Theater In The Tenderloin: The Aching in God's Heart

by Beyond Chron (reposted)

Wed, Mar 15, 2006 4:30PM

Longtime housing and queer rights activist Tommi Avicolli Mecca noticed that residents of the Tenderloin don’t often get access to theater. So he decided to take put on his new play to the neighborhood. This weekend, when “The Aching in God’s Heart”—written by Avicolli Mecca and performed by four activists—opens at Theatre St. Boniface, he hopes that the low-income and immigrant communities he advocates for on a daily basis will be well-represented.

To that end, the production has an “open door policy”; nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Any money raised will go to the Housing Rights Committee, the San Francisco Day Labor Program, and the St. Boniface church and shelter. “We decided that as activists, we wanted to give back to the community,” said Avicolli Mecca, who works is a counselor at the Housing Rights Committee. “We don’t want this to be the kind of thing where we make money, and all of our organizations can use the support.”

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