'Crushing Wheelchairs' play brings awareness to Bay Area unhoused community

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Here's a glimpse at 'Crushing Wheelchairs,' a play presented by Theatre of the Poor. Its entire cast made up the unhoused . . . or once unhoused.

Here's a glimpse at "Crushing Wheelchairs," a play presented by Theatre of the Poor. Its entire cast made up the unhoused . . . or once unhoused.There's a court battle over the city's effort to cleanup the Wood Street camp, an encampment for unhoused people in Oakland.But that's not the only big blow the city took this week in its attempts to solve the homelessness crisis.

"It humanizes ourselves that we are not just drug addicts, houseless people, there's actually families and children, aunties and uncles, and grandmas," said Miguel Muteaeo, a cast member.Muteaeo is joined by a handful of fellow cast members, including playwright, poet and activist Lisa Gray-Garcia, known best as "Tiny."

The play portrays the struggles of life on the streets and triumphs of community which premieres in San Francisco Sunday afternoon.

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