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PlayStep into a 1966 diner where trans women resist police harassment in this immersive play about a pivotal queer uprising. Sit with the trans-led cast, share pancakes, and witness real stories that sparked a movement three years before Stonewall.
Immersive 1960s diner
Trans-led cast
Interactive theater
LGBTQ+ history
Tips
📰"must-see productions of 2025" (San Francisco Chronicle)
🏳️⚧️"first known instance of collective militant queer resistance" (historian Susan Stryker)
✍️Co-written by trans activists who lived through the era
Friday, June 12, 7:00 PM
The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
June 12 at 7pm
+59Tenderloin
PlayPlayStep into a 1966 diner where trans women resist police harassment in this immersive play about a pivotal queer uprising. Sit with the trans-led cast, share pancakes, and witness real stories that sparked a movement three years before Stonewall.
Immersive 1960s diner
Trans-led cast
Interactive theater
LGBTQ+ history
Tips
📰"must-see productions of 2025" (San Francisco Chronicle)
🏳️⚧️"first known instance of collective militant queer resistance" (historian Susan Stryker)
✍️Co-written by trans activists who lived through the era
Friday, June 12, 7:00 PM
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