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THEATER
THRU NOV 1 Life
Is a Dream Cutting
Ball Theater opens
its season with Pedro
Calderón’s Life Is a
Dream. First published
in 1635, the play tells the
story of Polish prince
Segismundo, who after
a brief bout of freedom
is recaptured by his
tyrannical father and
is convinced his time
away was only a dream.
Cutting Ball Theater
(SF). 415.525.1205,
cuttingball.com
THRU NOV 7 Dogfight:
A Love Story Eddie,
a young marine, gets
more than he bargained
for when two bud-
dies bet him to play a
cruel trick on a girl on
their last night before
going off to war. San
Francisco Playhouse
(SF). 415.677.9596,
sfplayhouse.org
THRU NOV 15 Sail
Away High seas comedy
comes to 42nd Street
Moon. Laugh along as
a cruise director falls
into an affair with one
of her passengers on the
Mediterranean. The
Eureka Theatre (SF).
415.255.8207,
42ndstmoon.org
THRU NOV 28 Having
Cancer Is Hilarious
Megan Timpane pres-
ents her first solo show,
which centers on her
real-life experience, fol-
lowing her 22-year-old
self as she is diagnosed
with cancer. The Marsh
(SF). 415.282.3055,
themarsh.org
NOV 5–15 The Broken
Knife Inspired by
graphic novels like Neil
Gaiman’s The Sandman
and Brian K. Vaughan’s
Saga, the play presents
a mythological world at
war. ODC Theater (SF).
415.863.9834,
odcdance.org
NOV 6 The Scion Brian
Copeland brings his
trademark humor to
this dark true-life story.
Marin Center (San
Rafael). 415.473.6800,
marincenter.org
NOV 10–DEC 6 If/ Then
This original new musical centers on living in
New York today, along
with the possibilities
of tomorrow. The story
simultaneously follows
one woman’s two potential life paths. SHN
Orpheum Theatre (SF).
shnsf.com
NOV 11–14 The Method
Gun Performance
group Rude Mechs of
Austin, Texas, shares
a play about the reali-ties of performing and
the dangers of public
intimacy. Z Space (SF).
866.811.4111, zspace.org
NOV 25–DEC 13
Scrooge in Love
Everyone’s favorite
humbug, Ebenezer
Scrooge, stars in
this follow-up to A
Christmas Carol. One
year after three ghosts
changed his life, his old
friends and some new
ones are back to help
him find his lost love,
Belle. Eureka Theatre
(SF). 415.255.8207,
42ndstmoon.org
THEATER
NOV 19–DEC 13 Odysseo Internationally acclaimed entertainment group Cavalia presents an immersive theatrical experience
in which horses star alongside riders, acrobats and aerialists, as
well as a three-story mountain and real lake. AT&T Park (SF).
1.866.999.8111, cavalia.net
