Hella Love Oakland

Thick House
1695 18th St. San Francisco

Spoken word poetry and the street-dancing form known as "turfing" merge with traditional theater to fuel Hella Love Oakland, an impassioned one-act play exploring the lives of three women in its eponymous town. Dealing with issues of educational inequity and gentrification in Oakland urban public schools, this 90-minute world premiere by Robin Lynn Rodriguez is part of the annual Playground Festival of New Works, bringing to San Francisco's Thick House a fresh and thoughtful perspective on the city across the Bay.