Brava & Mission Academy of Performing Arts present a Special Screening of
Hope and the Mission
October 8 – 15, 2020
Middle and High School students from across San Francisco participate in Mission Academy of Performing Arts @ Brava (MAPA@Brava), receiving training in theater production and performance. Each year, the youth programs of MAPA@Brava collaborate to create a full-length production on Brava's Main Stage, which is performed live for youth across the Bay Area.
With the onset of Covid and the inability to invite audiences into our space for a live performance, we are bringing the performance online! From October 8 – October 15, 2020, Brava will screen MAPA’s 2017 production, Hope and the Mission (La Esperanza y la Misión), via Brava’s Vimeo platform.
Hope and the Mission is a bilingual coming-of-age story revolving around the young character Hope whose Mission District family finds themselves on the sidelines of a changing neighborhood and at odds with each other over generational differences. Alongside the theme of gentrification, the play examines cultural identity and gender fluidity through song, dance, and humor.
Hope and the Mission was written by emerging local playwright Javier Hurtado, with set, lighting, and sound design by the San Francisco Running Crew (SFRC) – Brava’s longstanding technical theater program for youth – and performances by students of the San Francisco Youth Theatre, Cuicacalli Escuela De Danza, and Mariachi Juvenil La Misión.