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The San Francisco Mime Troupe: Back to the Way Things Were


  • Lake Park 666 Bellevue Ave Oakland, CA, 94610 United States (map)

Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be

July 2 - Sept. 5, 2022

A New Musical

In a country where we can finally stop wearing masks to get pizza and go to the movies, and where we again have a president who isn’t dumb as a two dollar ham, hard- working, middle-aged liberals Ralph and Alice wistfully yearn for The before Times, when things seemed normal. But for Zoe - their twenty-something daughter who grew up in a world of climate change, housing crashes, student debt, the rise of dictatorships and the fall of democracies - there is no “better” to go back to. For her the purgatory of the last two years was just a pause from life in Hell. So what’s the point? Isn’t it easier to just give up? If only her new, socially inept, maybe crazy, conspiracy-theorist friend wasn’t so intent on saving the world! Why are they so convinced Zoe is the one to do it? Why do they need Zoe’s help? What kinda name is “Book”? And what even is a portal gun?

Free: $20 suggested donation

Earlier Event: August 28
Pre-Holiday Fair
Later Event: August 31
Summer Adventures on the Square