San Francisco 2004 Theater Festival in Yerba Buena Gardens
2004 Press Releases
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PRESS CONTACT:
Barbara Webb
(415) 453-9678
San Francisco Theater Festival in Yerba Buena Gardens
Sunday, July 25 & Sunday, August 1, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. June 21, 2004. The first annual San Francisco Theater Festival, a celebration of Bay Area live theater, will take place on two consecutive Sundays, July 25 and August 1, 2004, at Yerba Buena Gardens in both indoor and outdoor venues. All performances are FREE.
The new festival, which focuses on both adult and children's theater, is part of the 2004 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. On Sunday, July 25, from 10 am to 5 pm, more than 50 theater groups and solo performers will present samples of their work. These performances will take place in various areas of the Esplanade Gardens.
Participants include: 3 Roses Productions, 42nd Street Moon, Ark Theater, Asian American Theater Company, At Risk Theater, Aurora, BATS Improv, Blue Blanket Improv, Cinnabar, Climate Theater, Colored Ink Hip Hop Theater, Comedy On The Square, Daniland's Youth Poetry Slam, DTC, Encore Theatre Company, Expression Theatre Ensemble, Fellow Travelers Performance Group, Fools Fury, Glitter & Razz, Haute Couture Entertainment, Just Theater, Kraftywork, Lamplighters Music Theatre, Lively Foundation, Lucky Dog Theatre, Lunatique Fantastique, Magic Theatre, Many Rivers, Marching Gamelan Monkey Chant Orchestra, Mystic Familly Circus, Not Quite Opera, Oui Be Negroes, Phoenix Arts Association Theatre, Pickle Youth Circus, Playdate, Playground, Porchlight Theatre Co., SF Free Civic Theater, SF Opera Guild Kids Class, SF Shakespeare Festival (campers), Shelton Theater, Stage Door Conservatory, StageBridge, Sun & Moon Ensemble, The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, The Marsh, The Mime Troupe, Mystic Family Circus, The Oakland Playhouse Improv Troupe, TheaterNow, Thick Description, Transparent Theater, Traveling Jewish Theatre, Un-Scripted Theater Company, Woman's Will, Young Performers, Xeno, Youth for Asian Theater, ZGI Players. Plus: Fred Anderson, Shelene Atanacio, Greg Beuthin, Barbara Brewer, Robert Duckworth, Frederico Edwards, Catz Forsman, Bob Hartman, Jacqui Herrera, Stacey Kaiser, Alexia Burland, Leah Kaplan, Amanda King, Franklin Harris, Tiffany Harrison, Bob Lieberman, David Mustelier, Paul Nathan, Mike Oaks, Kurt Robinson, Albert Starr, Mike Vega
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Sunday, August 1 will feature the San Francisco Mime Troupe's complete 2004 production, starting with a 1:30 pm pre-show, with a full performance of Showdown at Crawford Gulch at 2 pm. They will perform at the Stone Stage area of Yerba Buena Gardens.
Yerba Buena Gardens is located on Mission Street between 3rd & 4th Streets.
Free artistic and cultural programming in Yerba Buena Gardens is made possible through the generous support of The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, The National Endowment for the Arts, The San Francisco Arts Commission, MJM Management Group, The San Francisco Foundation, The San Francisco Arts Commission, The W.A. Gerbode Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Zellerbach Family Foundation, The Fleishhacker Foundation, Bernard Osher Foundation, The Walter and Elise Haas Fund, and individual contributors. Media sponsors for the 2004 Festival are WB20, The SF Bay Guardian, KDFC, San Francisco Downtown Magazine, Laser.com, and JC Decaux.
SF Theater Festival sponsorships include George Marcus, Maurice Kanbar, Toni Rembe, Macys West, Delia Ehrlich, Max's Cafe, California Bank & Trust, Bill Drypolcher, Foghorn Realty, The Great Entertainer, Chevys, Tully's Coffee, Trader Joe's, Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water, BART, Visual Strategies, Zeum, McCune Audio-Video-Lighting, ProPiano, Rose Architecture, Jenalex Financial Services, Patty Lund, Barry Kushner, Chris Honeysett, Comtogether.com. Media Sponsors: SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, KGO-TV.
For information contact Bill Schwartz: Phone: (415)-291-8655; Fax (415) 291-8690. Website: http://sftheaterfestival.org.
Yerba Buena Arts & Events, organizer of the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is located at 760 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. Phone (415) 543-1718; Fax (415) 543-1755; e-mail: ybgf@ybgf.org
http://ybgf.org
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Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
produced by Yerba Buena Arts & Events
760 Howard Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Phone: 415 543 1718
Fax: 415 543 1755
info@ybgf.org
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