Dates: 3/29/2024 - 4/13/2024
📍 Theatre: San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Co
450 Florida St
San Francisco, CA
Tickets: 15-65
How do you chronicle 102 years of life? Flood survivor, racial integrator, World War II defense worker, business owner, activist, revolutionary, songwriter, and… park ranger? Bay Area icon Betty Reid Soskin has survived it all. In this World Premiere musical based on her life, acclaimed playwright Michael Gene Sullivan weaves Soskin’s original music in and out of dialogue between The Four Bettys - Little Betty, Married Betty, Revolutionary Betty, and Ranger Betty as they take us through a century of the Negro, Colored, Black, and African-American experiences of this amazing woman. Conceived by Jamie Zimmer, the production boasts choreography direction by laura elaine ellis, aerial choreography by Joanna Haigood, and direction by Elizabeth Carter. Based upon the life, music, and writing of Betty Reid Soskin Concept and Additional Music by Jamie Zimmer Book by Michael Gene Sullivan
Directed by Elizabeth Carter Music Direction by Angie Doctor Choreography by laura elaine ellis Aerial Choreography by Joanna Haigood
Starring Cathleen Riddley as Betty Reid Soskin
SFBATCO announces the cast and creative team for 'Sign My Name to Freedom' in this exciting new production. Get all the details here!
Ninety-nine and counting until Wednesday, September 22nd when The U.S. National Park Services' oldest Park Ranger, Betty Reid Soskin (Rosie Riveter World War II Home Front Historical Park) turns 100 years old and the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company continues to pay tribute with rehearsals for 'Sign My Name to Freedom: The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin.'
Where is San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Co located?
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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“E4TT Call For Scores: Solo Piano, Vol. 3” Community Music Center (10/18-10/18) |
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“HOME” San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bowes Center (4/09-4/09) |
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The 1940s Radio Hour City Lights Theater Company (11/19-12/20) |
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Odyssea We Players (10/08-10/18) |
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Shrek the Musical Berkeley Playhouse (5/21-6/20) |
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PlayGround Twisted Holiday Festival Potrero Stage (12/04-12/11) |
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School of Rock Hillbarn Theatre (11/19-12/20) |
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The 2026 GLIDE Holiday Jam: Turn It Up and Turn It Out The Warfield (11/05-11/05) |
