Founded by Bill English and Susi Damilano in 2003, we employ hundreds of artists and professionals each year and are proud to be San Francisco’s premiere mid-sized company. Believing that theatre cultivates a more mindful and empathetic community, SFPH executes our mission and engages our community through three core programs:
• MAINSTAGE SEASON: Operating on a 12-month fiscal calendar, our Season includes 6 shows that run between 5 and 11 weeks. Our productions range from West Coast premieres coming to us directly from on-and off-Broadway to World Premieres and reinvigorated classics.

• RISING STARS PROGRAM: In partnership with 20 Bay Area high schools, this program serves over 300 students with our Theatre Attendance Program (TAP) and Play Project Workshop. Sponsored in part by our patrons, the Theatre Attendance Program provides students with the opportunity to see professional theatre at no cost while our summer Play Project Workshop offers students a hands-on experience to learn from community artists then write and perform their own original plays.

• NEW PLAY PROGRAM: Theatre is essential. This belief drives SFPH to encourage and facilitate the growth of playwrights and development of new plays, with a focus on plays by women and people of color. We do so in four integral ways: our 5-year 20 play commission program, the 3-play Sandbox Series of world premieres, workshops for developing new plays, and our monthly Monday night reading series.