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Tony Award-Winning SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE
Opens 56 th Season with
Freedomland
June 24 – Sept. 7, 2015
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Schedule by Date:
http://www.sfmt.org/schedule/images/schedulebyorder2015.pdf
Schedule by Area:
http://www.sfmt.org/schedule/images/schedulebyarea2015.pdf
Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/owkbjrp
A door is blown off its hinges! Into a blasted room of scarred walls and shattered windows, armed
with M-16's, America's bravest duck and dodge for cover, finally training their deadly gunsights on...
an old black man watching TV on his couch? This isn't Baghdad or Kandahar - its home, and for exBlack Panther Malcolm Haywood it's just another wrong door police raid in the War on Drugs. So of
course Malcolm is horrified when the grandson he’s tried to protect, Nathaniel, returns from serving in
Afghanistan only to find another war zone at home - and one where young Black men like Nathaniel
are in the crosshairs! Meanwhile the Mayor and the Police Chief - one desperate for votes, the other
desperate to fund his militarized police force - ramp up the fear (and their shiny new tank) to fight the
newest, drug threat to America... worse than weed, meth, coke, crack, or crank, it's... SNORF!!
And, of course, the SNORF trade is centered in the. darkest part of town.
Are the police out of control? What happened to "innocent until proven guilty”? Is Malcolm's neighbor
Lluis (an undocumented immigrant,) actually a SNORF-lord? And can Malcolm convince his grandson
that it is safer to re-up and fight overseas than to try to survive here at home, in Freedomland?
Freedomland is written by Michael Gene Sullivan.
Music & lyrics by Ira Marlowe.
Music director: Michael Bello. Musicians include: Ray Fernandez, Aaron Kierbel and Daniel Savio.
Directed by: Andrea Snow.
Freedomland features Mime Troupe collective members: Hugo E Carbajal (Lluis),
Lisa Hori-Garcia (Emily Militis), Michael Gene Sullivan (Malcolm Haywood) and first-time troupe
performer George P. Scott (Nathaniel Haywood).
Tech credits for Freedomland include: Scenic Designer: Keiko Shimosato Carreiro; Costume
Designer: Dorothy Martinez; Props Designer: Devon Labelle; Photography: DavidAllenStudio.com;
Poster Design: Lawton Lovely
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE PRESENTS - Freedomland – 2015 Summer
To arrange an interview with the writers, actors or anyone from the Mime Troupe Collective,
please call or e mail publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/ 661-1260 [email protected]
Freedomland plays June 24 – Sept. 7, 2015
North Coast opening: June 24 – Arena Theatre in Point Arena, CA (ticketed);
June 25 – Todd Grove Park in Ukiah, CA;
June 27 – Mateel Community Center, Redway (ticketed)
Bay Area opening: Sat., July 4 at Dolores Park SF, running throughout the Bay Area in SF, the
North Bay, East Bay, Peninsula and 3 Northern CA shows in June 2015. All park shows are free and
open to the public. Additional ticketed indoor show: Nevada City on Fri., Aug. 28.
For a complete schedule and more information, visit http://www.sfmt.org or call 415-285-1717.
Additional info on SFMT and community organizations is made available at information tables at each
of our park shows. ASL interpreted show(s) will be listed by July. Please check the website schedule
for future details.
Character Breakdown:
Malcolm Haywood - Black male, early ‘50s, proud but realistic. Malcolm is hard-working and proudly working
class, who uses stories of the Black Panthers to inspire his son to be a revolutionary leader. Malcolm has
developed a plan to “overthrow the insane cruelty of capitalist oppression” from the living room of his
apartment. But does his fervor cover a secret that his son may not be too proud of?
Nathaniel Haywood - Black, male, late 20’s, a veteran of Afghanistan, Malcolm’s grandson. Nathaniel has
grown up with his grandfather’s stories of how his parents died in a shoot-out with the police, and has become
the straight-arrow kid any grandfather would be proud of, and who idolizes his passionately political
grandfather. He believes in his Malcolm’s vision of revolutionary change for the better, but is a little daunted by
the idea of being a leader. He wants a normal life - but knows that a “normal life” for a Black man in America is
a dubious proposition.
Lluis - Latino male, 30’s - 40’s, a chameleon who know how to survive. Lluis is an undocumented immigrant,
and a law-abiding resident of the USA for decades, but lives with the constant fear of discovery. He has
become a master at living under the radar of the State.
Emily Militis - Female, late 20’s,a veteran of Afghanistan, a police officer who believes the police are a force
for good. Emily Militis is hard-nosed but idealistic. She doesn’t come from wealth, is oblivious to the skin
privilege she carries with her - believing instead that in America hard work and good citizenship are rewarded.
Militis wants a strong, law-abiding nation, but believes only stability can lead to equality, and before you can
have Law you must have Order.
Chief Parker - Male, 40’s, the Chief of Police. Like so many police chiefs in America, Chief Parker has fallen in
love with the power of the weaponry provided him by a nation gripped in the propaganda of The War On
Drugs. He has turned his entire force into an extension of the SWAT team, and counts success not by civilians
saved, but by doors kicked in… and by the amount of money the federal government pays him for each kick.
Mayor Henderson - Black, male, 50’s, an ambitious politician willing to step on his own people to get ahead.
A black mayor of a town where most of the black population is denied the vote as felons, Henderson uses the
fear of the black to get the white votes. With the Police Chief he has set up a legal system that keeps blacks in
a permanent state of disenfranchisement -and keeps the city coffers full of money from fines, fees, and bail.
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Q: Why do you call yourself a Mime Troupe if you talk and sing?
We use the term mime in its classical and original definition, "The exaggeration of daily life in story
and song." It is a form of popular theater that is as old as the marketplace itself. From the ancient
Greek and Roman farces to the Renaissance commedia dell'Arte to modern Chinese Opera, using
archetypes comically to illustrate people's issues is a time honored worldwide tradition. Our broadly
drawn characters are instantly recognizable allowing the audience to immediately engage in the
action. Our work is political satire and anything but silent.
KEEP ON TRUCKING – News of new SFMT truck for 2015 Season & Beyond!
Since 1997 the Mime Troupe has been driving its old 1990 GMC around the Bay Area to deliver their
message to the people, but in the recent years this has been a struggle. From breaking down on the
Bay Bridge and Highway 1, to fuel lines, filters, tank cleanings, tire replacements, a leaky turbo; in
2014 for the first time in our history we had to cancel a show because of a breakdown! But, finally,
things are looking up! Our supporters at the Puffin Foundation have kindly donated $52,000, with
which we have purchased a freshly lettered 2011 truck for its first Mime Troupe summer season!
Our previous truck has done all it could, and we are grateful for its dedication, but the time has come
to pass the torch. In 2015 look for our brand new truck with the big red star - headed to a park or city
near you.
2014 Awards Won
The SF Mime Troupe has been awarded the Rosetta LeNoire Award by Actors Equity
Association for 2014. In addition The Mime Troupe has received the 2014 Award for Achievement
from the SUI Generis Foundation in Berkeley which comes with a $5000 cash award.
The Rosetta LeNoire Award strives to recognize outstanding artistic contributions to the universality of
the human experience in American theatre. Award Criterion: Inherent in the award is
acknowledgement that the recipient has an exemplary record in both the hiring of ethnic minorities
(including female actors, actors with disabilities, and senior actors); and should have a working
relationship (and a history) with Actors’ Equity Association.
San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) History
Founded in 1959 by R.G. Davis, as an experimental project of the Actors’ workshop, the San
Francisco Mime Troupe’s early works were…silent, (but not pantomime) avant-garde pieces that
today would be called performance art. By the early sixties the SF Mime Troupe began performing
spoken plays with character archetypes drawn directly from the Commedia dell’Arte. Continuing in the
broad styles of popular theater, the Troupe’s productions became overtly political.
In l965, Davis, Saul Landau, and a racially mixed group of actors created A MINSTREL SHOW, OR
CIVIL RIGHTS IN A CRACKER BARREL, using an historically racist form to attack racism in both its
redneck and liberal varieties. The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sponsored
performances around the country, the Troupe began its life as a touring company, and there were
more arrests.
In 1965, future rock impresario Bill Graham, then the company's business manager, organized his
first rock dance/light show at the Fillmore Auditorium as a bail benefit for the SFMT.
The Troupe clinched its radical reputation in 1967 when L’AMANT MILITAIRE, a commedia by
Goldoni updated to satirize the Vietnam War. Davis left the Troupe in l970. The company became a
collective: partly by ideology, partly by default, and began a series of experiments with industrial-era
popular theater forms: melodrama and its descendants: science fiction and spy thriller.
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Adding music, songs and physical comedy the Mime Troupe’s style solidified and its national and
global popularity increased. In addition to performing the Troupe has taught workshops on both the
SFMT “style” and in its unique method of collaborative playmaking.
In 1987, the troupe's Brechtian style of guerrilla theatre earned them a special Tony Award for
Excellence in Regional Theater. Making fans along the way, the Troupe has received a myriad of
awards and toured the USA as well as Belgium, France, Germany, Nicaragua, Cuba, Israel, Korea,
Hong Kong and more. Yet the Bay Area parks still remain the Troupe’s home stage.
Post Show discussions associated with SF Mime Troupe’s production of FREEDOMLAND
After several shows, the Mime Troupe has invited guest speakers to participate in a post-show
talkback about the militarization of police and police targeting of people of color. Our invited guests
will join Freedomland's playwright Michael Gene Sullivan for a 30 minute post-show talkback for the
following4 performances:
Fri. July 3 - Dolores Park, SF
Alan Schlosser, Senior Counsel of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Gloria La Riva, ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition
Rebecca Young, Co-Chair of the Racial Justice Committee,
Deputy Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco
Sat. July 18 - Cedar Rose Park, Berkeley
Professor Brandi Wilkins Cantanese, Professor of Performance Studies and African
American Studies; Vice-Chair of Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies:
University of California, Berkeley
Michael Gipson and Marta Reyes, Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Sat. Aug. 15 - San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz
Pietro Calogero, Lecturer in Planning and Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Willow Katz, Sin Barras
Keith McHenry, SCRAM! (Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization)
Sun. Sept. 6 - Dolores Park, SF
Jeff Adachi, Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco
Hector Velez and David Ramos, Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Please check website http://www.sfmt.org for potential additional discussion dates & times.
Bios:
DIRECTION & SCRIPT:
Andrea Snow (Director) is a former member of the SF Mime Troupe. During her years with the SFMT, Andrea
collaborated on creating shows (scripts, lyrics, and music) and performed: she played the title roles in The
Dragon Lady's Revenge and Factperson, as well as many other characters. Additionally she has directed plays
for the SFMT, World of Tales, Make*A*Circus, and the Z Collective. The directed the talent for the 10-part
children's series, You Can Choose and Stepping On Up. She has also directed solo shows for Terry Baum as
well as Keith Terry. Andrea holds Master's Degrees in Theater Arts and in Communicative Disorders.
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Michael Bello (Musical Director) graduated with honors from the Jazz department at Sonoma Sate University
in '06 with a bachelor's degree in funkology. He has played in clubs, halls and at major festivals touring
throughout the US with many projects. Bello is a multi-instrumentalist who has composed and performed with a
wide range of groups. Some of the current bands Bello is playing with include: - Albino! Heavy Afrobeat,
FogDub - Reggae Dub, Miles Ahead Group - Miles Davis Tribute 70's, Stacks - Blue Note Jazz 60's,
Telepathy, Latin Rhythm Boys (Molly Maguire - Singer/songwriter), David Jeffery's Jazz Fourtet, Sean Nelson's
Ecotones: including some projects he is affiliated with on a semi regular basis - Sean Hayes Singer/Songwriter, Cuban Salsa with Rumbache and Fito Reinoso, Go By Ocean, Modern Dance with Lisa
Townsend, East Bay Brass Band (EB3), Cheap Therapy - rock, funk, folk.
Michael Gene Sullivan (Actor, Director, Resident Playwright, SFMT Collective) has performed in, written,
and/or directed over thirty SFMT productions. As an actor, Sullivan has also appeared in productions at the
American Conservatory Theater, Denver Center Theater Company, Theatreworks, Magic Theatre, Lorraine
Hansberry Theater, SF Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theater, and San Jose Repertory Theater.
In addition to directing for SFMT such shows as Killing Time, 1600 Transylvania Avenue, Red State, and For
The Greater Good, Michael has also directed for the SF Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare
Company, Mystic Bison Theater, and Circus Finelli. In 1992 he became a Contributing Writer for the SFMT,
and the Resident Playwright in 2000. His scripts for SFMT include 1600 Transylvania Avenue, GodFellas, Red
State (2008 nominee, Best Original Script, SF Bay Area Theater Critics Circle), and Too Big To Fail (2009
nominee, Best Original Script, SF Bay Area Theater Critics Circle), Posibilidad, For The Greater Good. NonSFMT scripts include his all-woman political farce “ Recipe,” (Central Works, winner of the Israel Baran
Playwriting Award,) his adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, (Open Door Theatre, Sheffield, England,) the
historical drama “fugitive/slave/act.” and his award-winning one person show, “Did Anyone Ever Tell You - You
Look Like Huey P. Newton? “1984”, his critically acclaimed stage adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopic
novel, opened at the Actors' Gang Theatre under the direction of Tim Robbins in 2006, and has since been
performed in Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, has had several tours of the USA, and has
been published in English and Catalan. Michael is also a blogger for the political website, The Huffington Post.
Ira Marlowe (Composer, Lyrist) has been described by The SF Chronicle as: "Berkeley's sweet little secret.
...(He) sold his soul to the devil to develop the sound he continues to perfect." He's won the international
"Songs Inspired By Literature Contest", the "Best of the Bay" contest, and - in his parallel life - the coveted
Parents' Choice Award for his acclaimed series of Brainy Tunes kids' CDs. In 2012 he opened The Monkey
House, a private theater in Berkeley hosting intimate performances of all kinds, including his "one-man musical
for brave kids and weird adults", Mortimus Greely's Haunting School.
CAST:
Hugo E Carbajal (Actor, SFMT Collective) is a recipient of the 2013 Theatre Bay Area Titan Award and is
proud to be the newest member to join the SFMT Collective. He began his involvement with the SFMT as a
mask designer for the production of 2012: The Musical! In 2013, he performed in SFMTs Oil & Water. He has
performed with Bay Area companies such as Cutting Ball, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Shotgun Players,
Stagebridge, Alter Theater Ensemble, Shadowlight, and TeatroVision. He was also a performer with Kaiser
Permanentes Educational Theatre, touring the bay area for 8 years. A proud member of the Bay Area Latino
Theatre Artists Network. Follow on Twitter.
Lisa Hori-Garcia (Actor, SFMT Collective) has been with the troupe since 2004, working on summer shows as
an actor and assistant director. She has worked with a wide variety of theater companies such as Marin
Theatre Company, Asian American Theater Company, Magic Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Womans Will, Impact
Theater, and Word for Word. Lisa has been program director and a lead teacher with the Mime Troupe’s Youth
Theater Project and summer workshop. Currently she is a professor in the Drama Department at Los Medanos
College in Pittsburg, CA. Lisa is a former Ensemble Member & Production Manager with New WORLD Theater
in Amherst, MA and received her BA from Smith College and MFA in Acting from the USC.
George P. Scott (Actor) is grateful to be joining the SFMT this year. As an actor he has performed in the Bay
Area for the last 6 years in productions at Altarena Playhouse, S.F. Playhouse, New Conservatory Theatre
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(NCTC), Broadway by the Bay, Teatro Zinnani SF, Berkeley Playhouse, Alter Theatre Ensemble, and 6th
Street Playhouse. Other theaters include: P.C.P.A. Pacific Conservatory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Missoula
Children's Theatre and The COLORed Cabaret. As a Puppet Designer he's had the great privilege to work with
Taylor Mac on the epic tale of The Lily's Revenge at the Magic Theatre and A Quarreling Pair at ACT.
Michael Gene Sullivan – (Actor, Director, Resident Playwright, SFMT Collective) See Bio above.
MUSICIANS:
Ray Fernandez (Musician) has played professionally for 35 years as a Musician/Bandleader. Fernandez has
played and toured with The Mad Maggies, Sonic Strut, Trousers, The Overcommitments, Macy Blackman,
Club Ed, Beat Freaks, Bohemian Luv Jones, Kings Hat, Spare Parts, Action Jackson, Party of Five, Stiff Upper
Lip, All the Kings Men, Joyce Rooks, Rudy Chalard and Blue Light Revue. Steeped in r&b, soul, funk, rock and
jazz Multi-instrumentalist Ray Fernandez always brings it from the heart.
Aaron Kierbel (Musician) is an in demand drummer percussionist and educator from Oakland. He is a
formative member of the internationally touring, genre smashing band Rupa and the April Fishes. He enjoys
finding the rhythm in everyday life, the percussive potential in every objects like type writers and egg beaters.
He plays with many local groups, such as Adam Theis, Mercury Falls, View From Bernal Hill, Emily Afton, The
Gonifs and many others. He is a passionate teaching artist who believes in the healing and community building
power of music. Working with Performing Arts Workshop, LEAP and Bread and Roses, he teaches rhythm and
movement classes in juvenile detention centers, homeless shelters and schools through organization.
Daniel Savio (Musician) started his professional theater career playing for the SFMT, participating in the tours
for GodFellas ('06) and Making a Killing ('07), and he is delighted to be back in the pit this summer. He recently
was co-composer/lyricist, with SFMT vet Bruce Barthol, of the play FSM ('14, Stagebridge Senior Theater),
written by fellow SFMT vet Joan Holden. Daniel has composed the scores of four musicals for young
audiences at Stagebridge, all with book and lyrics by Josiah Polhemus. He also composed original music for
an early production of Lauren Yee's A Man, His Wife, and his Hat ('11, AlterTheater). Currently he is beginning
work on a musical to be produced by the Kaleidoscope company of Northern Ireland. Daniel plays keyboards
for The 808 Band, winner of the 2011 North Bay Bohemian Award for Best Hip Hop Band, which has backed
many hip hop and reggae performers including KRS-ONE, MC Radioactive, and Robert Herrera. He has
performed as an improv pianist with the Antic Witties, the Un-Scripted Theater Company, 6th Street Improv!,
and the Midnight Matinee. Since 2008 he has been musical director of Sharon Boucher's children's theatre
companies in San Rafael, Pied Piper Productions, Young Actors Theater, and North Bay Rep, where he has
put on West Side Story, RENT, A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, and many other shows. Daniel has a BA in
Music from the UC Santa Cruz and currently studies with Bay Area composer Michael Kaulkin.
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Maurice Beesley (Technical Director) was tricked into auditioning for the Senior Class play in 1961. Since
then he has built scenery for A.C.T., S.F. Opera and Berkeley Rep.. He has been a member of the stage crew
of nearly every theatrical venue in SF and has supervised tours around the West and to Hawaii. Maurice has
been a proud member of Local #16, I.A.T.S.E. for over 30 years.
Devon Labelle (Props Designer) is a multidisciplinary artist with emphasis on vivid visual and special effects
components. She is the Production Manager of Just Theater, Props Master of Contra Costa Civic Theater, and
a Resident Artist with both Crowded Fire Theater and Theater FIRST. She has curated properties for over 60
productions and is thrilled to be designing for SFMT.
Lawton Lovely (Sound Engineer, Poster Designer, SFMT Collective) is a 2012 graduate of Miami University in
Oxford OH - (BA in Theatre and a minor in American Studies). He spent his first summer in the Bay Area in
2010 working for the SFMT. In 2012 he became an Emerging Artist in Residence with the company; in 2013, a
Collective Member; and in 2015, a member of the SFMT Board. He has constructed puppets, designed posters
and taught in the SFMT Youth Program. He is an avid juggler as well as the in-house sound engineer for
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SFMT. All this troupe activity hasn't prevented him from doing work elsewhere; Marin Theatre Company's It's a
Wonderful Life; Radio Play; the California Shakespeare Company's A Winter's Tale; Z Space with Marcus
Shelby Jazz Orchestra in the world premiere of Be Bop Baby: A Musical Memoir; The Bengson's, who won the
TBA for Best New Musical, Hundred Days; Fat Mike, Jeff Marx, and Goddess Soma in the first staged
production of Home Street Home. He has recently stepped into the pool of Sound Design with Carl Djerassi's,
Ego and Insufficiency, Joan Holden's Free Speech Movement, Foolsfury Faulted, The Douglas Morrisson
Theatre's Hank Williams: Lost Highway. His projection and video designs have been seen in Peter Sinn
Nachtrieb's The Totalitarians at Z Space.
Dorothy Martinez (Costume Designer) began designing original pieces for the Chicano theater company El
Teatro Campesino at 19. Aside from such works at La Pastorela and La Carpa de Los Rasquachis, her most
recent designs with El Teatro can be seen in the three part Cosmic Pageant Trilogy: Heart of Heaven, The
Story of Seven Macaw, and The Magic Twins. Her creative constructs for this trilogy were based on the Maya
Quiche book of POPOL VUH and first emerged in 2010 (exploratory session) with follow up 2011, 2012 and
2014 seasons. Martinez will continue her work on Popol Vuh: Heart of Heaven for the 2015 summer/fall
production collaboration with El Teatro Campesino and Center Theatre Group, in LA. Other costuming credits
include the theater workshop presentation of OLLIN at Stanford University's Drama Department under the
direction of Singer-Songwriter Daniel Valdez, plus, the world premiere of The Fifth String: Ziryab's Passage To
Cordoba by Golden Thread Productions. Her film credits include: The Crumbles (winner 2012 Audience Award
at the SF Int’l. Asian American Film Festival). Martinez' capabilities also include designing select set pieces for
many productions, interdisciplinary shows featuring theatre groups, bands, poets, and visual artists. Martinez
currently resides in SF and works at Live Oak School. Additionally, she is acting manager and costumer for
Indigenous Chaos, a family collective composed of three generations of her family. Email Dorothy.
Karen Runk (Production Stage Manager, Web Programmer) moved to SF with the intention of only staying for
a few months. Nearly two decades later she's still here! This is largely due to the talented folks at SFMT. Runk
first experienced the Troupe by stage managing two 97 youth projects, Revenger Rat Meets the Merchant of
Death and Inside Out. After which she ran screaming into the arms of the Magic Theatre and there she stayed,
contently for two years. The Troupe then wooed her back for their 99 Summer Production City For Sale. Still
under the Troupes wooing spell she's stage managed a plethora of their summer shows and has only
managed to escape, successfully, one full summer back in 02 when she worked with SFShakes.
Keiko Shimosato Carreiro (Scenic Designer, SFMT Collective) was born in Cambridge MA. Keiko holds a
BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and an MA in Multimedia from the University of Iowa. She arrived in SF with the
Horse Drawn, Caravan Stage Company of Canada. She has been an actor, designer and director for SFMT
since 1987. Keiko has designed costumes for many other Bay Area Theater companies including, Berkeley
Rep, S.F. Shakespeare in the Parks, The Asian American Theater Company, African American Shakespeare
Company, Crowded Fire and Custom Made Theater as well as the SFMT. She has directed City for Sale and
Gotta Getta Life for SFMT, and Cowboy versus Samurai for the Asian American Theater Company.
Junelle-Johannah Taguas (Tour Manager, SFMT Collective) became a Collective Member in 2013. In 2008
she startedas a tech intern and summer workshopper and remained involved with SFMT filling various
positions: Ass’t. Stage Manager, Production Assistant, YTP Stage Manager, and YCWP Stage Manager.
Junelle is an Equity Membership Candidate Stage Manager. Companies she has stage managed for include:
Central Works, Golden Thread Productions, Transient Theater, Symmetry Theatre, RasaNova Theater,
OutLook Theater Project, Climate Theater, and the USF’s PASJ department. She has a B.A. in Drama from the
University of Portland, OR. Aside from theatre, Junelle is a NIC Pre-Certified ASL-English Interpreter. She is
graduating from 2-year Interpreter Preparation Program at Ohlone College in Spring 2015.
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Calendar Editors:
WHAT:
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE
Opens 56 th Season with Freedomland
WHEN:
June 24 – Sept. 7, 2015
TIX:
All park shows are free and open to the public.
Additional, ticketed indoor shows will be in Point Arena, and Redway.
For more info. call 415- 285 -1717 or visit www.sfmt.org
VENUE:
SFMT performs in parks & some theatres throughout the Bay Area in San Francisco,
the North Bay, East Bay, Peninsula, and 3 Northern CA shows in June 2015.
All park shows are free and open to the public.
Additional, ticketed indoor shows will be in Point Arena and Redway.
PHOTOS:
High-resolution photos for Freedomland can be accessed at
http://www.sfmt.org/Press/photos.php
WEB PAGE: www.sfmt.org
TRAILER:
http://tinyurl.com/owkbjrp
Schedule by Date: http://www.sfmt.org/schedule/images/schedulebyorder2015.pdf
Schedule by Area: http://www.sfmt.org/schedule/images/schedulebyarea2015.pdf
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SF MIME TROUPE SCHEDULE SUMMER 2015
- CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING – By Date
Out of Town Openings
Arena Theater
Wed., June 24 - 8:00 pm (Music 7:30)
214 Main St., Point Arena, CA 95468 Ticket Info: www.arenatheater.org
Todd Grove Park
Thurs., June 25 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
Live Oak Avenue & Clubhouse Drive, Ukiah 95482 707-882-3272
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Mateel Community Center
(near Garberville in Humboldt County)
Sat., June 27 - 8:00 pm (Music 7:30)
59 Rusk Lane, Redway, CA 95560
Ticket Info: http://www.mateel.org/sfmimetroupe.html
Tickets only sold at door
San Francisco Opening Weekend
Dolores Park
Fri., July 3 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Sat., July 4 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Sun., July 5 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
19th St. & Dolores St., San Francisco, 94110 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Mill Valley Community Center, on the Back Lawn
Wed., July 8 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
180 Camino Alto (at East Blithedale), Mill Valley, 94941 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Live Oak Park
Sat., July 11 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Sun., July 12 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Shattuck Ave. & Berryman St., Berkeley 94709
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Mitchell Park, South Field
Wed. July 15 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
600 East Meadow Drive & Cowper St., Palo Alto, 94306 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Montclair Park - Ball Field
Thurs., July 16 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
6300 Moraga Ave, Montclair, 94611 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Cedar Rose Park
Sat., July 18 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Sun., July 19 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
1300 Rose St. & Chestnut St., Berkeley, 94702
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Lakeside Park
- (Lake Merritt) in front of the Edoff Memorial Bandstand
Wed., July 22 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
Thurs., July 23 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
Bellevue Ave. & Perkins St., Oakland 94610 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
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McLaren Park
- Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre
Sat., July 25 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
100 John F Shelley Dr., San Francisco, CA 94134
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Washington Square Park
Sun., July 26 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Columbus & Union Sts., San Francisco, 94133 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
SF Mime Troupe Studio Space
Thurs., July 30 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
855 Treat Ave. (btw’n. 21 & 22 Sts.), San Francisco, 94110 Ticket Info: FREE (suggested donation
$20)
Please at RSVP http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1586995
Nicholl Park
Sun., Aug. 1 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Macdonald Ave. & 31st St., Richmond, 94805
Yerba Buena Gardens
Sun., Aug. 2 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Mission St. & 3rd St., San Francisco, 94103 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Mill Valley Community Center, on the Back Lawn
Wed., Aug. 5 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
180 Camino Alto (at East Blithedale), Mill Valley 94941
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Willard Park
Sat., Aug. 8 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Sat., Aug. 9 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Hillegass Ave. & Derby St., Berkeley 94705
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
San Lorenzo Park
Sat., Aug. 15 - 3:00 pm show (Music 2:30)
Sun., Aug. 16 - 3:00 pm show (Music 2:30)
134 Dakota Ave, Downtown Santa Cruz, 95060 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Glen Park
Sat., Aug. 22 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Chenery & Diamond Sts., San Francisco, 94131
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Mitchell Park, South Field
Sun., Aug. 23 - 4:00 pm (Music 3:30)
600 East Meadow Drive & Cowper St., Palo Alto, 94306 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
St. James Park
Tues., Aug 25 - 6:30 pm (Music 6:00)
3rd St. & St. James St., San Jose 95112
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Miners Foundry
Fri., Aug. 28 - 7:30 pm (Music 7:00)
325 Spring St, Nevada City, 95959
ticket info: http://www.minersfoundry.org/buy-tickets/
Briar Patch Market - also selling tix
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE PRESENTS - Freedomland – 2015 Summer
Southside Park
Sat., Aug. 29 - 5:00 pm (Music 4:30)
6th and T Streets, Sacramento, 95811
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Community Park
Sun., Aug. 30 - 7:00 pm (Music 6:30)
1405 F St., Davis, CA 95616
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Bayview Opera House - (outdoor plaza)
Wed., Sept. 2 - 6:30 pm (Music 6:00)
4705 3rd St (at Oakdale St.), San Francisco, 94124
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
San Francisco Closing Weekend
Peacock Meadow in Golden Gate Park
Sat., Sept. 5 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
240 JFK Drive & Peacock Meadow, San Francisco, 94117
(Btwn Panhandle and Conservatory of Flowers)
Dolores Park
Sun., Sept. 6 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
Mon., Sept 7 - 2:00 pm (Music 1:30)
(Labor Day)
19th St. & Dolores St., San Francisco, 94110 Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE PRESENTS - Freedomland – 2015 Summer
2015 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE BY AREA:
SAN FRANCISCO:
Fri., July 3
Dolores Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sat., July 4
Dolores Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sun., July 5
Dolores Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sat., July 25
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater McLaren Park, 1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sun., July 26
Washington Square Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Thurs., July 30
Troupe Studio Space,
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Free – suggested donation $20 RSVP http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1586995
Sun., Aug. 2
Yerba Buena Gardens,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sat., Aug. 22
Glen Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Wed., Sept. 2
Bayview Opera House, 3rd St / Oakdale St.
(outdoor plaza)
6:00 pm music, 6:30 pm show
Sat., Sept. 5
Peacock Meadow (Golden Gate Park), - 1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Sun., Sept. 6
Dolores Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show Closing Weekend
Mon., Sept. 7
Dolores Park,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show Closing Weekend
EAST BAY:
Sat., July 11
Sun., July 12
Thurs., July 16
Sat., July 18
Sun., July 19
Wed., July 22
Thurs., July 23
Sat., Aug. 1
Sat., Aug. 8
Sun., Aug. 9
Live Oak Park, Berkeley,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Live Oak Park, Berkeley.
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Montclair Ball Field, Montclair,
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Cedar Rose Park, Berkeley,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Cedar Rose Park, Berkeley,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Lakeside Park (Lake Merritt) Oakland, 6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Lakeside Park (Lake Merritt) Oakland, 6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Nicholl Park, Richmond,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Willard Park, Berkeley,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
Willard Park, Berkeley,
1:30 pm music, 2:00 pm show
NORTH:
DAVIS:
Sun., Aug. 30
MARIN:
Wed., July 8
Wed., Aug. 5
POINT ARENA:
Wed., June 24
Community Park
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Mill Valley Community Center (back lawn), Mill Valley
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Mill Valley Community Center (back lawn), Mill Valley
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
Arena Theater
7:30 pm music, 8:00 pm show,
Ticket info: www.arenatheater.org
707-882-3272
REDWAY:
(near Garberville in Humbolt County)
Sat., June 27
Mateel Community Center
7:30pm music, 8:00 pm show,
ticket info: http://www.mateel.org/sfmimetroupe.html
Tickets only sold at door
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE PRESENTS - Freedomland – 2015 Summer
SACRAMENTO:
Sat., Aug. 29
Southside Park
4:30 pm music, 5:00 pm show
UKIAH:
Thurs., June 25
Todd Grove Park
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
NEVADA CITY:
Fri., Aug. 28
Miners Foundry
7:00 pm music, 7:30 pm show
ticket info: http://www.minersfoundry.org/buy-tickets/ Briar Patch Market also selling tix
SOUTH:
PALO ALTO:
Wed., July 15
Sun., Aug. 23
Mitchell Park (South Field)
Mitchell Park (South Field)
6:30 pm music, 7:00 pm show
3:30 pm music, 4:00 pm show
SAN JOSE:
Tues., Aug. 25
St. James Park
6:00 pm music, 6:30 pm show
SANTA CRUZ:
Sat., Aug. 15
Sun., Aug. 16
San Lorenzo Park
San Lorenzo Park
2:30 pm music, 3:00 pm show
2:30 pm music, 3:00 pm show
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