Tuesday to Friday: 5 PM to 11 PM or close of programming
Saturday and Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM or close of programming*
Monday: Closed
*Open at 10 AM on Saturday, June 18
Hearing Assist devices available on a first come first serve basis. Downloads: Forget Me Not Venue Visual Story
Welcome to "The New Now", where written words are forbidden and an underground movement of hand-drawn love letters is a powerful act of defiance.
Those determined on composing or reading a written declaration of love must first make a treacherous journey to a secret and illegal camp to find She, The Keeper of the Lost Hand, and one of the last people to retain the knowledge of reading and writing in cursive.
While pilgrims brave the harsh conditions to find their way to She, the tale of Zacko Budaydos and His Dancing Bear unfolds in parallel, illustrating the turmoil of “The Before” when all the travelling performer had to rely on was his wit, love and knowledge of the outlawed language of Polari to survive.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen, Forget Me Not is a tender, absurd, romantic, and provocative call-to-arms for poetry and the enduring power of love.
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