San Francisco Recovery Theatre is our first partner institution. Grounded in the city's Tenderloin District, it tells stories about the city's most vulnerable residents and engages those residents in its productions.
The Artistic Director of SFRT is Mr. Geoffrey, also known as Geoffrey Grier.
HWMS Audio Theatre is pleased to provide an audio platform the work of SFRT.
Bread Crumbs.
Paths we find for ourselves.
Paths we leave for others.
The lessons we learn along the way.
The gratitude we find with each step.
A monologue of an African American Family history by Geoffrey Grier of San Francisco Recovery Theatre in collaboration with AfroSolo.
A Studio Version of the live performance at Potrero Stage, San Francisco, CA September 27, 2022.
Written by Geoffrey Grier
Produced by San Francisco Recovery Theatre in collaboration with AfroSolo with hosting and additional production by HWMS.
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San Francisco
Once the Harlem of the West.
Once a city with a vibrant and exciting Black culture.
It then faces the Civil Rights movement.
The Black Power Movement.
And a pair of Black Psychiatrists trying to make sense of of this thing called racism
Cast, in order of appearance:
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For any mental heal professional, one patient follows another.
When the walls are thin enough, (as they often were for Black doctors in the 1960s, one patient can hear the session can hear the prior session.
So now our psych faces a patient who objects to the advice given in the an earlier patient. He has “do no harm,” try to provide a little help to a patient in need, and make sense of his own thoughts at this time.
A second scene from the practice of a San Franciscan Black Psychiatrist.
Cast, in order of appearance:
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Professionals need professional help.
Dr. May visits his colleague Dr. X-Tra over his psycholinguistic crisis that is driven by one, very specific word.
Dr. X-Tra, in his turn, has many ways of thinking about this issue.
A third scene from the practice of a San Franciscan Black Psychiatrist.
Warning: This episode contains language that some may find offensive.
Produced by San Francisco Recovery Theatre and HWMS Audio Theatre
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