Human / Civil Rights

Artists are listed in alphabetical order.

Crescent Moon Theater Productions

Hold On, When Everything Changes in a Flash

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 16, 7:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Four young adults share harrowing and courageous stories of fleeing their home countries of Guatemala, Afghanistan, Iraq and Venezuela, and starting their lives in the United States. An evening of storytelling with live music accompaniment that reveals intimate and honest accounts of the refugee experience.

Eth-Noh-Tec and Storytelling Friends

Strong Like Bamboo: Stories of Resilience for Healing in this Era of Anti-AAPI Violence

Date(s) & Time(s): Tuesday, June 13, 7:30 PM
Duration: 90 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: FREE


Stories and dialogues will offer an experience confirming we are not alone in our quest for respect, justice, peace and safety. The art of storytelling and music will launch audiences into deep and reassuring dialogue. By sharing our stories, we become a community of solace, support and strength. Allies welcomed.

Gamal Abdel Chasten

Crawfish - We The Invisible

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 6:00 PM, Sunday, June 18, 4:30 PM
Duration: 75 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $30


On September 11th, 2020 Cristofer Cruz (Crawfish) tells his story. It chronicles his journey from being a New Orleans homeowner pre-hurricane Katrina to eventually becoming a homeless resident of the Bay Area. An account synonymous with the issues of homelessness, gentrification and global warming.

Guta Galli

Cup of Tea

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 15, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 9:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Galli revisits her 2015 video-performance that questions laws that place boundaries on women's sexuality, caregiving and workplaces. Now bearing the body of a mother, she returns to the art scene and questions why the systemic oppression of women is still so prevalent and rape culture so widespread.

John Calloway

Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippine-American War: A Crisis of Conscience

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Cabaret
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A preview workshop presented in anticipation of its upcoming Fall premiere, “Buffalo Soldiers” brings an artistic perspective to the dilemma African American soldiers faced over the American military's treatment of native Filipinos, which in some ways was historically similar to their treatment by white society in the United States.

Navaye Azadi (Voice of Freedom) Ensemble

Echoing the Voice of "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement in Iran

Date(s) & Time(s): Sunday, June 11, 7:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Theater
Ticket Prices: Advance: $25, Door: $30


Navaye Azadi Ensemble presents diverse musical performances influenced by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement in Iran. The concert includes newly arranged classical/traditional songs with lyrics inclined by the recent social issues in Iran. We are pleased to have guest artist “Shahrzad Khorsandi” performing an authentic choreography with live music.

Piñata Dance Collective

Cuatro Vientos: Middle of Nowhere

Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, June 8, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 10, 6:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 401 Alabama St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Joe Goode Annex
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


Cuatro Vientos: Middle of Nowhere, is a multimedia dance-theater production about the risk and freedom of being alone. Dancers and ceremonialists investigate the physiology of fear, the concept of freedom and finding refuge in the natural world. It is dedicated to raising awareness and building solidarity for murdered and missing women.

Put Ur Play On Productions

Unapologetically Black: Here for Facilitating Harm Reduction Services for Those in Need, Incorporated

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 17, 2:00 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


"Unapologetically Black" is a great jumping-off point for a dialogue about racism and the possibilities of ally-ship. This initiative is a celebration of Black creatives coming together with allies to use art as a way to usher in the change they want to see in the world.

Radical Medicine Project and Theatre Movement International

Haunting our His & Her Stories: Indigenous Children’s Boarding School & Related Experiences

Date(s) & Time(s): Saturday, June 10, 8:30 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:00 PM
Duration: 45 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2781 24th St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: BRAVA Studio
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A presentation by deCoy Gallerina that explores the circumstances and state of being of Indigenous children taken from their families and placed in boarding schools. Utilizing a magical realism format, the piece spans a century of actual accounts married with sleuthed deduction. The stories include, "Two Mason Jars" and "Hair Cutting."

US in the U.S.

What Had Happened Was...

Date(s) & Time(s): Friday, June 16, 8:00 PM, Saturday, June 17, 5:30 PM, Sunday, June 18, 2:30 PM
Duration: 60 minutes w/out intermission
Location: 2840 Mariposa St, SF, CA, 94110
Venue: Theatre of Yugen
Ticket Prices: Early Bird: $20, Advance: $25, Door: $28


A production that takes the audience through a process of shedding identity. An African-AMercan orphan's journey through the past exploring generational trauma and letting go. Making choices in the present moment and navigating the future. Ultimately selecting one’s own identity or deciding not to have one at all!