San Francisco Mime Troupe

The San Francisco Mime Troupe creates and produces socially relevant theater of the highest professional quality. Founded in 1959 by R.G. Davis, the company became the San Francisco Mime Troupe in 1961. This has led to a tradition of more than four decades of free outdoor performances using song, dance, music and comedy to enlighten, entertain and provoke. Since 1970, the Troupe has operated as an artist-governed collective, comprised of actors, musicians, writers, composers, directors, designers and technicians who the create shows and make policy as well as approve tour plans, grant sources, expenditures and special projects. The Troupe won its first OBIE Award in 1968 for "uniting theater and revolution and grooving in the ( www.sfmt.org )