CCSF Theatre: Good. Better. Best. Bested.
- A new black comedy by Tony-winning playwright Jonathan Spector produced by the City College of San Francisco Theatre Arts Department. - Multiple performances next weekend, Apr 25–26, staged at City College of San Francisco. - Event listing and show info at eddies-list.com
City College of San Francisco’s Theatre Arts Department is staging Jonathan Spector’s black comedy “Good, Better, Best, Bested” next weekend in San Francisco. (ccsf.edu) The production runs Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, at the Taube Atrium Theater in the War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Ave. Eventbrite lists the show as an in-person event for ages 12 and up. (eventbrite.com) Eventbrite describes the running time as 2 hours and 30 minutes and says refunds are available up to seven days before the event. The organizer is listed as CCSF Theatre. (eventbrite.com) CCSF’s department page calls the play a black comedy and says it follows “a one-night journey down the Las Vegas strip” with bachelorettes, magicians, street performers, gamblers and tourists. The college says an “earth-shattering event” abroad interrupts that night out. (ccsf.edu) That setup is not new to Bay Area audiences. Custom Made Theatre and Just Theater presented the world premiere in 2018, using the same Las Vegas premise and the same collision between nightlife and distant catastrophe. (custommade.org) Spector’s profile at Concord Theatricals says he is based in Oakland and identifies him as a Tony Award-winning playwright whose credits include “Eureka Day,” “This Much I Know” and “Good. Better. Best. Bested.” Concord says “Eureka Day” won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival. (concordtheatricals.com) For City College, the production also shows how the department is working beyond its main campus spaces. CCSF says its students perform at Bay Area venues including the Taube Atrium Theater and Z Space, while the college continues planning for a new Diego Rivera Theater on campus. (ccsf.edu, ccsf.edu) CCSF says the Theatre Arts Department, founded in 1947, serves students in acting, technical theatre and transfer programs. Next weekend’s show puts that training in a professional downtown venue with a script by a playwright from the same region. (ccsf.edu) The play opens with a night built around diversion, then forces its characters to decide what they owe events outside their immediate view. City College’s version gets its turn on April 25 and 26. (ccsf.edu, eventbrite.com)
