Jennifer Bielstein to Leave Guthrie for ACT
She will take over as the executive director of American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in August.
All Stories About American Conservatory Theater
American Conservatory Theater Announces 2018-19 Season
Pam MacKinnon’s inaugural season will feature recent plays from Nottage, Backhaus, Udofia, and Yee, as well as classics.
Pam MacKinnon Takes the Helm of California’s ACT
The Tony-winning Broadway and regional freelance director succeeds longtime leader Carey Perloff.
Mark Jackson Named Director of Studio A.C.T.
Mark Jackson will lead American Conservatory Theater’s acting training program.
Carey Perloff: Left Coast, Right Time
After a quarter century at the helm of ACT, the classics-minded director/playwright is quitting while she’s ahead.
Featured Contributors, Oct. 2017
A Bay Area writer sits down with an outgoing theatre giant, and a historian looks at theatre’s starring role in U.S. arts advocacy.
ACT Completes 2017-18 Season With 4 Shows
The San Francisco theatre has added a world premiere musical, ‘Small Mouth Sounds,’ and a ‘Hamlet’ starring John Douglas Thompson to its lineup.
28 Theatrical Summer Camps for Every Age
Is your child the family scene-stealer? Theatres across the country have classes and activities for students to take part in during the summer months.
ACT Announces 3 Projects for New Strands Residency
Lauren Yee, Don Nguyen, and Dustin Chinn will develop their plays at American Conservatory Theater.
San Francisco’s ACT Teases First 3 Shows of Next Season
The first three plays at the Bay Area theatre will be Pinter’s ‘Birthday Party,’ Nguyen’s ‘Vietgone,’ and Parks’s ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars.’