Let There Be Light! The Gathering at the Geary Theater

This photo, from last Thursday's gathering, appeared in this morning's SF Chronicle. 

http://www.sfchronicle.com/performance/article/Theater-shines-a-light-the-night-before-10877519.php 

Thanks to Lily Janiak's article today, I can now identify the people in the photo:  Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Chief of Program and Pedagogy at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Carey Perloff, Atisitc Director of ACT, and Mina Morita, the Artistic Director of Crowded Fire Theater.

Carey Perloff commented that we are not naive and "We know that this is only a gesture."  Lily Janiak asks, "Could such an event actually do anything to counter the words and actions of a new president who before taking office directly attacked artists--Meryl Streep, the casts of "Hamilton" and "Saturday Night Live"--and their interests?"

The article goes on to discuss the special part that art plays in being inclusive, creative, and supportive in ALL times.