Shotgun Players 2025

It’s time to treat yourself to invigorating entertainment that embraces the magic and mayhem of what it means to be human. Great art asks the important questions with a delicate blend of pathos and laughter. That’s what we strive for and why you love us. Let’s do it together.

Whether for our Mainstage shows, our Staged Reading Series or both, sign up now and be the first in line for a season of incredible plays at incredibly affordable prices.

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The Magnolia Ballet

By Terry Guest
Directed by AeJay Antonis Marquis
July 12, 2025 to August 16, 2025
Four men: A son, a lover, an ancestor, and a father. They dance in the sticky heat of a Southern Gothic landscape fraught with secrets and possibilities underneath the bloom of fresh magnolias.
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The Motion

By Christopher Chen
Directed by Patrick Dooley
September 13, 2025 to October 12, 2025
Morality is a tricky thing. An "Intelligence Squared" Debate on animal testing turns heated and slips down a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole where the audience is not only voyeur but accomplice.
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Sunday in the Park with George

Book by James Lapine
Directed by Susannah Martin
November 15, 2025 to December 30, 2025
Epic in scale – daring, abstract, and grounded in the pursuit of love and art, this Stephen Sondheim classic is an unconventional love story that imagines the interior life of French painter Georges Seurat.
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‘Art’

By Yasmina Reza
Directed by Emilie Whelan
March 8, 2025 to April 12, 2025
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play - A long friendship between three men implodes when one purchases an expensive piece of modern art.
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Yellow Face

By David Henry Hwang
Directed by Daniel J. Eslick
May 10, 2025 to June 14, 2025
Inspired by the real life controversy over the yellow face casting in Broadway’s Miss Saigon, this comedic faux documentary pokes at our own privilege and prejudice.
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Staged Reading series

How to Defend Yourself

By Liliana Padilla
Directed by Gracie Brakeman
March 31, 2025 to April 1, 2025
Seven college students at a DIY self-defense workshop fight back against the insidious ways rape culture steals one’s body and sense of belonging. With sharp humor and brutal honesty, How to Defend Yourself explores what we want, how to ask for it, and the autonomy we can cultivate despite it all.
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A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

By MAT SMART
Directed by MARY ANN RODGERS
June 9, 2025 to June 10, 2025
Brooklyn birdwatchers unite at Prospect Park in a close-knit group that is turned upside down over a rare bird sighting. A comedy that explores the complexities of loss, the power of wonder, and how to move on after missing out.
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GLITTER IN THE GLASS

By R. ERIC THOMAS
Directed by ELIZABETH CARTER
August 4, 2025 to August 5, 2025
The director of Wolf Play (2023), Elizabeth Carter, is back to tell the story of Chelle, a Black artist whose time is running out to deliver on a grant – a piece of art set to replace a Confederate monument in Baltimore. As her brother plans a Juneteenth festival in the park where the monument once was, Chelle catapults on a journey between the past, present and future.
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Special Events

MIRIAM’S PLACE

August 4, 2025 to February 6, 2026
Join us for coffee and cookies on the first Friday of every month from 10:30 AM to 12 PM as we meet some of the most influential theater makers in the Bay Area. Each session will begin with an interview about their history and artistic endeavors, followed by an opportunity to ask questions and a group discussion.
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LET’S BREAK IT DOWN: THE MOTION

October 6, 2025
Join us as we dive deeper into the debate experience and take on some of our culture’s most prickly subjects with experts in those fields. The subject for debate is still getting finessed but expect something that taps into the zeitgeist.
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SF Neo-Futurists: Heart Wrench

SF Neo-Futurists
February 14, 2025 to February 15, 2025
The critically-acclaimed San Francisco Neo-Futurists make their triumphant return to the Ashby Stage with Heart Wrench: A Valentine’s Day edition of The Infinite Wrench, a special show featuring 30 of our all-time favorite plays written on the subject of love.
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A picture is worth (at least!) a thousand words

April 7, 2025
Join internationally renowned Shotgun Players resident graphic artist, muralist, and snake oil salesman extraordinaire R. Black for a crash course in the art of poster making.  A hands-on experience where you’ll create a poster for your favorite stage work.
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SF Neo-Futurists: BLACKEST Wrench

SF Neo-Futurists
June 19, 2025
The San-Francisco Neo-Futurists present Blackest Wrench, a one-night-only Juneteenth edition of The Infinite Wrench! Featuring an all-Black cast, this high-energy, fast-paced show delivers 30 plays in 60 minutes—racing against the clock with humor, heart, and raw honesty. Expect an unpredictable mix of bold storytelling, personal truths, and joyful chaos, celebrating Black identity and beyond!
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Storytelling & the power of movement

July 28, 2025
AeJay Antonis Marquis, the director of The Magnolia Ballet, leads a movement-as-ritual and storytelling workshop at the Shotgun Studios rehearsal space. No dance or movement training is required, and the workshop is accessible to all levels. Wear clothes you can move in.
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