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The 2010 Season Premiere ???? will be on July 4th, 2010, in Dolores Park.

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The Mime Troupe is an ensemble theater, the artistic director is the collective.

Read the bios from 2009's collaborators.

CURRENT CRITICS SAY
"The San Francisco Mime Troupe is the conscience of the city, out proudest export, and -as it celebrates its 50th year- perhaps our most enduring sociopolitical institution"
SF Bay Guardian/Best of the Bay (2009)

"(The Mime Troupe's) free summer shows in the park . . still come geared to immediate concerns and evince a commitment to advancing a populist mission of of social change. Generally speaking, and to this end, they are also slickly performed and very funny." American Theatre, September 2009

"This year Mime Troupe day got a city government imprimatur (making it actually 'Mime Troupe Day' on official parchment somewhere) in a nod to the rabble-rousing satirical political theater troupe's 50th year raising hell and inciting revolution."
Bay Guardian 7/15/09

"An unapologetically anti-capitalist comedy framed as an African folk tale"
SF Examiner 7/8/09

"It's all as entertaining as it is didactic. Sullivan is disarmingly open about his intentions, but he also doesn't pretend to have all the answers. He's more intent on getting us to question the fundamentals of a system dependent on citizens 'living and dying in debt.'" SF Chronicle 7/7/09

"Project of the Month: 50 Years of Notorious Political Theatre" Ink Works

PAST CRITICS SAY
"Anyone concerned about the state of global politics-- and about the state of political humor -- should listen to the Mime troupe's message."
The New York Times

"Red State is ideal election year fare- sharp, funny, with just enough bite."
SF Examiner (2008, Red State)

"...have the famed company declared California's official state theater. Who else?"
San Diego Union

"It's laced with sharply pointed humor. It's fiercely politically engaged."
The San Francisco Chronicle (2005, Doing Good)

"The San Francisco Mime Troupe is America's oldest and finest street theater... more professional than most of our presumably professional companies."
The New York Post

"Mr. Smith Goes to Obscuristan is one of the funniest, best constructed and cleverly produced cartoons of political satire the Mime Troupe has produced in several years."
Bay Area Reporter (2002, Mr. Smith Goes to Obscuristan)

"You're never only watching a political theater piece, but rather a double barreled re-invention of politics and theater at once."
The Boston Globe

"Energized by the resurgent right...the inexhaustible purveyors of agit-prop musical comedy have responded with their sharpest, funniest and most exhilarating show in years."
The San Francisco Chronicle (2001, 1600 Transylvania Avenue)

"What makes political theater work? Passion, anger and humor"
Albuquerque Journal

"'Eating It' is nutritious entertainment -- timely, funny, provocative, sharply staged and beautifully performed. It just goes to show the continual wonders of splicing hot political issues with the unique skills of the San Francisco Mime Troupe."
San Francisco Examiner (2000, Eating It)

"When you hear people say theater is dying -- tell them about the San Francisco Mime Troupe."
The Ohio Plain Dealer

"Politics is not the only reason to see the Mime Troupe. Those who enjoy theater, farce, Monty Python, musical comedy or even urban politics will enjoy the show."
News-Leader, Florida (2000, City for Sale)

"Mime Troupe puts on its best show in years...the Mime Troupe has come up with some canny and mordant takes on San Francisco's gleaming gentrification."
The San Francisco Chronicle (1999, City for Sale)

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