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The Mime Troupe is very sad to announce the
recent passing of Adrian C. Mejia -
actor, clown, artist, teacher, mentor and Trouper.

Adrian C. Mejia

Originally from the smoggy Southern California city of Riverside, Adrian spent the first seven years of the 21st century living intermittently in Humboldt County, earning his BA from HSU and an MFA from The Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. After touring the length of the West coast with The Dell'Arte Players Company as a guest artist and ensemble member, traversing the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico with Clowns Without Borders, and performing in street festivals of Northern Europe with Teatro Pachuco, Adrian then settled in the Bay Area. A skilled actor, Adrian starred in two San Francisco Mime Troupe productions, Red State and Too Big To Fail, brought his unique clowning talents to the Climate Theatre's Clown Cabaret, was featured in productions at Golden Thread, and regularly collaborated with performing artists from many disciplines across the Bay Area. Adrian was also an engaging educator, working as a teaching artist in Intersection for the Arts' Stagewrite program and the Mime Troupe's Youth Theatre Project, as well as serving as a guest lecturer at UC Riverside. Adrian had recently relocated to Brooklyn and was just beginning to explore performance and other artistic opportunities there when his life was so tragically cut short.

In Michael Sullivan's words, Adrian was a "masterful and magnificent clown and teacher who brought a lively, fierce passion to all his projects, a passion which inspired his fellow artists and audiences." He will always be missed.



Announcing - SFMT's 2010 Production
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 51st season with POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker. A small U.S. factory is shutting down. All of the workers are losing their jobs, and to add insult to injury, they have also lost their last two weeks of pay and retirement funds, which were raided over the years to pay stock dividends. On the final day of work, a pregnant employee, suddenly overtaken with labor pains, sits down on the job. Interpreting this as an act of defiance, The Boss calls security. The situation escalates and before anyone has a chance to think, the Workers have accidentally occupied the Factory!
During the negotiation process, The Boss tries intimidation, patriotism, and Red Scare tactics, while the Workers just try to figure out what the heck they're doing. Some say wreck the place. Tea Baggers say it's all the government's fault. Others blame the Union. One Worker, an Argentine ex-pat, says they should consider running the Factory themselves and is immediately labeled a Commie. At night, as the occupying Workers entertain themselves with songs and stories, the Argentine comes forward again and tells the tale of a similar strike back home. As more of the Argentine's story unfolds, the parallel plights of the American and Argentine Workers play out side by side. While the Americans struggle to keep their factory occupation from becoming politicized, the Argentine strike is deeply political. In the end, both the American and Argentine Workers are victorious, but which resolution will ultimately keep the power in the Workers' hands?
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Poster
Poster Design: Favianna Rodriguez
Poster Photographer:
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Wilma Bonet directs Rotimi Agbabiaka, Velina Brown, Lisa Hori-Garcia,
Maggie Mason, Brian Rivera, Michael Gene Sullivan
in this modern song and tango about politics in the workplace,
written by Michael Gene Sullivan, music and lyric by Pat Moran.
Additional dialogue contributed by Ellen Callas.


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