From December 2, 5, 7 & 10 @ SF War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness
Girls of the Golden West brings the story of East Coast transplant Dame Shirley, whose letters chronicle life in the Gold Country camp. Additional characters include Ah Sing, a Chinese immigrant working as a prostitute; Ned Peters, a cowboy and former slave; and Josefa Segovia, a young Mexican barmaid. Racism, nativism and culture clashes are among the key themes in this story of incidents, most of which actually occurred on the Fourth of July, 1851, at Rich Bar in Downieville in the new state of California.
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