Bucko: Whaleman! at San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
Dates: (6/10/2017 - 6/23/2017 )
San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park |
Hyde Street Pier
San Francisco ,CA 94109
Tickets: $20-35
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Antic in a Drain (Artistic Director, Ross Travis) proudly presents its world premiere production of Bucko: Whaleman! Meet Captain Bucko and his scurvy crew, on the crest of the most bountiful whale hunt of their careers. But where does man’s ambition end? How do you lay down your harpoon and bring home the haul when the thrill of the hunt consumes you? Come join the slaughter ye salty dogs!
Set in the heart of San Francisco’s historic maritime center, this site-specific original production uses the provocative humor of bouffon (a form of grotesque satirical physical theatre in which characters on the outskirts of society use subversive humor and ecstatic play to highlight ignored or marginalized issues) to investigate religion, natural resource consumption, racism and privilege in maritime history and juxtapose these subjects with our modern times. How has the legacy of Manifest Destiny and America’s relationship with God affected present day society? What has changed in the last 200 years about our relationship to the consumption of oil and natural resources -- from whale oil to the Dakota Access Pipeline? How does the hierarchy of class, privilege and racial prejudice in 19th century ship life compare to today’s subjugation of native and minority communities? Through the investigation of these urgent and divisive questions, this production combines comedy and tragedy to challenge and delight you.
Tickets will NOT be sold at the door for this production as tickets cannot be sold on park property. PRE-SALE TICKETS ONLY ending an hour before the show begins.
This show is site-specific on a concrete pier and there is no traditional seating. Please bring blankets, collapsable chairs or cushions for sitting as well as warm layers, for there's no telling what weather may come on this voyage.
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