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Other Shows Not-to-Miss that Troupers Are Working On
Youth Theater Applications Due Soon
FREEDOMLAND Tour Update
Winter Appeal Update - Donation Match Challenge
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Greetings!
Happy New Year everyone, and thank you for all your support in 2015! Be sure to read to the bottom of this newsletter for a full update on our Winter Appeal status and a matching donation challenge! Now that the holidays are over, we wanted to give you something to look forward to! Be sure to check out one of our FREE monthly studio events. In our February email, we hope to share with you our March studio events with you, so stay tuned!
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| | | | |  ~At our Troupe Studio~ APOLOGY TO A WHALE:
Words to Mend a World Cecile Pineda will visit the Mime Troupe to talk about what prompted her to write her recently published Apology to a Whale: Words to Mend a World. Her research led her to make surprising discoveries about what there is about our minds that is killing our planet, and how that relates to the militarism, hierarchy and patriarchy which govern our society. Q & A will follow, prompting a lively discussion; books will be available for purchase on a sliding scale. Read more about this event! Date:Saturday, Jan. 23
Time:2.30pm-4.00pm
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 ~At our Troupe Studio~ COINTELSHOW: A Patriot Act by L.M. Bogad
Inform yourself! Inform on your neighbor!
Follow Special Agent Christian White on a cheerfully creepy tour of declassified government surveillance documents. White probes the redacted (blacked-out) texts of the FBI's notorious Counterintelligence Programs, searching for the words erased in the name of the Freedom of Information Act.
Learn fun techniques for the infiltration of activist groups, how to earn benefits and a pension as an agent provocateur, and how to, in the words of J. Edgar Hoover, "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit or otherwise neutralize" your neighbors! Read on! Date: Feb 12th & 13th (reception after the show on the 13th)
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  ~SF Mime Troupe Fundraiser~ White Rabbit, Red Rabbit May 20, 2016 The SF International Arts Festival has invited Rotimi Agbabiaka to perform White Rabbit, Red Rabbit for one nig ht only! After the performance join some Collective Troupe Members for a reception benefiting the Mime Troupe! The cost of the reception is included in your ticket price, so stick around after the show! Read on! FMC Box Office: 415.345.7575
Information: 415.399.9554
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 The San Francisco Mime Troupe is currently working on a tour of our award-winning show, FREEDOMLAND through the Midwest and East Coast for the fall of 2016. If you or an organization or school you know of might be interested in bringing the SFMT to your area, please visit the FREEDOMLAND website, or contact sfmimetroupe@icloud.com for more information. |
Learn more about our internships or summer workshop!
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Winter Appeal Update!
Again, THANK YOU all who donated in 2015! Our winter appeal received a much needed boost in the final days of 2015 and this is where we stand now: - Winter Appeal to date = $25,126
- General Donations (same span) = $5,983
- Monthly Recurring Donations (same span) = $1,155
- Total to date = $32,264
For those playing along at home, we are now at 64.5% towards our $50,000 goal!
And here is some more exciting news! Former Trouper Bonnie Friedmann has just contacted us saying she will donate $300 if another donor will match her donation 100% by Jan 10th!!! Please contact Karen today if you are willing to meet this match. Read the red section below to learn how you can set up a matching donation challenge, like Bonnie!Pledge to donate yearly or monthly: | |
We also accept checks made out to SFMT / mailed to: 855 Treat Ave, SF, CA 94110 |
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Contact Karen if you would like to make a donation of $300, $500, $1000 or more, but see your donation DOUBLE in size! We can set up a 2016 donation challenge/match asking a fellow Troupe supporter to match your donation!
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| | Youth Theater Project
(YTP)
YTP is an after-school program for Bay Area teens running from February 1 - May 3. Students learn stage production, acting, playmaking, improvisation and participants will receive an incentive based on their full participation! Internship hours are:
Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday
from 4.15pm-7.15pm.
The YTP culminates in a fully produced performance of original plays in late April/Early May under the guidance of experienced SFMT teachers, directors and designers.
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Stage Kiss
Michael Gene Sullivan will be in the production of Sarah Ruhl's hit comedy Stage Kiss At S.F. Playhouse Now - Jan 9 |
The Colored Museum
Michael Gene Sullivan & Velina Brown, along with SFMT veteran Edris Copper-Anifowoshe and Bay Area luminary L. Peter Callender will be co-directing George C. Wolfe's modern classic The Colored Museum at the African-American Shakespeare Company.
February 13 - March 6
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Hair
Rotimi Agbabiaka will be in the tribal-LOVE rock musical Hair with Bay Area Musicals.
Feb 18 - March 12 |
Deal with the Dragon
You may recall Kevin Rolston who played half of the leading couple in the SFMT's Making a Killing, portraying a gay soldier trying to tell the truth about profiteering during the Iraq war, and he played, among others, Sister JesusMaryJoseph in our tour of the show GodFellas. Kevin will premiere his one-man play Deal with the Dragon. And Trouper Karen Runk will be stage managing this production. Read on. March 25 - April 16
ACT's black box theater, The Costume Shop
For Tickets:
Brown Paper Tickets
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| | Thanks for reading! ~SF Mime Troupe Collective, Board & Staff
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