We know that you want to support the San Francisco arts community. We’ve lamented the way the arts have struggled to survive in San Francisco. Well, tomorrow is your chance to support an amazing new production at the American Conservatory Theater called Clickshare.
We recently got the chance to watch Clickshare, a scathing, satirical play about modern-day media. The play explores the identity crisis media companies face in reporting “real” news versus pandering to the social media crowd. How can a media company remain sustainable through serious journalism? Clickshare ponders this question and so many more by portraying an idealistic protagonist getting a crash course in modern-day journalism.
You’ll follow a silent journalist who may or may not be going crazy, an editor under immense pressure to meet her numbers and an office “cheerleader” who nudges people along to increase their output. Oh , and a major media mogul is lampooned in the funniest way imaginable.
Is this really the future of writing? How will this shape the world 10 years from now? Fake news is very real and is not going away.
Clickshare considers deeper questions, such as, is this really the future of journalism? Is this really the future of writing? How will this shape the world 10 years from now? Fake news is very real and is not going away. Luas Kavner, who wrote the play, and director Stephen Brackett masterfully depict the over-the-top modern-day travails of life in a news organization.
Mozilla is sponsoring the play and has commissioned a beautiful art installation in the theater, entitled Glass Room, which alone is worth checking out. Glass Room educates users about how their data is being used online. There will also be a panel on fake news after the Friday showing, moderated by Mozilla CMO jascha kaykas-wolff.
Watch Clickshare at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.’s Strand Theater) at 1127 Market Street. The play runs from Thursday, September 28, through Saturday, September 30. Tickets are $20.
Feel free to send pictures of yourself from the play to @thebolditalic on Twitter with the #clickshare hashtag — we just might just “clickshare” them.
