New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center
25 Van Ness Avenue (at Market) San Francisco CA 94102- Phone:
- 415-861-8972 (box office)
- Website:
- http://www.nctcsf.org
- Capacity:
- 131
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Current Events on Goldstar
Note: Some events offered through Goldstar at this venue are only available via email. Please refer to your past emails to view these events.
The Story of My Life, a Broadway Musical About Friendship
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $18.00
The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the San Francisco premiere of The Story of My Life, a funny and deeply moving musical about lifelong best friends Alvin and Thomas. As time tests the bonds of... Learn More.
American Premiere of Maurice Based on Controversial Coming of Age Novel by E.M. Forster
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $22.50
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the U.S. premiere of a new adaptation of E.M. Forster's coming of age novel, Maurice. The play takes place prior to World War 1 when homosexuality is outlawed in... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
Rock 'n' Roll Cinderella: Teen Actors in A 1950s Version of the Classic Fairy Tale
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
The NCTC teen ensemble presents Rock 'n' Roll Cinderella. This show takes the classic fairy tale and sets it in the 1950s, where Cinderella just wants to dance the night away, but her evil stepmother and... Learn More.
Xanadu: Roller Skating Musical Based on Cult 1980 Film
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $26.00 - $38.00
- Our Price:
- $13.00 - $19.00
In Venice Beach, 1980, a beautiful muse from Mt. Olympus inspires a struggling artist to fulfill his dream of opening the world's first roller disco. This could only happen in Xanadu, the cult musical with... Learn More.
The Temperamentals: Bay Area Premiere of Off-Broadway Hit
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $18.00
The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the Bay Area premiere of The Temperamentals by Jon Marans in its Walker Theatre. The play is set in 1950s Los Angeles, where communist Harry Hay and Viennese... Learn More.
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail: A Family Matinee
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail is a family show based on Thornton W. Burgess' book. The show is performed by teen actors, who enact the story of the happy-go-lucky rabbit whose peaceful life in Green... Learn More.
Show Ho: Solo Show by Comedienne/Circus Performer Sara Moore
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $32.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $16.00
Sara Moore, the physical comedienne and circus performer who has created material for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and The New Pickle Circus, returns to New Conservatory Theatre Center with the... Learn More.
Waiting for Giovanni: Life of Author James Baldwin Explored
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $22.50
The complex mind of influential author and civil rights activist James Baldwin (Go Tell It On the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son) comes to life on stage in this new drama, examining the personal and... Learn More.
When It Settles: Solo Dance and Theatre Performances
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $32.00
- Our Price:
- $16.00
This exciting pair of one-woman performances features Carrie Whitaker, a co-director of the Lila Dance company, in Here, Still Here, Still, a haunting dance narrative dealing with personal history, memory... Learn More.
The Princess and the Pea Fairy Tale Presented by Teen Ensemble
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
New Conservatory Theatre Center's Teen Summer Ensemble presents a delightful new take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. It's the story of an offbeat princess who... Learn More.
The Pride: Award Winning Drama About a Love Triangle at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $20.00
A love triangle between Oliver, Philip and Sylvia warps between 1958 and the present day in The Pride, an Olivier Award-winning drama by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The play's original production at London's Royal... Learn More.
Wish We Were Here: An NCTC 2011 Pride Month Special Event
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $32.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $16.00
Writer/actor Michael Phillis brings his 2008 FringeNYC show to NCTC for its West Coast premiere. Phillis stars with noted physical comedy performer Sara Moore in this story of a hookah-huffing slacker who... Learn More.
Musical Comedy The Stops at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
In this San Francisco premiere, three lady church organists form a singing group called The Stops. On their tour across the U.S., Ginny, Euglena, and Rose come to New Conservatory Theatre Center for a... Learn More.
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon: A Live Mash-Up of 209 Classic Fairy Tales
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $7.50
The NCTC Teen Ensemble performs this fun, free-form comedy in which all 209 of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales are mashed up into one madcap show. Included are well-known classics like Snow White, Cinderella... Learn More.
Emotionally Charged Drama The Busy World Is Hushed Makes its San Francisco Premiere
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
Hannah, an Episcopal minister and Bible scholar, hires a young academic named Brandt to ghost-write her controversial book on the Gnostic gospels. When Hannah's wayward gay son Thomas arrives in search of... Learn More.
Didik Nini Thowok in Gender Mystic: Traditional Indonesian Cross-Gender Dance
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $28.00 - $38.00
- Our Price:
- $14.00 - $19.00
Gender Mystic stars famed Indonesian transgender performer Didik Nini Thowok, whose unique style combines classic, folk, modern and comedic dance forms. Thowok is renowned for using masks and traditional... Learn More.
Regrets Only: Paul Rudnick's Cutting Comedy of Manhattan Manners
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $20.00
In this Neil Simon-esque comedy, the jokes fly fast and furious as the main characters navigate the complications of modern life and marriage in Manhattan. The action revolves around a high-powered lawyer,... Learn More.
Cootie Shots: Innovative Live Family Show Featuring Short Scenes and Poems
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents Cootie Shots: Theatrical Inoculations Against Bigotry. It's a family-friendly live performance consisting of short scenes and poems that promote respect for... Learn More.
Treefall: Post-Apocalyptic Drama Explores Primal Instincts
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents Henry Murray's Treefall. In the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest, where modern civilization lies in ruins, four survivors form a makeshift family. Treefall is a... Learn More.
Tom Orr's Dirty Little Showtunes! Makes its Triumphant Return for the Holidays
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $20.00
Mixing a variety of satirical songs with adult humor and social commentary, Dirty Little Showtunes! is back with a bawdy new edition for the holidays. Tom Orr's smart, smutty musical parody revue makes its... Learn More.
Katya's Holiday Spectacular, a Winter Cabaret from New Conservatory Theatre
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $32.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $16.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center welcomes back red-headed Russian opera diva Katya Smirnoff-Skyy for a holiday cabaret show filled with belting, banter and ball gowns. Katya, the comic alter ego of singer and... Learn More.
Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh: Pulitzer Prize-Nominated Story of Pilgrimage
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents A Perfect Ganesh. Terrence McNally's 1994 Pulitzer Prize finalist blends comedy and drama as it follows suburban pals Margaret and Katherine on a pilgrimage to India... Learn More.
Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins: Brian Christopher Williams' Hilarious Coming-of-Age Dramedy
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
In this timely play set in 1977 amid a recession and the fight for gay rights, 15-year-old Horace Poore struggles with his sexual awakening surrounded by his conventional suburban family and dreaming of... Learn More.
The Classic Tale Snow White Reimagined in 1800s Old West
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
The classic fairytale about a beautiful young maiden who is taken in by seven dwarfs after her jealous stepmother tries to kill her gets an new spin in this NCTC Youth Conservatory Family Matinee Series... Learn More.
Multimedia Play And Then They Came For Me Brings Holocaust Survivors' Tales to Life
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $10.00
And Then They Came for Me is a unique multimedia play that combines videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during... Learn More.
Don't Ask: Edgy Iraq War Drama at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the West Coast premiere of Bill Quigley's Don't Ask. In this brutal, sexually-charged drama set during the Iraq War, a reckles U.S. Army private and his superior... Learn More.
How Lucky Can You Get? -- Darlene Popovic Sings Kander and Ebb
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $14.00
San Francisco stage veteran Darlene Popovic, a longtime favorite with Bay Area audiences, brings her unique brand of comedy and song to New Conservatory Theatre Center for the summer cabaret series. Popovic... Learn More.
Divalicious: Leanne Borghesi's Cabaret Tribute to Divas at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $20.00
Local favorite Leanne Borghesi takes on the songs of Judy Garland, Bette Midler, Ethel Merman, Barbra Streisand and Patti LuPone in Divalicious! her cabaret salute to legendary divas. Borghesi, whose alter... Learn More.
Cowardly Things: Cindy Goldfield & Scrumbly Koldewyn Explore Noel Coward
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $14.00
Cindy Goldfield and Scrumbly Koldewyn explore the work of playwright, composer, actor, and singer Noel Coward in Cowardly Things at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. In this show, they'll be re-imagining... Learn More.
Children's Classic Charlotte's Web from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $7.00 - $10.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $5.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the children's classic, Charlotte's Web as part of their family matinee series. It's the classic tale of a special pig named Wilbur, the spider Charlotte and a... Learn More.
The New Century: Paul Rudnick's Comedy from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $20.00
The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents The New Century. This comedy by Paul Rudnick, the playwright of The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and I Hate Hamlet, contains several interlocking stories and... Learn More.
Marga Gomez is Proud and Bothered: GLAAD Award-Winning Comedy
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $34.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $17.00
Proud and Bothered tells the story of Marga Gomez, a professional Gay Pride MC who takes the walk of shame through sexual backstreets. It's a comedic tell-all about Gomez's improper encounters with a... Learn More.
Musical Revue Boys Will Be Boys from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $34.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $17.00
In Boys Will Be Boys, five friends skip to the rescue of Ishmael Gonzalez when it's discovered he suffers from Gay Attention Deficit Disorder. His friend's stage a one-night-only benefit for The Fund to... Learn More.
Tony-Award Winning Play Master Class Looks Back at Maria Callas' Life
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $34.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $17.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents Terrance McNally's Master Class Winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 1996, Master Class takes place in a voice master class taught by opera diva Maria Callas, who... Learn More.
Horror Classic Dracula from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents Stephanie Temple's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, performed by the NCTC Teen Ensemble. This gothic classic has mesmerized audiences for nearly a century. Count... Learn More.
Bear and Cub Community Personality P.A. Cooley's Bearlesque
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $14.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents a unique, naughty musical variety benefit stage show. The evening's host, P.A. Cooley, was crowned Bay Area Cub 2010. He'll bring to the stage all things bear and... Learn More.
The Sugar Witch, a Southern Gothic Tale, from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $20.00
A Florida family confronts madness, truth and the destructive legacy of racism as the spirits of the dead walk the dark swamp, haunting the hearts of all who reside there. Dark family secrets are revealed,... Learn More.
Family Friendly Aesop's Funky Fables from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
Aesop's Funky Fables is a wild and wacky adaptation of the classic Greek fables for the whole family. Meet the tortoise, the hare, the fox, the stag, and three time travelers who learn from Aesop himself... Learn More.
New Conservatory Theatre Center Presents 2005 Tony and Pulitzer-Winner, Doubt
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $20.00
Sister Aloysius, principal of a Catholic School in 1960s Bronx, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects a young father of improper relations with one of the students. This award-winning play was... Learn More.
Dames at Sea: Tongue-in-Cheek Take on '30s Musicals at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $18.00
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents the 1966 Off-Broadway hit Dames at Sea. This zany look at the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s tells the tale of a sweet small-town girl who arrives in New York with... Learn More.
The Wizard of Oz, from the New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
The New Conservatory Theatre Center presents The Wizard of Oz. This delightful adaptation of the classic story of Dorothy, the Kansas girl who finds herself in a magical land with no way to get home, is part... Learn More.
Beautiful Thing: a Gay Love Story from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $36.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $18.00
Beautiful Thing is the story of two working class London teenage boys who fall in love, the shy Jamie and the charming and handsome next door neighbor, Ste. The boys' attraction to one another is quickened... Learn More.
Showbiz Comedy The Little Dog Laughed from New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $24.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $12.00 - $20.00
Mitchell Green is a movie star who could hit big if it weren't for one teensy-weensy problem: his agent, Diane, can't seem to keep him in the closet. To help him navigate Hollywood's choppy waters, the... Learn More.
Aladdin: New Conservatory Theatre Center Presents Play Based on Classic Kids' Story
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
New Conservatory Theatre Center presents a delightful new adaptation of Aladdin. Based on the classic story from 1001 Arabian Nights, this exciting play for the whole family tells the story of a boy whose... Learn More.
Reel Fabulous: LGBT In Hollywood, a Look at Gay and Lesbian Contributions to Hollywood
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Emmy-winning producer, entertainment reporter, and columnist Jan Wahl wears many hats and now the "Empress of Entertainment" joins NCTC for an evening of stories and clips documenting LGBT presence in... Learn More.
All-Boys Prep School Drama Good Boys and True at the New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $34.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $17.00
Set against a backdrop of 1980s privilege and power, Good B0ys and True centers on a disturbing scandal at an all-boys prep school which forces a mother to confront the truth about her son and herself. Learn More.
SF's "Musical Comedy Cabaret Porn Star" Tom Orr in Musical Parody Revue A Crass Act
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $14.00
San Francisco's "Musical Comedy Cabaret Porn Star" and award-winning lyricist Tom Orr is back at NCTC with an all-new evening of smart, sexy, and scandalous parodies inspired by legendary nightclub acts.... Learn More.
One-Man Community Theater Comedy South Pathetic
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $20.00
This comic chronicle tells the misadventures of directing A Streetcar Named Desire at a community theatre in his Southern hometown. Award-winning comedian/actor Jim David not only plays himself, but the... Learn More.
NutMeg: Songs On A Shtick, Funny Songs from Meg Mackay & Billy Philadelphia
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $14.00
NutMeg is a collection of unforgettable funny songs from Meg Mackay, whose beautiful and smoky voice is not unknown to Bay Area audiences. NutMeg shows a funnier side of the dynamic Ms. Mackay. Accompanied... Learn More.
...And I Played John Lennon's Piano: True Life Stories and Songs of an Award-Winning Composer
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
Award-winning composer Steve Schalchlin offers a musical tour of his life with pop, rock, folk, blues and gospel story-songs about being a recovering Baptist, Internet pioneer, Off-Broadway composer and... Learn More.
Connie Champagne Sings Songs To Make You Gay at New Conservatory Theatre Center
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $28.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $14.00
San Francisco singer Connie Champagne presents her latest show, Songs To Make You Gay. After finding a website alleging that certain bands and songs have the ability to turn children gay, she's put together... Learn More.
Some Men: West Coast Premiere of Tony-Winner Terrence McNally's New Play
New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $22.00 - $40.00
- Our Price:
- $11.00 - $20.00
Beginning at a gay wedding at the Waldorf-Astoria, Some Men embarks on a moving and funny march through 80 years of queer history, portraying male relationships filled with longing, sex, challenges and joy.... Learn More.
Map and Directions
The theater is conveniently located next to the Van Ness Muni Station, and 2 blocks west of the Civic Center BART Station.
There is metered parking surrounding the building as well as two unattended parking lots on Oak Street. Metered parking is free after 6:00 pm and all day on Sunday.
Handicap Information
The New Conservatory Theatre is fully wheelchair accessible.
Handicap seating is regularly available.
Please contact us after buying tickets by replying to your confirmation email to make arrangements.