Ed Decker, founder and artistic director of New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco talks with KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco focuses on queer and allied theatre and has been around since 1981. This coming season has seven plays in its line-up, with the Pulitzer Prize winning Sons of the Prophet by Stephen Karam, directed by Ben Randle, running November 11 through December 18, 2016. Avenue Q runs December 2, 2016 through January 15, 2-17.

In this interview, Ed Decker discusses plays from the previous season, gives a rundown on the upcoming season, and discusses the center’s new plays project and recent renovation.

New Conservatory is located at 25 Van Ness Avenue at Market Street, in San Francisco.

New Conservatory Theatre Center website [1].

An extended version of this interview can be found as a KPFA Bay Area Theater [2]podcast.

[1] http://www.nctcsf.org/index.php

[2] https://kpfa.org/area941/episode/new-conservatory-theatre-center-ed-decker/