Saturday & Sunday, August 1 & 2, 2026, 2:30 PM
The Tony Award-Winning San Francisco Mime Troupe
Opens their 67th Season with:
"WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy"
(100 min. – No Intermission)
SF Mime Troupe Political Satire is NOT Silent!
London Nelson Community Center - Outside
301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
FREE / Donations Appreciated
INVITE FRIENDS!
2:30 pm: Live Music
3:00 pm: Show
*Bring your low beach chairs or blankets, sunhats, sunglasses & snacks.
WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy asks the political question: How are we going to survive and rebuild in the rubble left from the economic, social, and psychological devastation of the idiotic kleptocrats?
Written by Michael Gene Sullivan
Music and Lyrics by Daniel Savio
Directed by Lisa Hori-Garcia
Music Direction by Daniel Savio and Will Durkee
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Is it just us, or does it feel like everything is falling apart?
Hallucinating robots, economic collapse, protesting frogs, people praying for the End of the World -
This is not the future, or the democracy, we were promised!
But the real question is: When it’s all over will there be enough left to build something new out of this... wreckage?
TO ARRANGE INTERVIEWS CONTACT:
Lawrence Helman, Public Relations
CALL: 415-336-8220
EMAIL: heytheresells@gmail.com
FOR INFO CALL: 415-285-1717
PRESS PAGE: https://www.sfmt.org/press-wreckage
PRESS PHOTOS: sfmt.org/press-photos
TRAILER: sfmt.org/press-media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjOWUqlQrDY
SHOW PAGE: https://www.sfmt.org/show-archive/wreckage-a-musical-tragicomedy
AUDIO CLIPS: sfmt.org/press-media COMING SOON
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SCHEDULE BY DATE: sfmt.org/press-schedule-by-dates
SCHEDULE BY AREA: sfmt.org/press-schedule-by-area
Schedules can be accessed on the SFMT press page:
https://www.sfmt.org/press-wreckage
Low and high resolution photos are available at:
https://www.sfmt.org/press-photos
CAST:
WRECKAGE: A Musical Tragicomedy features a four-person cast that includes veteran SF Mime Troupe collective members: Michael Gene Sullivan* (Security, Nestor, Bobby, Paul); Jed Parsario* (Gideon, Business Man, Bertrand, Karl, Lance); Keiko Shimosato Carreiro* (Stage Manager, Mari, Jeribeth); Chloris Li (Felicity, Business Woman, Fredericka, Claudine, Sergeant Nicola, Mari’s Mother).
* The Actors & Stage Manager are members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the U.S.
SFMT BAND:
Will Durkee (Bass, Guitar); Daniel Savio (Keyboards, Slide Whistle); and Miguel Jose Wacher (Drums, Percussion).
BIOS: sfmt.org/press-bios
TECH CREDITS:
Keiko Shimosato Carreiro; Marie Cartier; Taylor Gonzalez; Crash Des Rosiers; Michael Gene Sullivan; Pietro Calogero; Sol Ibarra-Campos; Steve Kiyota Jong, Alex Nigro; Isabella Junebug; Tasi Alabastro; Adan Gonzalez; Marissa Hinckley-Barnes; Mirin Scassellati; Casey Moore; Dramaturg: Jolie Ouyang; Cheryle Honerlah; Guinevere Q; Sai Singh; Ruby Mihalko; Terri Demartini; Lawrence Helman; Ben Krantz
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:
Mari (Keiko Shimosato Carreiro) – a Japanese American woman who's in internment camp surviving parents raise her to believe that struggling against oppression only causes more problems.
Bertrand (Jed Parsario) - Mari’s Landlord.
Frederica (Chloris Li) - Mari’s neighbor, an influencer.
Nestor (Michael Gene Sullivan) - an unemployed, business businessman, Mari’s friend.
Gideon (Jed Parsario) - an evangelical preacher.
Felicity (Chloris Li) - a true believer in Gideon's flock.
Bobby (Michael Gene Sullivan) - a successful senior AI developer.
Karl (Jed Parsario) - Bobby's ex-student and protégé.
Jeribeth (Keiko Shimosato Carreiro) - Bobby's wife, a group counselor.
Lance (Jed Parsario) - an immigrant who joined the national guard to gain his citizenship.
Sergeant Nicola (Chloris Li) - a sergeant in the National Guard.
Paul (Michael Gene Sullivan) - a soldier.
Stage Manager (Keiko Shimosato Carreiro) - Gideon’s stage manager.
Security (Michael Gene Sullivan) - Gideon’s security.
Claudine - an AI avatar.
Q: Why do you call yourself a Mime Troupe if you talk and sing?
We use the term “mime” in its classical and original definition, "The exaggeration of daily life in story and song." It is a form of popular theater that is as old as the marketplace itself. From the ancient Greek and Roman farces to the Renaissance commedia dell'Arte to modern Chinese Opera, using archetypes comically to illustrate people's issues is a time-honored worldwide tradition. Our broadly drawn characters are instantly recognizable allowing the audience to immediately engage in the action.
SF MIME TROUPE HISTORY: sfmt.org/press-history
NEWS:
SF Mime Troupe received The Prize of Hope 2026 from Åsen Theatre in Denmark.
Michael Gene Sullivan received the CHARLES DEAN AWARD for Outstanding achievement in acting and dedication to Bay Area Theatre.