San Francisco Mime Troupe in "Red State"

July 4

For more than four decades, the award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe has presented socially relevant theater that enlightens, entertains, and provokes, with free outdoor performances of original productions that incorporate song, dance, music, and comedy.

Just in time for the fall elections, the troupe skewers the electoral process in song and dance with "Red State." What if a small town found itself at the forefront of a political fight? It's Election Day in small town America, and due to an Electoral College tie, the entire presidential election comes down to one tiny town. Formerly ignored and disregarded, Bluebird, Kansas, is suddenly the most important town in the country. And its citizens are being pressured to quickly cast the deciding vote, and to vote the "right way."

But what would happen if they decided to wait? Can one little town hold an entire nation's election hostage? Should it? Is bread on the farmhouse dinner table tonight more important than deciding who sits at the Oval Office desk tomorrow? Yep, this election could take a while...