BRAVA! FOR WOMEN IN THE ARTS CULTIVATES THE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOUTH, LGBTQIA+, AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES.
UPCOMING @ BRAVA
Brava has undertaken appropriate modifications to comply with current health and safety protocols. We highly recommend patrons wear face coverings to ensure health and wellbeing of all. Please check each event page for more specific information on Covid protocols.
Indómitas is a live monthly podcast series hosted by Chelis López of KPOO and Radio Bilingüe, featuring untamable voices of fierce women artists and activists. For the January 2024 podcast, Indómitas will interview Indira Urrutia, photographer, metal weaver, mixed media artist and co-founder of 2Greenprints.org.
Ignite SF is back with a brand new edition at the Brava Theater! With just 5 minutes on stage and 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds, each of the speakers are prepared to enlighten you — and make it quick.
Drawing on his 18 years of writing for TV, radio and the web, Arnaud Demanche delivers a cynical but delicious ode to humor, dialogue and freedom of expression. Don't miss Arnaud Demanche's very first show in San Francisco!
The assistant director under Cesar Chavez when the United Farm Workers (UFW) was created, Larry organized and led protests for equal pay and dignified living conditions for farm and cannery workers throughout the West Coast and Alaska from the 1930s to when the UFW was created in 1966. As the musical unfolds, Itliong’s story as a brilliant labor organizer comes to life, shedding light on the Filipino American community who shaped Itliong’s leadership as a 15-year-old to his posthumous recognition in Labor International’s Hall of Fame, and the proclamation of “Larry Itliong Day,” by the State of California in 2022.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
On the morning of June 9th, 2023– Brava had the honor of being presented with local, state, and national honors, and the Leadership Peacemaker Award from Community Boards, a non-profit conflict resolution and restorative justice center.
As one of Brava’s Resident Artists, Marga Gomez embarks on a year-long journey taking over the Brava Cabaret with monthly installments of the Who’s Your Mami comedic Marathon.
Cesar Cadabes on finding joy through crisis, monkeypox, and the power of community care. A conversation with Cadabes discussing his one-man autobiographical show, Not My First Pandemic which was featured in the With You Festival.
Brava is currently seeking part-time event staff to join our vibrant, dedicated Front of House Team. Open positions include House Managers, Box Office Agents, and Concessionaires.
Corn, Maiz, Cintli– the food of our ancestors, corn is revered as sacred for the indigenous peoples of the Americas, from North and south, transcending la frontera, and time.
Mission artist and activist Agana has set up shop (quite literally) in Brava's storefront windows!

SF Sketchfest celebrates the 21st annual San Francisco Comedy Festival!