San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
LILY JANIAK’S THEATER PICKS
“Voices From the Edge”:
Cultural Odyssey and Theatre Rhinoceros partner for a staged reading of a work in progress about queer and lesbian women who are incarcerated and/or HIV-positive. 7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, June 11-12. Free. Gateway Theatre, 215 Jackson St., S.F. www.therhino.org
“In Braunau”:
San Francisco Playhouse’s renowned Sandbox Series, which presents minimalist productions of new plays, continues with Dipika Guha’s dark comedy about a progressive couple who turn Hitler’s childhood home into a “bed-and-dinner.” 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, June 13-16. Through July 7. $30. The Rueff at ACT’s Strand Theater, 1127 Market St., S.F. 415-677-9596. www.sfplayhouse.org
Patti LuPone:
As part of the Curran’s Show & Tell series, the Broadway star discusses her storied career. 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 13. $39-$105. The Curran, 445 Geary St., S.F. 415358-1220. www.sfcurran.com
“Shakespeare’s Will”:
Redoubtable Shakespearean Elena Wright takes on Vern Thiessen’s one-woman play from 2005 envisioning Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, on the day of her husband’s funeral. Delia MacDougall directs for Marin Shakespeare Company. 8 p.m. Sunday, Thursday and Saturday, June 10, 14 and 16. Through July 8. $16-$38. Forest Meadows Amphitheatre, Dominican University of California, 890 Belle Ave., San Rafael. 415-499-4488. www.marin shakespeare.org
“Good. Better. Best. Bested.”:
After a recent triumph with “Eureka Day” at the Aurora Theatre, playwright Jonathan Spector brings another world premiere to the Bay Area, this one, a coproduction by Custom Made Theatre Company and Just Theater, asking how bad things would have to be in the rest of the world for Las Vegas revelers to pause their carousing. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, June 14-16. Through July 7. $25-$45. Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter St., S.F. 415-7982682. www.custommade.org