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The Oakland Theater Project launched its inaugural season in 2016 and is proud to offer year-long professional theater for Oakland and the Bay Area.

Oakland Theater Project seeks to create exquisite theatrical experiences that help us to unearth the human condition and invigorate the latent interconnectedness in society. The Oakland Theater Project is committed to creating compelling works that unearth the human condition and unite diverse audiences through revelatory, heart-pounding theater. Founded in Oakland, California, in 2012 (formely th

e Ubuntu Theater Project), we shared three annual summer theater festivals and produced 14 plays in five Bay Area cities from 2013 to 2015. Our shows engage audience members from disparate communities to unite and reveal our shared humanity. Our work sparks a deep sense of interconnectedness and mutuality that changes attitudes and behaviors. We believe in radical inclusivity and offer every professional production at a pay-what-you-can price - removing barriers to access for our audiences. Theater has the power to foster the spirit of interconnectedness and address prejudice at the root of our social dysfunction where it lives - in the hearts and minds of people.

06/05/2026

Join us Monday, June 8 at 7 p.m. for a FREE staged reading of No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre, directed by OTP Directing Fellow Anna Takayo. The cast includes OTP Acting Fellows Amber McCann, Zolboo Namkhaidorj, and Maria Seiple.✨🎭

In No Exit, three damned souls are locked inside a single room in hell by a mysterious valet. As they begin to interact, they realize that they have been placed together to be one another's punishment. The source of Jean Paul Sartre's famous phrase, "Hell is other people," this existentialist drama explores the perpetual struggle of being forced to see oneself through the eyes of others.🔥

Run Time: 2 hours, including a 10 minute intermission

Location: Oakland Theater Project (1501 MLK Jr Way, Oakland)

Tickets: FREE at the link below

https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/reading-2026

06/04/2026

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA is back onstage at Omni Commons tonight for its final weekend of performances!

Don't miss your chance to see this "stunning" (Cordell Reports) production — tickets are selling out for our Thursday and Sunday shows (best availability Saturday at 7:30 p.m.)!

Tickets start at just $10 — visit oaklandtheaterproject.org/house to book yours!

📸 Ben Krantz Studio

05/29/2026

✨ “Dazzling,” “striking,” “stunning” — check out what critics are saying about THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, playing now through June 7 at Omni Commons in Oakland!

More Info & Tickets: oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

05/28/2026

“Raw and unabashedly brimming with rebellion against unjust systems, The House of Bernarda Alba speaks directly to people living under pressure and forever pushing against those who seek to oppress them” — Vita Hewitt, Midbrow

Check out the full review below:
https://midbrow.org/buried-desires-rise-to-the-surface/

And get your tickets to The House of Bernarda Alba now here:
https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

05/27/2026

“Oakland Theater Project gives this tragedy a striking new cage… the force of Lorca’s storytelling remains sturdy and inexorable”🔥

Check out Lily Janiak's full review in the San Francisco Chronicle and get your tickets today — just two weekends left! linktr.ee/oaklandtheater

05/25/2026

Today at 7pm join us for a FREE staged reading of The Effect by Lucy Prebble, directed by OTP Directing Fellow Santiago Cuen. The cast includes OTP Acting Fellows Zolboo Namkhaidorj as Dr Toby, Alula Dreicer as Dr Lorna, Leo Kearney as Tristan Frey, and Amelia Grace Costales Downey as Connie Hall.🔥🎭

This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction.✨

Run Time: 2 hours, including a 10 minute intermission

Location: Oakland Theater Project (1501 MLK Jr Way, Oakland)

Tickets: FREE at https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/reading-2026

05/22/2026

Performances START TOMORROW for The House of Bernarda Alba!!🔥

You're not going to want to miss this new adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s drama by Chay Yew directed by OTP Executive Artistic Director Michael Socrates Moran and starring OTP Co-Artistic Director Lisa Ramirez as well as Tony-Award Winning Producer Angelina Fiordellisi!!🎭✨

Get your tickets NOW here: https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

Photos by Ben Krantz Studio ✨

05/21/2026

"She wants to experience the world and she is very frustrated that she cannot"

Check out this interview with Antonella Scogna who is playing Adela in The House of Bernarda Alba which begins performaces THIS WEEK!!

Get your tickets now here: https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

05/19/2026

"The dance is kind of like the heartbeat of the play... there is life trying to burst through the walls of the house."

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA begins performances this Friday, May 22 at Omni Commons in Oakland!

Choose your seats today: oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

05/17/2026

Choose your seats!!🔥🎭

Performances for The House of Bernarda Alba start THIS FRIDAY!!🚨🚨

Head to the link below now to get your tickets to Chay Yew’s new adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s drama, which will be performed at Omni Commons in Oakland!✨

https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/house

Address

1501 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Oakland, CA
94612

Telephone

+15106461126

Website

http://oaklandtheaterproject.org/2023-season

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