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By day, the space serves as office and classroom space for local non-profits. A troupe called Fraudway Productions has presented two Rowling-routing Harry Poofter musicals: The Sorcerer’s Rhinestone and The Chamber of Secretions.
ON STAGE
Our performance venue is:
Theatre Rhinoceros
4229 18th Street (in the Castro)
San Francisco, CA
94114
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To Theatre
Rhinoceros
WHO WE ARE
As America's premier and longest-running LGBTQ+ theater, we are dedicated to telling the stories of the queer community and creating a welcoming home for queer and queer-allied artists.
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PIRATES!
Dec 4 - 13, 2025
*Subscribers get in free*
Running Time: 95 minutes, no intermission.
Theatre Rhinoceros, 4229 18th Street, SF
Performances are Th-Sat @ 8pm;
Saturday matinees @ 3pm
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PRESS
You are cordially invited to
THE 1ST ANNUAL
RHINO XMAS GAY-LA
Sunday, December 14
Doors and mingling at 6, show at 7.
Offerings range from the southern fried camp of Del Shores (Sordid Lives) to musicals (Fun Home) to regional premieres by prominent playwrights including Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. Bay Properties is excited that the partnership with APE will continue the legacy of the Castro Theatre and Castro neighborhood.” For more information and rental inquiries, please contact [email protected].
Featured Shows
RETURNING 2026!
The Castro Theatre is a world renowned iconic venue and cherished landmark.
The building will feature modern amenities with a new HVAC system, additional restrooms, and for the first time a fully ADA accessible orchestra, stage and dressing rooms.
VENUE INFORMATION
www.rayoflighttheatre.com
EyeZen Presents
Fusing interdisciplinary theater with queer history, founder Seth Eisen produces work that puts a spotlight on overlooked people and places in queer history.
Built in 1922, the movie palace features a lavish yet intimate interior with diverse architectural influences ranging between Spanish, Asian, Italian and Art Deco.
A century later in 2022, Another Planet Entertainment entered into an exclusive partnership with the Theatre to execute a significant 41 million dollar rehabilitation of the building.
Club owner D’Arcy Drollinger has mounted full-cast drag versions of Star Trek, Friends and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her renowned take on the Golden Girls has toured the West Coast. In recent years, the Out of Site series has taken small audiences on walking tours of San Francisco neighbors during which they encountered actors portraying the likes of bell bottom-jean inventor and sometime Janis Joplin paramour, Peggy Caserta.
Several excellent mainstream local companies—including The American Conservatory Theater, Magic Theatre, The San Francisco Playhouse and Custom Made Theatre—each tend to produce at least one show featuring LGBTQ+ content every season.
An end-of-year & holiday celebration and fundraiser at Eureka Valley Recreation Center, 100 Collingwood St, SF (right around the corner from Rhino). Co-hosted by Bobby Friday, Grand Duchess 48 of SF & Miss California Gold 2020, and John Fisher, Executive Artistic Director of Theatre Rhinoceros and featuring live performances from your Rhino friends and family.
Food, Raffles, Photo Gallery, VIP Pre-Party & Extras!
Made possible with a generous donation from Adrienne Hirt & Jeffrey Rodman.
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THE 2025/2026 RHINO SEASON HAS ARRIVED!
A Guide to Queer Theater in San Francisco
San Francisco is a theater town with quirky queer character all its own.
Other key elements include modernizing the historic chandelier, revival of the iconic neon blade sign and marquee, and the installation of the world’s largest and most versatile digital organ. Since 2002, the NCTC’s New Voices/New Work program has commissioned and developed over 40 world premieres, including work by Jewelle Gomez and the stage adaptation of Scott Heim’s cult novel Mysterious Skin.
www.nctcsf.org
Theatre Rhinoceros
As the world’s longest-running queer theater, The Rhino has been a hard-charging advocate of queer representation on stage for almost a half-century.
Also check Oasis’ calendar for local all-male burlesque/variety show Baloney and one-night stands from nationally known comedic queens including Jackie Beat, Adore Delano and Alaska.
www.sfoasis.com
PianoFight is a community-centric cabaret and restaurant in the heart of the Tenderloin district.
Located in the Castro Neighborhood, San Francisco’s LGBTQ+ cultural epicenter, this designated historic landmark is the heart of the community. By night, its two intimate showrooms are booked and programmed by independent artists and production companies. And keep an eye out for future iterations of Tinder Disrupt, a live dating game show with contestants of all stripes.
www.pianofight.com
Feinstein’s at the Nikko, just off of Union Square is a swanky jewelbox nightclub right out of the 1940s (with prices on the high side of right now!).
Among these anthology evenings have been I’m Not Okay Cupid, about the dating scene; San Francisco, Here I Come, with seven shorts featuring the ever-changing tenants of a single apartment over 60 years; #WTFamily about clans of both the genetic and chosen variety; and Twisted Hitchcock, a trio of parodies.
And even when they don’t, they offer a range of offbeat entertainments virtually every night:
Oasis, the South of Market club best known for its late night dance parties often dedicates its early evenings to deliriously funny local parody productions. With smart, slick lighting, sets and choreography, Ray of Light performances take place in the Mission District’s charming Victoria Theater.