The record holder for San Francisco’s longest running solo performance returns for two nights only.
In 1972, when Brian Copeland was eight, his family moved from Oakland to San Leandro, California, hoping for a better life. At the time, San Leandro was 99.4 percent white, known nationwide as a racist enclave. This reputation was confirmed almost immediately: Brian got his first look at the inside of a cop car, for being a black kid walking to the park with a baseball bat.
Brian grew up to be a successful comedian and radio talk show host, but racism reemerged as an issue—only in reverse—when he received an anonymous letter: “As an African American, I am disgusted every time I hear your voice because YOU are not a genuine Black man!” That letter inspired Copeland to revisit his difficult childhood, resulting in this one-man show.
In an evening of laughter, tears and sociology, Not a Genuine Black Man is a hilarious and insightful look at Bay Area history, and at the ways in which our upbringings make us who we are.
Videos
Choir Boy
Shotgun Players at The Ashby Stage (9/29 - 10/20) | ||
NOBODY LOVES YOU
Toni Rembe Theater (2/28 - 3/30) | ||
TheBoxSF
TheBoxSF (11/11 - 11/11) | ||
Come From Away (Non-Equity)
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (11/22 - 11/24) | ||
Taylor Swift Tribute by Blank Space
The Canyon – Montclair (10/18 - 10/18) | ||
Lucie Arnaz: I Got The Job, Songs From My Musical Past with Music Direction by Ron Abel
Feinstein's at the Nikko (10/30 - 11/1) | ||
The Windbreakers & Bootiequake
The Canyon – Montclair (11/8 - 11/8) | ||
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