\ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n
B Street Theatre has announced FRANKLINLAND, a sharp, fast-paced comedy by Lloyd Suh<\/a>, a delightfully irreverent look at Benjamin Franklin<\/a>. Not just as a founding father, but as a father who sets expectations… aggressively high.\u00a0Performances run April 29 – May 29.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n Set between 1752 and 1785, FRANKLINLAND follows Benjamin Franklin<\/a> and his son William through years of scientific experiments, political upheaval, and increasingly strained conversations. As Franklin chases discovery, reinvention, and a grand utopian vision called “Franklinland,” William is left trying to answer a simpler question: how do you become your own person when your father is Benjamin Franklin<\/a>?<\/p>\n The result is a comedy of ambition, ego, and emotional whiplash! Franklin is a man who can harness electricity but struggles to read the room, while William does his best to keep up, push back, and occasionally just survive the conversation.<\/p>\n FRANKLINLAND is incredibly funny, but underneath that is a story about identity, expectation, and what it costs to live in someone else’s shadow… even when that someone helped invent lightning.<\/p>\n The production stars Peter Story* (A CHRISTMAS CAROL) as Benjamin Franklin<\/a>, bringing charisma, intellect, and just enough chaos to the role, alongside Tim Liu* (A MOVING DAY) as William Franklin<\/a>, a son navigating admiration, frustration, and the slow realization that “be exactly like me” may not be actionable advice. Rounding out the cast is Braden Delgado* as William Temple<\/a>, making his B Street Theatre debut.<\/p>\n While (mostly) rooted in history, FRANKLINLAND resonates with contemporary audiences through its exploration of family dynamics, ambition, and the universal experience of trying (and sometimes failing) to impress a parent. It is a story that asks big questions: about legacy, independence, and self-worth, while delivering plenty of laughs along the way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! Sacramento Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news & discounts for Sacramento & beyond. B Street…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-281796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}