Raven Performing Arts Theater presents SIMRIT
SIMRIT moves effortlessly beyond genre – offering an evocative and transportive experience riding on a hypnotic, deep-pocket groove.
SIMRIT moves effortlessly beyond genre – offering an evocative and transportive experience riding on a hypnotic, deep-pocket groove.
Mostly Kosher, the Los Angeles-based Klezmer/Rock band, radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains.
Get ready for another hilarious New Year’s! The SF Comedy Competition is celebrating 50 years of bringing rising stars to a wide audience. Join us for a New Year’s that stand-up comedy lovers won’t want to miss! Performers will be announced soon, but you can check out last year’s comedians below.
Dom Costello and his family winery are Sonoma County legends, well loved and respected for decades. That status is threatened when Dom raises environmental and health concerns about a new resort, certain to bring an influx of people, publicity and money to his beloved town. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, An Enemy of the People, the play takes a hard look at the profits and perils of over-tourism. A Raven premiere from our new works program, ScripTease.
Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.
J2B2 is an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians: John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar, and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals.
This clever and inventive play gives you a new look at a familiar adventure from the perspective of three potential heroes just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children.
How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George.