FUGUE
8 guides led small groups of audiences in an immersive performance through San Francisco’s Mission District en route to THE NEW CITY — a place almost identical to San Francisco, but much, much better.
Performances ran from December 1-10, 2017, beginning at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church and ending at Deborah Slater Dance Theater’s Studio 210.
Directors: Eric Garcia + Kat Cole
Playwrights: Brian Thorstenson, Lourdes Figueroa and Baruch Porras-Hernandez
Performers: Arletta Anderson, Liane Burns, Jana Griffin, Maro Guevara, Melissa Lewis, Kevin Lopez, Scott Marlowe, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, Karla Quintero and Sienna Williams
Assistant Directors: El Beh + Wiley Naman Strasser
Lighting Design: Del Medoff
Sound Design: Teddy Hulsker
Original Music: Brent Arnold
Costume Design: Christine Crook
Costume Co-Design: Connie Su
Set Design: Daniel Garcia
Production Assistant: Jessie Wayburn
Funded by Queer Cultural Center, San Francisco Arts Commission, Horizons Foundation, Dancers' Group Lighting Artists in Dance Award, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and generous individual donors.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: GLBT Historical Society, Calle 24 Latino Cultural District Council, Fresh Meat Productions, Mission Arts Performance Project, and Still Here SF.
Special thank you to Caleb Cabrera, Carolina Morales, Jose Abad, James Wilson, Megan Lowe, Margaret Jenkins and the MJDC CHIME Award, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.
“Fugue is both sad and hopeful, lamenting the loss of a carefree, art-filled, affordable metropolis while celebrating the pockets of sheer magic that still exist.”
