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by Joe B. Last Saturday on Oct. 8,2003. A play "Nickel and Dimed" based on Barbara Ehrenreich’s 1999 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. The play runs from October 8th to November 9th 2003. Brava Theater is on 2781 24th Street in San Francisco, Ca 94110. info@brava.org Arriving at Brava early by the 14 Mission bus made me feel relaxed, collected,rested,and ready when the play begins in an hour or so. The time is taken taking black and white photo’s on the wall of player’s in the play. T. J. Johnson is early too with a program and complimentary tickets. Inside the roomy downstairs theater the stage has props of pirex coffee pots on a wheeled cart, two other tables for maids, balled of paper on floors is a nice touch. Actor/Actresses help move the scenes and props along by wheeling or moving walls that have props affixed to them. I found out Mr. Ron Gnapp, Christina Anselmo, Ms. Julia Brother’s are smokes and its written into the play plus a q & a about maid/waitress work and who pays the highest wages for house cleaning. I heard $33 as the highest weekly wage as everyone applauds the employer including actors who’ve do that work. Its good to know I’m risking my lungs to second hand smoke in the cause of balanced cost-of-living increased wages. All realistic in their use to convey the hard work of low wage unemployment of waitresses, maids, Certified Nurse/Dietary Aid Assist. and MorMart employees. A musician, Mr. Michael Goldberg plays delicately on small guitar. In a later interview after the play he told the music is integral to the play and not added in as part of changes. After three intermissions Ms. Ellen Gavin, Founding Artistic Director of the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco announced that upstairs a party is set up to talk to the actress/ actor’s in the play and have food and drink. There is white wind and its black purple twin, cookies, deserts, water, and rum cake with mushrooms at least that’s what heard in passing. After cookies, two cakes, and talking with a few of the player I finally asked all the remaining actor’s to gather for a last group shot. I recommend an open mind when seeing this play. Its 12 midnight, Mission Street is nearly deserted with a few revelers and S.F.’s finest roaming about. I decide to walk, while composing some song. The night barely has a breeze to it as I walked home to shed a few excess pounds. It was a good night and early morning in a few hours church and other thing will be on my mind. Donations C/0 Poor Magazine Email: askjoe@poormagazine.org |