The African-American Shakespeare Company Presents Cinderella!
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December 22, 8pm, December 23, 3pm & 8pm, December 24, 11am & 3pm
The African-American Shakespeare Company begins a new chapter in its 22 year history when it stages Cinderella at The Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
Audiences this year will not only experience the production in all its timelessness, but with what the company terms, "a soulful twist."
The producers and directors of this year's Cinderella stress the resilience of the story, the kind that comes Cinderella discovers that one way we make our own dreams come true is by having the power to change what we know is wrong.
Though Cinderella doesn't have her own say in things at the beginning of the production, because she believes what other people say about her and therefore thinks she is worthless, she also knows that this is FEAR. So, with help from a Fairy Godmother who puts "the F in fabulous" to assist in finding her way, she defeats the negative voice that keeps her bound.
With the addition of new musical numbers, expanded production numbers and new harmonies and more dance, this is the boldest Cinderella yet from the company.
"Cinderella is a universal story," says AASC Executive Director, Sherri Young. "There is something inherently visceral in cringing at the cruel treatment of our heroine and then cheering and championing her on to finally reach her destiny. Our company is a Cinderella story also, and The Herbst is our invitation to the palace, where we dream of wonderful things taking place. But in reality it has never been about the dress, the shoes, the palace, or the even the Prince, but how we handle ourselves in order to keep rising that matters."
$20-$40.
Presented by African-American Shakespeare Company.