Our current show, RED STATE!

The San Francisco Mime Troupe's newest show, RED STATE, written and directed by Michael, music and lyrics by Pat Moran, and featuring Velina, just opened in San Francisco! Also featuring Bob Ernst, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Lizzie Calogero, Noah Butler, and Adrian Mejia, the play is about the small town of Bluebird, Kansas. It's election day in America's heartland, where the people have lost their farms to corporations, their jobs to overseas, and they haven't had any real support from the Federal government since the New Deal of the '30's. And when the last factory in town preperes to move to Uzbekistan, the citizens realize Bluebird is about to die. Then to top it all off, though an electronic gitch Bluebird's votes aren't even counted, and no one cares... until it turns out the election is a tie, and the deciding district is... Bluebird!

"Local treasure Velina Brown... kicks the show into high gear with a gospel-infused 'Leaving Town." " (Sullivan's script) is timely, funny, far-fetched and packed wth sharp political barbs." San Francisco Chronicle

"Velina Brown is a standout." "Sullivan combines red, blue, truth and unreality political commentary and insicive wit with the skill of a master chef. The results are delicious. RED STATE is the ideal election year fare - sharp and funny with just enough bite."
San Francisco Examiner

Workers, Unite! See the show, so that you may throw off the chains of soft, comfy oppression, and rush the barricaes of Revolution armed with musical comedy!

Velina and Michel also recently performed in A.C.T.'s staged reading of the Marcus Gardley's "THE ROAD WEEPS," and had the honor of performing together for the dedication of the National Memorial for the Veteran's of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.

Velina finished shooting her role as a TV anchor in the Gus van Sant film, MILK. The scene was her, Sean Penn, and Josh Brolin. She's also been doing quite a few voice-over gigs, industrials, including Macy's, Sprint, Adobe, Trend Micro Systems, VO on a computer game, and commercials for the SAP Tennis Tournement, SlingBox, and one that featured her nose - in which, through the magic of computer graphic, her nostrils have a conversation. She has also become a regular columnst for both Theatre Bay Area magazine, and Casting Connection, where she uses her experience to help actors find their way through the business, and answer questions for those just starting out.

Michael is a contributing blogger at Huffingtonpost.com, has an article on Creating Political Theatre in the August edition of Theatre Bay Area, and The Actor's Gang production of his adaptation of 1984 has finished it's fourth national tour! Coolness! Click here to see a promo for the recent performance at the Roy And Edna Disney CalArts Theater - REDCAT - in Los Angeles. Gosh, I never thought I'd see 1984 and Disney in the same sentence, but it was great. Post show discussions were led by John Dean, Gore Vidal, Naomi Klein, and Robert Sher among others, and Michael and 1984 director Tim Robbins attended the gala re-opening. The show has already played across America, as well as Melbourne, Australia, Hong Kong, and Athens, Greece. Michael is also editing 1984 for publication, as he's already gotten interest for future productions.

And Zachary has been quite busy, too! He's done print jobs for Target, American Baby, several for Old Navy, and is still finding time to learn how to ride a bike without training wheels! And soon... SCHOOL!

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