Event Listing - Gay
Wed Dec 10, 2008 - Sat Jan 17

The SF Playhouse presents

Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party

Written by Aaron Loeb, Directed by Chris Smith


Tel. 415.677.9596
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$40
Tickets
Box Office: 415.677.9596

Location
Date and Time
SF Playhouse
533 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Powell
district: Union Square/San Francisco Centre

Wed Dec 10, 2008 (8pm)
Thu Dec 11, 2008 (8pm)
Fri Dec 12, 2008 (8pm)
Tue Dec 16, 2008 (7pm)
Wed Dec 17, 2008 (8pm)

Description
What if President Lincoln was gay? Would you have to rethink everything?

As we re-imagine our national identity in the 21st century, Aaron Loeb's World Premiere deconstructs our greatest icon in this hilarious farce directed by Chris Smith, former Artistic Director of the Magic Theatre.

Told in three acts--the audience decides the order-with a nod to Inherit the Wind, a "Trial of the Century" determines the fate of a rural third grade teacher who outs Abe as gay in the annual Christmas Pageant.
Abe and the rest of the cast dance in styles from Ballroom to Salsa, and yet, the title belies the seriousness of the play's ambition to address our deep national divide as we fight over what it really means to be an American.