Who We Are and
What We Do
Theatre Valentine is a Bay Area organization founded by actors Val Hendrickson and Lorraine Olsen, who present original plays and those created by other playwrights.
Val Hendrickson's s acting credits include stints with Shotgun Players, Berkeley Rep, Magic Theatre, and at Theatre Rhinoceros in Breaking the Code, for which he was nominated for a Bay Area Critics Circle Award. He has staged numerous plays in New York and San Francisco and received a Villager Downtown Theatre Award and a Dean Goodman Choice Award for outstanding direction. He directed and co-starred in Theatre Valentine's production of Voices/The War In Heaven. Lorraine Olsen's original solo show, Figuratively Speaking, won “Best of” The San Francisco Fringe Festival. She performed it at Shotgun Players Cabaret, SF Playhouse, WOW Café Theatre, and as an "Encore Artist" at the United Solo Theatre Festival. Olsen appeared in the Baloney Theatre Company's production of Thighs Wide Shut and recently co-starred in Theatre Valentine's interpretation of Voices/The War In Heaven.
Past Theatre Valentine Performances
The War In Heaven/Tongues
Written by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin
Performed by Val Hendrickson and Lorraine Olsen
Fabulous! A fine interpretation. Sam would have been pleased.
Carol Benet, Author of Sam Shepard and the German Stage
Val and Lorraine transfixed our intimate audience. We felt the power of acknowledging death and digging deeper into our own emotions as we watched them and then shared personal stories and reflections on the playwrights. As a program and creative director, the web of connections, community, and gratitude that I hoped for exceeded all possibilities.
Sarah Brigid Newsham Kent, San Francisco Village
Lorraine Olsen and Val Hendrickson in Voices/The War in Heaven
Figuratively Speaking
Written and Performed by Lorraine Olsen