2020–21–22 Season

Master of Fine Arts Program Announces 2020–21 Season
August 14, 2020

2019–20 Season

Cast Announced for Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show
March 5, 2020

A.C.T. Announces 2020–21 Season Opener The Lehman Trilogy
February 19, 2020

MFA and YC Spring Lineup for Announced
January 31, 2020

Cast Announced for West Coast premiere of Toni Stone
January 15, 2020

Cast Announced for Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Gloria
December 18, 2019

Cast Announced for Obie Award–Winning Playwright Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey
Deceber 9, 2019

Cast Announced for A Christmas Carol
October 10, 2019

A.C.T. Announces Open Call Auditions for The Rocky Horror Show
October 3, 2019

STOMP to Play at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater
September 18, 2019

Humphry Slocomb and A.C.T. Announces Partnership
September 16, 2019

A.C.T.'s YC and MFA Announce Fall Productions
September 10, 2019

Cast Announced for Testmatch
September 9, 2019

Juan Manzo Named Director of Education & Community Programs
August 29, 2019

Cast Announced for 2019–20 Season Opener Top Girls
August 8, 2019

Tickets for A.C.T.'s 2019–20 Season on Sale Friday, August 9 at 10 A.M.
August 5, 2019

A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory Announces Cast for Into the Woods
July 10, 2019

2018–19 Season

A.C.T. Announces 2019–20 ArtShare Recipients
June 13, 2019

A.C.T. Announces 2019–20 Season Schedule
June 10, 2019

A.C.T. to Recieve Grant from NEA
May 16, 2019

Cast Announced for Rhinoceros
April 11, 2019

A.C.T. to Present Weightless The Acclaimed Rock Opera by The Kilbanes
March 13, 2019

A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory Announces Cast for The Wolves
March 8, 2019

Cast Announced for Vanity Fair 
March 7, 2019

A.C.T. Announces Full 2019–20 Season
March 4, 2019

A.C.T. Official Statement on Legal Complaint
February 19, 2019

A.C.T. Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Words on Plays
January 24, 2019

Cast Announced for The Great Leap
January 22, 2019

Cast Announced for Her Portmanteau at The Strand
December 20, 2018

ArtShare Applications Now Open for 2019–20 Spaces
December 6, 2018

Cast Announced for Edward Albee’s Seascape, Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon’s Directorial Debut at A.C.T.
December 3, 2018

A.C.T. and Magic Theatre Present Two Ufot Family Cycle Plays as Package
November 20, 2018

A.C.T. Ushers in Holiday Season with 42nd Annual A Christmas Carol
October 25, 2018

2018–19 Young Conservatory and M.F.A. Shows Announced
September 12, 2018

BD Wong Announced to Star in The Great Leap
October 11, 2018

Cast Announced for Men on Boats
August 30, 2018

Cast Announced for 2018–19 Season Opener Sweat
August 9, 2018

2018–19 ArtShare Grant Recipients Announced
July 25, 2018

New Staff Announced in Artistic and Conservatory Teams
July 19, 2018

2017–18 Season

Cast Announced for Return of A Thousand Splendid Suns
June 20, 2018

Jennifer Bielstein Announced as A.C.T.'s Next Executive Director
June 5, 2018

Cast Announced for World-Premiere Musical A Walk on the Moon
Apr 20, 2018

Gala Celebrating Carey Perloff Raises More Than $1.2 Million for Actor Training and Education Programs
Apr 12, 2018

A.C.T. Announces 2018–19 Season, with Full Subscriptions on Sale
Apr 3, 2018

New Strands 2018 Lineup Announced and Tickets Available
Mar 28, 2018

Vietgone Extends Through April 29
Mar 26, 2018

A.C.T. Awarded $750,00 in Grants from City and County of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families
Mar 23, 2018

Cast Announced for Susan-Lori Parks's Civil War Epic Father Comes Home From the Wars
Mar 8, 2018

2018 M.F.A. and YC Shows Announced
Feb 21, 2018

A Thousand Splendid Suns Returns for Encore Presentation
Feb 16, 2018

A.C.T. Receives $50,000 Grant from NEA
Feb 13, 2018

A.C.T. Now Accepting Applications for ArtShare 2018–19
Feb 6, 2018

Cast Announced for Simon Stephens’s hit play Heisenberg
Jan 31, 2018

Tony, Obie, and Drama Desk Award winner Pam MacKinnon named new artistic director of American Conservatory Theater
Jan 23, 2018

A.C.T. to Present Inaugural Every 28 Hours Black Arts Festival
Jan 8, 2018

A.C.T. to Present Qui Nguyen’s Irreverent Road Trip Comedy Vietgone
Dec 18, 2017

Louisa Balch Named New A.C.T. General Manager
Nov 28, 2017

Cast Announced for The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
Nov 16, 2017

Emmy Award–winning comedian Louie Anderson announces exclusive San Francisco engagement of Dear Dad at The Strand
Oct 25, 2017

A.C.T.'s M.F.A. Program Announces Its 2017–18 Production Lineup and Schedule
Aug 24, 2017

Jill MacLean Named As New Young Conservatory Director
Aug 21, 2017

A.C.T. Kicks off 2017–18 Season with Hamlet
Aug 14, 2017

Single Tickets Now on Sale for A.C.T.'s 2017–18 Season
Aug 7, 2017

A.C.T. to Present West Coast Premiere of William Kentridge's Refuse the Hour
Aug 3, 2017

2017–18 ArtShare Recipients Announced
July 7, 2017

Complete Lineup for 2017–18 Season Announced
April 28, 2017

Carey Perloff to Depart as Artistic Director of A.C.T. After 25 Years at the Helm
March 23, 2017

A.C.T. Awarded Grants Totaling More Than $200,000 To Support New Works Under A.C.T.’s New Strands
Jan 17, 2017

A.C.T. Now Accepting Applications for its Community Space-Sharing Initiative
Jan 9, 2017

A.C.T. Now Announces Retirement of Craig Slaight, Young Conservatory Director of 29 Years
Dec 8, 2017

A.C.T. cancels upcoming production of Here Lies Love, and will present the critically acclaimed musical A Night with Janis Joplin
Nov 22, 2016

Single Tickets Now Available For American Conservatory Theater’s 2016–17 Season
Aug 3, 2016

2015–16 Season

A.C.T.’s Master Of Fine Arts Program Announces Spring 2016 Performances
Feb 11, 2016

A.C.T. Announces Sneak Peek At 2016–17 Season
Feb 11, 2016

A.C.T. Now Accepting Applications For Its Community Space­‐Sharing Initiative
Feb 10, 2016

A.C.T. To Present The Northern California Premiere The Lion
Jan 29, 2016

A.C.T. To Present Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses
Jan 25, 2016

A.C.T.’s MFA Program, Class Of 2016, Presents Dan Lefranc’s The Big Meal
Jan 19, 2016

A.C.T.’s Young Conservatory to Present Simon Stephens’s Punk Rock
Jan 11, 2016

A.C.T.’s M.F.A., Class Of 2017, To Present I’m Through With Love
Nov 18, 2015

A.C.T. Rings In The New Year With Terry Teachout’s Acclaimed One-Man Show, Satchmo At The Waldorf
Nov 3, 2015

A.C.T. Announces The World-Premiere Staging Of Joseph Dougherty’s Chester Bailey, Starring Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn
July 31, 2015

A.C.T. Continues Its 2015–16 Season With Monstress, Two World-Premiere One-Act Plays About Love, Longing, And The American Dream!
July 30, 2015

A.C.T. Kicks Off 2015–16 With Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize Winning Comedy, Between Riverside And Crazy 
July 22, 2015

A.C.T. Announces Final Two Productions For 2015–16 Season
April 24, 2015

A.C.T. Announces Sneak Peak At 2015-16 Season
February 19, 2015

2016–17 Season

A Night with Janis Joplin Extended Through July 16
June 26, 2017

A Night with Janis Joplin Extended Through July 9
June 6, 2017

2016–17 ACTsmart Student Residencies Culminate in Public Performances
April 24, 2017

Applications Now Open for San Francisco Semester Fall 2017 Students
April 4, 2017

Three Projects from Acclaimed Ma-Yi Theater Company Announced as First Recipients of A.C.T.'s New Strands Residency Program
March 27, 2017

A.C.T. to present Peter Brook's internationally-acclaimed Battlefield
March 16, 2017

A Sneak Peek at A.C.T.’s 2017-18 Season
Mar 8, 2017

A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory Announces Winter/Spring 2017 Lineup
Jan 12, 2017

A.C.T. Joins Theaters Nationwide to Launch the Ghostlight Project
Jan 11, 2017

A.C.T. to Present Pulitzer Prize–Winning Playwright Annie Baker's New Play, John
Jan 3, 2017

Tony Award winner Bill Irwin returns to A.C.T. with On Beckett
Nov 29, 2016

A.C.T. Launches New Residency Program
Nov 21, 2016

Wellesley Centers for Women in partnership with A.C.T. concludes groundbreaking three-year study
Nov 17, 2016

A.C.T. presents the world-premiere theatrical adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's International best-selling novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Nov 14, 2016

Peter Pastreich Named Interim Executive Director of A.C.T.
Aug 12, 2016

A.C.T. Kicks Off Its 2016–17 Season With Mike Bartlett’s Award-Winning Play, King Charles III
Aug 12, 2016

A.C.T.’s Young Conservatory Presents Its Summer Festival
July 8, 2016

A.C.T. Announces Complete Lineup For The 2016–17 Season
April 15, 2016

A.C.T. Announces Sneak Peek At 2016–17 Season
Feb 11, 2016

2014–15 Season

Acoustic Voice Presents North American Premiere Of Call Me Miss Birds Eye A Celebration Of Ethel Merman July 8–19
May 28, 2015

Due To Popular Demand, A.C.T. Announces Extension Of A Little Night Music Through June 21 And An Open Captioned Performance For Hearing-Impaired Patrons On June 17
May 26, 2015

The Strand Theater, American Conservatory Theater’s Brand-New Performance Venue And Education Center, To Celebrate Its Grand Opening On Thursday, May 14, 2015!
April 29, 2015

A.C.T. Presents West Coast Premiere Of Caryl Churchill's Internationally Acclaimed Work, Love And Information
April 28, 2015

A.C.T. Announces Cast For Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music
April 2, 2015

A.C.T. Continues Its 2014–15 Season With Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Intimate Family Drama, Let There Be Love
February 26, 2015

A.C.T. Presents Come Get Stranded! 2015 Season Gala To Feature A Special Performance By Tony Award Winner Alan Cumming!
February 6, 2015

A.C.T. Partners With SF Institutions To Celebrate The West Coast Premiere Of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
February 9, 2015

A.C.T. To Present Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years, In Concert!
January 8, 2015

A.C.T. Presents The West Coast Premiere Of Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
January 8, 2015

A.C.T. Kicks Off The New Year With Tom Stoppard’s Epic Romance, Indian Ink
November 17, 2014

A.C.T. Ushers In The Holidays With A Christmas Carol
October 10, 2014

A.C.T. Announces The Extension Of The West Coast Premiere Of Old Hats, Starring Tony Award Winners Bill Irwin And David Shiner
September 9, 2014

A.C.T. To Present Colm Tóibín's Fiercely Lyrical Solo Play, Testament
September 9, 2014

A.C.T. Announces The Launch Of Stage Coach
September 9, 2014

Tony award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner return to A.C.T. with the West Coast premiere of the Signature Theatre production of Old Hats 

July 17, 2014

A.C.T. Announces The West Coast Premiere Of Caryl Churchill’s Love And Information As The Inaugural Production At The New Strand Theater
May 30, 2014

A.C.T. Announces Kwame Kwei-Armah's Let There Be Love As Part Of Its 2014–15 Season
April 22, 2014

2013–14 Season

A.C.T. and the Commonwealth Club of California Present BD Wong and Carey Perloff in Conversation on Monday, May 19, 7:30 p.m.
April 21, 2014

A.C.T. Partners With Dress For Success During The Run Of The Internationally Acclaimed Music-Infused Production, The Suit
April 15, 2014

A.C.T. culimates its 2013–14 season with the U.S. premiere of James Fenton’s acclaimed adaptation of the Orphan of Zhao starring Tony Award–winner BD Wong
April 9, 2014

American Conservatory Theater’s Will On Wheels Takes The Bard To A Record Number Of Bay Area Schools
March 3–21, 2014

American Conservatory Theater Announces Beatrice Basso As Director Of New Work
March 12, 2014

American Conservatory Theater joins forces with Mills College to Offer new Theater Studies Degree Program
March 11, 2014

American Conservatory Theater To Present The Internationally Acclaimed Music-Infused Production, The Suit
February 4, 2014

2014 Season Gala Honors The Three Founding Fathers
And Celebrates A.C.T.’S Past, Present, And Future!
February 3, 2014

American Conservatory Theater To Present The Premiere California Screening Of Peter Brook: The Tightrope
January 31, 2014

American Conservatory Theater To Present An Electrifying New Production Of David Ives’ Venus In Fur
January 28, 2014

A.C.T. Offers Sneak Peek at 2014–15 Season
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

A.C.T. Travels to 1940s Italy with a Vivid New Translation of Eduardo De Filippo's Poignant Italian Comedy, Napoli!
Friday, December 20, 2013

A.C.T. to present George Bernard Shaw's
Major Barbara
Monay, November 11, 2013

A.C.T.’s Young Conservatory Presents 'Play It Forward'
Friday, October 25, 2013

A.C.T. Ushers in the Holidays with
A Christmas Carol
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A.C.T. Honors Graduates Harry Hamlin, Heidi Armbruster, Peter Freidrich at Conservatory Awards Luncheon
Monday, October 14, 2013

A.C.T. and Mayor Ed Lee Break Ground on the Strand Theater
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

A.C.T.’S Young Conservatory Presents Timothy Mason’s Time on Fire
September, 24, 2013

A.C.T.’s Tony Award–winning training institution brings undergraduate students from across the country to engage with the San Francisco Bay Area arts community.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Academy Award nominee David Strathairn returns to American Conservatory Theater in Glen Berger’s acclaimed solo drama, Underneath the Lintel 
Monday, September 9, 2013

A.C.T. To Offer Open Captioned Performance Of Tony Award–Winning Director Frank Galati's Triumphant New Staging Of The Musical 1776
Thursday, October 3, 2013

A.C.T. Kicks Off Its 2013-14 Season With Tony Award-Winning Director Frank Galati's New Staging Of The Musical 1776
Monday, July 1, 2013

A.C.T. Completes its 2013-14 Season with the West Coast Premiere of the Internationally Acclaimed Music-Infused The Suit
Thursday, May 30, 2013

Central Market Gains New American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Performance Venue
From the Office of Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Wednesday, February 29, 2012