“OUT of Site: Sylvester, The Mighty Real” Celebrates the Real Queen of Disco Starting with Weekend Performances in July in SF
OUT of Site: Sylvester, The Mighty Real — a collaboration between Eye Zen and our community partner SF Heritage.
WHEN
Previews begin Friday June 23rd; Opening July 1st
Fridays @ 12pm
Saturdays & Sundays @ 12pm & 4pm
WHERE
Beginning on the East Side of Buena Vista Park
@ intersection of Haight St & Baker St
Approx. 1 MILE loop
Written by the beloved writer and public theologian Marvin K. White & Directed by Michael French.
We’re finally going to get to tell the hidden history of queer ancestor, Sylvester in the Haight!
From July to September of 2023, Eye Zen will be performing the most ambitious and important project in our almost two-decade history, about Sylvester, a gay, Black, gender-fluid San Franciscan singer who gained international celebrity status for his gold records that soared to the top of the Billboard charts.
Out of Site: Sylvester, The Mighty Real will take place in the Haight where Sylvester first lived and later performed, elevating the hidden history of San Francisco’s very own international disco diva Sylvester who brought an uncompromising vision to his music and gender-non-conforming persona. The show will look at racial equity within the queer liberation movement in San Francisco’s Haight neighborhood of the 60’s and 70’s against the backdrop of the civil rights and anti-war movements, student uprisings, feminism, and gay liberation.
The commission and production of this premiere is made possible in part by the Gerbode Foundation Special Award in the Arts program, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation and the The MAP Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
