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Calendar
THEATER
THRU OCT 3 Oh No,
There’s Men on the
Land Written and
performed by Karen
Ripley, this show takes
attendees on a comic
journey through her
mishaps, adventures
and self-discovery in
1970s Berkeley. The
Marsh (Berkeley).
415.282.3055,
themarsh.org
THRU OCT 3
Stereotypo: Rants and
Ramblings at the DMV
In this solo show, Don
Reed takes on nine
characters who experience various instances
of stereotyping based on
race, class, gender and
more, all at the DMV.
The Marsh (Berkeley).
415.282.3055,
themarsh.org
THRU OCT 4 The
Oldest Boy Sarah
Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy,
about a woman who is
visited by t wo Tibetan
Buddhist monks who
believe her son may
be a reincarnated
lama, opens MTC’s
2015–16 season. Marin
Theatre Company (Mill
Valley). 415.388.5208,
marintheatre.org
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
OCT 2–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 bought 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
OCT 28–NOV 15
Sail Away High seas
comedy Sail Away
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
DANCE
THRU OCT 11 Poetics
of Space Joe Goode
Performance Group
and Z Space present
choreographer Joe
Goode’s latest venture,
performed in a series
of “rooms” within the
annex that audiences
are invited to wander
through, creating their
own experience. Joe
Goode Annex (SF).
866.811.4111, zspace.org
OCT 1– 4 Dance Series
One Smuin Ballet kicks
off its 22nd season with
t wo world premieres,
including a piece by the
ballet’s choreographer-
in-residence Amy
Seiwert. Palace of Fine
Arts (SF). 415.912.1899,
smuinballet.org
OC T 1– 10 Needles
to Thread: Dancing
Along These Lines in
Continuum Alley Third
in a trilogy of aerial
dances centering on
urban poverty, Needles
to Thread shines a light
on the women of San
Francisco’s garment
industry through the
medium of aerial dance.
Continuum Alley (SF).
flyawayproductions.com
OC T 9–11 Umusuna:
Memories Before
History Experience
feelings of balance and
imbalance as the surface of the stage moves
amid cascades of sand
and bodies that reference the movement of
the cosmos. YBCA (SF).
415.978.2700, ybca.org
OCT 17–18 San
Francisco Trolley
Dances Follow Muni’s
T-Line from Mission
Bay to the Bayview
for the 12th annual
season of Epiphany
Productions’ Trolley
Dances, a site-specific
performance inspired
by the physical environment, architecture
and history of the area.
Various locations (SF).
epiphanydance.org
OC T 22–25 Your Story
Was This ODC Theater
and Liss Fain present
Your Story Was This,
a unique installation
MUSIC
OCT 17–18 Treasure Island Music Festival The annual festival is
back as artists like The National, Deadmau5, Viceroy (pictured)
and more converge on Treasure Island for a weekend of grooving
supplemented by artwork, food, drink and more. Treasure Island
(SF). treasureislandfestival.com
