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FREE Table Reading of Sign My Name to Freedm

Litquake, SFBATCO present a FREE table reading of our upcoming production of Sign My Name to Freedom: The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin.

Sat Oct 21st 5-6PM Reading
Z Space, 450 Florida St, SF

No RSVP needed, just show up!

ABOUT THE PLAY
This play explores the life and music of Bay Area legend and America's oldest living park ranger Betty Reid Soskin. Based upon the life, music, and writing of Betty Reid Soskin. Concept and Additional Music by Jamie Zimmer. 

How do you chronicle 101 years of life? Flood survivor, racial integrator, World War II defense worker, business owner, activist, revolutionary, songwriter, and… park ranger? Bay Area icon Betty Reid Soskin has survived it all. In this World Premiere musical based on her life, acclaimed playwright Michael Gene Sullivan weaves Soskin’s original music in and out of dialogue between The Four Bettys - Little Betty, Married Betty, Revolutionary Betty, and Ranger Betty as they take us through a century of the Negro, Colored, Black, and African-American experiences of this amazing woman.

ABOUT LIT CRAWL, A FREE EVENT
One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco's Lit Crawl is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl throughout the city’s Mission District. Lit Crawl SF brings together 500+ authors and close to 10,000 fans for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event. Follow Lit Crawl San Francisco on Facebook and Twitter. No RSVP needed, just show up!

Earlier Event: October 20
FREE Screening of I, Too, Sing America
Later Event: November 10
New Roots Theatre Festival 2023