LOVE AS: STEVIE WONDER

The senior class of the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Spoken Arts Department presents Love As: Stevie Wonder. This is the second annual artist tribute show and the first to be directed by the senior class of Spoken Arts.

Throughout Stevie Wonder’s discography, love is the enduring pulse. Romantic love. Familial love. Heartbreak and reconciliation. Love of self. Love between friends. These many shades of love inspire our classroom as we build this performance together.

As young artists, we understand the weight our words can carry in an increasingly desperate world. This show is our offering, our interpretation of love through poetry, performance, and the legacy of Stevie Wonder’s music. Join us on April 25, 2026 in the DKMT for this senior-directed debut.  Doors open at 6:00 PM.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026 @ 6:30 PM

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
Dan Kryston Memorial Theater
555 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA.  94131

Adult $20 / Student $10

WORLD MUSIC TAKEOVER XIII
ASSIGNED SEATING

Come to the thirteenth annual World Music Takeover performance!
Takeover XIII features culminating pieces that seniors have been working on all year, Bhangra, Taiko, West African, Afro-Brazilian Drum + Dance pieces, Puerto Rican Bomba, guest students from the Guitar, Vocal and World Dance departments and more!

Come enjoy the magic that the Tech Department brings to our performances. Advance ticket purchase is required, no tickets sold at the door. Seating is a mix of general admission for those who want up close action for the first 4 rows and assigned seating for the rest of the theater.

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
DAN KRYSTON MEMORIAL THEATER
555 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA.  94131

Adult $20
Student $10

THIS LISTING IS FOR THE ASSIGNED SEATS. The first three rows have been designated the "cheering section" and are general seating to allow groups of people to sit together, regardless of purchasing their tickets together. If you want to sit in the front three rows, please go back to the main page and click on the other listing for Unassigned Seating.

PIANO SPRING RECITAL

Join us for an exciting evening of piano music, featuring a vibrant program of solos and ensembles spanning a range of styles and eras. This semester’s recital, Fantastic Fantasies, highlights our seniors as they each present a solo Fantasie – a free-form, improvisatory work – along with a bonus Fantasie for piano duet and a few surprise crowd favorites!

TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026 @ 6:00 PM

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
STUDIO THEATER
555 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA.  94131

Adult $15 / Student $10
No one turned down for lack of funds!

THE THEATER DEPARTMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS:

SWEAT by Lynn Nottage

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage has written one of her most exquisitely devastating tragedies to date. In 2008 in Reading, PA, one of the poorest cities in America, a group of down-and-out factory workers struggle to keep their present lives in balance, ignorant of the financial devastation looming in their near futures. The powerful crux of this new play is knowing the fate of the characters long before it’s even in their sights. Based on Nottage’s extensive research and interviews with real residents of Reading, Sweat is a topical reflection of the present and the poignant outcome of America’s economic decline.
"Keenly observed… this compassionate but clear-eyed play throbs with heartfelt life.”
– The New York Times

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
SATURDAY MAY 16, 2026 @ 7:00 PM

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
ROOM 238
555 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA. 94131

Adult $15
Student $10

ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SPRING SHOWCASE

Please join us for the Architecture + Design Spring Showcase on Thursday, May 21st, from 5-7 PM, Room 330. It's an open house format, so come when you like to browse all the amazing work students have been doing this semester! At 6pm we will be celebrating a new mural completed by A+D students, as well as a ribbon cutting for our design build project - a new outdoor space to be enjoyed by the whole SOTA community. Hope to see you there!

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
ROOM 330
555 Portola Drive
San Francisco, CA.   94131

Admission is FREE