Sun July 31 - Mon September 5, 2022
San Francisco Mime Troupe - BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE
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After a 2 year COVID hiatus of live performances, in 2022 The San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) returns to doing what they love and do best - FREE Political Musical Theater in Bay Area and Northern California parks.
In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn't dumb as a two dollar ham, hard- working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no "better" to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what's the point? Isn't it easier to just give up? If only her new, socially inept, maybe crazy, conspiracy-theorist friend wasn't so intent on saving the world! Why are they so convinced Zoe is the one to do it? Why do they need Zoe's help? What kinda name is "Book"? And what even is a portal gun?
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Marie Cartier
Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio
Directed by Velina Brown
Musical Direction by Daniel Savio
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE features a five person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member Keiko Shimosato Carreiro as Book; she is joined by Andre Amarotico as Milies; Lizzie Calogero as Alice; Norman Gee as Ralph; and Alicia M. P. Nelson as Zoe.
And the amazing SFMT Band featuring Will Durkee (Guitars), Daniel Savio (Keyboards), and Jason Young (Drums).
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In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn't dumb as a two dollar ham, hard- working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no "better" to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what's the point? Isn't it easier to just give up? If only her new, socially inept, maybe crazy, conspiracy-theorist friend wasn't so intent on saving the world! Why are they so convinced Zoe is the one to do it? Why do they need Zoe's help? What kinda name is "Book"? And what even is a portal gun?
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Marie Cartier
Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio
Directed by Velina Brown
Musical Direction by Daniel Savio
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE features a five person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member Keiko Shimosato Carreiro as Book; she is joined by Andre Amarotico as Milies; Lizzie Calogero as Alice; Norman Gee as Ralph; and Alicia M. P. Nelson as Zoe.
And the amazing SFMT Band featuring Will Durkee (Guitars), Daniel Savio (Keyboards), and Jason Young (Drums).
After a 2 year COVID hiatus of live performances, in 2022 The San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) returns to doing what they love and do best - FREE Political Musical Theater in Bay Area and Northern California parks.
In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn't dumb as a two dollar ham, hard- working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no "better" to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what's the point? Isn't it easier to just give up? If only her new, socially inept, maybe crazy, conspiracy-theorist friend wasn't so intent on saving the world! Why are they so convinced Zoe is the one to do it? Why do they need Zoe's help? What kinda name is "Book"? And what even is a portal gun?
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Marie Cartier
Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio
Directed by Velina Brown
Musical Direction by Daniel Savio
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE features a five person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member Keiko Shimosato Carreiro as Book; she is joined by Andre Amarotico as Milies; Lizzie Calogero as Alice; Norman Gee as Ralph; and Alicia M. P. Nelson as Zoe.
And the amazing SFMT Band featuring Will Durkee (Guitars), Daniel Savio (Keyboards), and Jason Young (Drums).
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In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn't dumb as a two dollar ham, hard- working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no "better" to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what's the point? Isn't it easier to just give up? If only her new, socially inept, maybe crazy, conspiracy-theorist friend wasn't so intent on saving the world! Why are they so convinced Zoe is the one to do it? Why do they need Zoe's help? What kinda name is "Book"? And what even is a portal gun?
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Marie Cartier
Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio
Directed by Velina Brown
Musical Direction by Daniel Savio
BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE features a five person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member Keiko Shimosato Carreiro as Book; she is joined by Andre Amarotico as Milies; Lizzie Calogero as Alice; Norman Gee as Ralph; and Alicia M. P. Nelson as Zoe.
And the amazing SFMT Band featuring Will Durkee (Guitars), Daniel Savio (Keyboards), and Jason Young (Drums).
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