Founded in 1965 by William Ball, A.C.T. opened our first San Francisco season at the Geary Theater in 1967. Locally focused yet globally renowned, our honors include a Tony Award for outstanding performance and training, the prestigious Jujamcyn Theaters Award, and most recently A.C.T. has been recognized as a Legacy Business by the City of San Francisco. The largest theater company in Northern California, in a normal operating year A.C.T. regularly employs more than 600 actors, directors, designers, technicians, faculty, teaching artists, and professional staff members each year. We serve an annual audience of nearly 200,000 people through transformational productions, visionary artistic training, and impactful educational programs.

Our core programming consists of: 1) a mainstage season of eclectic and relevant works, 2) intensive actor training in our Conservatory, and 3) ongoing community engagement.