Dates: 7/4/2024 - 9/8/2024
📍 Theatre: Bay Area Parks
SF Mime Troupe
855 Treat Ave, SF, CA 94110
San Francisco, 94110
Phone: 415-255-1717
Tickets: FREE
The Tony Award-Winning San Francisco Mime Troupe Opens their 65th Season with: AMERICAN DREAMS - A New Musical - Was Democracy Just a Dream?
July 4 - Sept. 8, 2024
Schedule by Date: sfmt.org/press-schedule-by-dates
Schedule by Area: sfmt.org/press-schedule-by-area
The American Dream. It used to mean a job, a house, a car, a spouse, 2.5 kids, and a .4 dog. But what does it mean now? For Gabriel Pearce, a Black man tired of liberal failures, on the day after the presidential election it means victory! Giving up on progressivism wasn’t easy, but casting his vote for a Conservative who promise to be grateful could mean a dream come true. However, for his daughter Paine - a teacher at a university caught between protesting students and threats to funding - it’s a nightmare! Or was the lost election just a dream? Or will A.I. catch fire, like Oliver sees in his nightmares? Do androids dream of electronic voting? Can we create the utopia of justice activist student Emma hopes for, or is the present just a dream within a dream within a dream. But whether you’re asleep or Woke what some see as nightmares others see as… American Dreams.
AMERICAN DREAMS - A New Musical
Was Democracy Just a Dream?
Written by: Michael Gene Sullivan
Music and Lyrics: Daniel Savio
Director: Velina Brown
Music Director: Dred Scott
The show runs 80 min. – no intermission.
AMERICAN DREAMS - A New Musical features a four-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective members: Andre Amarotico* (Oliver, Harold); Michael Gene Sullivan* (Gabriel Pearse, Chancellor Quisling); and features Lizzie Calogero* (Meliae Higgins, Emma); Mikki Johnson (Paine Pearse).
SFMT Band: Caroline Chung (Bass); Daniel Savio (Keyboards); and Dred Scott (Drums, Percussion, additional keyboards).
The San Francisco Mime Troupe, founded in 1959, started with movement 'Events' with visual art elements and music, segued to commedia dell’arte, and now presents fully fledged outdoor political musical theatre with a decidedly “left” bent.
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This Spring, American Conservatory Theater will present Kristina Wong’s award–winning solo show, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.
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Where is Bay Area Parks located?
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Lena Hall: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (11/06-11/07) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
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Mamma Mia! San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/08-6/13) |
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“Hollywood Exiles & Modern Noir” Piedmont Piano Company (1/24-1/24) |
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HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION TEAM Theatre (9/30-11/02) |
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Hello, Dolly! Hillbarn Theatre (4/15-5/09) |
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Live At the Orinda - Bryan Eng Orinda Theatre (12/06-12/06) |
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Live At the Orinda - 2026/2027 Concert Season Orinda Theatre (9/22-5/23) |
