What: San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents…. “2012 The Musical!”
When: Saturday, July 30th, 2011 , 8:00 p.m. – Dinner at 6:30 p.m., music at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Mateel Community Center
Tickets: $18.00 for Mateel members/$20.00 general
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 52nd season with 2012 – THE MUSICAL!
Wilma Bonet (Posibilidad, Too Big To Fail) directs:
~ Lizzie Calogero
(Red State, Too Big To Fail)
~ Keiko Shimosato Carreiro
(GodFellas, Doing Good, Veronique of the Mounties),
~ Michael Gene Sullivan
(Posibilidad, Too Big to Fail, GodFellas),
~ and Victor Toman
(Making A Killing, GodFellas, 1600 Transylvania Ave),
~ along with Cory Censoprano and Siobhan Marie Doherty, who make their San Francisco Mime Troupe debuts in this lively satire about corporate funding and the art of mass distraction.
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan, with additional dialogue by Ellen Callas, and featuring a live band under the direction of Pat Moran, and music and lyrics by Bruce Barthol, 2012 – THE MUSICAL! plays July 30th at the Mateel Community Center
Synopsis:
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. So when they are offered a commission from a “green” corporation that could save BAM!, the company is very tempted. All they have to do is create a new show: “2012 – The Musical!” But is it political? Will it keep with the company’s original mission? And who’s really bankrolling the production?
For more information call 415-285-1717 or visit www.sfmt.org, or call the Mateel at 923-3368.
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July 27, 2011 at 10:18 am
Anonymous
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. So when they are offered a commission from a “green” corporation that could save BAM!, the company is very tempted. All they have to do is create a new show: “2012 – The Musical!” But is it political? Will it keep with the company’s original mission? And who’s really bankrolling the production?
Why do I get the feeling that the plot line is slightly “autobiographical?” Which “green” company do you think tried to buy the Mimes?
July 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Sally
Is Ed Holmes ever returning to the troupe? He was always my favorite, and a few years back, he had left the company to do a “one-man show”… Back in the day, he did a spot-on Cheney, and a chillingly realistic Barbara Bush!