American Conservatory Theater - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 47.221 W 122° 24.613
10S E 551930 N 4182348
The American Conservatory Theater is a theater on Geary St in San Francisco.
Waymark Code: WM92J1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2010
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"American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. A.C.T.was founded in 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by theatre and opera director William Ball. By invitation from San Francisco philanthropists and officials, Ball relocated the company to San Francisco and astonished the theatre world by presenting twenty-seven fully staged productions in rotating repertory, in two different theatres, during the first 40-week season. San Francisco Chronicle critic Paine Knickerbocker acclaimed Ball's opening performance of Molière's Tartuffe as "a screaming, bellowing unbelievable triumph."" (
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