- American Conservatory Theater (ACT)
 - Artist-driven, Tony Award-winning theatre. - Theatre Bay Area
- Operates Tix Bay Area (half-price ticket booth at Union Square), administers the Mary Mason Lemonade Fund for Critically Ill Theatre Workers, and conducts annual general auditions.
- San Francisco Mime Troupe
- Creates and performs satirical, political, musical plays in the form of melodramas, spy thrillers, musical comedies, epic histories, sitcoms, and cartoon epics.
- Lamplighters Music Theatre
- Presents musicals and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
- SHN (Shorenstein Hays/Nederlander/Holland)
- Presenting the Best of Broadway series, consisting of touring shows at the Curran, Golden Gate, and Orpheum Theatres.
- Circus Center
- Encompasses a professional performing company, a student performing troupe, and a school of circus arts.
- Traveling Jewish Theatre, A
- Performing original works of theatre that contribute to a generous vision of the human condition.
- Playwrights Foundation
- Sponsor of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
- Theatre Rhinoceros
- Nonprofit organisation devoted solely to the development and production of theatrical work by gay and lesbian artists and/or addressing gay and lesbian issues.
- New Conservatory Theatre Center
- Produces educational programmes for young people as well as presenting a broad range of performances for adults.
- Magic Theatre
- Offering the contemporary playwright an artistic home. Season, history, ticket, and submission information.
- Brava Theater Center
- Specialises in the creation of new work, with a focus on producing premieres by women of colour and lesbian playwrights.
- George Coates Performance Works
- Includes information on shows, press releases, and more.
- Afro Solo
- Theatre and performing arts company presenting African American art, culture, intellect, and entertainment.
- Asian American Theater Company
- Dedicated to the development and support of Asian Pacific Islander American playwrights, actors, designers, and technicians.
- Capacitor
- Home page of Capacitor, an interdiscilpinary dance company based in San Francisco, California. Site provides dance group profile, show details, picture gallery, and video of the fusion performances inspired by technology and the human form.
- African-American Shakespeare Company
- Performing European classical works within the perspective and cultural dynamic of the African American experience.
- Skirmishers
- Fight choreography and staged combat with weapons from the 13th through 19th centuries for film, television, and live performances.
- Victoria Theatre
- Built in 1908 as a vaudeville house, is now a city landmark and the oldest operating theatre in San Francisco.
- Z Space Studio, The
- Focused on developing Bay Area theatre.
- Bay Area Casting News
- Monthly newsletter for Bay Area actors and filmmakers.
- Venue 9
- Information on plays, performances, and programmes.
- ImprovWorks
- Offering performances, public classes, and customised workshops.
- ShadowLight Productions
- Dedicated to the exploration of shadows in theatrical use. Contains production information, schedule of events, and press coverage.
- Devil Bunny
- Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa is a San Francisco based interdisciplinary performance/video artist, curator, and cultural activist.
- Golden Thread Productions
- Performing arts organisation dedicated to theatre that explores Middle Eastern culture and identity as represented throughout the globe, while provoking thought and promoting dialogue.
- Eureka Theatre
- Aiming to present provocative new theatre.
- Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
- Showcasing the works of leading African American playwrights and artists.
- Woman's Will
- All-female Shakespeare company performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Academy of the Sword
- Historical swordfighting, theatrical swashbuckling, and fight choreography.
- Mythic Fire
- Fire dancing troupe specialising in up-close performances and storytelling with fire.
- 42nd St. Moon
- Dedicated to digging up, dusting off, and re-presenting rarely performed "lost" musicals.
- PlayGround
- Supporting the development and creation of a true theatre community by nurturing the collaborative process between first-time or early development playwrights, and established professional actors and directors.
- foolsFURY theater
- Creating innovative physical theatre that explores new plays, and new performance styles.
- Cutting Ball Theater
- Specialising in developing experimental plays for the future as well as exploring avant garde plays from the past.
- Actor's Theatre of San Francisco
- Group of professional actors and directors sharing a common desire to produce ensemble theatre, and committed to creating a permanent repertory company.
- Un-Scripted Theater Company
- Improvised theatre from comedy to tragedy.
- Foghouse
- Aimed at invigorating small and mid-size theatres with a commercial-producer mentality.
- Goat Hall Productions
- Specialises in chamber opera and musical theatre.
- Young Performers Theatre
- Producing childrens' classics, adaptations, and new works, with children from all backgrounds working alongside professional actors.
- Playwrights' Center of San Francisco
- Presents staged readings of original plays by members.
- Kaliyuga Arts Theatre Company
- Dedicated to the presentation of off-beat, challenging work. Production history and photos, as well as information about current projects.
- PopCorn Anti-Theater
- Insane alternative entertainment created on the fly.
- Not Quite Opera Productions
- Theatre company dedicated to the development of new musicals for the stage.
- American Image Theatre Company
- Nonprofit performing arts organisation.
- San Francisco Free Civic Theatre
- Volunteer-based theatre group serving the greater Bay Area.
- Children's Theatre Association San Francisco
- Nonprofit organisation of talented women providing live theatre for school-aged children at the Palace of the Legion of Honour's Florence Gould Theatre.
- Word for Word
- Professional theatre company that stages short stories, performing every word the author has written.
- Geary Theater
- Home of American Conservatory Theatre. Historic theatre that was severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake but has been completely restored.
- San Francisco Chronicle Theater Reviews
- Includes an archive of current and past reviews for shows in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
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