All of popular culture's most beloved fairytale characters are brought together in this dark twisted fantasy from James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, coming to the San Francisco Playhouse this holiday season! Debuting on Broadway in 1987, this Tony Award-winning ensemble piece stitches together figures from Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk as they explore their hopes and wishes in the confines of the mysterious forest.

Following its New York debut, San Francisco Playhouse stages Kesselring Prize-winning playwright Candrice Jones's FLEX, a compelling and inspiring new play about the hoops and hurdles faced by a high school girls' basketball team from Arkansas. The Lady Train team dreams of becoming professional basketball players, but from the outset are beset by the challenges of marginalization, being young black female athletes from a rural hometown. Will their personal struggles outside the court fracture their unity, or can they stand united through thick and thin?

Driving a stake through the heart of toxic masculinity, Kate Hamil's inventive adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic horror breathes new (after) life into the story of the bloodthirsty count in a whirlwind of feminine rage and wit. A rollicking dark comedy that takes us back to Victorian Britain, where a terrifying vampire stalks the streets, Dracula - A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really, takes aim at all the monsters, both the real ones, and the ones of our nightmares.

M. Butterfly tells the amazing story of the spy scandal that rocked 1980s France. This complex and engaging play by the esteemed David Henry Hwang, which won three Tonys in 1988, tracks the affair between a French diplomat who forsakes his wife and his country after falling for the charms of an alluring Chinese opera star.

San Francisco Playhouse's 2025/26 Season gets off to a rollicking start with English playwright Michael Frayn's riotous comedy Noises Off, starting performances this September! The quintessentially British farce brings an ensemble cast to the stage in a whirlwind of banter and expertly-timed physical comedy that'll have you rolling in the aisles and wiping away tears of laughter.