Sweet Can Productions Presents YES SWEET CAN Intimate Theatrical Circus 7/17-19

Savor the summer with something a little sweet when Sweet Can Productions presents its latest intimate theatrical circus, YES SWEET CAN. This astonishing 45-minute production features live music under the direction of Eric Oberthaler, and the innovative acrobatics of some of the Bay Area's most talented theatrical circus artists (Beth Clarke, Natasha Kaluza, Kerri Kresinski, and Matt White) in an unforgettable evening that will amaze, delight, and inspire the entire family.

Pickle Family Circus veteran Wendy Parkman directs YES SWEET CAN, playing for a limited engagement July 17 through 19 at Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th St.) in San Francisco. For tickets ($15) and information, the public may call 415-273-4633 or visit sweetcanproductions.com.

What do you do once get what you want? In a cafe at The Edge of the world, a group of people find themselves stranded. Reading newspapers is the only way to keep in touch with the outside world. New possibilities spring out of old trash cans. The most complicated way you can imagine to make chocolate milk is revealed. Playing with found objects is the only way to stay sane. Featuring performances on aerial silks, slack rope, acrobatics, and hula hoops, YES SWEET CAN combines traditional circus with physical theater, dance, and live music to create a topsy-turvy world in which anything can happen. Called "simply beautiful to behold" by SF Weekly, Sweet Can presents the world in a way that you have never seen it before.

The mission of Sweet Can Productions is to create performances in which circus artists and musicians collaborate in the presentation of innovative theatrical circus. Formed in 2006 at the San Francisco Circus Center by founding members Beth Clarke, Kerri Kresinski, and Daniela Steiner, Sweet Can was established with the artistic goal to bridge the gap between traditional circus and theater. Where most Bay Area circus performers were resigned to performing in night clubs, at corporate events, as incidental performers for major theatrical productions, or at non-professional community events, Sweet Can Productions wanted to allow for complete artistic expression, and embarked upon creating a production rooted in traditional circus, theater techniques, and improvisation, creating an intimate theatrical circus experience in which circus artists provide stage substance and not merely stage decoration.

July 17-19, 2009
Friday and Saturday at 7pm and 9pm; Sunday at 6pm and 8pm
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St. (at Mission)
For tickets ($15) and information, the public may call 415-273-4633 or visit sweetcanproductions.com.