• Dates and Times:
  One show only:
  Thurs, Sept 2
  7:00pm Music
  7:30pm Performance
• Pricing:
  $20

SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE, political satire at its best, returns to the Sebastiani Theatre, on Thursday, September 2, at 7:00 p.m., with a brand new play – Posibilidad or Death of the Worker. Small towns and big cities have been cheering the work of the San Francisco Mime Troupe for nearly five decades. Whatever happens, the San Francisco Mime Troupe will continue to hold up a mirror to our society and ask the sharp questions.

“Anyone concerned about the state of global politics and about the state of political humor – should listen to the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s message.” – New York Times

“Part savagely acute political satire part living newspaper, and all broad, tuneful, and timely musical comedy.” – San Francisco Chronicle

Anywhere, USA, another U.S. factory is closing its doors, and on the final day of work, one tired employee sits down on the job. “Oh, no, a worker sit-in, an occupation!” thinks the hapless Boss. Actually the tired employee’s just gone into labor – no pun intended – but before anyone can stop to think twice, the work force IS occupying the factory. Will these accidental organizers make the most of their plight? Can they successfully save their jobs without being tainted by – shudder – politics? And what can they learn from Mexican telenovelas and the workers of Argentina? Stay tuned to see what is possible!

This modern song and tango about politics in the workplace was written by Michael Gene Sullivan with music and lyric by Pat Moran and additional dialogue contributed by Ellen Callas. Wilma Bonet directs the fabulous cast which includes Rotimi Agbabiaka, Velina Brown, Lisa Nori-Garcia, Maggie Mason, Brian Rivera, and Michael Gene Sullivan. 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 OBIE’s, 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.

• Dates and Times:
  Mondays: July 26, Aug 30, Sept 13; Oct 4; Nov 15 & Dec 20; 7:00pm; doors open 6:30pm
• Pricing:
  $8 per film

Sebastiani Theatre Foundation Announces Sebastiani Vintage Film Series

Vintage Film Series to continue at the historic Sebastiani Theatre presented by the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation:The African Queen; Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Casablanca; Citizen Kane; & It’s a Wonderful Life

The Sebastiani Theatre Foundation continues a line up of classic movies from the 1940’s and 1950’s showing one Monday each month, through December, 2010. Movie lovers of all ages now have the opportunity to experience these classic films the way they were meant to be seen, on the big screen! A fundraising effort by the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, the Sebastiani Vintage Film Series brings some of the most memorable classic films back to the historic Sebastiani Theatre on the Sonoma Plaza.

Sebastiani Vintage Film tickets can be purchased for $8 per individual movie. Tickets are available in advance or at the door. No senior discounts are offered, but Sebastiani Theatre Movie Lovers Club member discounts will be honored.

Door opens at 6:30 p.m., and show time for each vintage film is 7:00 p.m.. Wine by the glass will be offered for sale. All proceeds will benefit the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation. To purchase tickets please call the Sebastiani Theatre at 707/996-9756. VISA and MasterCard are accepted.

For more program information, please visit http://www.sebastianitheatre.com For more information about the foundation, please visit http://www.sebastianitheatrefoundation.org

Vintage Film Series:

Monday, August 30th - The African Queen (1952), starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, a burly ship captain helps the old maid sister of a dead missionary elude the Germans while not to killing each other on a boat ride through Africa.

Monday, September 13th - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Fred Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard (Walther Huston) and join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico.

Monday, October 4th – Casablanca (1943), Classic film set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a resistance leader, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country - but will he?

Monday, November 15th - Citizen Kane (1941), Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" is widely considered to be the greatest film to ever come out of Hollywood. The story examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a character based upon the American newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and Welles' own life. Narrated principally through flashbacks, the story is revealed through the research of a newsreel reporter seeking to solve the mystery of the newspaper magnate's dying word: "Rosebud." Starring Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore & Agnes Moorehead.

Monday, December 20th - It’s a Wonderful Life (1947) George Bailey (James Stewart) is a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his guardian angel intercedes; showing him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls is he had never lived. Starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.

About the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation:

The Foundation's mission is to preserve, enhance and maintain the Sebastiani Theatre for community entertainment and education for current and future generations. A group of Sonoma Valley residents launched the Foundation on the 75th anniversary of the Sebastiani Theatre, April 7, 2009.

Box office receipts don't provide enough revenue to cover the costs of maintaining a 75-year-old building. Community support is necessary to keep the theater economically viable, due to high maintenance and operational costs. The first goal of the foundation is to raise the funds needed to complete the installation a modern heating and air conditioning system.

• Dates and Times:
  Sunday, October 3, 2:00pm
• Pricing:
  $20

A TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE

STARRING

JONI MORRIS & THE AFTER MIDNIGHT BAND

The Sebastiani Theatre presents A TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE -- starring JONI MORRIS & THE AFTER MIDNIGHT BAND for one show only on Sunday afternoon, October 3, at 2:00 p.m. There is only one Patsy Cline. But then, there is definitely crooner Joni Morris, who loves Cline's music and is making a career of bringing Patsy's hits back to life today with her engaging double-barreled voce that can belt, sob, and exult, Patsy's hit songs of over 40 years ago. Dressed in costumes ranging from buckskins and tassels to glittering, sequined gowns, Joni Morris invites her audience to, as Patsy Cline used to say, "Just let your hair down and let's see what you look like!"

You don't have to know much about Patsy Cline or her career to enjoy A TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE. All you need is a taste for good music and fine entertainment. Whether you're too young to remember Patsy Cline or too shy to admit that you do, Joni Morris' rousing performances of such memory-making songs as "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Crazy," "Walkin' After Midnight," and "Back in Baby's Arms," will make this extraordinary TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE an afternoon to remember for a long time to come. Morris transfixes audiences, transporting us back into the Golden Years of the late 50's and early 60's with such hit songs as "Sweet Dreams," "She's Got You," "Tennessee Waltz," and "I Fall to Pieces."