Performance Art

• Date(s) & Time(s): Fri May 8, 7:30 PM; Sun May 10, 3:00 PM
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Venue: Theatre of Yugen
• Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
• Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30

A powerful solo performance by Algiin Ford exploring identity, resilience, and self-discovery. Through vivid storytelling, humor, and vulnerability, Algiin traces a journey from childhood and incarceration to awakening, guided by transformative teachers, ultimately reclaiming his voice, truth, and self beyond labels and illusion.

• Date(s) & Time(s): Fri May 8, 8:30 PM; Sun May 10, 7:00 PM
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Venue: Monkeybrains
• Location: 933 Treat Ave, SF, CA 94110
• Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30

Antoine’s crew merge hip hop, improvisation, and comedy into a high-energy performance shaped entirely by the audience, whose ideas fuel scenes, and stories by skilled performers flipping suggestions into music and laughter. Blending the spontaneous charm of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” to guarantee a new adventure every night.

• Date(s) & Time(s): Sun May 10, 5:30 PM
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Venue: Fingersnaps Media Arts
• Location: 3527 20th St, SF, CA 94110
• Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30

An intimate, high-glam drag revue that invites audiences behind the lashes and beneath the fantasy. Featuring performances by Bobby Friday, Alexis Miranda, and Linda Summers, the show delivers polished drag excellence and unforgettable moments. A post performance Q&A peeks under the wig to share stories, laughter and the joy behind the art of drag.

• Date(s) & Time(s): Sat May 2, 1:00 PM
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Venue: The Marsh Studio
• Location: 1062 Valencia St, SF, CA 94110
• Ticket Information: Sliding Scale: $0-$20

The Declaration of Independence declares that all men are created equal and that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights such as Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. Strong Like Bamboo 3 gathers 7 nationally renowned storytellers from across the many diverse peoples of America sharing their stories of resilience as they maneuvered the challenges in their pursuits for equality, and are able to find hope, strength and resilience in the process. A panel will follow with dialogue between tellers and audience that will bring us all together, like a bundle of bamboo stalks tied together that are unbreakable. We can and must celebrate Life, Liberty and Happiness in our lives. We will celebrate who we are.

• Date(s) & Time(s): Sun May 3, 2:00 PM, Sun May 10, 2:30 PM
• Duration: 60 minutes
• Venue: Monkeybrains
• Location: 933 Treat Ave, SF, CA 94110
• Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30

Foxes and dogs bark to warn of the changes wrought on planet earth by humankind. Images of animals appear, twist and transform. Shadow puppets enlarge and shrink. A costume installation represents a giant god looking down onto the world as it moves through disasters of wind or weather and shadows.

• Date(s) & Time(s): Fri May 8, 7:00 PM
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Venue: Fingersnaps Media Arts
• Location: 3527 20th St, SF, CA 94110
• Ticket Information: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30

A showcase gathering Black Trans and Gender Nonconforming artists presenting music, movement, poetry, and visual storytelling. Performances reflects the moment of recognition—when survival softens into self-knowing and art becomes a mirror. The audience is invited to witness transformation, honor resilience and celebrate the beauty of Black Trans creativity unfolding in real time.