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Welcome Actors and Director!
Welcome Actors and Director!
Here you will find a basic outline of information on People, Things, Vocabulary, and Etc!
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Biographical Information On Real People In This Play
Biographical Information On Real People In This Play
Dan White
Dan White
Shot and killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Ended up only serving five years in jail. A former supervisor himself, the main focus of his defense was stress over losing his job as well as depression.
More about him:
two minute clip of him talking politics
article about the "real" reason Dan White killed
Sister Boom Boom
Sister Boom Boom
One of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Sister Boom Boom shows up at the beginning and end of the play to read from the "Book of Dan" and express the queer point of view to this horrible injustice.
More about her:
Diane Feinstein
Diane Feinstein
Became the Mayor after George Moscone was killed. Became famous for breaking the news to the world that Dan White had shot Moscone and Milk. Still exists in the political world today.
More about her:
video of her taking a dump on young climate activists
article about possible hypocrisy and uhh just dianne being dianne
George Moscone
George Moscone
Mayor of San Francisco. Murdered by Dan White. Believed in the importance of diversity. Does not appear in this play.
Harvey Milk
Harvey Milk
Supervisor to Mayor Moscone. Murdered by Dan White. Became a martyr in the gay community. Does not appear in this play.
Factual Information About the Case
Factual Information About the Case
Video of a City Hall historian retracing the path that Dan White took on the day that he murdered Moscone and Milk.
Video of a City Hall historian retracing the path that Dan White took on the day that he murdered Moscone and Milk.
She takes the viewer from the window in which he entered all the way through, while describing what happened at each stop.
She takes the viewer from the window in which he entered all the way through, while describing what happened at each stop.
Overall, this website gives a very thorough account of the Dan White trial as well as this 2003 documentary (roughly 50 minutes).
Legal Terms
Legal Terms
Terms Resources
administrative law: The area of law that concerns government agencies.
murder: the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
involuntary manslaughter: the crime of killing another human being unlawfully but unintentionally
defamation of character: when a false statement is written or spoken about an individual with the intent of harming their reputation. Unfortunately, defamation of character claims are extremely difficult to prove in the court of law despite the fact that they are illegal.
wobbler: Sometimes referred to as a “felony wobbler,” a wobbler is a crime that can be classified as either a felony or a misdemeanor. In some states, even if an offender is charged with a felony in a wobbler case, the judge may have the authority to reduce the conviction to a misdemeanor.
Critical Commentary
Critical Commentary
Reaction to Dan White Trial
Reaction to Dan White Trial
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