Gold Mime

First off, if you’re expecting some guy in whiteface trying to get out of an imaginary box on a street corner, forget it. The illustrious San Francisco Mime Troupe has spent most of its fifty-year history taking on issues in a manner that’s decidedly out of the box: Since the company was founded in 1959 by R. G. Davis, it’s clowned its way through various theatrical forms, from political satire in a Commedia dell’Arte format to a more recent Brechtian style of seminal guerrilla theater, buoyed through the years by a liquid crew that’s included rock impresario Bill Graham, actor Peter Coyote, composer/lyricist Bruce Barthol (a one-time member, during the city’s Summer of Love days, of Country Joe and the Fish) and playwright Joan Holden (Nickel and Dimed) along the way.

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• R. G. Davis
• Peter Coyote
• Bruce Barthol
• Bill Graham
• Democratic National Convention

An appearance here by the troupe is a rarity, and nothing short of the Democratic National Convention would normally woo them to Colorado. SFMT will perform Red State, a characteristically tongue-in-cheek election satire with live music, twice tomorrow at BINDERY|space, 770 22nd Street, skewering the right wing for the entertainment of locals and DNC visitors alike. But tonight only, from 6 to 8 p.m., the group will also present a musical SFMT sampler in celebration of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center’s 25th anniversary, at Los Cabos at 1525 Champa Street; for tickets, $10 to $20 on a sliding scale, call 303-444-6981. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win your very own electric-powered EcoBike.

Tomorrow’s performances are at 6 and 8:30 p.m.; admission is $20. Visit www.sfmt.org or call 720-221-3821.
Tue., Aug. 26, 6-8 p.m., 2008