The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company

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Engaging artists & audiences through live theatre works that resonate with SF Bay Area perspectives.

🥂 Next Up: The Lin-Manuel Effect Cabaret April 16, 17, + 18

06/09/2026

Oftentimes, the gendered sibling dynamic can leave daughters feeling resentment decades later. Raise your hand if you’re a daughter who was in a constant battle with your mom! Raise your hand if you’re a daughter whose brother had way more freedom! Do you find that these same dynamics persist into adulthood and how do you make peace with that? Were you banned from sleepovers while your brother threw house parties… or smoked w**d in his room?

In Denmo Ibrahim’s new play, Arab Spring, sibling dynamics are explored in the wake of a father’s passing. This show is about the revolutions within our own families. Arab Spring is for eldest daughters, little brothers and everyone in between.


Arab Spring is co-produced by Golden Thread Productions and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO).

June 19 – July 12
Potrero Stage, SF

06/03/2026

There’s always one sibling who remembers nothing and another that remembers everything!Dina and Salim from Denmo Ibrahim’s new play, Arab Spring, are no different.

Tickets for this biting new comedy are on sale now! Ticket link in our bio.

Previews begin June 19! See you there 😉

Arab Spring is a co-production with

📍Potrero Stage
June 19 - July 12

Arab Spring made it to the list for "16 Bay Area performances to see this summer"! We're getting some good buzz and rig...
05/26/2026

Arab Spring made it to the list for "16 Bay Area performances to see this summer"! We're getting some good buzz and rightfully so!

Previews start June 19 - be one of the first to catch this new dark comedy by !

Link for tickets in bio!

Arab Spring is a co-production between SFBATCO and Golden Thread Productions. Catch us at Potrero Stage from June 19 - July 12

We're Hiring!We're seeking an Administrative & Operations Coordinator to support SFBATCO’s day-to-day administrative, fi...
05/20/2026

We're Hiring!

We're seeking an Administrative & Operations Coordinator to support SFBATCO’s day-to-day administrative, financial, and operational functions.

Learn more about the role and apply here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d0424f7dfbb0f00014a511a/t/6a0b6f9fe57eaa6336e76f2e/1779134367433/Job+Description_+Administrative+%26+Operations+Coordinator+%281%29.pdf

Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: $60,000
Status: Non-exempt
Location: Hybrid. Must be able to work onsite in San Francisco at least 50% of the time and have access to a personal vehicle

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but we encourage applicants to apply by June 5, 2026.

Sign the letter and support California performing arts today! The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund is up for renew...
05/19/2026

Sign the letter and support California performing arts today!

The Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund is up for renewal in the CA legislature, and we need your help to support the budget allocation of $40 million in the 2026-2027 budget. The PAEPF was designed to strengthen small nonprofit performing arts organizations – theaters, orchestras, dance companies, and other live performance groups with annual budgets under $2 million – by helping them meet payroll obligations and sustain employment for artists and staff.

Actor’s Equity has created a one-click letter to ask your legislators to support the $40 million budget ask for the PAEPF. Numbers matter here! Make sure to sign your support and share this with your networks. Urge Your Lawmaker to Support the PAEPF! Currently 544 letters have been submitted. By the end of the week it would be great to see that number reach 1500! Let's make that happen.

Congratulations to Mr. Danny Duncan on being named a 2026 Rainin Arts Fellow!Mr. Duncan is a dear friend of SFBATCO as w...
05/13/2026

Congratulations to Mr. Danny Duncan on being named a 2026 Rainin Arts Fellow!

Mr. Duncan is a dear friend of SFBATCO as well as the creator, composer, and co-writer of Every Saturday Night, which will premiere in October 2026. Tickets for Every Saturday Night go on sale soon, stay tuned!

Danny Duncan is a director, choreographer, playwright, composer and educator from San Francisco’s Fillmore District. His multidisciplinary practice spans musical theater, dance and community-based performance, often drawing from Black history and cultural traditions. At age 17 Duncan founded the Duncan Company of Performing Artists, with whom he choreographed and danced in two ballets entitled Ballet Afro Haiti and Ballet Black that toured the West Coast for seven years. Throughout his six-decade career, he has written, composed and directed numerous productions, including the acclaimed musicals Uhuruh, Billie’s Song and Go Down Garvey. As a teaching artist and youth theater director, Duncan has dedicated the last 30 years of his career to ensuring the next generation of artists has a place to grow in the Bay Area.

About the Fellowship: The Rainin Arts Fellowship (formerly The Rainin Fellowship) supports visionary Bay Area artists working in dance, film, public space and theater. This prestigious fellowship recognizes and supports artists who push the boundaries of creative expression, anchor local communities and advance the field. Visionary artists illuminate our experiences and envision pathways to more vibrant communities.

05/13/2026

Congratulations to Mr. Danny Duncan on being named a 2026 Rainin Arts Fellow!

Mr. Duncan is a dear friend of SFBATCO as well as the creator, composer, and co-writer of Every Saturday Night, which will premiere in October 2026. Tickets for Every Saturday Night go on sale soon, stay tuned!

Danny Duncan is a director, choreographer, playwright, composer and educator from San Francisco’s Fillmore District. His multidisciplinary practice spans musical theater, dance and community-based performance, often drawing from Black history and cultural traditions. At age 17 Duncan founded the Duncan Company of Performing Artists, with whom he choreographed and danced in two ballets entitled Ballet Afro Haiti and Ballet Black that toured the West Coast for seven years. Throughout his six-decade career, he has written, composed and directed numerous productions, including the acclaimed musicals Uhuruh, Billie’s Song and Go Down Garvey. As a teaching artist and youth theater director, Duncan has dedicated the last 30 years of his career to ensuring the next generation of artists has a place to grow in the Bay Area.

About the Fellowship: The Rainin Arts Fellowship (formerly The Rainin Fellowship) supports visionary Bay Area artists working in dance, film, public space and theater. This prestigious fellowship recognizes and supports artists who push the boundaries of creative expression, anchor local communities and advance the field. Visionary artists illuminate our experiences and envision pathways to more vibrant communities.

Video courtesy of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Meet the cast of Arab Spring! Salim Razawi is Yussef. Arti Ishak is Dina. Salim Razawi () is a theatre maker and, in add...
05/12/2026

Meet the cast of Arab Spring!

Salim Razawi is Yussef. Arti Ishak is Dina.

Salim Razawi () is a theatre maker and, in addition to being the casting director at Shotgun Players, he serves as the Artistic Producer and Casting Director at Golden Thread Productions. He has supported casting and consulting across the Bay Area including Marin Shakespeare Festival, the Casting Collective, Aurora Theatre, Hillbarn Theatre, Ray of Light, Town Hall Theatre, Las Positas College, and others. Select directing credits include Once on This Island (Contra Costa Civic Theatre & Plethos Productions), The Shape of Things and Mean Girls (City of Milpitas), amongst others. Previous acting credits include The Play That Goes Wrong at SF Playhouse, Disgraced at San Jose Stage Company, and Twelfth Night at Marin Shakespeare Company. He is thrilled to be revising this script after participating in the workshop with SF Playwrights foundation.
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Arti Ishak () is a Chicago actor/writer/director whose work centers on Q***r, Muslim, and multicultural stories. Select Credits TV: Southside (HBO); Dark Matter (Apple TV); Chicago Med (NBC). Theatre: Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno, The Best Decision You’ve Ever Made (The Second City); Witch, Buried Child (Writers), Venus in Fur (Circle). Directing credits include short films Shukran Bas (Means of Productions), ba la (HF Productions), HALF (ZAXIE), and upcoming short Divorce Party. Arti is a senior instructor at Black Box Acting and Adjunct Professor at The Theatre School at DePaul.
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Arab Spring is co-produced by Golden Thread Productions and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO).
Use code EARLYBIRDY for 15% off General Admission tickets through May 22.
June 19 – July 12
Potrero Stage

Meet Nailah Unole didanas'ea Harper-Malveaux (she/her). The Director of Arab Spring. Nailah Unole didanas’ea Harper-Malv...
05/11/2026

Meet Nailah Unole didanas'ea Harper-Malveaux (she/her). The Director of Arab Spring.

Nailah Unole didanas’ea Harper-Malveaux (she/her) is a q***r multiracial theater director and producer. Directing highlights include: the rolling world premiere of Haunted by Tara Moses (Cleveland Public Theatre), the West Coast premiere of The Last of the Love Letters by Ngozi Anyanwu and Edit Annie by Mary Glen Fredrick (Crowded Fire), the world premiere of Getting There by Dipika Guha (NCTC), and The Light by Loy A. Webb (Shotgun Players). She serves as the Leader of Artistic Curation at Crowded Fire Theater. She has worked as a freelance artist at Cleveland Public Theater, Woolly Mammoth, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown Theater Festival, Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Z Space, and American Conservatory Theater. She received her B.A. in American Studies and Theatre Studies from Yale University.

Arab Spring is co-produced by Golden Thread Productions and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO).

Use code EARLYBIRDY for 15% off General Admission tickets through May 22.

June 19 – July 12
Potrero Stage

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