The Magic Theatre has added three performances on Friday March 22 and Saturday March 23 at 8pm and Sunday March 24 at 4pm of the World Premiere of Ashley Smiley’s Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad. DIRTY ...

While bad-mouthing San Francisco is making headlines (with NBA legend Charles Barkley and venture capitalist Garry Tan calling out failed progressive policies and social justice shortcomings despite ...

With all of the love and passion of a native San Franciscan, playwright Ashley Smiley can list off locations and street names at the drop of a hat. From celebrations with her mom at Judy’s Cafe to her ...

My internal struggle coincides with the erasure of Blackness and Black people. Especially in recent years, nothing stays the same. The buildings are torn asunder. My neighbors are displaced and ...

San Francisco is one of the most desired cities to live in in the United States. Like many of America’s most popular cities, such as New York City and Chicago, San Francisco is enduring a ...

Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad is a new performance work written by A.M. (Ashley) Smiley about the regentrification of San Francisco and the displacement of Black folks from their neighborhoods.

Naima, the 29-year-old protagonist of "Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad," now premiering in a Magic Theatre/Campo Santo co-production extended through March 24, may be depressed and directionless, but ...