Edit Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco

Edit Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco

2011· 80 min· United States

A history of theater in San Francisco, beginning with the founding of the San Francisco Actor's Workshop in 1952 and extending through 2010. The film traces a tradition of experimentation and political consciousness that are the hallmarks of San Francisco's theater legacy. It argues that the Bay Area theater community is unique and has had a lasting influence on theater throughout the world. Stage Left brings together the directors, actors, composers and playwrights, the artists and the eccentrics that made the Bay Area theater scene an experimental, multidisciplinary and political hotbed: Herbert Blau (Actor's Workshop), R.G. Davis (The Mime Troupe), Bill Irwin (Pickle Family Circus), Robin Williams (actor); Oskar Eustis (Eureka Theater); Scrumbly Koldewyn (the Cockettes) and many more. Narrated by Marga Gomez.

Director
Austin Forbord
Country
United States
Awards
1 win

Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

WB

William Ball

LV

Luis Valdez

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

CP

Carey Perloff

GH

Geoff Hoyle

AH

Anna Halprin

HB

Herbert Blau

JI

Jules Irving

MG

Marga Gomez

OE

Oskar Eustis

TT

Tony Taccone

MS

Morton Subotnick