Free Performances
Honoring the site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot; conjuring its liberation and a just transition for the future.
October 3-4 and 9-11, 2025
Shows run at 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM, with a pre-show historical introduction each night at 7:15
Tenderloin, San Francisco
Meet on the South East Corner of Turk and Taylor Streets
Flyaway Productions is proud to announce the world premiere of DOWN ON THE CORNER presented near the site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot. Directed by Flyaway Artistic Director Jo Kreiter in partnership with the TurkxTaylor Initiative (TxT), Down on the Corner features a cast of queer, transgender, and female performers, commissioned music by singer and songwriter Melanie DeMore, and a film by Leila Weefur.
Down on the Corner includes live performances by dancers Ai Yin Adelski, Gabriele Christian, Becca “B” Dean, Quinn Dior, Sonsherée Giles, MaryStarr Hope, Jhia Jackson, Megan Lowe, and Saharla Vetsch.
A total of ten 35-minute shows are scheduled over the course of the run: October 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. each night. Audiences are invited to gather on the Southeast corner of Turk and Taylor. All shows are free with no reservation required.
Down on the Corner is a new public art project that aims to honor the history of the transgender uprising that took place at 111 Taylor Street – one of the first documented protests of police violence against queer people anywhere in the United States – while also serving to reimagine what the building could be today. Since 2004, 111 Taylor has been operated as a for-profit reentry service facility by GEO Group, a private prison corporation with a long record of labor abuse, human rights violations and immigrant detention.
Additional collaborators include lighting designer Jack Beuttler, rigging designer Dave Freitag, prop designer Devon LaBelle, and costume designer Haus of Jubilee.
At 7:15 p.m. before the first show each night, TxT will conduct a short talk covering the history of 111 Taylor from the period of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot through today.
