SF Playhouse Presents ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIG GAY DANCE PARTY
By: Gabrielle Sierra
Just in time for Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday, The SF Playhouse is thrilled to bring you the World Premiere of Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party by Aaron Loeb (First Person Shooter) commissioned and originally developed by PlayGround, (James A. Kleinmann, Artistic Director).
What if President Lincoln was gay? Would you have to rethink everything?
As we re-imagine our national identity in the 21st century, Aaron Loeb's World Premiere deconstructs our greatest icon in this hilarious farce directed by Chris Smith, former Artistic Director of the Magic Theatre.
Told in three acts--the audience decides the order-with a nod to Inherit the Wind, a "Trial of the Century" determines the fate of a rural third grade teacher who outs Abe as gay in the annual Christmas Pageant. Abe and the rest of the cast dance in styles from Ballroom to Salsa, and yet, the title belies the seriousness of the play's ambition to address our deep national divide as we fight over what it really means to be an American.The Abe'sThe cast includes Michael Phillis, Velina Brown*, Mark Anderson Phillips*, Lorraine Olsen, Brian Degan Scott and Sarah Mitchell plus Joe Cady (the actor formerly known as JD Nelson)
*Courtesy of Actor's Equity
DATES: December 5, 2008 through January 17, 2009 (Opens 12/13)
SHOWS: Tues. 7pm,Wed. through Sat. at 8 p.m, plus Saturday 3 p.m.
WHERE: The SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter Street (one block off Union Square, b/n Powell & Mason) San Francisco, CATICKETS: For tickets ($40) or more information, contact the SF Playhouse box office at 415-677-9596.
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