Trailer Park Gods

PianoFight
144 Taylor Street San Francisco

Adapting its story from the mythology of Persephone and Hades -- in which the god of the Underworld claimed a virginal young maiden for his unwilling wife -- Trailer Park Gods offers up some homegrown mythology for the modern day. Living in a trailer park in a city ravaged by drought, Persephone is desperate to rid herself of the dead-end life that her hometown of Ceres, California, represents. As her emerging sexuality comes into conflict with the ire of her spiteful mother, Persephone's journey shines insightful light on the seedy underbelly of small-town life. Exploring the ways in which poverty, power and passion influence a person's search for love and a place to call home, this Faultline Theater production -- featuring original music, choreography, projection and even weather effects -- is staged in an intimate theatre of San Francisco's PianoFight.