The Peripatetic Players are on the move! (as their name suggests)

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Hear ye, hear ye! The Peripatetic Players now have their very own website: peripateticplayers.org! Please visit, and subscribe to the blog there for all the latest news. Or, sign up for our email list — it’ll get you all the most important announcements.

And there’s lots of news!

On July 24, 2016, the Players will host a Particularly Obstinate Obstacle-A-Thon! It’s an obstacle course fundraiser (and you can play the course, too, or pledge a player) to benefit their latest show…

Shakespeare or Space Wars!

That’s right… inspired by their command performance at the Bull Valley Roadhouse in November 2015, Samuel Peaches longs to reprise his starring role in Romeo & Juliet… but Thumper has ideas about a different star-crossed story — one with more droids. Mayhem is likely to ensue. Coming Sept 10-24 aboard FluxWagon to a Bay Area park or public space near you.

Follow the links for all the best info!

Big love to Sam Bertken for the Shakespeare & Vader portraits.

Glen Park – August 31

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Glen Park – August 31 We’re confirmed for a performance of O Best Beloved on Sunday, August 31 at 2:00pm at Glen Canyon Park in San Francisco. Mark your calendars! We’ll be outside the Rec Center — just follow the path from the entrance at either Bosworth Street or at Elk & Chenery.

Wildflowers and boulders in Glen Canyon Park

[If you happen to be holding a postcard that says we’ll be in Glen Park on 9/13, never fear: August 31 is the date we’ll be there. We originally planned for Sept 13, but moved the date when the Parks Dept realized there was a big picnic planned in the park that day.]

Glen Canyon Park has been recently renovated with a fantastic new playground and entrance on Elk Street near Chenery. Come on in and look for us near the Rec Center. Bring the kids, the dog, a picnic blanket and your sense of humor!

If you can’t wait ’til August 31, our first performance is tomorrow, Sunday August 3 at Cayuga Playground! For a full listing of our confirmed summer 2014 performances, check out our Tour Schedule. And for more info on seeing a show, read our F.A.Q.

A taste of Tour 2014 – “The Beginning of the Armadillos”

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Photos from one of our new stories, “The Beginning of the Armadillos,” by the phenomenal Serena Morelli. Here’s a link to the original story by Mr. Kipling.

Our first performance is this Sunday, August 3 at Cayuga Playground, San Francisco!

Check out our full 2014 Tour Schedule.

Blueberry Starshine (Sam Jackson) as the Professor

Thumper (Joan Howard) plays Painted Jaguar, about to surprise the two Armadillos — played by Samuel Peaches (Casey Robbins) and Arby-Darby (Juliana Frick)

Blueberry Starshine also plays Mama Jaguar and Meekins and Princess Gwen are her Jaguar Posse

Rawr! Meekins, Blueberry and Princess Gwen as the Jaguars

Samuel Peaches and Arby-Darby as the Hedgehog and Tortoise, hatching a plan to surprise Painted Jaguar

Memorial Park Bandstand, Hayward – Sept 7

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Hayward – September 7

We’ll be performing O Best Beloved on Sunday, September 7 at 2:00pm at the Memorial Park Bandstand, near the Hayward Plunge: 24176 Mission Boulevard, Hayward, CA. Mark your calendars for this performance, sponsored by the Douglas Morrisson Theatre!

Advocates of ornithology may enjoy meeting this fellow, who lives between the Hayward Plunge and the Bandstand. We have no idea who he is, but he sure is handsome!

Advocates of ornithology may enjoy meeting this feathered friend, who lives between the Hayward Plunge and the Bandstand.

Coming up at the DMT: The Cafetorium Chronicles: Lost & Found, on July 13 at 8pm. It’s part of the Theatre’s Playwrights CageMatch scriptwriting competition, giving playwrights a chance to show their stuff in an audience-decided live competition! Tickets are free, and voting ballots are just $5! What a steal for a cage match.

For a full listing of O Best Beloved’s confirmed summer 2014 performances, check out our Tour Schedule. And for more info on seeing a show, please read our F.A.Q.

Centennial Park, Pleasanton – August 17

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Pleasanton – August 17

We’ll be performing O Best Beloved on Sunday, August 17 at 5:00pm at Centennial Park, 5353 Sunol Blvd, Pleasanton. Mark your calendars for this special early-evening performance!

“The Yak” by Joseph Anthony McDonnell – a resident of Centennial Park that will help our wild beasts feel right at home.

Our performance is presented in association with the City of Pleasanton.

For a full listing of our confirmed summer 2014 performances, check out our Tour Schedule. And for more info on seeing a show, please read our F.A.Q.

Noe Valley “Town Square” – August 24

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Noe Valley – August 24

We’re confirmed for a performance of O Best Beloved on Sunday, August 24 at 2:00pm at Noe Valley Town Square in San Francisco. Mark your calendars! Noe Valley Town Square is at 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets, in Noe Valley.

A rendering of the planned renovations at Noe Valley Town Square

Occasionally disguised as a mere parking lot, every Saturday the Town Square hosts the Noe Valley Farmer’s Market. A group of residents have come together to ensure that the property, recently acquired by the City of San Francisco and now part of the SF Recreation and Parks system, will be renovated into a beautiful neighborhood public space.

We’re thrilled to be performing in a spot that’s so well-loved by the community!

For a full listing of our confirmed summer 2014 performances, check out our Tour Schedule. And for more info on seeing a show, read our F.A.Q.

Cayuga Playground – August 3

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Cayuga Playground – August 3

We’re confirmed for a performance of O Best Beloved on August 3 at 2:00pm at Cayuga Playground, San Francisco. Mark your calendars!

Not sure how to find Cayuga Playground? Here’s a map.

Cayuga Playground features fantastic carved wooden sculptures by Demetrio Braceros.

Cayuga Playground, in San Francisco’s Excelsior neighborhood, is a often called a “hidden gem.” It’s been recently renovated, and is full of art, children, a few dogs, and neighbors getting their daily exercise. Our rehearsal space is nearby, and you may have seen us rehearsing in the park itself last week!

For nearby eats, we recommend Mamá Art Cafe on Mission Street. They have great coffee and bagel sandwiches you can bring to the park, and are awesome neighbors who are truly involved in the community.

For a full listing of our confirmed summer 2014 performances, check out our Tour Schedule. And for more info on seeing a show, read our F.A.Q.

Precita Park – August 16

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Precita Park – August 16

We’re confirmed for a performance of O Best Beloved on August 16 at 2:00pm at Precita Park, Precita Ave at Harrison, San Francisco. Mark your calendars!

Precita Park is not only a beautiful, dog- and kid-friendly spot in the sunny part of town, it is also home to Precita Eyes Muralists‘ Mural Arts Studio. Precita Eyes is undoubtedly one of San Francisco’s cultural treasures; their visitors’ center is a short walk away on 24th Street near Harrison.

Consider visiting Precita Park Cafe before or after the show for neighborly nosh, Hillside Supper Club for brunch prior, or pick up a picnic from Charlie’s Deli Cafe or Harvest Hills Market and bring it with you to the show!

Stay tuned here for more time & date announcements!

A Whale and His Throat

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Sketch by designer Megan Hillard: props for one of our new stories, How the Whale Got His Throat

FluxWagon: Born in FIRE

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Joan and our dear friend Gus are busy this month, welding FluxWagon’s metal skeleton together at The Gate in San Leandro. It’s exciting to see FluxWagon being born — in sparks and plasma!