ODC Theater

ODC Theater

Box Office Info

ODC Theater 2025 Programming

Rent ODC Theater

  • Rent ODC Theater

    Located in the heart of San Francisco’s vibrant Mission District, ​​ODC Theater is an excellent choice for dance, music, and theater performances; fundraisers, parties, or other private events; or film screenings, panel discussions or keynotes, film or photo shoots, off-site meetings, or presentations.

    Our experienced staff is ready to welcome you into the space and ensure your event goes off without a hitch. We will work with you to find the right package, and provide full A/V and Box Office management. Explore:

    Campus Tours / School Field Trips
    Campus Tours and School Field Trips may include attending dance performances or screenings, classes with choreographers or ODC School faculty, invitations to engage in thoughtful discussions with or without movement activities, professional development conversations with ODC staff, and more. Each experience is totally customizable for the needs of your classroom or team and can be made suitable for K-12 and college grades, or professional teams and offices. 

    For more information, please contact theater@odc.dance.

Access to ODC Theater

  • Physical Building Access

    ODC is ADA Accessible. Additional wheelchair seating is provided for select shows. Getting to second floor studios in the ODC Dance Commons and ODC Theater involves riding an elevator or climbing one flight of stairs. The majority of the ODC Annex is carpeted. ODC Theater and ODC Annex restrooms are All-Gender, and in the ODC Dance Commons, All-Gender restrooms are located on the second floor. For all ODC/Dance and ODC Theater presented performances, ASL is provided for shows with performed text for at least one performance during the show run. Captioning is provided for all Digital Encores. Please see individual event pages for more information. Questions? Please contact the ODC Box Office at boxoffice@odc.dance.

  • Arts Access Tickets

    ODC offers a limited number of free and/or lower-cost Art Access tickets to every ODC or ODC Theater presented performance. These additionally subsidized tickets, available on a first-come, first serve basis, are reserved for those for whom price is a barrier.

    We know living in the Bay Area is expensive. We also highly value the art onstage and are invested in supporting the artists that create it. Ticket prices only cover a small fraction of the resources invested in the performance and we strive to make them as accessible as possible. Continued financial support through ticket purchases and charitable donations from people like you make Art Access tickets possible. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact the ODC Box Office at boxoffice@odc.dance.
     

  • Rentals Discount Initiative

    Visit our Theater & Performance Rentals page to find current details on self-production grants through ODC Theater’s rentals discount initiative. 

  • Presentation

    ODC Theater’s curatorial team is composed of our Creative Director and 1-2 rotating resident curators invited by the Creative Director, each serving an 18 month term. Together they research and select artists to participate in the ODC Spring Season, and ODC Theater’s State of Play Festival and Lobby Nights. 

    Artists and agents may submit proposals for consideration to theater@odc.dance. Proposals are reviewed on an ongoing basis, with core curation taking place roughly 1-2 years out from the anticipated program date. 

The Theater Team

  • Meet & Contact the Team

    Box Office | boxoffice@odc.dance 
    Full ODC Staff | odc.dance/staff
    Theater Team | theater@odc.dance

    Chloë L. Zimberg, Creative Director, she/her
    Chloë L. Zimberg (she/her), is a dancer, producer, curator, consultant, and arts program specialist currently leading ODC Theater as Creative Director. Her work centralizes on the strategic development of equitable performing arts platforms and the live arts sector. In partnership with Courtney King, Zimberg is the Co-Founder of Chlo & Co Dance, which curated and presented Drove, a twice-annual evening of dance performance by West Coast artists, as well as Tabled, an interdisciplinary discussion series highlighting universal issue areas in the national arts ecology from 2014-2021. Zimberg is originally from the Puget Sound and holds a BA in Performing Arts and Social Justice from the University of San Francisco with concentration in Dance and minor emphases in Politics and English Literature. She is an alum of the National Arts Strategies and University of Pennsylvania Executive Program in Arts & Culture Strategy.

    Katya Ponomarenko, Audience Services Manager
    Shayna Howlett, Theater Associate, Outreach Coordinator, they/them
    Maurya Kerr, Resident Curator
    Zaquia Mahler Salinas, Resident Curator

    Garth Grimball, Chief of Staff, Editor of Dance Stories, he/him/his
    Thomas Bowersox, Director of Production, he/his thomas@odc.dance 
    Chris Chamberlin-Miner, Production Coordinator, he/him, c.chamberlin.miner@odc.dance 
    John Hill, Public Relations Specialist, john@johnhillpr.com (510) 435-7128

     

About

  • ODC Theater

    ODC Theater exists to empower and develop innovative artists. It participates in the creation of new works through commissioning, presenting, mentorship and space access; it develops informed, engaged and committed audiences; and advocates for the performing arts as an essential component to the economic and cultural development of our community. This 170-seat venue is the site of over 150 performances a year involving nearly 1,000 local, regional, national and international artists.

    Since 1976, ODC Theater has been the mobilizing force behind countless San Francisco artists and the foothold for national and international touring artists seeking debut in the Bay Area. The Theater, founded by Brenda Way has earned its place as a cultural incubator by dedicating itself to creative change-makers, those leaders who give the Bay Area its unmistakable definition and flair. Nationally known artists Spaulding Gray, Diamanda Galas, Bill T. Jones, Eiko & Koma, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Karole Armitage, Sarah Michelson, Brian Brooks and John Heginbotham are among those whose first San Francisco appearance occurred at ODC Theater. ODC Theater is currently under the Creative Direction of Chloë L. Zimberg.

  • Land Acknowledgement/Ramaytush Ohlone Land Tax Fund Donations

    ODC is on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush People in Yelamu. We pay respects to elders past and present, who are still here and part of our community. We recognize that regenerative land management is not new, but is a continuation of practices from Native cultures and from our own ancestors. It is our responsibility to steward the land with care, as our elders did before us.

    ODC is donating $.50 for each in-person ticket (seat) sold to all performances in the Theater. ODC will donate these funds to the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone land tax fund. We encourage you to consider paying land tax donations and to learn about the land where you reside by visiting native-land.ca.

  • Archive

    ODC Theater’s Resident Artist Program was a vital three-year intensive offering four Bay Area contemporary dance and performance artists comprehensive mentoring and unique opportunities to develop both their creative practice and their sustainable capacity as artists and ensembles. The program is on hiatus.

    The Opportunity Fund at ODC Theater supported artists via subsidy in processes of self production onsite in the B.Way Theater and in 2021, production of dance for the camera during COVID-19. Rental grants are currently available through the Rentals Discount Initiative. Learn more at Theater & Performance Rentals.

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FAQs

  • Health & Safety Information

    Learn about ODC's current health and safety measures at odc.dance/healthandsafety.

  • Performance and Event FAQ

    Please refer to our Performance and Event FAQ for any general questions. 

  • Streaming Digital Encores

    ODC Connect is a curated collection of digital content on a customized Video on Demand platform. The original library includes feature dance films; archival works from the Company and ODC Theater artists; behind the scenes documentaries; dance and fitness classes for all ages and abilities; cutting-edge short films from our Youth & Teen programs; unique, family friendly activities; and interviews with artists, instructors and health experts.

    Your Connect Pass will help underwrite ODC’s return to a full roster of training, artist support, commissioning and presenting, lectures, workshops and concert dance.

    Learn more at odc.dance/connect

 


ODC Theater is generously supported by Anonymous, CalOSBA, Fleishhacker Foundation, John and Marcia Goldman Foundation, Hellman Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and our many individual donors. 
 

 

ODC is an Art Pharmacy cultural partner.