Clarion Performing Arts Center
The Verdict
"The theater is small and the front row sits very close to the screen. Check the weekly film schedule before you go."
What you need to know
A small, under-100-seat performing arts venue on Waverly Place in Chinatown, hosting theater, dance, music, and community performances often produced by Asian American artists and companies.
What to Expect
The programming tends toward small-scale theater, recitals, and chamber concerts, plus film screenings and community events, and the space also rents to outside producers. The room is intimate, so the front of the audience is close to the stage. Productions are often locally produced and not heavily advertised, and the calendar varies week to week.
Getting There
Waverly Place is one block west of Grant, between Sacramento and Washington. Montgomery BART is about a 10-minute walk. The 30 and 45 run on Stockton, one block west; the 1 California runs one block south.
Filmed here
Productions the city recorded shooting at or beside Clarion Performing Arts Center.
- Bentley Reserve, 301 Battery Street19m awayEtruscan Smile 2017
- 424 Sansome Street47m awayMilk 2008
- Sansome, Sacramento, and California56m awayThe Matrix Resurrections 2021
- 0-100 block Halleck Street69m awayBroken-A Modern Love Story 2010
From the San Francisco Film Commission permit record.
