Big List of Theater

More shows than I'm sure to make given money and time, but still worthy of a mention.

God Of Hell
Magic Theatre
Why? A new play by Sam Shepard. Directed by Amy Glazer. It closes on Sunday, Oct 22. I'm seeing it Friday night. There still may be a few tickets left @ www.magictheatre.org or 415.441.8822.

It never occurred to me that patriotism had to be advertised. Patriotism is something you deeply felt. You didn’t have to wear it on your lapel or show it in your window or on a bumper sticker. That kind of patriotism does not appeal to me at all...The sides are being divided now. It’s very obvious. So if you’re on the other side of the fence, you’re suddenly anti-American. Its breeding fear of being on the wrong side. Democracy’s a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it’s no longer democracy, is it? It’s something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism. - Sam Shepard

Gadget
Z Plays & David Szlasa
Why? Multi-media interactive performance based on a series of interviews conducted with the people who built the first atomic bomb. Poof! Poof! Boom! Oct 13 - 29 @ 8pm. Thick House, 1695 18th St, San Francisco, CA. Tickets @ www.zspace.org or 415.821.4849.

Far Away
Just Theater
Why? My friend is in the parade!
Oct 13 - Nov 4 @ 8pm Exit Theater, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco,CA.
Tickets @ www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6903 or 510.421.1458.

Hamlet: Blood in the Brain
Intersection for the Arts + Campo Santo
Why? Campo Santo collaborates with Naomi Iizuka again. One of my favorite companies and one of my favorite playwrights.
Oct 26 - Nov 20, 2006 @ 8pm
Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia St. San Francisco,CA.
Tickets @ www.theintersection.org or 415.626.3311. Get them now. This show is selling out.

Waiting for Godot
Gate Theatre of Dublin
Why? Birth astride the grave, baby!
Nov 1- Nov 5, 2006 @ 8pm Wed-Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat 2, 3pm Sun.
Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley, CA.
Tickets @ www.calperfs.berkeley.edu or 510.642.9988.

Brilliant Traces
Dragon Productions
Why? Pragmatic reasons. A theatre space that's close to home. What's it like? Is it available to rent?
Nov. 2 – Nov. 19 @ 8PM or 2PM Sundays.
Dragon Theatre, 539 Alma St. Palo Alto,CA.
Tickets @ 650.493.2006

Mr. Fujiyama's Electric Beach
Cutting Ball Theater
Why? A staged-reading of a script that sounds interesting. It receives a full production in 2007.

Description: Sci-fi murder mystery set in a futuristic, media-swamped San Francisco, a small counter-culture emerges: people who desire a non-mediated animalistic connection with each other. Underground clubs spring up where people can take medications to turn off the human part of their brains and relate to each other in the primal state of their animal of choice.

Nov 19 @ 7pm. Note: that's 7pm.
Traveling Jewish Theatre, 470 Florida St., San Francisco,CA.
Tickets @ www.cuttingball.com or 415.419.3584.

Doubt
Why? Cherry Jones.
Golden Gate Theatre
Nov 7 - Dec 3, 2006.
Tickets @ www.bestofbroadway-sf.com or 415. 512.7770.