title: Bay Area SoundGirls Chapter - Workshop and Performance of The Unfortunates
start: 2016-04-09
start time: 12:30
end time: 18:30
venue: The Strand Theater
city: San Francisco (CA)
country: US
coordinates: 37.7796, -122.4129
tags: Soundgirls feminism feminismo feminismus womeninaudio womenmusic
links:
Facebook Veranstaltungsseite https://www.facebook.com/events/195882754100614/
description:
We are super excited to announce the SoundGirls Bay Area Chapter – Headed by Melissa Thorne. Melissa is a sound designer for gaming.
Join the Bay Area Chapter for a workshop and performance of The Unfortunates on April 9th. SoundGirl member Sarah Jacquez is running sound for the Unfortunates at The Strand Theater. Great way to support our community.
The Strand Theater @ 1127 Market Street
12:30pm – workshop with cast and crew
2:00pm – matinee of The Unfortunates [90 min] – buy tickets online*
Celtic Coffee Company @ 142 McAllister Street
4:00pm – SoundGirls SF Chapter brainstorm and chat
Workshop Info
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Before this matinee performance, get hands-on with theater with the artists who make it happen at this interactive workshop.
The Civic Center BART station is a block from the theater and the coffee shop is about a 5 minute walk. RSVP by replying.
About The Unfortunates
“A glorious, bluesy, mythical, uplifting paean to the power of music to stir the soul.”
Mail Tribune, Ashland, OregonA surreal musical voyage through a unique mix of American genres, The Unfortunates was a huge hit at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival last year. The darkly comic musical is based on an old blues song, “St. James Infirmary,” and transports audiences to a world of memory and mythmaking in which courage is tested in magical ways. Big Joe, a stalwart, tough-talking soldier with oversized hands, journeys through a murky dream world in which he confronts a series of enemies and risks everything to save his armless love Rae from a plague that has decimated all but a handful of survivors. The search for salvation is marked by the characters’ willingness to make music in the face of loss. From a prison camp to a brush with the underworld, The Unfortunates is a musical fever dream that’s as life-affirming as it is darkly imaginative.