San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse will close its 2025-26 season with the mega-hit musical “Hairspray.” Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, this bold Broadway phenomenon is piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance, and groovy dancing. Set in 1962, “Hairspray” follows Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad, who dreams of dancing on her favorite TV show. When her wish comes true, she shakes up the system, using her platform to confront racial segregation and to inspire a movement that changes the face of television forever. “Hairspray” features Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s upbeat R&amp;B and Motown-infused score including “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” “Good Morning Baltimore,” “Welcome to the 60’s,” and “I Know Where I’ve Been” plus Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan’s uplifting book full of humor and heart. San Francisco Playhouse Artistic Director Bill English will direct the production with Phaedra Tillery-Boughton as associate director, Dave Dobrusky as musical director, and Phoenyx Rose as choreographer.

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San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

San Francisco Playhouse will close its 2025-26 season with the mega-hit musical “Hairspray.” Winner of eight Tony Awards...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off Season 56 with the World Premiere of “The Employee Dharma Handbook” by Geetha Reddy (“Safe House,” “Mahābhārata”). A bold, funny, and enlightening new work, this scintillating premiere was a favorite at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2025 New Works Festival and is a recipient of TheatreWorks’ Kurjan/Butler commission. Set at a Silicon Valley aerospace company, HR executive Val investigates a potential staffing issue amongst the lead engineers, suspecting sexism. She instead encounters simmering tensions of ancient origins amongst the company’s Indian immigrant employees bubbling over and threatening to derail the company’s upcoming rocket launch. Center Theatre Group’s Brindell &amp; Milton Gottlieb Director Snehal Desai directs this gripping investigation of identity and desire, which features Megan Suri (Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever”), Kapil Talwalkar (Peacock’s “The ‘Burbs,” NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” NBC’s “Night Court”), Kunal Dudheker (20th Century Studios’ “Ad Astra,” Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), Kathryn Smith-McGlynn (20th Century Studios’ “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”), and Ranjita Chakravarty (Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever”).

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley kicks off Season 56 with the World Premiere of “The Employee Dharma Handbook” by Geetha Reddy...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook” (matinee)

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

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San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray” (evening show)

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San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray” (matinee)

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Lynbrook High School

Join the 18th annual Lynbrook Speech &amp; Debate Summer Camp.
Get training and coaching from Lynbrook High School's nationally-ranked Speech &amp; Debate team; featuring eight (8) champions to national tournaments and having earned 28 bids to the prestigious University of Kentucky’s Tournament of Champions (TOC).
Participants get personalized feedback, small group activities, and professional-level coaching across multiple speech and debate events.
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San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

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8:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook” (matinee)

JUL

18

2:00 PM

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

18

3:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

JUL

18

7:30 PM

Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray” (evening show)

JUL

18

8:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook” (matinee)

JUL

19

1:00 PM

Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

19

2:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

JUL

19

6:00 PM

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

21

7:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

JUL

21

7:30 PM

Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray” (matinee)

JUL

22

2:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

22

7:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

JUL

22

7:30 PM

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA

San Francisco Playhouse presents “Hairspray”

JUL

23

7:00 PM

San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, SF, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”

JUL

23

7:30 PM

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents “The Employee Dharma Handbook”