A note from our Director

Dear Audiences,

Being from a French family, I naturally grew up reading The Little Prince. The story holds even deeper meaning for me now, as I major in Race and Resistance at SFSU. As the scholar Robyn Maynard writes in Rehearsals of Living, “Abolition is imagination work, anti-colonial struggle is imagination work, conjure work, science fiction in real time”. The Little Prince encourages us to do just that: hold on to our imagination and curiosity. Grown-ups often get lost in the way they believe things should be, and The Little Prince reminds us of the absolute absurdity of the “boxes” we put each other in.

I feel so grateful to have a strong and supportive crew to work with as an emerging director. It was a delight bringing this vision to life with such a motivated cast of students. What better way to be taught about the importance of one’s inner child, than by children themselves!

The kids worked exceptionally hard, with focus and professionalism, and did so much more than just perform! They took part in the process of act creation, and even crafted many of the props you will see on stage. From delightfully creepy paper-mache masks to beautiful TP roll roses, they helped put the show together at each step. 

I’ll share with you one of my favorite encapsulating moments from camp. While preparing to leave for our preview performance at the Marin County Fair, I incentivised the kids to quiet down by telling them that they could choose who they would ride in a car with. In response I was hit with a unanimous conclusion that they did not in fact need to calm down, because it didn’t matter who they would be paired with: they were all each other's good friends. 

Sincerely,

Yasmina Bourdais