading Series: Magic Classics
True Beauties by Julie Hébert

Rainbow Zebra Reading Series: Magic Classics Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro
Rainbow Zebra presents Reading Series: Magic Classics
Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro

Rainbow Zebra Reading Series: Magic Classics The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod
Rainbow Zebra presents Reading Series: Magic Classics
The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod

Magic World Premiere Aztlán by Luis Alfaro
Aztlán
By Luis Alfaro
Directed by Kinan Valdez
MacArthur Genius Award Winner Luis Alfaro returns to work with Campo Santo and the Magic Theatre!

Rainbow Zebra Reading Series: Magic Classics Buried Child by Sam Shepard
Rainbow Zebra presents Reading Series: Magic Classics
Buried Child by Sam Shepard



Magic World Premiere Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission by Richard Montoya
Jerry Garcia in the Lower Mission
By Richard Montoya
Directed by Rotimi Agbabiaka
Dramaturgy by Edris Anifowoshe Cooper
If Huck Finn had lived in the Excelsior of 1947, he'd a been running with Jerry and brother Tiff to every street car & trolly that carried them to the docks of a city where longshoremen strode near Mother Garcia's bar. A magic time when a kid's imagination ran deep as the wharfs near The Lower Mission...


Come Thru: A Cultural Celebration with LHT
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presents COME THRU


Lightbirds Fly following the boiling
Post Show Special Event the boiling
Lightbirds Fly!

Magic World Premiere The Boiling by Sunhui Chang
the boiling
By Sunhui Chang
Directed by Ellen Sebastian Chang
It’s a live performance.
It’s Theatre.
It’s live cinema.

PAST EVENTS
“an elephant in a family of lambs*: international and transracial adoption”
Join us for this special pre-opening discussion of Sunhui Chang’s “the boiling” this event includes light bites and drinks.

Books! Birds! And Blackness!
Books! Birds! And Blackness!
A conversation with Ellen Sebastian Chang, Sunhui Chang, Donald E. Lacy Jr., and Clayton Anderson at Clio’s Bookstore in Oakland.

Oscar Watch Party!
Oscar Watch Party!! March 2, 2025 3:00PM
Join us at 111 Minna Gallery to celebrate Magic Board Member, Colman Domingo’s second Oscar nomination for best actor!

SFBATCO presents Cuckoo Edible Magic
World Premiere
Written by Reed Flores
Directed by Michelle Talgarow
For any more information please contact SFBATCO


SFBATCO/Lorraine Hansberry Theatre General Auditions
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre and SFBATCO General Auditions


Rainbow Zebra Productions Presents A Pickwick Christmas Adapted by Brian Lohmann
Rainbow Zebra Productions presents
Reading Series Extravanganza!
A Pickwick Christmas Adapted by Brian Lohmann

Tigerbear Productions presents GHOSTRAVE
GhostRave unfolds – for Chayson, Coyote, an assortment of Native and indigenous beings and spirits, and most of all the audience – as an immersive adventure from composer Brandon M.P. Roberts and librettist Jerome Joseph Gentes that breaks the rules of dancefloors, spacetime, indigeneity, genderqueerness, opera and theatre. Featuring groundbreaking approaches to musical composition, using DJ formulas and techniques such as harmonic mixing and beat matching to fuse music genres and rhythms.

Lorraine Hansberry THeatre presents The black feminist Guide to the Human Body
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre presents The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body. A daring celebration of life and the resilience of Black women, The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body marks Lisa B. Thompson’s triumphant return to the Bay Area in a rolling world premiere celebrating the joys and challenges of growing older and wiser.

DOUBLE FEATURE
See Crowded Fire Theater’s Shipping & Handling by Star Finch and the Magic Theatre’s Richard II in one day at a discounted price for both!

Richard II
A NEW VERSION BY NAOMI IIZUKA
DIRECTED BY DR. KARINA GUTiÉRREZ
Richard II is Shakespeare’s examination of the destructive powers of privilege. In the second half of the Iizuka Repertory - the company from the world premiere of Garuda's Wing will perform a new, lean production of Iizuka’s Play On version of Richard II shaped to this company. Not modernized, just new. This will be the first Shakespeare produced by the Magic Theatre in decades, but this is new!


Crowded Fire Theater’s Shipping & Handling by Star Finch
Shipping & Handling
by Star Finch
directed by Lisa Marie Rollins & Leigh Rondon-Davis
August 8 - September 7, 2024

Magic Gala Silent Auction!
Silent Auction
Preview items August 1, Noon
Auction goes LIVE Friday August 2 at Noon

Garuda’s Wing
Written by Naomi Iizuka
Directed by Margo Hall
Get ready for the mysterious new play by Naomi Iizuka, Garuda’s Wing, a mesmerizing blend of personal intimacy and international intrigue! Garuda’s Wing is a magical experience, a spellbinding trance that begins in Borneo and takes us back and forward in time. Hold on and follow the ghosts as we traverse a riveting tale of search, discovery, and even murder, both at an intimate, familial level and on a grand, global colonial scale. Iizuka showcases her unique talent to craft intimate human portraits while evoking layers of revolution and colonial effects!

Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin)


Making Magic: Masterclass Writing & Dramaturgy
The Magic Theatre (in Young Performers Theatre) • May 11, 2024
On Saturday May 11, 2024 Magic Theatre’s Education Program Making Magic: Arts and the Community will present the second installment to Making Magic: A Masterclass, featuring San Francisco Bay Area theatre’s legends and local artists who have made indelible impact in the community.
Making Magic: A Masterclass is a new initiative within Magic Theatre’s Education geared to provide tools, resources, and techniques to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who identify as writers and dramaturgs who are new, emerging, or established in the field.
This workshop event is designed to celebrate and provide support to Writers and Dramaturgs of color in the San Francisco Bay Area region. Magic Theatre's Making Magic: Art & Community's Writing & Dramaturgy Workshop aims to foster a sense of community, provide valuable resources, and encourage the flourishing of creativity within a diverse cultural context.

Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind
Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind
a world premiere theatrical concert
by Martha Gonzalez and Virginia Grise
Directed by Kendra Ware

Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad NARCAn Training
Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad By Ashley Smiley
Special event Narcon training

Oscar Party
Watch the Oscars with us!
Magic Board Member, and Sean San José’s bestie, Colman Domingo is nominated for his performance in Rustin.


Indigenous Magic
Indigenous Magic is a monthly arts series for and by Native Folk, presented at the Magic Theatre. Organized by Jerome Joseph Gentes (Standing Rock Lakota and Fort Belknap A'aninin) Monday, February 26th @ 6pm in the lobby of the Magic Theatre.

Making Magic: Masterclass
On January 27, 2024 Magic Theatre’s Education Program Making Magic: Arts and the Community will present Making Magic: A Masterclass, featuring San Francisco Bay Area theatre’s legends and local artists who have made indelible impact in the community.
Making Magic: A Masterclass is a new initiative within Magic Theatre’s Education geared to provide tools, resources, and techniques to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who identify as theatre artists in preparation for upcoming regional General Auditions as well as other audition-based arts employment opportunities within the region.