SNOW: [black man. whiteout conditions.]
Steve’s new (and first) solo show. Premiering in January 31st in San Francisco.
You can also LIVESTREAM the performance!
Buy tickets from this page: https://tickets.playground-sf.org/TheatreManager/1/online?event=390
Scroll down until you see my name and my show: Buy at ticket for the show in San Francisco OR choose LIVESTREAM. The show runs from January 31 - February 2nd. There are TWO livestreamed performances. Choose one. Make a donation. Enter the code SPF8SH
To support the production with a tax-deductible donation, go to the bare-bones donation link, click here.
During a mid-pandemic drive from Reno to L.A. Steve is just trying to make it home (from his husband's house in Nevada) when a freak snow storm turns the trip into a near-death experience. The journey is harrowing, absurd, thought provoking and funny, touching on issues of race, loss, grief, death, and loneliness. Snow: Black man. White Out Conditions reveals sharp truths about modern life, mortality, faith and what it means to survive.
“I couldn’t see. My car spun out. I thought I was going to die and I started questioning everything. Was I ready to say goodbye to everyone I loved? Had I wasted my life? Would I get an obit in the New York Times? Faced with the prospect of death I did what any respectable person would do: I wrote a show about it. It’s called SNOW: Black man. Whiteout conditions. It’s harrowing, funny, weird. And it premieres in January 2025 at the Potrero Stage in San Francisco as part of SoloFest. Come see it. Spoiler alert. I survived. Come see it anyway.”
What people are saying:
“SNOW is a piece whose depth sneaks up on you. It begins as a relatable story about getting caught driving in a snow storm, and suddenly you find yourself in the midst of a highly personal examination of the meaning and purpose of life. It’s moving, thought-provoking and funny; I could listen to Steve tell stories all day long!” – Laura Ekstrand, Artistic Director, Vivid Stage
“… it’s a thrilling story.” – Jon Gentry, 2024 Soaring Solo Social Impact Award winner at the Hollywood Fringe Festival for his one-person show BLACK BASTARD
SPECIAL THANKS: Kelley Macmillan, Cezar Williams, The Group that came to the Living Room, Jim Kleinmann and everyone at PlayGround, Mia Tagano, Laura Ekstrand, Vivid Stage (where the first public reading of SNOW was produced in their Vivid Summer Solo series), Molly Pearson, Teresa Hegji, Cynthia Robinson-Williams, Charles Thomas, Eric Miranda, The Willie Agee Playhouse, all the rehearsal-helpers, every acting teacher I’ve ever had.
Our campaign is finished. We reached 53% of our goal! Thanks to everyone who donated. (General donations still accepted at the link on this page.)
OUR AMAZING DONORS:
Diana Buckhantz • Glenn Gordon • Michael Bonahan • Dave Klaus • Sandra Luckow • Rodney Hobbs • Anonymous • Phyllis Toben Bancroft •
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Max Freund • Steve Harper • Mark Talgo • Sam Ladion • Mike Thomas-Faria • Jim White • Mia Tagano • Adam Howard • Jan Oxenberg •
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