Theatre Rhinoceros
John Fisher, Executive Director
| The 2009-2010 Season We've Moved Theatre Rhino Mainstage Secedes |
A Season on the RoadA Season on the Road! The Rhino’s “Movin’ On” season. Our 2009-10 Season will take you on a world tour, all in San Francisco! From Jackson Square to Potrero Hill we’ll show you new plays in new theatres for an exciting new experience. Hop on board for a season on the road! Our season begins with the return of the holiday classic A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, adapted and directed by Word-for-Word’s Joanne Winter at Theatre Artaud. We continue with our holiday tradition The Marga Gomez New Year’s Spectacular. This year Marga shares the limelight with three hot new queer stand-ups David Hawkins, Ben Lerman and Natasha Muse. Next up, it’s the San Francisco professional premiere of Rent creator Jonathan Larson’s musical Tick, Tick… Boom! presented in February at the Eureka Theatre. A very exciting April will be spent in residency at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory where we’ll present new works as The Mama Rhino New Works Festival and finally we round out the season back at the Eureka on May 25th for our Rhino Benefit Extravaganza featuring the very best in SF’s LGBT talent. Theatre Rhinoceros (John Fisher, Executive Director), America’s longest running professional LGBT theatre, develops and produces works of theatre that enlighten, enrich, and explore both the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of our queer community. Read more in our Press Release (pdf format) |
Theatre Rhinoceros Has MovedTheatre Rhinoceros, the longest running LGBT theatre in the country, has moved from 2926 16th Street to 1360 Mission Street (at 9th Street) in the SoMa District of San Francisco. This decision was taken by Executive Director John Fisher and the Board of Theatre Rhinoceros in response to challenges with our former lease and the transitional nature of our former neighborhood. Theatre Rhinoceros is now located in Art House, an office building dedicated to non-profit companies. The Rhino will produce its 2009-2010 Season in new venues around the city. Theatres under consideration are the Eureka Theatre in Jackson Square among others. Theatre Rhinoceros is looking for a new permanent home in either the Castro or the Union Square Districts of San Francisco. Subscribers and patrons should look for our 2009-2010 Season announcement, with all new venue details, in the Fall of 2009. Our next show, the last of our 2008-2009 Season, is Suzanne Westenhoefer presented at the historical 550-seat Victoria Theatre. The Victoria is located at 2961 Mission Street @ BART. Tickets for Suzanne can be purchased online or over the phone on our new 24-hour ticket hotline: (800) 838-3006. Theatre Rhinoceros (John Fisher, Artistic Director), America’s longest running professional LGBT theatre, develops and produces works of theatre that enlighten, enrich, and explore both the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of our queer community. |
Proclamation:For thirty-one years our Mainstage has been a space of hallowed ground for Same-sex couples and it cannot continue as such if it does not recognize Same-sex Marriage. In recognition of the thousands of queer lives portrayed on our stage and the thousands upon thousands of queer people who have inspired, witnessed and been inspired by those lives, our Mainstage must secede from the State of California. The Board of Theatre Rhinoceros and I therefore declare our Mainstage seceded ground and proclaim our theatre an extraterritorial state that recognizes, encourages and condones Same-sex marriage. A “plaque of secession and proclamation” will be unveiled on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1000 PM, immediately following the performance of 100 Years of Queer Theatre. Come and raise a glass in recognition of this event and the eventual triumph of same-sex marriage over the forces of repression, exclusion and intolerance. Admission is free and open to the public. — John Fisher |