San Francisco Mime Troupe’s “Breakdown” | Palo Alto

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe continues its 2024 season with more free and lively performances in park settings around the Bay Area.

San Francisco Mime Troupe | 2024
Free political theater & music in parks all over the Bay Area
Various dates: July 4 – Sept. 8, 2024
SF, Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto, and more
FREE (donations requested)

See the full 2024 schedule

Founded in 1959, the San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater; despite the name “mime,” their work is not pantomime, but live musical comedy and political satire.

2024 Show: American Dreams

WAS DEMOCRACY JUST A DREAM?

The American Dream. It used to mean a job, a house, a car, a spouse, 2.5 kids, and a .4 dog. But what does it mean now? For Gabriel Pearce, a Black man tired of liberal failures, on the day after the presidential election it means victory! Giving up on progressivism wasn’t easy, but casting his vote for a Conservative who promises to be grateful could mean a dream come true. However, for his daughter Paine – a teacher at a university caught between protesting students and threats to funding – it’s a nightmare! Or was the lost election just a dream? Or will A.I. catch fire, like Paine’s boyfriend Oliver sees in his nightmares? Do androids dream of electronic voting? Can we create the utopia of justice activist student Emma hopes for, or is the present just a dream within a dream within a dream? But whether you’re asleep or Woke what some see as nightmares others see as… American Dreams.