SFCP Community Education & Service Division: Theater on the Couch

Theater on the Couch is an exciting collaboration between American Conservatory Theater and San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. It inspires lively dialogue between the audience and a panel of local psychoanalysts. After each show Dr. Linda Lagemann and a guest panelist will discuss the psychological aspects of the play and take questions from the audience.

2009-2010 Season:

Watch the video trailer

Sept. 19, 2009 -- Brief Encounter
(guest panelist: Wendy Stern, D.M.H. & Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.)

Originally produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld
Adapted for the stage by Emma Rice
From the words and music of Noël Coward
Directed by Emma Rice

October 30, 2009 -- November (David Mamet)
(guest panelist: Mary Margaret McClure, D.M.H. & Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.)

January 22, 2010 -- Phédre (Jean Racine)
(guest panelist: Jed Sekoff, Ph.D. & Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.)

April 2, 2010 -- Vigil (Morris Panych)
(guest panelist: Linda Lagemann, Ph.D. & TBA)

May 7, 2010 -- ROUND and ROUND the GARDEN (Alan Ayckbourn)
(guest panelist: Linda Lagemann, Ph.D.)

2008-2009 Season:

Sept. 19, 2008 -- Rock n Roll (Tom Stoppard)
(guest panelist: Wendy Stern, D.M.H.)

Nov. 7, 2008 -- Quality of Life (Jane Anderson)
(guest panelist: Mardi Horowitz, M.D.)

Jan. 16, 2009 -- Rich and Famous (John Guare)
(guest panelist: Jed Sekoff, Ph.D.)

Feb. 20, 2009 -- Souvenir (Stephen Temperley)
(guest panelist: Karim Dajani, Psy.D., M.F.T.)

June 19, 2009 -- Peter and Jerry (Edward Albee)
(guest panelist: Mary Margaret McClure, D.M.H.)