This Bay Area theater started an emergency fundraising campaign, but not because of low attendance

Datebook: In the last six months of 2022, ticket sales were up 9% compared to the same period in 2019, Artistic Director Khalia Davis told The Chronicle at the time. Two shows, “Elephant and Piggie’s We Are in a Play” and “A Year With Frog and Toad,” sold out within days of releasing tickets. The company was experimenting with a membership model, where audiences could come as many times as they wanted.