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Our Clients
include:
Marines
Memorial Theatre
Located in the heart of San Francisco's theatre district at
609 Sutter between Union Square and Nob Hill, the Marines
Memorial Theatre is an historical landmark and major star
in the regional theatre scene.The
650-seat venue is dedicated to bringing the best of New York,
regional, and local productions to Bay Area audiences.
Since its construction in 1926, the Marines Memorial Theatre,
originally the home of the national radio broadcasts featuring
Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, has played
a valuable role in the city's theatrical history.
Post Street Theatre
This beautifully restored theatre located at 450 Post Street
was built in 1924 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks in order to accommodate a burgeoning membership. Originally
designed by architect Anthony Heinsberger, whose theatrical
architecture can also be seen at the Paramount Theatre in
Oakland and at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, the building
came under the management of Nederlander, LLC in 2002, In
keeping with the quality productions presented in years gone
by, it is the mission of Post Street Theatre to present a
diverse array of high caliber, Off-Broadway and avant-garde
theatrical attractions.
Joe Watson (Executive Producer) has recently served as Executive
Producer for the productions of Here Lies Jenny, starring
Bebe Neuwirth, Trumbo, Forever Tango, A Little Night Music
and THWAK at Post Street Theatre, and Tea at Five, starring
Kate Mulgrew, Addicted, Noises Off and I Love You, You’re
Perfect, Now Change at Marines Memorial Theatre. He is currently
a General Manager with Richard Frankel Productions in New
York. Productions with RFP include: STOMP (New York, San Francisco,
Boston & National Tours); The Original Broadway Swing!
(Broadway & National Tour); Forever Tango (Broadway &
National Tour); Red, White & Tuna and A Tuna Christmas
(National Tours); The Rocky Horror Show (Broadway Revival);
and Eve Ensler’s Necessary Targets (Off-Broadway). In
San Francisco, he was the General Manager for Theater on the
Square (now Post Street Theatre) and was the Production Supervisor
for the productions of Forever Tango, Love Letters, Jeffrey,
Ladies Room, The Piano Lesson, The Kathy and Mo Show, Shirley
Valentine, Curse of the Werewolf and I’m Not Rappaport.
At the Marine’s Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, he
was the Executive Producer of American Jukebox and Bronte
starring Julie Harris, and supervised the productions of Greater
Tuna, The American Dance Machine, Emlyn Williams as Charles
Dickens, The Chinese Magic Circus, The Foreigner, Acting Shakespeare
starring Ian McKellen, A Woman of Independent Means, and Sammy
Cahn: Words and Music.
American
Musical Theatre of San Jose
For over 72 years American Musical Theatre
of San Jose (AMTSJ) has been at the forefront of the professional,
regional theatre movement in America. AMTSJ, a not-for-profit
organization, is the largest member of the local arts and
culture industry, and looks toward a bright future of both
presented and produced productions, combined with outstanding
and vital community programs. AMTSJ is one of the Bay area's
most renowned organizations and is one of the oldest musical
theatre companies in the nation. Our primary program is our
mainstage productions, which comprise up to eight shows per
season presented from September through June at San Jose's
2,540-seat Center for the Performing Arts, where we are the
resident company. Our organization boasts over 19,000 season
ticket holders, is attended by over 200,000 people per year
and operates with a $12,500,000 annual budget.
Founded in 1934, AMTSJ has been dazzling audiences with exceptional
artistry and innovative approaches to the musical theatre
experience. Under the leadership of Michael Miller, CEO &
Executive Producer and Tim Bair, Artistic Director, AMTSJ
has continued to lead the performing arts in diverse areas.
As a national leader in education and outreach programming,
AMTSJ serves over 10,000 children, families and people with
disabilities in theatre-related programs.
AMTSJ is committed to producing musical theatre that ignites
the human spirit, and to incorporating our core values into
every aspect of our business by creating and promoting the
truly American art form that is musical theatre. We live by,
and are driven by a passion to share this art form with others,
and a continued commitment to pass this living tradition on
to generations yet to come.
Aurora Theatre Company
Located in the heart of the Downtown Berkeley Arts District,
just steps away from BART, Aurora Theatre Company’s
handsome 150-seat house was designed as the ideal space to
experience intimate, live theatre. Called “one of the
most important regional theaters in the area” by the
San Francisco Chronicle, Aurora Theatre Company has continually
offered challenging, literate, intelligent stage works to
the Bay Area, each year increasing its reputation for top-notch
theatre. The Contra Costa Times stated, “perfection
is probably an unattainable ideal in a medium as fluid as
live performance, but the Aurora Theatre comes luminously
close,” while The San Jose Mercury News affirmed “[Aurora
Theatre Company] lives up to its reputation as a theater that
feeds the mind.” The company was awarded the 1998 Black
Box Award by the SF Weekly, and in 2001 captured 6 Bay Area
Theatre Critics' Circle Awards for its productions of THE
HOMECOMING and THE WEIR, and a $70,000 Challenge Grant from
the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Foothill
Music Theatre
Foothill Music Theatre, under the helm
of artistic director Jay Manley, has won Bay Area Theatre
Critics' Circle Nominations and Awards for Outstanding Production,
Outstanding Ensemble Production, Best Direction, and others,
as well as awards from the Los Angeles-based Drama-Logue,
Dean Goodman Awards, and kudos from Bay Area critics for its
sharply paced, handsomely mounted productions. The San Mateo
County Times has raved: "I have seen many productions (of
SHOW BOAT), but none better. I highly doubt that a better
result could be achieved by any theatre group, professional
or otherwise. It is a production that could be wrapped up,
crated, and delivered directly to Broadway." Productions of
ON THE TOWN, WEST SIDE STORY, OKLAHOMA!, and INTO THE WOODS
have earned similar praise from audiences and critics.
Lamplighters
Music Theatre
Recognized as one of the top Gilbert and
Sullivan companies in the world,Lamplighters Music Theatre
is one of the oldest continuously performing theatres in the
Bay Area, and the only year-round musical theatre company
in San Francisco. Since the company’s founding in 1952,
Lamplighters Music Theatre has been dedicated to upholding
the tradition of light opera and musical theatre, particularly
through the production of the operettas of W.S. Gilbert and
Arthur Sullivan. The company has produced the entire Gilbert
and Sullivan canon as well as other light opera and musical
theatre classics such as The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus,
Of Thee I Sing, My Fair Lady, Candide, and A Little Night
Music.
Oakland
Opera Theater
Embodying the unique and vital
spirit of its local community, and seeking to make opera more
accessible to all ages and cultures, the Oakland Opera Theater
is a dynamic arts organization created by a group of artists
who champion and produce 20th and 21st century and newly created
operatic works. Oakland Opera Theater
is housed in the Oakland Metro Operahouse, located at 630
3rd Street (three blocks from Jack London Square) in Oakland.
PlayGround
Now in
its tenth season, PlayGround is dedicated to supporting the
development of new local voices for the theatre. In addition
to its popular, monthly Monday Night PlayGround series (now
being held at Berkeley Repertory Theatre), awards, fellowships
and workshops, PlayGround also publishes an annual compilation
of "The Best of PlayGround," each featuring the top seven
works from past festivals.
Reduced
Shakespeare Company
Since its origins as a performance troupe at
California renaissance fairs in the early 1980’s, the
Reduced Shakespeare Company has created five world-renowned
stage shows, four TV programs, and numerous radio pieces.
The Company’s first two shows, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (abridged) and THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF
AMERICA (abridged), are officially London’s longest-running
comedies, playing in repertory at the Criterion Theatre in
the West End since 1996. In 2003, THE BIBLE: THE COMPLETE
WORKS OF GOD (abridged) joined the London rotation, giving
the Reduced Shakespeare Company more shows in the West End
than Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Reduced Shakespeare Company
has appeared on PBS, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show,
NPR, and the BBC World Service.
San
Francisco Fringe Festival, Sept. 3-14, 2003
The annual San Francisco Fringe Festival is a twelve-day festival
of independent performing arts from around the world, a cornucopia
of maverick microtheater where anything can happen (and usually
does). The 2003 Festival happens September 3-14, 2003, in
various theatres around downtown San Francisco, and includes
such intriguing offerings as Chicago's Barclay Studios with
CLEARING HEDGES, a one-woman show on the life of sports legend
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias; Los Angeles' Asian-American comedy
sketch troupe OPM (Best of Fringe 2002 winner) with I CAN'T
BELIEVE THEY'RE NOT ORIENTAL; THE SEVENTH GAME OF THE WORLD
SERIES, a baseball musical about a star pitcher deciding whether
to come out in the biggest game of his life; and many more.
Last year, the Contra Costa Times called the annual
Festival "one of the best theater adventures in the Bay Area."
Southwest Airlines' Spirit Magazine proclaimed, "much
like San Francisco, this event has something for everyone:
be it radical ideas, stirring emotions, or natural beauty,
oftentimes all in a single show."
Smuin
Ballet
Smuin Ballet was founded in 1994 by the
renowned choreographer Michael Smuin, one of the country's
most respected choreographers. The company has quickly established
itself not only as one of the Bay Area's most eagerly watched
performing arts companies, but also as "one of this country's
most entertaining, original ballet troupes" (Dance Magazine).
At the heart of the company is Mr. Smuin's singular ability
to create pieces that merge the diverse vocabularies of classical
ballet and contemporary dance forms. The winner of several
Emmy Awards as well as a Tony Award (for Anything Goes), Smuin
has been active in film, on Broadway, and on the ballet stage
for nearly 20 years.
Ragazzi
Boys Chorus
Ragazzi ("boys" in Italian and the term
used in opera to designate children's voices) is one of the
largest boys choruses in the San Francisco Bay Area. The chorus
provides outstanding musical training to boys who love to
sing, and gives concerts throughout the Bay Area at venues
in Berkeley, Redwood City, Portola Valley, Palo Alto, and
Saratoga. Ragazzi regularly tours the United States and has
toured internationally in Canada, Russia, Eastern Europe,
Italy, Japan, and the British Isles. During the 2002-03 season
Ragazzi performed with the San Francisco Opera, the West Bay
Opera, Masterworks Chorale, and The Lawrence Pech Dance Company,
and performed the National Anthem at the San Francisco Giants
game April 12 at Pacific Bell Park.
TheatreWorks
Founded in 1970, TheatreWorks has earned
a national reputation for artistic innovation and integrity,
presenting a year-round season of dramas, comedies, and musicals
staged in the state-of-the-art Mountain View Center for the
Performing Arts and in the graceful Lucie Stern Theatre in
Palo Alto. Operating on a $5.5 million budget and performing
to over 106,000 patrons annually during its eight-play season,
TheatreWorks boasts a wide array of inventive audience services
and subscriber benefits. In addition to its award-winning
presentations, TheatreWorks offers many services for the public
such as TheatreWorks for Schools and the highly successful
"Bridges Projects," bringing theatre professionals into the
classroom and teaching over 15,000 students each year to link
on-stage themes and Images with the world around them. TheatreWorks
has also joined the ranks of other regional theatre companies
that help to shape the future face of theatre with the New
Works Initiative, a program that TheatreWorks has created
to cultivate exciting new music theatre.
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