San Francisco Mime Troupe Opens 52nd Season with 2012 –THE MUSICAL! 7/28

WHAT: 

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 52nd season with 2012 - THE MUSICAL! A small political theater company, Theater BAM!, finds itself at a crossroads: should they keep telling the stories they feel can change the world (and starve while telling them), or feed at the corporate trough, sell out, and be the mouthpiece for The Man. Tough decision. But before having to make it, they are offered an artistic commission that may save the company; all they have to do is create a new play, "2012 - The Musical!" But is it political? Will it keep with the company's original mission? And who's really bankrolling the production?

One person who is not thrilled with BAM!'s apparent good fortune is Susi, a successful accountant doing pro bono work for the company. She has been trying for years to get her sister, BAM! artistic director Elaine, to give up the not-for-profit insanity and get right with The Market, but Elaine's passionate protégé, Leon, is always there to argue for revolution, and from Susi's point of view, starvation. But as BAM! begins to work on the new show, Leon isn't the only one with questions: Is it better to be a little capitalist and alive, or Red and dead? Is it possible to sell out just a "little bit"? And what the heck is "2012 - The Musical!" anyway?

Wilma Bonet directs Lizzie Calogero, Keiko Shimosato Carreiro, Cory Censoprano, Siobhan Marie Doherty, Michael Gene Sullivan, and Victor Toman in this musical satire about artistic integrity, written by Michael Gene Sullivan, with additional dialogue by Ellen Callas, music and lyrics by Bruce Barthol, and musical direction and additional lyrics by Pat Moran.

The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater; their work is political satire and anything but silent. The Mime Troupe creates plays that make sense out of the headlines, close-up stories that make audiences feel the impact of political events on their personal lives. To make this work accessible to the broadest audience possible, the Mime Troupe performs at a price everyone can afford: free.

SCHEDULE:
Preview performance: Saturday, June 18, San Geronimo Valley Community Center
6350 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, San Geronimo, 3:30pm music, 4pm show

NORTH BAY:
Wednesday, August 24, Veterans Memorial Park, Napa, 6:30pm music, 7pm show
Wednesday, August 31, Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, 6:30 music, 7pm show
Monday, September 19, Sebastiani Theatre Sonoma, 7:00 music, 7:30pm show, for tickets call
707-996-9756

ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES:

POINT ARENA:
Thursday, July 28, Arena Theater, 7:30pm music, 8pm show, for tickets visit www.arenatheater.org
REDWAY:
Saturday, July 30, Mateel Community Center, 7:30pm music, 8pm show, for tickets visit www.mateel.org
UKIAH:
Friday, September 23, Todd Grove Park, 6:30pm music, 7pm show
PETALUMA:
Sunday, September 25, Petaluma Progressive Festival, Walnut Park, 2:30pm music, 3pm show

TICKETS:
All shows are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted); additional performances will be held in San Francisco, the East Bay, on the Peninsula, and beyond. For more information and a complete performance schedule, the public may call 415.285.1717 or visit www.sfmt.org.

 

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