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San Francisco Mime Troupe "RED STATE" More Event Info SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE, political satire at its best, returns to the Sebastiani Theatre, on Thursday, September 25, at 7:00 p.m., with a brand new play -- RED STATE. A small, neglected town in a Red State suddenly finds itself at the forefront of a political storm! Due to an Electoral College tie -- and a voting machine glitch -- the entire Presidential Election comes down to the one district that didn't report any results. Bluebird, Kansas, is the most important town in America! But as they are pressured to quickly revote, some Bluebirders, surrounded by their crumbling, forgotten town, wonder: What is their quick revote worth to America? Funding for a new sidewalk? A rebuilt school? But others question: Should one town hold an entire nation's election hostage in order to get long lost federal funding? And is a new library in a small town worth one less tank in Iraq? And would the government keep its promises to help the voter insurgents in a . . . Red State? Will Miss Rosa and Eugene turn out to be as American as apple pie, or as Red as Rhubarb?! Small towns and big cities have been cheering the work of the San Francisco Mime Troupe for nearly five decades. And this year we celebrate the Troupe’s 13th Presidential election with a show that reminds us how much a vote can mean. Talk of hope and change have ignited people and 40 years after the Chicago convention, the world is still watching to see if Americans will do the right thing: take back their country or play dead for another 4 years. Whatever happens, the San Francisco Mime Troupe will continue to hold up a mirror to our society and ask the sharp questions. The fabulously talented cast includes: Velina Brown, Noah James Butler, Lizzie Calogero, Bob Ernst, Lisa Hori-Garcia, and Adrian Mejia. Since 1970, the San Francisco Mime Troupe has operated as an artist-governed collective, comprised of actors, musicians, writers, composers, directors, designers and technicians who create shows and make policy as well as approve tour plans, grant sources, expenditures and special projects. The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest professional quality. Founded by R. G. Davis, the company became the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1961. The Troupe won its first OBIE AWARD in 1968 for "uniting theater and revolution and grooving in the park." Since then, two more OBIEs, the coveted Tony Award (for Excellence in Regional Theater), the Bay Area Media Alliance's Golden Gadfly Award for Lifetime Achievement and numerous Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Awards have been added to the list of the company's honors. The San Francisco Mime Troupe's production, RED STATE, will be performed in ONE SHOW ONLY at the Sebastiani Theatre, 476 First Sreet East, in Sonoma, on Thursday, September 25. Music begins at 7:00 p.m. with the show at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seating tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 707/996-9756. Visa & Mastercard are accepted.
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