Event

WALLS with the San Francisco Mime Troupe

San Francisco's legendary theater company, the Tony Award-winning SF Mime Troupe, now in its 58th season, will bring their new play, "WALLS" to Arena Theater on Wednesday, July 12.
The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a 30-minute music set featuring Patrick Byers, Andrew Niven, and Daniel Savio, and the play will start at 8 p.m. The Arena Theater Bar and the snack stand will be open.

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Inspired by true events, WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!

L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people like Bahdoon Samakab (Rotimi Agbabiaka), a Somali refugee escaping oppression, fear of Cliodhna Aghabullogue (Lizzie Calogero), an Irish woman yearning to be American, and fear of Zaniyah Nahuatl (Marilet Martinez), whose family comes from... here.

As a foreigner in a land where her people have worked for thousands of years suddenly Zaniyah is a criminal, an illegal, a "bad hombre." What part of herself will this American give up to pass as "American?" Will she? Can she? Should she? Can someone leave part of themselves behind without losing their mind? And is it better or worse that she crossed the border to find Agent L. Mary Jones - the woman she loves?