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Storied: San Francisco

Dec 28, 2023

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Dec 21, 2023

We begin Part 2 with talk of how Bill and Susi’s love of the work needed to get SF Playhouse started really helped them overcome any fear that might’ve hindered them. Their first brick-and-mortar spot on Sutter Street was meant to be retrofitted. The landlords wouldn’t lease it to the new acting company, but...


Dec 19, 2023

Susi Damilano was born in Germany and raised in the South Bay. Many of her German aunts married US servicemen, but Susi's mom married a German man and the family soon moved to Silicon Valley.

 

Susi shares a history of that area, noting thatnot too long ago, it was primarily orchards. Growing up, Susi would cut through...


Dec 12, 2023

In Part 2, Rudy picks up where he left off in Part 1, talking about the origin of United Playaz and a race riot at Balboa High School back in 1994.

 

Rudy gathered those students who'd been involved in the violence to talk and determine their own solutions. And that's exactly what they did. They told Rudy and other...


Dec 5, 2023

In Part 1, we meet Rudy Corpuz, a born-and-raised San Franciscan who grew up in the South of Market. Rudy's parents came to the US from the Philippines before he was born.

 

His dad was in the army, which was his ticket to this country. And he brought his wife and some of Rudy's older siblings with him. They went first...