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Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Additional Dialogue by Marie Cartier Music and Lyrics by Daniel Savio Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan Music Direction by Daniel Savio Assistant Direction and Choreography by Hugo E. Carbajal DISRUPTION - A Musical Farce features a four-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective members: Michael Gene Sullivan* (Chester, Hector Washington, Bru...

Written by Michael Gene Sullivan with Additional Dialogue by Marie Cartier Music and Lyrics by Daniel Savio Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan Music Direction by Daniel Savio Assistant Direction and Choreography by Hugo E. Carbajal DISRUPTION - A Musical Farce features a four-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective members: Michael Gene Sullivan* (Chester, Hector Washington, Bru...

Written by Michael Gene Sullivan Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio Directed by Velina Brown Music Direction by Dred Scott AMERICAN DREAMS features Andre Amarotico* (Oliver, Harold); Michael Gene Sullivan* (Gabriel Pearse, Chancellor Quisling); Lizzie Calogero* (Meliae Higgins, Emma); Mikki Johnson (Paine Pearse). And band members Caroline Chung (Bass); Daniel Savio (Keyboards); and Dred Scott (Drums,...

Written by Michael Gene Sullivan Music & Lyrics by Daniel Savio Directed by Velina Brown Music Direction by Dred Scott AMERICAN DREAMS features Andre Amarotico* (Oliver, Harold); Michael Gene Sullivan* (Gabriel Pearse, Chancellor Quisling); Lizzie Calogero* (Meliae Higgins, Emma); Mikki Johnson (Paine Pearse). And band members Caroline Chung (Bass); Daniel Savio (Keyboards); and Dred Scott (Drums,...

FREE Political Musical Theater in Bay Area and Northern California parks! We open our 64th Season with a brand new musical. BREAKDOWN: A New Musical features a five-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member: Andre Amarotico (Mr. Stereós); who is joined by Jamella Cross (Marcia Stone); Alicia M. P. Nelson (Saidia); Jed Pasario (Felix); and Kina Kantor (Yume). And band membe...

FREE Political Musical Theater in Bay Area and Northern California parks! We open our 64th Season with a brand new musical. BREAKDOWN: A New Musical features a five-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective member: Andre Amarotico (Mr. Stereós); who is joined by Jamella Cross (Marcia Stone); Alicia M. P. Nelson (Saidia); Jed Pasario (Felix); and Kina Kantor (Yume). And band membe...

September 5, 2021 - Episode 10 "Back To The Way Things Were" An original musical! Don’t we all wish we could just go back to normal? Back to the way things used to be - before Covid, before the floods and wildfires, before we had Nazis rioting in the streets and in the Capitol, before the news was full of racist cops and sexually abusive men and greedy corporatists, and before four years of a hone...

August 29, 2021 - Episode 9 "Housing for All" In major cities across the country, residents have been forced out of their home at alarming rates, even before the pandemic. How do seemingly progressive cities still struggle to provide housing for all, and what are activists doing to help? Building on our previous episode, Hobos in Space, this discussion takes a look at housing and equity in San Fra...

August 22, 2021 - Episode 8 "Hobos in Space" In the near future, the Starship Manifest flees a dying Earth for a better, brighter future among the stars. "Hobos in Space" follows the struggles of the Hapless Outcasts of Bureaucratic Obsolescence as they attempt to rejoin their new society. Can they survive in the underbelly of this luxury space utopia? Can dashing Captain Bacay and kind Counselor...

August 15, 2021 - Episode 7 "Collision at the Intersectionality" In "Collision at the Intersectionality" BLACK FOX and JAILBREAK collide as Sanka and Cheung Jūn uncover a chilling truth about AAAWAKOAAPOBB, and Angelica and Eido reveal a secret that might destroy Brad Asteroth and the network! Episode 7 was written by Michael Gene Sullivan. Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan & Velina Brown. Music b...

August 8, 2021 - Episode 6 "What Were You Thinking?" & EYEBALL ON HISTORY! "1970" This time on Tales of the Resistance - a change of pace. Life is a series of choices, and finding the right answers to those questions is the challenge we put to three contestants in this episode of America's favorite game show, the game that all of us play every day whether we want to or not: "What Were You Thinking...

August 1, 2021 - Episode 5 JAILBREAK! "Passion... For Justice" Part 2 & "Little Jimmy's Gender" In "Passion... For Justice!" Part 2 Asian-American Antifa activist Cheung Jun and Black drag queen Sanka have been accidentally broken out of jail by a right-wing mob, and now, in the smoke, confusion, and some convenient balaclavas, Sanka has been mistaken for the Assistant Furher, and Chueng Jun for h...

July 25, 2021 - Episode 4 Mysterious Mysteries! "The Tale of the Black FOX" Part 2 & "Little Jimmy's Concern" In "The Tale of the Black FOX" Part 2 - Black conservative TV commentator Angelica Phenex discovers a familiar intruder in her bosses office... an intruder who promises to reveal a terrible secret about the network! But what is the secret? What is the truth? And who can any self-respecting...

July 18, 2021 - Episode 3 ​We Keep Us Safe: A Discussion of Police Violence with the SF Mime Troupe A year after the murder of George Floyd, national sentiments around reforming and defunding the police are swinging back to their levels before BlackLivesMatter protests swept the nation in summer 2020. The majority of Americans still oppose diverting funding from police departments. Where do we go...

July 11, 2021 - Episode 2 JAILBREAK! "Passion... For Justice!" & "Little Jimmy's Election" In "Passion... For Justice!" injustice and romance are in the air when an asian american Antifa activist and a black american activist drag queen are both thrown in a cell for resisting arrest. And when right-wing insurrectionists attack the jail to free their leader political passion becomes a … JAILBREAK!...

July 4, 2021 - Episode 1 Mysterious Mysteries! "The Tale of the Black FOX" & "EYEBALL ON HISTORY!" In "The Tale of the Black FOX" a black woman, Angelica had to work hard to be a commentator at a conservative TV station, and her series of editorials - “I’ll Be Right Black” is doing well. Everything seems to be going fine… if only that tattered woman in the parking lot would stop trying to tell her...

Theme song created by the San Francisco Mime Troupe in the summer of 2020! Music and Lyrics by Daniel Savio and Jeremy Mage. Production by Jeremey Mage. Drums and Percussion by Dred Scott Saxophones, Clarinet,Flute by Dylan Jennings Trumpet, Flugelhorn by Deborah Del Mastro Guitars by Liberty Ellman Featured vocalists: Andre Amarotico, Velina Brown, Keiko Shimosato Carreiro, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Jere...

New trailer for our upcoming series, Tales of the Resistance Volume 2: Persistence! The series will premiere July 4th 2021 on our website and where you can find podcasts. For more information to go https://www.sfmt.org/

This final episode will bring us through all of the tales so far! Will Jade be able to take down Jamazon.com? Will Susie deliver the key that could cure Covid-19? Will Primo shine a light on the true darkness? Will Greg and Clya discover their true calling in this world? The End of the Beginning is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Velina Brown. Commercials written by Marie Cartier. Mu...

This episode will bring us through all of the tales so far, culminating in one last hour long adventure, in two parts! Will the Resistance become a Revolution? Or will the fascist corporate overlords maintain their control over the workers? Tune in again on October 31st for Part Two: The End of the Beginning!!! The Beginning of the End is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Velina Brown....

The continuing story of “Dimension 2020" - No one could predict that Greg and Clya could either save democracy, or lock the country into an endless cycle of tyranny and oppression, but now they have a hard choice to make... Nibbling the Leaves in the Tree of Amazing is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed Velina Brown. Commercials written by Marie Cartier. Music & lyrics by Daniel Savio. Mus...

The continuing story of "Fear of the Dark" - Can Primo come to grips with his haunted past? Will he be able to be more than just a good cop? The Rotten Orchard is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Velina Brown. Commercials written by Marie Cartier. Music & lyrics by Daniel Savio. Music production by Dred Scott, Woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, Jarion Monroe. Audio engineering and sound des...

The San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents! The continuing story of "Novice Nurse: Susie Terse!" - Can she continue to fight off the bureaucracy while fending off the corrupt Capitalist Healthcare Conspiracy? Or will she be locked up as a Cop hating Commie forever? Find out this week in, Novice Nurse: Susie Terse! Diagnosis Capitalism is written by Ellen Callas with Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by...

The San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents! The continuing story of "Jade, For Hire!" - Looking for work during a race and class war ain’t easy, But why was "Derrick" fired in the first place? And what is the secret of... Jamazon.com? Find out this week in... Jade for Hire! The Case of the Wrinkled Egg is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Velina Brown. Commercials written by Marie Cartier....

The San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents! "It Came from R&D!" Greg seemed to everyone like a mild mannered software developer. No one could predict that his invention could either save democracy, or lock the country into an endless cycle of tyranny and oppression.. It Came from R&D! is written by Michael Gene Sullivan, directed by Velina Brown. Commercials written by Marie Cartier. Music & lyrics by...