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Our performance venue is:

Theatre Rhinoceros
4229 18th Street (in the Castro)
San Francisco, CA
94114

NOW PLAYING

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KYLES'
July 3 -18

DOODLER
A True Crime Thriller
Conceived & Performed by John Fisher
NOW PLAYING AT THE MARSH
May 31 - July 6, 2025

Doodler has earned an SFBATCC "Go See!" recommendation. 

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STAR JOURNALIST
Kevin Fagan from the Doodler podcast
will give a talk on the Doodler on Saturday July 5, 2025 after performance.


*This talk is included in the price of admission.*

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Kevin Fagan is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated longtime former reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. He's an expert on murderers from the Zodiac Killer to the Unabomber, and his 8-part podcast and story package in 2021 on the unsolved Doodler serial killer case was The Chronicle’s first true crime podcast series. It was a worldwide hit, reaching #2 on the charts in America and #3 in Britain. Fagan has witnessed seven executions and covered some of the biggest stories of our times, from the Sept. 11 terror attacks and Columbine High massacre to several decades worth of crimes, presidential elections, wildfires, floods, protests and riots before retiring from newspapering in 2025 to pursue book writing.

 

He’s also one of the country’s foremost journalists on homelessness, and his book “The Lost and The Found,” about two unhoused people he helped rescue from the streets, came out through Simon & Schuster in February 2025. As a news reporter, he spent 6 months sleeping in the streets of San Francisco for the influential “Shame of the City” series in 2003 and has written extensively since then on aspects of the problem all over the nation. Fagan’s national awards include the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism and Excellence in Urban Journalism Award, as well as the prestigious John Knight Fellowship to Stanford University.

DOODLER
May 31 - July 6

A San Francisco Story. A Chilling Tale. A Unique Solo Experience.

In this solo show, the artist will truly go solo. He is the house manager, stage manager, and performer. He is the only person in the space other than the audience.

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Conceived and Performed by John Fisher

A murderer stalks the Castro and Jack is determined to catch him.

Doodler is a crime drama based on true events.

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We mourn the passing of Ira Kurlander. Ira was a great friend of Theatre Rhinoceros and a very good guy. He was also a brilliant architect whose work was covered in ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST and was listed in the AIA GUIDE. He and his husband Andrew Guest hosted many out-of-town Rhino artists in their Ira designed Po-Mo Masterpiece in Cole Valley. They were also great supporters of our work and ready audience members at virtually all of our productions. We shall miss Ira’s ready wit, endless good cheer, and terrific stories about travel, art, architecture, and the good life. Rest in peace, dear, sweet Ira. You were a gift. 

CABARET
Nov 21 - Dec 29, 2024
nominated for 4 SFBATCC awards!

including Best Music Direction (Armando Fox), Best Principal Performer (Rudy Guerrero), Best Featured Performer (Gabriel A. Ross), and Best Entire Production - SF

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Theatre Rhinoceros' Winter Appeal, 2024

Best wishes of the season from all of us at The Rhino. 2024 was quite a year and we’re sending ourgratitude to all ourtireless supporters and artists for making it happen and bringing so much light and joy to our stage!

 

With regards to this year, in our lovely Castro home we presented the action-packed Billy and its sequel Fallin, followed closely by the historic transgender drama The Pride of Lions and a walk around the neighborhood following All’s Well that Ends Well. Along the way we had some adventurousreadings of Casement, Rehearsal for a Live-Action Adaptation of an Episode of Tom & Jerry, and Longing for Longanisa. And the year is winding up with the much lauded, runaway hit Cabaret and our holiday classic A Christmas Memory. Our home has new seats, a new lighting system, a new dressing room, anew sprung floor, a new performance configuration, and continues to charm with live music andfestivities most nights of the week. We’re very proud of our role as the Castro’s only live theatre venue and the nation’s longest running LGBTQ+ theatre.

The 2O24 - 2O25 RHINO SEASON is here!

Including
the musical
CABARET
a chilling thriller
DOODLER
a brand-new play
GUMIHO
and so much more!!
COMING BACK SOON?
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Welcome
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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Email: info@therhino.org
Administration: PO Box 423496 San Francisco, CA 94142 

Performances: 4229 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone (415)-552-4100 


OUR PERFORMANCE VENUE IS:


Theatre Rhinoceros
4229 18th Street (in the Castro)
San Francisco, CA
94114

 

PERFORMANCE VENUE FOR DOODLER:

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THE MARSH

1062 Valencia St,

San Francisco, CA 94110

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