Magic Theatre, San Francisco

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nonprofit organization performing arts organization theatre company

Magic Theatre in San Francisco is a renowned avant-garde theater company known for developing and premiering innovative contemporary plays.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Magic Theatre	4
Magic Theatre, San Francisco canonical	4
Magic Theater	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9210000 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Context triple: [Kathy Baker, theaterTraining, Magic Theatre, San Francisco]

A. Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a renowned professional regional theater company in Berkeley, California, celebrated for its innovative productions and contributions to contemporary American theater.
B. Curran Theatre, San Francisco
Curran Theatre in San Francisco is a historic Broadway-style venue renowned for hosting major theatrical productions and pre-Broadway premieres.
C. Sottile Theatre
Sottile Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Charleston, South Carolina, known for hosting concerts, films, and cultural events associated with the College of Charleston and the local community.
D. New Frontier Theater
New Frontier Theater is a historic indoor performance venue in Cubao, Quezon City, known for hosting concerts, live shows, and major entertainment events.
E. Dorfman Theatre
The Dorfman Theatre is an intimate, flexible performance space within London’s National Theatre complex, known for staging contemporary and experimental productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Magic Theatre, San Francisco
Target entity description: Magic Theatre in San Francisco is a renowned avant-garde theater company known for developing and premiering innovative contemporary plays.

A. Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a renowned professional regional theater company in Berkeley, California, celebrated for its innovative productions and contributions to contemporary American theater.
B. Curran Theatre, San Francisco
Curran Theatre in San Francisco is a historic Broadway-style venue renowned for hosting major theatrical productions and pre-Broadway premieres.
C. Sottile Theatre
Sottile Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Charleston, South Carolina, known for hosting concerts, films, and cultural events associated with the College of Charleston and the local community.
D. New Frontier Theater
New Frontier Theater is a historic indoor performance venue in Cubao, Quezon City, known for hosting concerts, live shows, and major entertainment events.
E. Dorfman Theatre
The Dorfman Theatre is an intimate, flexible performance space within London’s National Theatre complex, known for staging contemporary and experimental productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ performing arts organization ⓘ theatre company ⓘ
associatedWithPlaywright	Michael McClure ⓘ Nilo Cruz ⓘ Paula Vogel ⓘ Sam Shepard ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focusesOn	innovative contemporary plays ⓘ new play development ⓘ
foundedBy	John Lion ⓘ
genre	avant-garde theatre ⓘ contemporary theatre ⓘ
hasArtisticFocus	playwright-centered development ⓘ
hasName	Magic Theatre ⓘ linked to: Magic Theatre, San Francisco
hasProgram	play development residencies ⓘ workshops and staged readings ⓘ world premieres ⓘ
hasReputation	known for innovative contemporary plays ⓘ renowned for avant-garde productions ⓘ
hasType	black box theatre ⓘ
inception	1967 ⓘ
industry	performing arts ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture ⓘ linked to: Fort Mason San Francisco ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
movedTo	San Francisco ⓘ
movement	American experimental theatre ⓘ
notableFor	long-term collaborations with playwrights ⓘ premiering new American plays ⓘ supporting emerging playwrights ⓘ
notableWorkPremiered	Buried Child ⓘ True West ⓘ
operatesAs	resident theatre company ⓘ
originalLocation	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley
servesCommunity	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
website	https://magictheatre.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kathy Baker → theaterTraining → Magic Theatre, San Francisco ⓘ

Buried Child → premiereLocation → Magic Theatre, San Francisco ⓘ

Buried Child → producedBy → Magic Theatre ⓘ