A RED CAROL - SF Mime Troupe
The San Francisco Mime Troupe in cooperation with Z Space presents…
A RED CAROL
An Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic - Featuring Traditional Music
Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Starring MIKE McSHANE (B’way., Film & TV actor) as Ebenezer Scrooge
Adapted For the Stage and Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan
Dec. 14 – 29, 2024
Limited Engagement – 9 Performances Only!
Z Space – 450 Florida St. in SF 94110 *
Featuring: A six person cast that includes present and veteran SF Mime Troupers:
Velina Brown; Keiko Shimosato-Carreiro, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Jed Pasario,
Brian Rivera.
Musicians: Daniel Savio - piano, Guinevere Q − bass, Jason Young − mandolin.
with Additional Lyrics / Arrangements by Daniel Savio
Music Consulting by Bruce Barthol
Sound Design & Engineering by Taylor Gonzalez
To arrange an interview Michael Gene Sullivan (writer, director), Mike McShane (actor) or any of the other performers in A RED CAROL, please email or call publicist
Lawrence Helman [email protected] 415-336-8220
The San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) presents A RED CAROL - An Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic - Featuring Traditional Music. Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Starring Mike McShane (B’way., Film & TV actor) as Ebenezer Scrooge. Featuring a 6-person cast performing multiple roles that includes present and veteran SF Mime Troupers including: Velina Brown,
Keiko Shimosato-Carreiro, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Jed Pasario, Brian Rivera. Musicians: Daniel Savio - piano, Guinevere Q − bass, Jason Young − mandolin. Dec. 14 – 29, 2024. Limited Engagement -9 Shows only
at Z Space – 450 Florida St. (at 17th St.) in SF. 94110. The show runs 80 min. – no intermission.
A RED CAROL is directed and adapted for the stage by Michael Gene Sullivan.
Tickets: General Admission Seating. $20 - $40 Sliding Scale, $50 Supporter Tickets
TICKETS: http://www.zspace.org/redcarol
* Venue Accessibility Info.: The auditorium and its restrooms are ADA-accessible.
All actors appear in accordance of agreements with SAG-AFTRA.
Performance Dates: Dec. 14 – 29, 2024 - Limited Engagement – 9 Performances. Only!
Previews (2) Sat. Dec. 14, - 8:00 pm,
Sun. Dec. 15 -2:00 pm-
(No Press at Previews Please)
Opening Night: Mon., Dec. 16, 2024 - 7:00 pm
Individual Performance Dates:
December 14, Sat. 8:00 pm (Preview)
December 15, Sun. 2:00 pm (Preview)
December 16, Mon. 7:00 pm Opening Night
December 20, Fri 8:00 pm
December 21, Sat. 8:00 pm
December 22, Sun. 2:00 pm Matinee (MASKED PERFORMANCE)
December 27, Fri 8:00 pm (MASKED PERFORMANCE)
December 28, Sat. 8:00 pm
December 29, Sun. 2:00 pm Matinee (Closing Performance)
A RED CAROL
An Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic - Featuring Traditional Music.
Based on the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Six people, telling the story, playing all the roles, In an abandoned industrial space.
This isn't your average, feel-good Christmas tale. But it was never supposed to be.
We all know the story: The redemption of a cranky miser at Christmas, a ghost story designed to let an audience feel good about themselves for not being heartless. But Charles Dickens wasn't trying to make people feel good, he was trying to show them a stark reality, scaring them into being more human. He wrote "A Christmas Carol" to shake up society, and with A Red Carol we are re-establishing his story as the revolutionary call-to-action Dickens intended.
With music, joy, and plenty of harsh truths about his time and ours, A Red Carol is the demand for economic and social justice Dickens wanted then, and we need now.
"People always think this story is about you,” Bob Crachit tells Scrooge. “But it ain’t about you, it’s about us - and how we let ourselves get infected with your ideas, your greed, your lies, it’s you steppin’ over the hungry and homeless and us following your lead, it’s us lettin’ you turn our government into a casino, listenin’ while you say day after day that profit is the new god, and us not standin’ up and shouting "NO!"'. “It ain’t about you," Cratchit says. "It’s about us.”
TECH CREDITS:
Keiko Shimosato-Carreiro - Costume Design; Jim Cave; Lighting Design; TBD; Set Design;
Sound Design & Engineer by Taylor Gonzalez, Stage Managed by Karen Runk, Photos: David Allen,
Lawrence Helman, Publicity.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2757273-0
