CCSF Theatre: Good. Better. Best. Bested.

City College of San Francisco’s Theatre Arts department opens Jonathan Spector’s black comedy “Good, Better, Best, Bested” this weekend in San Francisco. (eventbrite.com) The production runs on Saturday, April 25, 2026, and Sunday, April 26, 2026, at the Taube Atrium Theater in the War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Ave. Eventbrite lists multiple dates for the run and a runtime of 2 hours 30 minutes. (eventbrite.com) City College describes the play as a black comedy and “a one-night journey down the Las Vegas strip,” with bachelorettes, magicians, street performers, gamblers and tourists colliding as a major event unfolds “half a world away.” The ticket page calls it “a surreal journey down the Las Vegas strip.” (ccsf.edu, eventbrite.com) The staging is part of a college theater program that City College says was founded in 1947 and trains students in acting, technical theater and production work. The department says students perform at Bay Area venues including the Taube Atrium Theater and Z Space. (ccsf.edu, ccsf.edu) That gives this weekend’s show a second role: it is both a public performance and a student production mounted by a department that awards transfer credits and theater credentials. City College says its program offers an Associate in Arts for Transfer and certificates of accomplishment. (ccsf.edu, ccsf.edu) Spector’s name also carries recent Broadway weight. The American Theatre Wing lists “Eureka Day,” written by Spector, among the 2025 Tony Award winners, and Playbill reported that the revival’s win was the first Tony for the playwright. (tonyawards.com, playbill.com) City College’s theater department says alumni include Danny Glover, Barbara Eden, Bill Bixby, Velina Brown and Michael Gene Sullivan. The school says recent graduates have also worked with Bay Area companies including American Conservatory Theater, Shotgun Players and San Francisco Opera. (ccsf.edu) The event listing says the show is open to ages 12 and up, with paid parking at the venue and refunds available up to seven days before the event. Ticket details and current availability are posted on the Eventbrite page. (eventbrite.com) For City College, the weekend puts a student company on a major San Francisco stage with a newish play by a playwright whose Broadway profile rose last year. For audiences, it is a two-day chance to catch that work in the War Memorial Building before the run closes on April 26. (ccsf.edu, eventbrite.com, playbill.com)