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It is a bitter irony that as the nation prepares for its 250th birthday celebration, we once again find ourselves rebelling against a mad (wannabe) king.

The irony continues as the national tour of Freedom Train 2026 is cancelled while the fool on the hill continues his global obliteration tour seeking both glory and revenge in his quest for the Nobel Peace Prize. Bizarre indeed! Meanwhile the rest of us are left trying to figure out how to buy either groceries or gas.

Nevertheless, on July Fourth, the sky will be smoky from fireworks, citizens will patriotically buy mattresses and small town parades will happen on main streets everywhere. The San Francisco Mime Troupe, of course, will be at Dolores Park kicking off our latest season in our 7-decade run of FREE Shows in the Parks. Once again we will celebrate by exercising our First Amendment rights - speaking truth to power through comedy and song.

In our 2026 summer show WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy, we will take a look at all that remains now and after this national nightmare is over. How can people survive this mess? And how much more are we willing to sacrifice to salvage our lives and country? Can we restore the three branches of government to a system of honest, non-politicized checks and balances that actually serve “We the People”?

Last year, forced by economics, we did a shortened season. This year we have committed to a whole season to help invigorate our actions as we approach the very important mid-terms and the second half of the MAGA reign. However, with production costs skyrocketing, a full season is astronomically more expensive.

As we seek funds to balance our budget, the numbers keep coming in high and now with diesel prices reaching $8.00 a gallon, we are really worried about how we can do shows from Ukiah to Santa Cruz and all around the Bay Area parks.

Over the past two month we sent you our “Cost of Free” e-blast appeal, along with a handful of targeted letters. Many of you generously responded. We are profoundly grateful for your help. Now, forced to shoulder the costs of Trump’s folly in Iran, we are even more in need of financial support. If you have not donated yet, or even if you have and are able to do it again, your gift will help us realize our mission of reaching the broadest possible audience.

Our message is clear: we all need each other’s support to make this a functioning and fair democracy for all. A lot of sacrifice is and will be required of us in the next few years as we stand firm in our resolve to honor all the noble intentions of 1776 by crushing tyranny and return “all power to the people.”

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