by MerciSF | 5-02-2021 | News, SF Specials, Visit France in San FranciscoPlay in FrenchTLF
Frédéric Patto, Director of TLF-San Francisco once again proves that French theater has a long tradition in San Francisco! Andre Ferrier and Jeanne Gustin Ferrier: the pioneers of French theater in San Francisco 1911-1951 If you thought that the TLF, a theater that...
by MerciSF | 29-09-2020 | SF Specials, Visit, Wander France in San FranciscoPlay in FrenchTLF
Frédéric Patto, Director of TLF San Francisco hands us a little gem: the history of French theater in San Francisco from the gold rush to the beginning of the 20th century. Did you think that the TLF, a French-speaking theater located on the premises of the Lycée...
by MerciSF | 13-04-2020 | Agenda, See All, Theater Benoit SolèsComedyPlay in FrenchTLF
Rupture à Domicile is a contemporary comedy written and directed by Tristan Petitgirard. Breaking off a relation is never pleasant, so why not pay someone to do it for you … Eric Vence founded the agency “Rupture à Domicile”. One evening, when he...
by MerciSF | 12-04-2020 | Agenda, See All, Theater Benoit SolèsPlay in FrenchTLF
In this time of shelter-in-place, here is a favorite : Cyrano de Bergerac with Benoit Soles. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. There was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, and the play is a fiction following the broad outlines of his life. The...
by Anne Marie | 18-02-2020 | Agenda, See All, Theater Play in FrenchTLF
Théâtre du Lycée Français (TLF) will host Les Vibrants, a play written by the young and talented Aïda Asgharzadeh, nominated for the Molière Awards in 2018 in the category Best Living Francophone Author and Best Female Newcomer. We appreciated her talent in La Main de...
by MerciSF | 6-01-2020 | Agenda, See All, Theater Play in FrenchTheatre du Lycée Français San Francisco
In 1920, This Side of Paradise, Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, consecrated him the most prominent author in the United States of America in just three days. Zelda Sayre joins him in New York on April 3rd, where they get married. Zelda is his muse, his...
by Sabrina | 6-01-2020 | See All, Theater French artist in San FranciscoPlay in FrenchTLF
While she is in the process of rehearsing her solo performance under the direction of Frédéric Patto of the TLF, we quickly understand that the challenge of this almost frail but determined-looking woman, is not trivial. Sam Vansteen is both the author and the...
by Anne Marie | 7-11-2019 | Agenda, News, See All, Theater Play in FrenchTheatre Lycee Francais San Francisco
Number 10, a 30-year-old actress, is in the grip of a crisis of legitimacy. But she takes as a salutary model the figure of Aimé Jacquet (former coach of the French national football team). This young woman, destined by many to stay on the bench, will finally decide...
