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Now and at the Hour by Christian Cagigal. A journey through Time and Reflection. EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 27 Tickets $15("I Need a Discount Ticket"), $20("General Admission) and $25("I Support the Arts Ticket") online. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS REVIEWS What does a boy do when he grows up with a father afflicted with mental illness after Vietnam? He retreats into a world of magic. Not a mere series of tricks, Now and at the Hour brings you into a subtle realm of darkness and imagination as Cagigal weaves storytelling and illusion into an intimate, interactive and altogether unnerving magical experience." Christian Cagigal is among a new crop of illusionists and theatre artists that dares to go beyond the usual bag of tricks and bring you into a world of darkness, mystery and imagination. His work doesn't attempt to "Blow your brain" or "Freak your mind", but slowly seep into your subconscious until you have to ask the question, "This isn't real is it…?" Comments on previous shows by Christian Cagigal: "The appearance of occult powers was strong enough to leave me feeling unsettled and slightly violated for the rest of the evening." - SF Weekly "His antics bespeak a certain creepiness albeit the kind that sends alternating shivers of delight and anxiety through the crowd." -SF Station "Style, dignity, and true artistry. Now, and at the Hour is a unique and genuine theatrical experience that should not be missed." -NY Theatre.com Asked who the show is geared for, Cagigal replies, "It's for believers, skeptics, those who hate magic shows, and those who hate theatre. There is nothing inappropriate for children at all but this will not be a 'kids'' magic show."

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Mark Romyn hosts the long running EXIT variety show with short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm FEB 25 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Thunderbird Theatre presents “Death Play”. Written by Sang S. Kim and directed by Bryce Allemann. EXIT Theatre 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT March 11 – March 27, 2010 [REVIEWS AND MEDIA] Tickets: $15-20 (sliding scale) are available at BrownPaperTickets.com Since when did dying on stage become a crime? Can a Shakespearean monologue win against a mime pretending he's trapped in box? Why is the fate of live theater in the hands of a clown? It's act or die, or die trying? Now in its twelfth year, The Thunderbird Theatre Company presents "Death Play". The third installment in critically acclaimed sketch comedy series, "Serve By Expiration" written by Sang S. Kim. "Death Play" is a full length ninety (90) minute sketch. As a full length sketch, "Death Play" possesses all the wit and satire of sketch comedy reluctantly married to an actual attempt at plot development. Directed by Thunderbird co-founder, Bryce Allemann, "Death Play" reveals the often rumored but never seen underground world of performance arts competitions to the death. Featuring the talented and deadly Sarah Rose Butler, Shay Casey, Jaime Lee Currier, Matt Gunnison, Jacquie Duckworth, Tavis Kammet, Christopher P. Kelly, Annie Kim, Theresa Miller, Randy Nakagawa, Sunil Patel. Finally, "Death Play" fulfills the love-hate-confusion relationship for anyone who has experienced independent theater, even accidentally. Press & Promotional Photos by Dana Constance. Information at 415-289-6766 and at http://www.thunderbirdtheatre.com/

...AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI. A New Play by Marcus Gardley. Directed by Amy Mueller A co- production between The Cutting Ball Theater and Playwrights Foundation EXIT on Taylor March 12 – April 11, 2010. PRICING: Student/Senior tickets always $20. Thursdays & Sundays: Adult tickets $25. Fridays & Saturdays: Adult tickets $30. Under 30 Thursdays: $15 tickets for anyone under 30 years old. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS or call 1-800-838-3006. “Jesus Moonwalks is in a lot of ways my signature play. It is based upon a story my great-grandmother used to tell about her father who fled the bonds of slavery and traveled the country in search of his family.” -Marcus Gardley, playwright Set on the banks of the Mississippi during the final days of the Civil War, …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi is a poetic journey of forgiveness and redemption inspired by the myth of Demeter and Persephone. This thought-provoking play combines traditional storytelling, gospel music, and a wicked sense of humor to create a rich, imaginative world that allows trees to preach, rivers to waltz, and Jesus to moonwalk. [MEDIA & REVIEWS] Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor. www.cuttingball.com

CLICK ON PHOTO FOR HIGH RES IMAGE (left to right) Rebecca Jackson, Jenna Bean Veatch PHOTO: Bryan R. Thomas (left to right) Rebecca Jackson, Jenna Bean Veatch PHOTO: Bryan R. Thomas

THE WIND AND RAIN "There were two sisters of County Claire, Oh the wind and rain. One was dark and the other was fair. Oh the dreadful wind and rain..." EXIT Theatre 8:30pm THUR/FRI/SAT APR 8 - MAY 1 Tickets: $10 Previews (APR 8/9); $20 (General Admission Ticket), $15 (I Need A Discount Ticket); $25 (I Support the Arts Ticket) Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com or make a reservation at 415-673-3847 and pay cash at the door. Two sisters in a small mill town on the brink of extinction, a mysterious stranger with a fiddle made of bones, a river that runs dangerously high.. Based on the ballad "The Wind and Rain," come see this age old tale about sisters, love, jealousy, revenge and the consequence of change. Created in collaboration with acclaimed physical performers Brynna Jourdan (Hammer Heads, Cussing at the Moon) and Jenna Bean Veatch (The Tumbleweed Bandits), live music and original compositions from renowned concert violinist Rebecca Jackson (Völs String Quartet, San Francisco Opera), visual delights from esteemed illustrator, painter and whimsical engineer Molly Millar (Phantom Galleries L.A.'s Emergence Enchanted, 2009 TED Conference), and award winning playwright Claytie Mason (The Secret Ruths of Island House). This tragic tale comes to life with the humor, whimsy, magic, and terror only live theatre is capable of. Produced by EXIT Theatre, cutting the edge for almost 30 years and still slicing so much tasty theatre on the fringe berry pie. *Performed by Rebecca Jackson, Brynna Jourdan and Jenna Bean Veatch Part of DIVAfest 2010, a festival dedicated to creating new work by women writers.

Shannon Day PHOTO: Elizabeth Rosas CLICK ON PICTURE FOR HIGH RES IMAGE

Lady of the 'Loin. Songwriting team Don Seaver and Sean Owens join forces with chanteuse Shannon Day. RETURNING FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY. EXIT Theatre 10pm SATURDAYS APR 10, APR 17, APR 24, MAY 1 Tickets $15 (I Need A Discount Ticket), $20 (General Admission Ticket), $25 (I Support the Arts Ticket), $50 (Premium table for Two including a complimentary champagne cocktail) CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call 415-673-3847 for reservations and pay cash at the door. A sizzling tribute to San Francisco's raciest, raunchiest, most unrepentant neighborhood: the Tenderloin. A dozen stories-in-song, about good girls gone wrong, wronged girls getting the goods, and low-lifes living the high life. A dozen stories-in-song including "It's Always A Dame", "A Cut Above", "So Far From Civilized", "The Strut On The Street", "Homicide's A Gift", "Out Here On The Edge", "Save Me From Myself", and "Eat At Joe's." Singer SHANNON DAY is a rare talent who has performed at the Plush Room, the Marsh, EXIT Theatre and San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. Composer DON SEAVER has gone from songwriting with a country/western band in Dallas to composing a ballet score for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, to numerous theatrical scores and sound designs winning several Bay Area Critics' Circle Awards along the way. SEAN OWENS is the author of over 30 plays, has been produced both locally and internationally, and was voted "Best Comic Playwright" by the SF Weekly. Part of DIVAfest 2010.

BONE TO PICK & DIADEM by Eugenie Chan, directed by Rob Melrose EXIT on Taylor May 21 – June 20, 2010. Opening Night: May 27 at 5pm Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com “Richly rewarding, right down to its marrow.” -San Francisco Chronicle Nominated for the 2008 Glickman Prize for Best New Play in the Bay Area, Bone to Pick is a re-telling of the myth of Ariadne, who is recon- figured as Ria the Waitress, working in a military base diner for three thousand years. After years of foreign occupation and at the end of a war- torn world, Ria enters the labyrinth again to confront her part in the murder of her half- brother, the Minotaur. Paige Rogers reprises this tour de force role in a performance that the San Francisco Chronicle dubbed “riveting.” Diadem is a newly commissioned companion piece, a romantic retelling of the earlier parts of Ariadne’s myth, when she was young and in love. Together, these two original works tell the complete story of Ariadne’s epic romance. Produced by Cutting Ball Theater in residence at EXIT on Taylor.

Christina Augello PHOTO: Laurie Gallant CLICK ON PICTURE FOR HIGH RES IMAGE

A MOST NOTORIOUS WOMAN by Maggie Cronin featuring Christina Augello JULY - AUGUST 2010. This one-woman show by Maggie Cronin is based on the exploits of the 16th century Gaelic pirate queen Grace "Grania" O'Malley and features Christina Augello as the woman who defied tradition to become a feminist icon. "Cut-throat pirate...hard-nosed businesswoman...barbarian...symbol of national defiance...woman in love...romantic heroine..." all are revealed in this "absorbing and multi-layered portrait of a most bewitching and infuriating historical figure". Grania's fervent love of the sea and her passion for adventure drove most to say she had indeed "impudently stepped o'er her bounds of womanhood." As tribal chieftan, her fierce loyalty, to an Ireland soon to be lost forever, caused the English to fear her and Elizabeth I to confront her. Well into her 70's she continued to courageously lead and aid the Irish rebellions against the English invaders. "Entertaining and thought-provoking", Ms. Cronin's solo script captures the very texture of the woman, the time and the country.   This production was originally scheduled for April 2010 but it has been postponed to July/August 2010.

Buddhist Ruminations: Poetry and Spirit by Diane di Prima			4/10
Stuart Brousel			5/7-6/19
Bill Levesque			5/6-5/29

EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, EXIT Cafe and EXIT on Taylor

Presenting indie theatre since 1983 on the wild side of downtown San Francisco, EXIT Theatre is an experimental theater with a bohemian cabaret atmosphere. EXIT Theatre is also the producer of the annual San Francisco Fringe Festival. EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left and EXIT Cafe are located at 156 Eddy Street (between Mason and Taylor) in downtown San Francisco. EXIT on Taylor is located at 277 Taylor Street (between Eddy and Ellis). All theatres are within a few block walk of the Powell Street BART/Muni station and cable car turnaround and there is adjacent parking. The EXIT Cafe offers beer, wine and a light bistro menu from one our before curtain time.

EXIT THEATRE, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415.673.3847.

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