Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe written by R. G. Davis and published by Palo Alto, Calif. : Ramparts Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside story of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's first ten years, as told by its founder. Not an official history, this text presents one person's assessment of a complex period. Topics covered include hard facts about alternative lifestyles and art forms: getting busted for dope and obscenity, grappling internally with racism and sexism, and stresses between participatory democracy and the need for discipline and organization.
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe Reader written by Susan Vaneta Mason and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Francisco Mime Troupe Reader is a long-overdue collection of some of the finest political satires created and produced by the Tony Award-winning company during the last forty years. It is also a history of the company that was the theater of the counterculture movement in the 1960s and that, against all odds, has managed to survive the often hostile economic climate for the arts in the United States. The plays selected are diverse, representing some of the Troupe's finest shows, and the book's illustrations capture some of the Troupe's most memorable moments. These hilarious, edgy, and imaginative scripts are accompanied by insightful commentary by theater historian and critic Susan Vaneta Mason, who has been following the Troupe for more than three decades. The Mime Troupe Reader will engage and entertain a wide range of audiences, not only general readers but also those interested in the history of American social protest, the counterculture of the 1960s-particularly the San Francisco scene-and the evolution of contemporary political theater. It will also appeal to the legions of Troupe fans who return every year to see them stand up against another social or corporate Goliath.
Download or read book Festive Revolutions written by Claudia Orenstein and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are traditions of popular theatre still alive in politically-engaged theatre today? In San Francisco they are. The San Francisco Mime Troupe is a modern link in the long history of public performances that have a merry air but have a voice of political protest and social comment. Every summer since 1962 the Troupe has taken free outdoor performances to public parks in the Bay Area. In a style that is festive and a spirit that is revolutionary the Mime Troupe has relied on popular theatre forms to address timely political and social issues. Their productions maintain a contemporary political edge, while showing their origins to be the popular traditions of the commedia dell'arte, circus clowning, vaudeville, puppetry, and minstrel shows. With The Minstrel Show or Civil Rights in a Cracker Barrel (1965) they expressed support of the civil rights movement. With L'Amant Militaire (1967) they voiced support of Vietnam War protests. To discover what makes these apparently frivolous theatrical traditions effective for contemporary political theatre, Festive Revolutions explores the historical origins of the popular forms the Mime Troupe draws on. In old Europe, where performance traditions began, political turmoil blended with festive celebration. The lineage of the Mime Troupe's Punch the Red can be traced back to the Italian puppet figure Pulcinella through its English and Russian counterparts Punch and Petrushka. In the Mime Troupe the use of stereotypes and reliance upon colorful festivity are diverse strategies for dodging censorship. Productions like Ripped Van Winkle continue today to rekindle the radicalism the Troupe inherited from the culture of the 1960s. Festive Revolutions shows that such forms have inspired political theatre for centuries.
Download or read book By Popular Demand written by San Francisco Mime Troupe and published by . This book was released on 1980-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Francisco Mime Troupe clippings written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Festive Revolutions written by Claudia Orenstein and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history & lineage of a Bay Area performance troupe that blends politics & festivity.
Download or read book San Francisco Mime Troupe written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe written by Beverly Ann Redman and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays of the San Francisco Mime Troupe 2000 2016 written by and published by The San Francisco Mime Troupe. This book was released on 2018-06-16 with total page 1469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The never silent, hilariously thought-provoking,Tony and OBIE award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, in celebration of our 60 years of revolutionary theatre has put together an anthology of our scripts from 2000 - 2016. From the War on Terror to the War on Drugs, from genetically modified foods to financially modified democracy, from corporate personhood to Occupy to Trump - the Troupe has dealt with the issues of the day with our particular brand of outrageous, hard-hitting political musical comedies, tragedies, farces, and melodramas. Speaking truth to power, giving voice to the voiceless, comforting the afflicted, afflicting the comfortable, this collection of scripts is being provided - including introductions to the plays, photos, fan quotes, and artists biographies - at price every fan, supporter, student, historian, and comrade of the Troupe can afford… FREE!
Download or read book The San Francisco Tape Music Center written by David W. Bernstein and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DVD, entitled Wow and flutter, contains recordings of concerts at the festival, held Oct. 1-2. 2004, RPI Playhouse, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe in Its Social Context written by Lance Harold Jencks and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe as Radical written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents the First Forty Years written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe as Radical Theater written by Mary Elizabeth Booth Edelson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe Presents an Agit prop Documentary Seize the Time written by San Francisco Mime Troupe and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Francisco Mime Troupe written by Jeannie Walker and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plays of the San Francisco Mime Troupe written by San Francisco Mime Troupe and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
