One-Night-Only Theatre Reading of “Tenderloin” | Tenderloin Museum

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Cutting Ball Theater invite you to a one-night-only reading of Tenderloin, the documentary theater piece commissioned in 2012 that brings the people and places of the neighborhood into the theater, and brings the theater into the neighborhood. Reception at 6:30 pm. Reading at 7 pm.

Facebook RSVP is required to attend. Suggested donation is $10-$20, but no one is turned away for lack of funds.

The script, created by director Annie Elias, was composed from transcripts of over forty interviews, conducted by the actors, of people who lived and worked in the Tenderloin. From these living sketches, a portrait of the Tenderloin itself emerges, honoring the diversity of the people who live and work in this gritty and fascinating downtown San Francisco district.

The portrayals you’ll hear include, among others:

• Mark Ellinger, long-time resident, photographer and historian of the Central City who was instrumental to the making of Tenderloin
• Kathy Looper, owner of the Cadillac Hotel and long-time Tenderloin activist
• resident Nappy Chin
• Aunt Charlie’s Lounge bartender Colette
• former Captain of the Tenderloin Police, Gary Jimenez
• Mary Ann Finch whose organization “Care Through Touch” provides massage for the homeless
• Shomari, a city cleaning program worker

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.