Arts & Entertainment

'War Horse' Gig a Thrilling Ride for San Marin Grad

Christopher Mai is one of three actors who control the key horse in the Tony Award-winning play that's running at San Francisco's Curran Theatre.

Why the long face, Christopher Mai?

Because that's what he's in charge of handling — a puppet version of a horse's head — in War Horse, a Tony Award-winning musical that's wrapping up a short run at the Curran Theater in San Francisco this weekend.

That long face on the horse is resulting in a happy face for Mai, who spent time growing up in Novato and graduated from . Just check out his backstage tour of the production that he posted on YouTube. Also check out a feature story on him that ran in the .

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