Max Understood

Fort Mason Center - Southside Theater
2 Marina Blvd San Francisco

See the world through the eyes of Max, a seven-year-old boy with autism, as he sets off on a transformative odyssey beyond the confines of his parents' apartment and into the great big world. As his parents desperately search for him, Max begins exploring the world around him alone for the very first time. Along the way, he meets three unfriendly neighborhood kids whom he imagines to be a Pegasus doll, a rapper named Albert Einstein and a bossy mermaid named Finn, and is offered guidance from a leaf-blowing philosopher, who teaches Max about the calming effect of poetry. Max Understood is co-produced by the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Fort Mason Center Presents and Behavioral Intervention for Autism.