Podcasts about San Francisco Mime Troupe

Today, how the San Francisco Mime Troupe has been ‘speaking' truth to power for 65 years. Then, how some unhoused people stay warm and dry in the rain. And, we explore the history of black communities in San Francisco. And an episode of On Repeat with Emmanuel Nado, one of the hosts of Africa Mix.  Never silent, always revolutionary Sidewalk Stories: How do unhoused people stay dry when it's raining? A brief history of Black San Francisco On Repeat: Emmanuel Nado, "The guitar calls and the banjo answers"

On today's Labor Radio Podcast Daily: A Red Carol, the San Francisco Mime Troupe's version of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas tale; Knights of Labor founded; A Red Carol quote @SFTroupers @wpfwdc @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Actor/comedian Mike McShane (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Whose Line Is It, Anyway?) is playing Ebenezer Scrooge in A Red Carol, a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol for the legendary San Francisco Mime Troupe. Mike discusses how this "activist adaptation" differs from other takes on the Dickens classic; how he's able to combine serious dramatic acting with, in his words, "as cheap comedy as you can get this year” and how a clown can play Hamlet easier than a proper actor can play a clown; the disconnect between Christmas Carol audiences in the theater and the same people passing unhoused people on the street; how two veterans of West End Shakespeare are both playing Scrooge for American theater institutions in San Francisco and Chicago; how Alan Rickman came up with his great lines in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; and the glory of creating politically activist theater that's also ridiculously funny and entertaining. (Length 21:21) The post Mike McShane's Scrooge appeared first on Reduced Shakespeare Company.

Hey folks, how you doing? Thanks for stopping by. You have reached Green Room On Air and I am your host, Ray Renati. It's a beautiful day today here in the South Bay. Sun shining, birds chirping, and I'm a happy camper. Hope you are too. Guess what? We have a great guest today. Her name is Valina Brown and she is a company member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. She's an actor there, a singer, and has been a collaborator since 1992. She's won all kinds of awards and has acted in several of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's plays over the years. She's also performed at ACT, Berkeley Rep, Cal Shakes, and all the big professional theaters here in San Francisco. We're privileged to talk to her today about her life as an actor and the San Francisco Mime Troupe's upcoming show American Dreams, which will be playing this summer all over the Bay Area.  We chat about everything from the true meaning behind the term "mime" as used by the San Francisco Mime Troupe, to Valina's personal journey in the theater world. We also dive into the exciting new production American Dreams and what it explores. You don't want to miss this delightful conversation!

In this insightful discussion, Taylor, a seasoned Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, and Teacher at the San Francisco Mime Troupe , takes us on a journey through…

On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW), the San Francisco Mime Troupe's working class take on the Charles Dickens' Christmas holiday classic.   Today's labor quote: “A Red Carol” Today's labor history: Child labor launches the Industrial Revolution in America @SFTroupers @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

On today's Labor Heritage Power Hour (1p on WPFW), the San Francisco Mime Troupe's working class take on the Charles Dickens' Christmas holiday classic.   Today's labor quote: “A Red Carol” Today's labor history: Child labor launches the Industrial Revolution in America @SFTroupers @AFLCIO #1u #UnionStrong #LaborRadioPod Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!  Today we speak to Michael Gene Sullivan (he/him) (Head Writer, SFMT Collective), SF Mime Troupe about its current production, "Breakdown," July 1-Sept. 4. MGS has performed with all four of the Bay Area's Tony award-winning theaters: American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, TheatreWorks, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe (where he is also a Collective Member, director, and as Resident Playwright has written or co-written over 25 plays). He has also worked with SF Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Co., Aurora Theatre Co., Magic Theatre, TheatreFirst, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, African American Shakespeare Co., and the SF Shakespeare Festival. Michael is the author of the internationally produced stage adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, of the critically-acclaimed The Great Khan, and in 2022 Michael was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship as a Dramatist. www.michaelgenesullivan.com      

The San Francisco Mime Troupe has launched its 64th season with a satirical piece that takes place in the Tenderloin of San Francisco, called Breakdown. We are joined this morning by Michael Gene Sullivan, the head writer for the San Francisco Mime Troupe Collective where he has been involved in writing over 25 plays, and has performed with all four of the Bay Area's Tony award-winning theaters: American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Theatreworks, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. We are also joined by Kina Kantor, an actor with the SF Mime Troupe, who has worked extensively throughout the Bay Area's theater spaces. Check out the SF Mime Troupe's website: https://www.sfmt.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post SF Mime Troupe Satirizes the City w/ Michael Gene Sullivan & Kina Kantor appeared first on KPFA.

Please welcome Michael Gene Sullivan, an actor, writer, director, blogger, and teacher committed to developing theatre of social and economic justice, of political self-determination, and musical comedy. Michael is also an alum of the nationally-acclaimed Playwright's Foundation, a Djerassi Center Artist Fellow, and in 2022 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. An accomplished veteran of Bay Area theater, Michael is also a Collective Member and Resident Director of the Tony and OBIE award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe where he has written, acted in, and/or directed over thirty plays. As a playwright Michael's work has appeared across the United States as well as in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands, Argentina, Australia, the United Kingdom, Columbia, Hong Kong, Canada, China and Ukraine. He is also the writer of the new musical “BREAKDOWN” which will be performed by the Tony Award-Winning San Francisco Mime Troupe from July 1 - Sept. 4 2023 at various locations. (Interview Begins in Segment 2 at the 6:14 mark). Info and Tickets to "BREAKDOWN" with the San Francisco Mime Troupe. https://www.sfmt.org/ ------------------------------------- Closing Music by Carly Ozard Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: greenroomonair@gmail.com Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) Visit Green Room On Air website: http://greenroomonair.com Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/

The Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO on Tuesday applauded the efforts of the Moore-Miller transition team to include representatives of working families in Maryland. Today's labor quote: San Francisco Mime Troupe. Today's labor history: Deportation of “labor agitators” marks the beginning of the so-called “Red Scare”.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @iamwesmoore @arunamiller @SFTroupers Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

The Metro Washington Labor Council AFL-CIO on Tuesday applauded the efforts of the Moore-Miller transition team to include representatives of working families in Maryland. Today's labor quote: San Francisco Mime Troupe. Today's labor history: Deportation of “labor agitators” marks the beginning of the so-called “Red Scare”.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @iamwesmoore @arunamiller @SFTroupers Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Y'all know the story of Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. What if it were a musical put on by the San Francisco Mime Troupe? Huh? Mime on the […] The post The San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Red Carol appeared first on KKFI.

Rudy joins Dr. Ron G. Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1959, for a reflection of a life in art and politics. We discuss the SFMT's beginnings during the civil rights era, how it turned into a "guerilla" operation, the relationship to Teatro Campesino, civil rights and the black radical movement, why his time with the SFMT came to an end, and the influence of Brecht and his PhD work on a Brechtian ecology. 

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! SF Mime Troupe's "Back to the Way Things Were" up on vemeo through November 6. The shows are free. donations accepted.  https://www.sfmt.org/ (Code "Power to the People") 1. Michael Gene Sullivan (he/him) (Head Writer, SFMT Collective) has performed with all four of the Bay Area's Tony award-winning theaters: American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Theatreworks, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe (where he is also a Collective Member, director, and as Resident Playwright has written or co-written over 25 plays). He has also worked with SF Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, Marin Theatre Co., Aurora Theatre Co., Magic Theatre, TheatreFirst, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, African American Shakespeare Co., and the SF Shakespeare Festival. Michael is the author of the internationally produced stage adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, of the critically-acclaimed The Great Khan, and in 2022 Michael was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship as a Dramatist. www.michaelgenesullivan.com  

Welcome Back Guys, to the Season Premiere of Season 2!!! It's been a long time coming.For the second season Russell sits down with some of his fellow classmates and teachers down at UNC Greensboro where he was finishing up his MFA.Up first on the list is directing student Karen Sabo. Karen and Russell discuss a little bit about the theatre directing process as a student as well as the importance of theatre education not only in the theatre but in everyday life also.Brought to you by Real Creative Heart. Like, Share, Review & Subscribe.Karen Sabo (she/her) is a director, teacher, writer, and actor. She has been a member of three resident acting companies, including the Barter Theater in Virginia where she was also a resident director, dialect coach, and eventually, director of education. Karen studied with the American Conservatory Theatre, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Saratoga International Theatre Institute, and Shakespeare & Company. She has a B.A. from Hampshire College, an M.A. from East Tennessee State University, and an MFA in Directing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Her plays have been produced in New York, New Mexico, Alabama, North Carolina, and Virginia, and she has had dozens of articles published in regional publications in the Southeast, including American Theatre and Southern Theatre Magazine. She is a 25-year member of Actors' Equity, and belongs to SDC (Stage Directors and Choreographers Society), and to VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association). She is grateful to currently teach in the wonderful theatre program at Missouri State University. www.karensabo.com Instagram: @kabbasabesFacebook: @Karen Sabo

“Being an artist is a constant chase. But most importantly, never sell out. Because once you sell your soul, you can never get it back.” Michael Gene Sullivan is an actor, writer, director, blogger, and teacher committed to developing theater of social and economic justice, of political self-determination, and, of course, musical comedy. Michael is also a Collective Member and Resident Director of the Tony and OBIE award-winning, always revolutionary, and never, ever silent San Francisco Mime Troupe, where he has written, acted in, and/or directed over thirty plays. ​Playwright's Foundation, and was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the Djerassi Arts Center, and in 2022 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. ​About the San Francisco Mime Troupe The mission of the San Francisco Mime Troupe is to create and produce theater that presents a working-class analysis of the events that shape our society, that exposes social and economic injustice, that demands revolutionary change on behalf of working people, and to present this analysis before the broadest possible audience with artistry and humor. The collective of the San Francisco Mime Troupe exists not only to create this activist art but also to embody our ideals of combating the fragmentation of the working class: we are a democratically run, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-cultural, gender-balanced theater of social justice that by its very existence sustains a vision of community governance of, by, and for the people. Learn More about the San Francisco Mime Troupe Website - www.sfmt.org Youtube - www.youtube.com/c/TheSanFranciscoMimeTroupe  Facebook - www.facebook.com/sfmimetroupe Learn more about Michael's work at: Website - www.michaelgenesullivan.com  About EMLab's Artist Works Artist Works is an EMLab brand that explores the labor, concepts, and inspiration behind the artists illuminating and shaping our world.  EMLab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, and laborers who are fighting for a brighter day for everyone, everywhere. Union solidarity forever. All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab  #ArtistWorks  #Improv #theater #art #artist #artwork #arte #artoftheday #artistic #artsy #artofvisuals #artistsoninstagram #arts #artgallery #artists #artistsofinstagram #artlife #artlovers #artstagram #artista #artisan #artistoninstagram #artworks #artshow #artcollector #artforsale #artshub #artlover #artofinstagram #artphotography #Artstudio #artcollective #artdeco

Broadcast on July 14, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith Velina Brown, director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's new live musical, Back To The Way Things Were, playing free in San Francisco parks through Labor Day: 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? Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SFTroupers

“Zoe is grappling with how to be an adult or starting to be an adult in a world in which she feels, there's not really a space for her to imagine a future”- Alicia MP Nelson as ZoeIn this episode, we are following back up with The San Francisco Mime Troupe who we interviewed two years ago in episode four. Back in June of 2020 with the beginning of the pandemic, Michael Gene Sullivan shared with us that the San Francisco Mime Troupe was canceling its annual summer live show performances in public parks and their work to create and launch a series of radio plays which air on KSFP 102.5FM.  Michael also participated in our virtual live group discussion with 6 performing arts organizations about the production of live shows. This was in episode eighty-three in September of 2021 when the Covid -19 Delta variant was waning, and the hope was bringing back live performances. We all know what happened with the wave of omicron that hit our performing arts organizations.Join us now as we check back in with Michael and Alicia to tell us about the new Musical show "Back to The Way Things Were" and bringing back live performances at our public parks.  Here is the schedule of summer shows. Get engaged with the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a volunteer, and funder to support their work by going to their web site S F M T dot orgPlease consider donating to Voices of the Community - Voices of the Community is now fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Please consider making a donation to help us provide future shows just like this one.

Broadcast on June 23, 2022 Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith After months of delays by the boss, Union Kitchen workers have finally won union recognition; UFCW Local 400 organizer Travis Acton reports. Then, it's Back To The Way Things Were, a brand-new live musical from our friends at the San Francisco Mime Troupe; Resident Playwright Michael Gene Sullivan joins us for a preview. Plus, Kathy M. Newman wonders what the Van Gogh Immersive Experience can tell us about the relationship between art, social class, and work. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @UFCW400 @UKworkersunited @_kathymnewman @SFTroupers

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 Theaterin Bay Area and Northern California parks.  THE TONY AWARD-WINNING SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE Opens the 63rd Season with: BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE - A New Musical Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be July 2 - Sept. 5, 2022 sfmt.org facebook.com/sfmimetroupe instagram.com/SFTroupers twitter.com/SFTroupers _______________________________________________________ Contribute to Green Room on Air Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  You can support the show with a contribution at https://anchor.fm/greenroomonair Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenroomonair/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: greenroomonair@gmail.com  Phone the Green Room - (650)318-1642

Mimes and police: two great tastes that don't taste great together. In the time between the Beat Generation and the Summer of Love, a band of misfit mimes joined forces with a future super-promoter to fight for the rights of performace artists and freedom of expression (also the freedom to get freaky while miming). Clashes with cops ensued, but no invisible box could hold the mimes back. This is the true story of how mime culture changed history...and gave us hippies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's show, hosts Michael Cathcart and Elliott Gilliland discuss the tragic workplace disasters that took place when tornadoes destroyed an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and a non-union candle factory in Kentucky on Labor Radio on KBOO. Work Week Radio interviews New Orleans ATU 1560 president Valerie Jefferson who was fired after standing up for her members during the hurricanes and dangerous conditions for their members. On America's Workforce Radio, Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper discusses the difficulties faced by teachers attempting to unionize at Menlo Park in northeast Ohio and some of the successes of neighborhood programming in Cincinnati schools. Then, on For a Better World, Shefali Sharma of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy discusses the role of Big Dairy in fueling the climate crisis and hollowing out rural communities. Plus, How the bosses stole Christmas, on Union City Radio; the San Francisco Mime Troupe's “A Red Carol” on Your Rights At Work and, on Labor History Today, Striketober and The Great Resignation: Take this job and shove it! Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @empathymedialab @duesunion @SolidarityCntr @AFLCIO @labormedianow @AWFUnionPodcast @fairworldprj @DCLabor Edited by Mel Smith and Chris Garlock; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Harold Phillips.

Broadcast on December 23, 2021 This week's show: The San Francisco Mime Troupe's “A Red Carol” radio drama blends activism, comedy, music, and passion to re-imagine the Charles Dickens classic as a story, not of the redemption of one bad man, but as the never-ending story of all of us making the world a more progressive place. A Red Carol, written and directed by Michael Gene Sullivan, adapted from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, features a 10 person cast that includes present and veteran SF Mime Troupers including: Keiko Shimosato-Carreiro (The Ghost of Christmas Past); Wilma Bonet (The Ghost of Christmas Present); Michael Gene Sullivan (Bob Crachit); Velina Brown (Mrs. Crachit); Lisa Hori-Garcia (Belle); Amos Glick (Fezziwig); featuring: Jarion Monroe (The Ghost of Marley); Andre Amarotico (Fred); Milo Carter-Daniels (Tiny Tim), Mike McShane (Scrooge.) Musical Direction by Daniel Savio. Musicians: Daniel Savio, Patrick Byers and David Rokeach. The show originally premiered in December 2020. Your Rights At Work is produced by Chris Garlock; engineered today by Kaliah Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFLCIO @SFTroupers

 Kim Shuck's parents met on Market Street in the late-1950s when her dad wrestled an ocelot away from its grips on her mom. In this podcast, the San Francisco poet laureate emerita talks about the five generations of San Franciscans on her mom's side. Her dad joined the Navy partly to get out of Oklahoma. He was "career" for a while, but then left that to become an electronics engineer in Silicon Valley. Her San Francisco grandparents (maternal) met at the Polish Hall in the Mission. Kim spent significant time with both sets of grandparents—both her in The City and in Oklahoma. When she was young, Kim's mom started working as a special needs para at a school near their home. She was also a founder of Noe Valley Nursery School, one of the first such co-ops in The City and also where Kim went to nursery school. Kim tells stories of the no longer extant Noe Valley Street Fair, which was a fundraiser for the school. Kim spent most of her years growing up in the Mission, Noe Valley, and the Castro. She lists the different public schools she went to. She reminisces about growing up in the Sixties and Seventies in San Francisco, with an emphasis on the way people used to paint houses in The City in vibrant color and with many hand-painted details (see our episode with Bob "Dr. Color" Buckter--Part 1 / Part 2) We eventually get around to stories about outdoor music shows and her memories of seeing the San Francisco Mime Troupe when she was young. We also spend a good amount of time talking about her love of roller skating (see our podcasts last week with David Miles, Jr., of the Church of 8 Wheels—Part 1 / Part 2). Ruth Asawa was a neighbor and (probably) Kim's first art teacher at Alvarado Elementary School. Later in her life, Kim did origami and became friends with Ruth again. Like so many guests of this show, Kim went to college at SF State. She recounts all the academic and social movements that have origins at the school, including ethnic students, free speech, and the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz. One theme Kim keeps coming back to is the cyclical nature of things, especially pertaining to creativity and art in San Francisco. "One step forward, one step back. We're cha-cha-ing." We end Part 1 with Kim going into her Cherokee heritage and then more of the story of her decision to stay in town and go to college at SF State. Check back Thursday for Part 2 and our last podcast of 2021. ​We recorded this podcast at Kim's house in the Sunnyside in December 2021. Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

The Tony Award-Winning SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE Debuts a NEW Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic as a Radio Play A RED CAROL  An Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic Written and Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan Begins streaming FREE on Fri. Nov. 26, 2021 - Jan. 9, 2022 (donations accepted) For the first time the SF Mime Troupe presents a Holiday Audio offering with a worker's take on the Dicken's classic in A Red Carol. With its particular blend of activism, comedy, music, and passion the SFMT's labor-oriented adaptation of Dickens "A Christmas Carol” reclaims this revolutionary classic as a story not of the redemption of one bad man, but as the never-ending story of all of us making the world a more progressive place. In A Red Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is a corporate banker, busy foreclosing on the hapless masses. Bob Cratchit and his beleaguered family live in a chilly tent in an anonymous homeless encampment. The ghost of Christmas future sports a flowing black robe of taped-together trash bags and plastic sheeting. Tiny Tim dies. At least that's how the SF Mime Troupe's resident playwright, Michael Gene Sullivan, has reimagined A Red Carol for the troubled 21st century. A Christmas Carol” has become “the closest thing to a modern myth that we have. It wasn't much of a stretch to place Charles Dickens' Victorian classic into today's Covid-19 world. And that, as Sullivan would be the first to tell you, is exactly the point. Dickens' novella was written in the heart of the “Hungry '40s,” a time of labor unrest, unemployment and starvation across 19th-century Europe. The gap between rich and poor was wide - and getting ever wider. With the limited release of A Red Carol, the San Francisco Mime Troupe hopes it will become an annual alternative holiday tradition for the workers of the world. For more information visit www.sfmt.org or call 415-285-1717.  CRITICS SAY “The play, in its skewering of America's social ills—racism, corporate greed, the plight of the working class—is so funny, and so well acted by the Troupe, including longtime ensemble members Velina Brown, Keiko Shimosato-Carreiro and Brian Rivera , that it comes to life even without visuals and minus the appreciative laughter of a sun-soaked audience. The second half of “The Mystery of the Missing Worker” airs Aug. 29.” SF Examiner - July 6, 2020 ​“As a spoof of serials past, it's solid, quick-witted, and sets the bar high for subsequent episodes, which will satirize other radio-drama templates—namely adventure, horror, and science fiction." KQED - July 8, 2020 _____________________________________________________ MICHAEL GENE SULLIVAN Actor, Director, Teacher, and Resident Playwright Michael Gene Sullivan 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, Californian Shakespeare Theatre, Theatreworks, San Francisco Playhouse, Denver Center Theater Company, The Aurora Theatre, The Magic Theatre, The Marin Theatre Company, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theater, and San Jose Repertory Theater. Michael has been a principal actor in Mime Troupe plays since 1988, performing in Freedomland, Ripple Effect, For The Greater Good, 2012: The Musical, Posibilidad, Too Big To Fail, Making a Killing, GodFellas, Doing Good, Showdown at Crawford Gulch, Mister Smith Goes to Obscuristan, Eating it, Damaged Care, Soul Suckers form Outer Space, Revenger Rat, Escape to Cyberia, Offshore, Social Work, I Ain't You uncle, Back to Normal, Rats, Seeing Double, and Ripped Van Winkle. His directing credits at SFMT include Schooled, For The Greater Good, Red State, Veronique of the Mounties, 1600 Transylvania Avenue, Killing Time, and Coast City Confidential, Michael has also directed for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare Company, Mystic Bison Theater, and Circus Finelli. Michael is a Resident Playwright for the Playwrights' Foundation, a 2017 Resident Artist at the Djerassi Arts Center, from 2009 - 2016 he was a blogger for The Huffington Post, and Michael has been SFMT's Resident Playwright since 2000. 

For all of us remembering that the performing arts is kind of like the town square, that everyone comes to better understand their humanity, whether it's through music or dance performance, to interpret the world as it is. And as they want it to be, and they want to see themselves.” - Michael SullivanWelcome to our September 2021 virtual live panel discussion show. Given the fourth wave of COVID 19's Delta variant and the ever-changing City, County, and State protocols, we wanted to check back in with six of the performing arts organizations from our series and have them share how each of their organizations is bringing back live performances or not, for the 2021 fall performing arts season.In this episode our featured voices are the Executive Director of San Francisco Performances, Melanie Smith, the Design and Communications Director of City Arts & Lectures, Allie Washkin, the Managing Director of the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, John Caldon, the Executive Director of Music at Kohl Mansion, Patricia Kristof Moy, and the Board Member, writer, director and performer of The San Francisco Mime Troupe, Michael Gene Sullivan as well as co-researcher and co-author of the nation's largest survey of performing arts workers Return to the Stage, Meg Friedman.For more information about each of the nonprofit organizations featured on today's one-hour special virtual live panel discussion please go to our Covid-19 special series page to listen to the in-depth interviews of our panelists, starting with City Arts and Lectures in episode 13, San Francisco Performances in episode 18, the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in episode 17, Music at Kohl Mansion in episode 40, the San Francisco Mime Troupe in episode 4 and the Return to the Stage national survey of our performing arts work force in episode 56. Also, Please sign up for our newsletter so we can keep you in the loop and you can participate in the next virtual live panel show. Please consider donating to Voices of the Community - Voices of the Community is now fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Please consider making a donation to help us provide future shows just like this one.

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 honey-baked ham-brained criminal in the White House? Doesn't that sound nice… or does it? Before we try to revive the good old days maybe we should ask - was the old normal really that good? Was it good at all? Well we created a musical about that! So settle back as we present a trip down reality lane with “Back To The Way Things Were”. Episode 10 was written and directed by Michael Gene Sullivan. Music and lyrics by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by David Rokeach, and keyboards by Daniel Savio. "Tales of the Resistance" theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. “Back To The Way Things Were” features Michael Gene Sullivan as Ralph, Velina Brown as Alice, Cassie Grilley as Zoe, Lisa Hori-Garcia as Tanya, Andre Amarotico as Unmasked Man & Media Voice, Marissa Ellison as McBurger in the Box Employee, Brian Rivera as Dennis & Media Voice, with Hugo E Carbajal as Environmental Activist, Jarion Monroe as Jeff Bezos, Media Voice, & Defendant, Amos Glick as Media Voice, Lizzie Calogero as Media Voice, Marie Cartier as Media Voice & Climate Change Protester, and Francis Jue as Media Voice. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

Broadcast on September 2, 2021 Hosted by Chris Garlock and Ed Smith This week's show: Working in DC, the musical based on Studs Terkel's book of oral histories of workers, opens on Labor Day on Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the AFL-CIO. We talk with director Shanara Gabrielle about taking it to the streets with revolutionary theater. Plus: The latest episode of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Tales of the Resistance radio drama: “Hobos in Space”. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFLCIO @WorkingDc @ShanaraG @SFTroupers

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 Francisco. We'll talk to Mime Troupe collective member Marie Cartier about her artistic process and scholar Erin McElroy about their work mapping evictions in the Bay Area and their new book, Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas. Produced by Will McCandless, Kari Barclay, and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Hosted by Kari Barclay and edited by Will McCandless with special guests: Marie Cartier from the San Francisco Mime Troupe https://mariecartier.weebly.com Erin McElroy from the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project https://antievictionmap.com - https://twitter.com/antievictionmap - https://instagram.com/antievictionmap Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

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 Dara help them get what they need? Or, will they all remain adrift in the vast emptiness of space? Episode 8 was written by Marie Cartier. Directed by Keiko Shimosato Carreiro. Script consultant Michael Gene Sullivan. Music by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by Chris Lauf, keyboards by Daniel Savio. “Tales of the Resistance” theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. The Mime Troupe theme song was written and produced by Jeremy Mage and Daniel Savio, and performed by The San Francisco Mime Troupe. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. "Hobos in Space" features Brian Rivera as Captain Bacay, Cassie Grilley as Counselor Dara, Andre Amarotico as Perry Patetic & CEO Starman, Wilma Bonet as Beatriz de la Paz, Hugo E Carbajal as Augie Rosales, and Marissa Ellison as Voice of the Computer, OMG. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

On Labor Radio KBOO, Michael and Elliot discuss the NLRB recommendation that the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama should hold a new election after finding that Amazon violated workers' rights and engaged in misconduct. Next we travel across the pond to Union Dues where we hear about the latest UK supreme court ruling on Uber drivers' employment rights and how it's not the end of the ACDU's fight against the rideshare company. Back in Alabama, the Working People podcast talks with labor journalist Kim Kelly, who's been covering the Warrior Met Coal strike in Brookwood where 1,100 members have been out on strike for over five months. Kelly discusses the current status of the coal workers and her own career in journalism. Then, a quick teaser from the San Francisco Mime Troupe's upcoming episode of Tales of Resistance called “Hobos in Space.” As the title indicates, you won't want to miss it. Moving on to some history, folks at the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast speak with author Dr. Edward McClellan whose new book explores the fascinating story of the Flint Sit Down Strike and its lessons for the modern labor movement. Next, from the Vatican to the metaverse, Empathy Media Lab's Faith and Labor podcast touches on Pope John Paul II's encyclical “Laborem Exercens” or Through Work and how it relates to work in the past, present, and future. And last but certainly not least is the 3rd & Fairfax podcast which features writer Michael Waldron, known for the film Doctor Strange, the adult cartoon Rick and Morty, and most recently, the newest Marvel show: Loki. Waldron talks about his unexpected origins as a writer (spoiler alert: it's playing softball) and how it resembles his current work. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @duesunion @WorkingPod @kboo @SFTroupers @ReutherLibrary @empathymedialab @WGAWest  Edited by Patrick Dixon and Melanie Smith; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

Tune in at 1 o'clock this afternoon on WPFW 89.3FM for the latest episodes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's radio drama -- "What Were You Thinking?" & "Collision at the Intersectionality" -- on this week's edition of Your Rights At Work. Today's labor history: State troopers and National Guard break Phelps-Dodge strike. Today's labor quote: Solidarity Forever. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SFTroupers Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Tune in at 1 o'clock this afternoon on WPFW 89.3FM for the latest episodes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's radio drama -- "What Were You Thinking?" & "Collision at the Intersectionality" -- on this week's edition of Your Rights At Work. Today's labor history: State troopers and National Guard break Phelps-Dodge strike. Today's labor quote: Solidarity Forever. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SFTroupers Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

Broadcast on August 19, 2021 This week's show: Two episodes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Tales of the Resistance: Persistence radio drama. First up, a little change of pace, with the "What Were You Thinking?" game show and Eyeball On History. Then, "Collision at the Intersectionality," the culminating episode for both the Jailbreak and Black Fox story lines. You're not going to find programming like Your Rights At Work or the San Francisco Mime Troupe anywhere else but on WPFW 89.3FM, where our show originates. Please keep us going with your generous contribution to WPFW's summer fund drive; you can pledge right now by phone at 202-588-9739 or 1-800-222-9739, online at wpfwfm.org or via CashApp: $WPFW. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @AFLCIO @SFTroupers

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 by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by David Rokeach & Chris Lauf, oboe by Aya Rokeach, and keyboards by Daniel Savio. “Tales of the Resistance” theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. "Collision at the Intersectionality" features Brian Rivera as Cop, Cassie Grilley as Proud Boy, Jarion Monroe as Brad Asteroth & Archie, Michael Gene Sullivan as Announcer, Keiko Shimosato Careiro as Eido Kawakami and stars Francis Jue as Cheng Jūn, Rotimi Agbabiaka as Sanka, and Velina Brown as Angelica Phenex. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

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?". Episode 6 was written by Ellen Callas. Director and script consultant Michael Gene Sullivan. Music by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings & Patrick Byers, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by David Rokeach & Chris Lauf, oboe by Aya Rokeach, & keyboards by Daniel Savio. “Tales of the Resistance” theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. "What Were You Thinking?" features Jarion Monroe as Johnny Toddson, Amos Glick as Bud, Marissa Ellison as Madison, Velina Brown as Mrs. Adams, Michael Gene Sullivan as Irate Parent, Lisa Hori-Garcia as Enid & Hosanna, and Hugo E Carbajal as Mr. Novack, Jaime & Miguel. EYEBALL ON HISTORY! "1790" features Amos Glick as Chip Banister, Michael Carreiro as Thomas Paine, Michael Gene Sullivan as Will Godwin and Lizzie Calogero as Mary Wollstonecraft. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

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 his intern! What's going to happen? Will they escape, or will they be discovered? And can their passion and politics survive this… JAILBREAK? Episode 5 was written by Michael Gene Sullivan. Directed by Velina Brown. Music by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by David Rokeach & Chris Lauf and keyboards by Daniel Savio. “Tales of the Resistance” theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. "Passion... For Justice!" Part 2 features Francis Jue as Cheng Jūn, Rotimi Agbabiaka as Sanka, with Andre Amarotico as Thor HammerSäck, Lisa Hori-Garcia as Proud Boy, Cassie Grilley as Proud Boy, Velina Brown as Proud Boy, Marissa Ellison as Proud Boy and Brian Rivera as Cop & Mr. Sumulong. "Little Jimmy's Gender" features Michael Gene Sullivan as Principal Johnson, Ellen Callas as Little Jimmy, with Velina Brown as Ms. Larkin. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

On this week's show: two great episodes of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Tales of the Resistance, Vol. 2 radio drama. First up, "We Keep Us Safe: A Discussion of Police Violence with the SF Mime Troupe," then, "Mysterious Mysteries! "The Tale of the Black FOX" Part 2." Produced by the San Francisco Mime Troupe; YRAW produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SFTroupers

Episodes 3 & 4 from the San Francisco Mime Troupe's latest radio drama. Today's labor history: The March of the Mill Children.   Today's quote: Mother Jones. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SFtroupers Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

Episodes 3 & 4 from the San Francisco Mime Troupe's latest radio drama. Today's labor history: The March of the Mill Children.   Today's quote: Mother Jones. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @SFtroupers Supported by our friends at Union Plus; founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.

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 Republican trust anyone so obviously unemployed? Episode 4 was written & directed by Michael Gene Sullivan. Music by Daniel Savio. The band features woodwinds by Dylan Jennings, bass by Jewell McMillon, drums & percussion by David Rokeach & Chris Lauf, and keyboards by Daniel Savio. “Tales of the Resistance” theme music was written by Daniel Savio, and produced by Dred Scott. Audio engineering & sound design by Taylor Gonzalez. Stage Management by Karen Runk. "The Tale of the Black FOX" Part 2 features Velina Brown as Angelica Phenex, Keiko Shimosato Carreiro as Eido Kawakami, with Andre Amarotico as TV Director, Jarion Monroe as Brad Asteroth & Archie, and Michael Gene Sullivan as Narrator. "Little Jimmy's Concern" features Michael Gene Sullivan as Principal Johnson, Ellen Callas as Little Jimmy, with Velina Brown as Ms. Larkin. Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

This week, three strike reports. The first two are on the 3-week-old FritoLay strike in Topeka, Kansas, where the strike issues include forced overtime that's so bad the workers call them “suicide shifts.” On the BCTGM Voices Project, we'll hear from the picket line at FritoLay with Local 218 Chief Steward Paul Klemme in Topeka, and then the Working People podcast talks with Cheri Renfro, who's worked at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka for 9 years. Then on The Valley Labor Report: Why did the UAW go on strike at Volvo in Dublin, Virginia? From The Rick Smith Show, Jamie Martin discusses a scheme to limit access to college in Pennsylvania, and on Solidarity Works, Steel Workers Vice President Leeann Foster discusses safety and sustainability in the paper and forestry industries. The UK-based Union Dues podcast features an in-depth discussion with Zita Holbourne, co-founder of Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts and co-chair of the Artists Union of England. On the Heartland Labor Forum, Thomas Frank talks about populism and science and we wrap up this week with an interview on the 7th Street Chronicles podcast that will really open your eyes and hearts as Charlotte firefighters go deep on trauma and mental health. Bonus tracks: The 1913 Michigan Copper Miners Strike Begins, on Labor History in 2:00, and a teaser for the latest episode of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Tales of the Resistance: Persistence. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkingPod @DCLabor @BCTGM @WorkingPod @LaborReporters @RickSmithShow @steelworkers @duesunion @Heartland_Labor @SFTroupers Edited by Patrick Dixon, Melanie Smith and Chris Bangert-Drowns; produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru: Harold Phillips

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 next? We'll hear from guests who have worked successfully to reallocate budgets toward community-based interventions in health and wellbeing. How do racial justice and economic transformation go hand-in-hand? Discussion hosted by Kari Barclay. Audio engineering by Will McCandless. With special guests: Danielle Purifoy from Durham Beyond Policing, find out more about Danielle Purifoy and Durham Beyond Policing at; https://www.daniellepurifoy.com/ - https://twitter.com/daniellepurifoy - https://durhambeyondpolicing.org/ Cat Brooks from Anti Police Terror Project, find out more about Cat Brooks and APTP at; https://www.catbrooks.org/ - https://twitter.com/catscommentary - https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ and Michael Gene Sullivan from the SF Mime Troupe, find out more about Michael Gene Sullivan at; https://www.michaelgenesullivan.com/ Tales of the Resistance Vol. 2: Persistence is a radio serial by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. You can find more information at https://www.sfmt.org

Broadcast on July 15, 2021 Hosted by Chris Garlock This week's show: Richard Loeb, AFGE Senior Policy Counselor, on why nearly 80% of federal and DC workers say they are more productive teleworking during the pandemic. Then, Allyson Brantley, author of the new book Brewing a Boycott: How a Grassroots Coalition Fought Coors & Remade American Consumer Activism on the historic Coors boycott, coalition building in the '60s & '70s and lessons for today's organizers. PLUS: Episode 2 of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's “Tales Of The Resistance, Volume 2: Persistence”: 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! Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella & Kahlia. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod @SFTroupers @Michaeloutloud @AFGE @allybrantley

In this episode, Michael Gene Sullivan, playwright and performer, collective member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and author of a celebrated dramatic adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, talks about the culture of anti-intellectualism, class domination, distraction, and defeatism, and prescribes his resolutely revolutionary brand of political theatre. We discuss a wide range of topics along the way, and he shares with us two of the many Mime Troupe's songs that has sung.Host and Editor: L.M. Bogad: www.lmbogad.comMusic: Jason Montero https://m.soundcloud.com/jamoja, and by my other friend named JayMichael Gene Sullivan: https://www.michaelgenesullivan.com/michaelSan Francisco Mime Troupe: https://www.sfmt.org/Sound effects clips from soundbible.comclip art from nicepng.com.

In this episode of the Iconocast Joanna interviews L. M. Bogad. L. M. Bogad is an author, performance artist/activist, professor of political performance at UC Davis, Director of the Center for Tactical Performance, and co-founder of the Clown Army.  He has performed across the USA, Europe and South America, including occupied zones and a squatted military base in Barcelona.   Bogad's first book, Electoral Guerrilla Theatre: Radical Ridicule and Social Movements, analyzes the international campaigns of performance artists who run for public office as a radical prank. His new book, Tactical Performance: On the Theory and Practice of Serious Play, analyzes and critiques the use of guerrilla theatre/art for human/civil rights, social justice, labor and environmental campaigns.   Bogad's performances have covered topics such as the Egyptian revolution, the Haymarket Square Riot, the Spanish Civil War, the FBI's COINTELPRO activities, and the Pinochet coup in Chile. His ECONOMUSIC: Keeping Score, has been performed at festivals in Helsinki, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, San Francisco, and Barcelona.  His play, COINTELSHOW: A Patriot Act was recently performed at the San Francisco Mime Troupe's Studio, in New Orleans, and in Mexico City. Bogad has led Tactical Performance workshops, helping activists create performative, nonviolent images to contest and critique power, in Cairo, Barcelona, Riga, Helsinki, Buenos Aires, Trondheim, and across the United States.

Conversations about theater, life, and politics with the playwright and solo performer Nilaja Sun; Tom Ross, artistic director of Aurora Theatre Company; actors Emily Jeanne Brown and Jackie Chung; San Francisco Mime Troupe veteran Michael Gene Sullivan; theatre arts professor and director Darryl V. Jones; Gregory Dawson, artistic director of dawsondancesf; and L. Peter Callender, artistic director of African-American Shakespeare Company. KPFA's Bay Area Theater podcast The post The Play's the Thing appeared first on KPFA.

Michael Gene Sullivan, in conversation with KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong. The San Francisco Mime Troupe's current production, “Seeing Red: A Time-Traveling Musical,” juxtaposes the current political conjuncture with a time in the U.S. when socialism wasn't a dirty word. Veteran actor, writer, and Mime Troupe member Michael Gene Sullivan plays two roles in the production: a present-day bartender and a union leader in 1912. “Seeing Red” runs through September 9 in parks and other venues throughout the Bay Area and beyond. The San Francisco Mime Troupe's website The post Interview: Michael Gene Sullivan about “Seeing Red” by the San Francisco Mime Troupe appeared first on KPFA.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forbearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Andrew Wood, SFIAF  He founded the Festival in 2002. Prior to that I had over 10 years experience as a presenter and an artist manager working at places such as ODC Theater, Life on the Water, the Ethnic Dance Festival and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. 2. Eugene Redmond, Annual Tribute to Miles Davis, Henry Dumas, and Katherine Dunham. Three artistic giants who greatly impacted this city and the world will be honored Friday, May 19, 2017, at 6:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room of Building “D” on the Higher Education Campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), 601 J.R. Thompson Dr., East St. Louis (62201).Three artistic giants who greatly impacted this city and the world will be honored Friday, May 19, 2017, at 6:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room of Building “D” on the Higher Education Campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), 601 J.R. Thompson Dr., East St. Louis (62201).