Hillbarn Theatre

Covering The San Francisco Bay Area & Sacramento Valley Since 2001

Hillbarn Theatre • 1285 E Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404

Plays • Musicals • Opera • Dance

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Current Production

• NOV 19 - DEC 20, 2026 •

School of Rock / Musical Comedy

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Dewey Finn has a rock-and-roll dream, an empty wallet, and absolutely no interest in growing up. Once a struggling guitarist with visions of musical superstardom, Dewey finds himself unemployed and desperate for cash after getting kicked out of his band. When an unexpected opportunity arises to impersonate a substitute teacher at an exclusive private school, he discovers that teaching mathematics and proper classroom behavior are hardly his strongest talents. Fortunately, his unsuspecting students possess something far more interesting: extraordinary musical abilities waiting to be unleashed. Before anyone can say detention, Dewey transforms his classroom into a rehearsal studio, introducing his disciplined young pupils to electric guitars, pounding drums, and the glorious freedom of rock music. But keeping their secret band hidden from strict school administrators and demanding parents becomes increasingly complicated as an important musical competition approaches. Based on the popular 2003 film, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Julian Fellowes, School of Rock delivers electrifying performances, rebellious humor, and surprisingly touching moments. Beneath the thunderous guitar riffs lies a heartwarming story about discovering hidden talents, challenging expectations, and finding the courage to make your own kind of noise.

Coming Soon

• OPENS JAN 21, 2027 • The Legend Of Robin Hood / Play A corrupt kingdom, a forest full of rebels, and one legendary outlaw with a bow set the stage for an adventure built on danger, wit, and the stubborn belief that ordinary people deserve better. The story follows a band of outsiders who refuse to accept cruelty as the cost of order, turning hidden pathways, clever disguises, and daring raids into acts of resistance. There is swashbuckling energy here, but also a warm comic pulse, as loyalty, friendship, and mischief keep the rebellion from becoming too grim. The fun comes from watching courage spread from one person to another until a scattered group becomes something stronger: a community with a cause. It is the kind of tale where moonlit woods feel alive, villains mistake fear for power, and generosity becomes its own form of rebellion. Expect close calls, quick tongues, moral backbone, and the satisfying thrill of clever people outsmarting the powerful. With humor, action, and a sense of old-fashioned storybook adventure, this play aims straight at the sweet spot between heroic legend and human heart. It feels both familiar and freshly alive.
• OPENS MAR 4, 2027 • Good Night, Oscar / Play A television studio in 1958 becomes a pressure cooker of wit, nerves, music, and barely managed chaos when a brilliant entertainer prepares for a live broadcast that could either dazzle the country or crack wide open in front of it. The play moves through the charged space between public performance and private struggle, where a sharp joke can hide pain, a piano can say what conversation cannot, and the bright lights of fame make every vulnerability harder to conceal. At the center is a man whose mind moves faster than the room around him, firing off humor with surgical timing while wrestling with the cost of being seen as both genius and spectacle. The setting gives the story a delicious old-TV electricity, with producers, hosts, handlers, and expectations all circling like nervous stagehands before curtain. The glamour has cigarette smoke in its seams, and the laughter carries a bruise underneath. It is funny, elegant, uneasy, and deeply human, asking what happens when talent becomes a gift, a burden, and a show everyone expects to go on. The tension hums like a live wire beneath every polished smile.
• OPENS APR 15, 2027 • Hello, Dolly! / Musical A widowed matchmaker with a suitcase full of schemes and a heart that refuses to stay quiet sweeps into 1890s New York determined to rearrange several lives, including her own. Around her orbit a grumpy half-millionaire, restless clerks hungry for adventure, young lovers trying to outwit convention, and a city that seems ready to burst into song at the slightest provocation. The musical glows with old Broadway confidence: busy streets, comic misunderstandings, elegant restaurants, runaway plans, and melodies that know exactly when to wink and when to soar. At its center is a woman who understands that romance is not just about pairing people off, but about nudging the lonely, stubborn, and frightened back toward life. The comedy is grand, the sentiment is generous, and the whole thing moves with the polished snap of a parade turning a corner. Beneath the feathers and footwork is a sharp little truth: sometimes the person fixing everyone else’s life needs a rescue too. It is a joyful musical about second chances, social mischief, and the beautiful nerve it takes to step back into the world.