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Over 500 performances are presented each year at the EXIT's four venues: EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, EXIT

Cafe, and EXIT on Taylor. These are the plays from 2007.

PLAYS AT THE EXIT DURING 2006

PLAYS AT THE EXIT DURING 2005

PLAYS AT THE EXIT DURING 2004

PLAYS AT THE EXIT DURING 2003

PLAYS PRESENTED AT THE EXIT DURING 2002

PLAYS PRESENTED AT THE EXIT DURING 2001 AND BEFORE

THE BALD SOPRANO by Eugéne Ionesco in a new translation by Rob Melrose. Directed by Rob Melrose EXIT on Taylor EXTENDED JAN 7 - 24 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT; 5pm SUN CLICK TO BUY TICKETS This is the play that breaks all the rules! Quiet London suburbanites Mr. and Mrs. Smith, invite the younger Mr. and Mrs. Martin over for a cheerful dinner. Plans for a sedate evening soon give way to hilarious chaos as polite conversation turns to confusion and the two couples engage in an escalating battle of banalities and linguistic acrobatics. Known all over the world as one of the quintessential absurdist masterpieces, this hilarious play is the perfect follow up to last season’s hit production of Ionesco’s Victims of Duty, which garnered a Bay Area Critics Circle award for Best Production The Cutting Ball Theater is in residence at EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor Street, San Francisco For more information, please visit www.cuttingball.com or call (415) 419-3584. REVIEWS AND MEDIA

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. Have a show together for Thursday Night (November 19) with regulars: Christian Cagigal, Cameron Galloway (poetry), David Pardini (writer & reader) , Bob Cooper (comic monolouge), band "Back 40" and newbie comic Carl Wessel + Myself! EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm December 17 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Better Homes and Ammo (a post apocalyptic suburban tale) written and directed by Wylie Herman, featuring Molly Benson, Warden Lawlor, Cassie Powell and James Tinsley [MEDIA & REVIEWS] EXIT Stage Left 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT DEC 3rd - 19th Tickets: $15-$19 (discount tickets available with canned food donation at the door, used to decorate our fallout shelter set. -- $1 off per can, 5 can maximum. All canned food will be donated to local food banks after closing night) CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE For additional ticket information or questions, please call (415) 867-7970 Or email: wyliecoyote78@hotmail.com The Place: A nuclear fallout shelter The Time: Exactly three months from tomorrow Meet the Bosras, a typical American family dealing with a most atypical situation: the apocalypse. Locked in an underground shelter for months after surprise nuclear attacks on the U.S. have sent the world spiraling into a full blown panic, a family of four struggles to keep their sanity while trying desperately to maintain some semblance of normalcy. -Family game night? Check. -Weekly Bible study? Check. -Enhanced interrogation/torture preparedness training? Check. -An uncomfortable sexual tension developing between teenage brother and sister? Check. No Nude Men Productions proudly presents the end-of-the-world premiere of sketch comedy veteran/Killing My Lobster alumnus Wylie Herman's first full length play. With a pinch of dark wit, a splash of pop culture skewering, and a well armed, fully loaded cast of talented Bay Area actors, Better Homes and Ammo is the perfect recipe for exploring the travails of making the best out of a worst case scenario, and the chaos and hilarity that ensues when the attempt fails miserably.

THE THIRD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CRAP-ARRAY by the Lesbian / Gay Chorus of San Francisco EXIT Theatre 8pm DEC 17th, 18th, 19th TICKETS: $20 - $40 sliding scale at BrownPaperTickets.com or you can call them at 1-800-838-3006 The Lesbian / Gay Chorus of San Francisco, under the direction of Stephanie Lynne Smith, is delighted to present our third annual "Christmas Crap-Array", a twisted adult cabaret of clever and irreverent offerings. The performance will showcase our soloists and ensembles performing the kind of raunchy, hilarious songs and skits that have become the Chorus' signature. Come see why we this show sells out every year!

Sean Owens as Cora Values PHOTO: Geof Teague CLICK HERE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION COPY

Cora's Holiday Hotpad by Sean Owens EXIT Theatre 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT DEC 3 - 12 Tickets: $25 (I Support the Arts Ticket), $20 (General Admission Ticket), $15 (I Need a Discount Ticket). Online Tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com or make reservations at 415-673-3847 and pay cash at the door. EXIT Theatre’s writer/performer-in residence Sean Owens comes home for the Holidays, this time as wacky Cora Values, owner of the Gas & Gulp out on glorious I-19. Cora is part Dame Edna, part Martha Stewart, and a total hoot in her latest show. Cora's Holiday Hotpad is an evening of spontaneous storytelling generated from the freshest possible ingredients-- whatever comes to your mind! Each night, Cora Values (working closely with the unbridled wit of EXIT's Sean Owens) will regale regulars and first-timers alike with the astounding antics of the Gas & Gulp's colorful clientele. Trade in traditional Christmas narratives for grease fires, ancient broth-makers, and mechanical rooftop piggies. Audiences will choose for themselves that night's pageant theme to be performed by a motley band of truck-stop regulars, including musical madmen Jim Fourniadis and Don Seaver. Nightly features include "My Solstice with Burned-Up Walter" Cora's memories (jogged by you) of her attempts to perform pagan rituals with the remains of a dear friend and "Tales of the Quartermaster" spooky seasonal offerings from the Gas & Gulp's killer jukebox. PLUS-- nightly craft projects and holiday drink specials! And as always, Cora will be raffling off delicious slices of pie at just FIVE CENTS per ticket! The season's festivities come pre-seasoned at Cora's Holiday Hotpad, so hunker down for a fuelside yuletide with the Queen of I-19 Miss Cora Values! SIX SHOWS ONLY!! After you've got your tickets or reservations, give me your word. That’s all I ask… one word from you, and I’ll do my durndest to bake it into one of my famous 5 & 10 stories!* Send me your word, along with the night you’re coming, and just maybe you’ll be among the lucky fifteen folks each weekend who help me make literature-y history! But don’t pull a no-show—after all, you’ve given me your Word! Send your word to coravalues@gmail.com * What’s a 5 & 10 story? Where you been? Under a rock? Touchy subject? Sorry. 5 & 10 stories are unique fresh-to-you collaborations between myself and all y’all. I take five words per story, and write a special ten-sentence story to read at the show! Lighting Design is by Curtis Overacre; Technician Alexia Staniotes.

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. Have a show together for Thursday Night (November 19) with regulars: Christian Cagigal, Cameron Galloway (poetry), David Pardini (writer & reader) , Bob Cooper (comic monolouge), band "Back 40" and newbie comic Carl Wessel + Myself! EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm November 19 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

A BODY OF WATER by Lee Blessing, directed by Steven Drewes with James Allan Brewer, Holly Silk, and Halsey Varaday. Lighting and sound by Tyler Null. Original art by Helene Goldberg EXIT Theatre NOV 6-22, 2009 Tickets, $24/$18 seniors and students at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) From the producer's of this season's hit "The Unexpected Man", Spare Stage presents the Bay Area premiere of "A Body of Water": A dark comedy by Lee Blessing A middle-aged couple awakes in a beautiful summer house on a hill, surrounded by trees and glimpses of water. There's just one problem. They can't remember their own names, much less the relationship between them. Their pursuit of memory yields both comic and terrifying results, leaving them adrift on a leaky raft of postmodern anxiety. A suspenseful and mysterious exploration of the deep relationship between memory and identity The November 15 matinee will include a special Actor Talk Back. The Nov. 21 performance features a special post-show conversation with the author, Lee Blessing. PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES: 8pm FRI NOV 6, 8pm SAT NOV 7, 7pm SUN NOV 8 8pm FRI NOV 13, 8pm SAT NOV 14, 2pm SUN NOV 15, 8pm SUN NOV 15 8pm FRI NOV 20, 8pm SAT NOV 21, 7pm SUN NOV 22

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Lost My Virginity by Aileen Clark and John Caldon, directed by Claire Rice EXIT Cafe 8:30pm THUR/FRI/SAT OCT 29 - NOV 21. Tickets: $20 at BrownPaperTickets.com Ann Marie Productions and Guerrilla Rep have joined forces to present Aileen Clark in her one woman show on life, love, and the pursuit of inner strength. 1 woman, 3 languages, 21 characters and a fist fight. The kinda/sorta female love child of John Lequizamo and Mike Myers, Aileen Clark chronicles her true life story about being the whitest latinita on the planet, finding life in death, and learning why you never fall in love with men who act like your father (especially if said men happen to be gay). [MEDIA]

SLEEPWALKERS THEATRE PRESENTS WORLD PREMIERE OF "ZOMBIE TOWN" 8pm FRI/SAT OCT 9-NOV 7, 2009 EXIT Stage Left TICKETS: ($14-20) at 415.913.7272 or visit sleepwalkerstheatre.com/tickets Mindless, unfeeling monsters with a hunger for human flesh… a documentary that will change hearts, minds, etc. Last year, the town of Harwood, Texas was forever changed when it was overrun by hordes of flesh-eating undead. Using documentary-style theatre techniques, ZOMBIE TOWN tells the story of this community in crisis to help them heal through the power of theatre. Post-war prosperity led to many improvements in the small town of Harwood, including upgrades to Harwood Cemetery, situated where we now know is too close to the town proper; a fence was planned to surround the entire cemetery but it was never built (while designed to keep ne'er-do- wells out, it probably would have been convenient for containing carnivorous corpses when they arose from the dead, but hindsight is 20/20). The Catharsis Theatre Collective traveled to Harwood, interviewed the survivors, and crafted a play using their exact words. When the Collective approached Sleepwalkers as a producing partner, the company jumped at the chance to present this fascinating story of grit, determination, and brain-sucking zombies. [REVIEWS]

Zombie: A New Musical is a Rock / Horror / Tragicomedy that will eat your face off! EXIT Theatre 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT OCT 15 - OCT 31 Tickets $15.00 purchase through ZombieMusicalSF.com Info@ZombieMusicalSF.com Zombie!, the brain child of daring playwright and director Anthony R. Miller, is going to consume you. This is a fact. It is a work of love, tragedy and epic zombie mayhem that refuses to take no for an answer. Mr. Miller, is a performance artist at heart, and over his ten years in the independent arts, he has earned several titles and a reputation as an audacious performance poet. He has a lifelong passion for both the living impaired and theatre, and he has had his teeth sunk squarely into this piece since his studies in Dramaturgy at San Francisco State University. Zombie! would not have come so ferociously to life, though, if it were not for the uncompromising talents of composer Brendan West, a veteran of the Shotgun Players and various Berkeley theatre companies. His score is solidly rooted in Hard Rock and Metal, standing on the shoulders of giants such as Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Slayer, and Guns 'n Roses. Most recently Mr. West was noted for sound design work on Beowulf, though he returns home now to create the signature sound of Zombie!. Zombie!'s creators have captured that the traditional horror aesthetic while staying away from the unnecessary camp. There is just the right mix of blood gushing from the victims, flesh being torn off, and a dash of onstage violence.

"My Blues" by Ron Hacker. Readings by Ron Hacker from his new book with accompanying music. EXIT Café 8:30pm FRI OCT 16 Free Reservations: 415-673-3847 "The first time I got the blues, I mean really got the blues, was in 1956. A friend and I got caught breaking into parking meters. I was eleven - he was twelve. Off we went to the juvenile center. The counselors in the center were young Afro-Americans in their twenties and they loved their music, like young dudes do. In '56 their music was Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Jimmy Reed. I fell in love with the music and it's been a part of my life since then. As I've gotten older I've tried to concentrate more on playing the Blues than living them." After teaching himself to play guitar, Ron met the late Yank_Rachell, partner of Sleepy John Estes. Yank trained Ron on the finer points of Delta Blues, and they became life-long friends in the process. The actor Peter Coyote helped Ron get his first gig in San Francisco at a neighborhood coffee shop. It wasn't long before Ron put together the Hacksaws and was tearing it up in clubs all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Since then, Ron has played every major festival in Northern California, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Marin County Blues Festival and the Long Beach Blues Festival. Ron has also toured extensively in Europe playing major festivals in Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland, Germany, and Norway. Ron has put out eight albums, which include "No Pretty Songs", "Bar Stool Blues", "I Got Tattooed", "Backdoor Man", "Burnin", "Live In Holland", "Mr. Bad Boy", and, " My Songs". Movie credits: "The Blues Guy" in "Just Like Heaven", September 2005. In June of 2006 Ron put some slide guitar on Tom Waits' latest project, "Orphans". Ron has written a pulp memoir, "White Trash Bluesman" http://web.me.com/ronaldhacker/ronhacker.com/Calendar.html

Best of the Fringe EXIT Theatre October 2 and 3 Four of the Best of the Fringe return for one performance each to benefit the 2010 San Francisco Fringe Festival. A (Bearded) Lady October 2nd 7pm Hell, The Musical October 2nd 8:30pm Pulp Scripture October 3rd 7pm Cockroach October 3rd 8:30pm

SEPTEMBER 2009  S  M  T  W  T  F  S       9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20             CLICK ON DAY FOR SCHEDULE CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival Sept 9 - 20, 2009 The unjuried format of the Fringe Festival allows the artists to have total creative freedom when producing their work and provides for a unique theatre going experience. As a result of this boundary-free approach to creating theatre, the Fringe has become a popular development tool; encouraging artists to take risks, explore ideas, pose questions and tell their stories in new and exciting ways.   HOME / AUDIENCE REVIEWS / TO REVIEW A PLAY / TICKETS & DIRECTIONS CLICK HERE FOR A RUNNING DESCRIPTION OF ALL FRINGE PLAYS 22 Minutes Remaining A (Bearded) Lady BLESSING HER HEART Break-Upocalypse Carnival Of Chaos: "Survival Tips For The Reckless" Cemetery Golf CANCELLED Cockroach De Rerum Natura; Or, Love The One You Whip Eat, Pray, Laugh! Fists of Funny FOOL FOR A CLIENT The Fox The Frank Diary of Anne The Godling Hell, The Musical I Prefer Fur Inside Private Lives J.Lo.Hew CANCELLED JESUS IN MONTANA: Adventures in a Doomsday Cult Knitting LandEscape Legs and All Marriage: a queer institution MISSING: fugue #9: wear a warm coat No Ordinary Nut Open Season, A Queer Performance Spectacular Play 4 Play CANCELLED Poste Restante PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Comedy and Justice for All Pulp Scripture Recess Searching for the Voice of the Third Show No Show Spider Baby the musical Suicide Me! The Surprise The Tao of Everest Tater Stew tempestuous(ness) or HIStory is Told by the Victors The Texas Chainsaw Musical! Theatre of the Battle Ticonderoga The Unbearable Lightness of Raya

Sneak Peek at the Fringe EXIT Theatre 8pm August 22 Free (Reservations recommended 415-673-3847) A Sneak Peek at the Fringe presents a potpourri of some 43 shows coming to the 2009 Fringe Festival, September 9-20. The "Peek" is emceed by Mark Romyn, host of EXIT's Thursday Night Combo. Eight local companies for the 2009 Fringe will perform preview excerpts from their shows.

Now and at the Hour by Christian Cagigal. A journey through Time and Reflection. EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm JUNE 5 - AUGUST 15 ( No Shows JULY 3 & 4) Tickets $15("I Need a Discount Ticket"), $20("General Admission) and $25("I Support the Arts Ticket") online. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS REVIEWS Not a mere series of tricks, Now and at the Hour weaves magic, mind reading, story telling and theatre into an intimate, interactive and altogether "slightly creepy" 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: "...emotionally affecting..." -- Jean Schiffman -- Backstage West "...intimate spectacle..." -- Chloe Veltman-SF Weekly "Dastardly clever. Cagigal's feats...keep his audience riveted." - Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian "Innovative." - Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle "No mere illusionist...Cagigal is one of those rare alchemists of the imagination." - Nirmala Nataraj, SF Station 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."

Ken Ruta* & Abigail Van Alyn* star in The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza Directed by Stephen Drewes EXIT Theatre Extended Through AUGUST 15 CLICK HERE FOR PERFORMANCE TIMES & TICKETS Note: Days and times have changed - please consult ticketing site for information Tickets: $20 at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) More information at www.sparestage.com An aging novelist on a train from Paris to Frankfurt muses about the failings and frustrations of his life. He is recognized by an attractive woman sitting in the opposite seat. She has been reading his latest novel. Should she speak to him? Or should she simply take the novel out of her handbag and start reading? Spare Stage presents the SF Premiere of a comedy from the author of Art and The God of Carnage. Produced by Aaron Murphy Join us for complex ideas on a spare stage. [REVIEWS] *Member of Actors Equity Association. This is an Equity-Approved Project

Lady of the 'Loin. Songwriting team Don Seaver and Sean Owens join forces with chanteuse Shannon Day. RETURNING FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY. EXIT Theatre 9pm SATURDAYS JULY 25, AUG 1, AUG 8, AUG 15 Tickets $15. 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."

Thunderbird Theatre presents Aaron Trotter and the Incident at Bikini Beach Written by KFOG radio's Peter Finch and directed by Jeremy Cole. July 31 - Aug 15, 2009 Thursdays - Mondays, 8PM EXIT Theatre, Tickets: $18-22 at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) or info@thunderbirdtheatre.com (415) 289-6766 www.thunderbirdtheatre.com This summer, Thunderbird Theatre (creators of Pride & Succubus and Serve By Expiration) is taking you to the beach, where Aaron Trotter, the boy wizard... (uh, SURFER...) will face his greatest challenge & come face-to-face with his destiny! Dropped onto the magical Bikini Beach (circa 1960), Aaron must win the respect of his new surfer friends, overcome the trials of adolescence, & solve the great mystery behind the disappearance of his long-lost parents. Little does Aaron know that he headed straight forEvil Von Rottenhauser & Wild-Eyed Lulu's really evil plan! Will Aaron fall victim to Evils evil plan? Will he discover what happened to his missing parents? Will Thunderbird pull off fake tans, surfing scenes AND a weenie roast?

 

Antistrophe Ensemble presents: All's Fair by Meg O'Connor and Jess Thomas, directed by Amy Clare Tasker EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT & 5pm SUN August 6 - 9 (Opening night: Friday, August 7) Suggested donation: $5.00 Email antistropheSF@gmail.com for tickets. Excerpt performance at The San Francisco Theater Festival 1:15pm in the Metreon's SOMA Room, on Sunday, July 26 Antistrophe Ensemble's collaborative new work responds to Euripides' The Trojan Women, by telling the stories of the Spartan women as their men return home from the Trojan War. In four vignettes told from the perspectives of Helen, Penelope, Cassandra, and Clytemnestra, the characters jump time and space as they struggle to repair their war-mangled relationships. Antisrophe Ensemble is: Misti Boettiger, Shipra Chandra Godhwani, Danielle Doyle, Vince Faso, Maria Giere, Isaac Samuelson. Production Team: Stephanie Desnoyers, Katie Dowse, Benjamin O'Brien, Amanda Ortmayer, Sara Zaltash.

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. The May Combo includes Issabella Shields (dancer, tight-rope), Brian Cambell (singer/songwriter), YoYo Genius aka Dr. Popular(great yoyo act), Christian Cagical (that magic kid), Whistleaires (the World's Premier Whistling team), David Pardini (author/reader) and Mark Romyn (host, super talent) EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm July 16 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

The Zany and the Surreal - Flying Actor Studio presents Gilkey, Pitt, Donlon The Flying Actor Studio presents three movement artists - John Gilkey, Leonard Pitt, and James Donlon at the EXIT Main Stage in conjunction with the Gala opening of the Flying Actor Studio. Saturday, July 18th Show at 5 pm & Sunday, July 19th Show at 3 pm Tickets $10 - $20 available at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/71642 Gala & Open House 8pm - 11pm on Saturday, July 18th at the Flying Actor Studio 40 First St. 3rd Floor. Studio information at www.flyingactorstudio.com *RSVP for Gala at the studio by emailinh your name and number of people to flyingactorstudio@gmail.com

FUNNY BUT MEAN presents FUNNY BUT MEAN'S NEXT SHOW (cruel and unusual sketch comedy) EXIT Theatre 8pm June 15, 22, 29 (see www.funnybutmean.com for details)

Paul Gerrior in Krapp’s Last Tape photo by Rob Melrose

KRAPP'S LAST TAPE by Samuel Beckett directed by Rob Melrose EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT and 5pm SUN May 22 - June 21 Tickets Available at BrownPaperTickets.com This funny and poignant one-person play tells the story of an older man listening to recordings he made when he was young and in love. It is an intimate look at the choices we make in our lives and the unexpected consequences that come from them. Our production will feature two actors from our critically acclaimed production of Endgame which was recently nominated by the Bay Area Critics Circle for Best Production of 2008. Paul Gerrior will play Krapp and David Sinaiko will play Krapp’s recorded voice from thirty years ago. Gerrior also won the Dean Goodman award for his work in Cutting Ball's 2002 production of Roberto Zucco. Krapp’s Last Tape is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. REVIEWS

Tumbleheart Ensemble's "Tales From the Moment" EXIT Theatre 8pm FRI/SAT June 19 & 20 Tickets: $15 (limited number at $10) at BrownPaperTickets.com Observe the Summer Solstice with seven people crazy enough to transform their own life experiences into story, in real-time, on stage. We compose spontaneous memoirs, co-written in the moment with one or more members of the ensemble. The memoirs emerge and take shape on the stage in a manner that uncover the magic hidden in everyday experiences. You might laugh, you might cry, you might just see yourself in us. We're in this together, after all. we slow down time, embrace the unknown and unexpected, unleash the spirit of abandon. leaning into the places that scare us, expressing true stories vividly on the stage. You deserve to experience Tumbleheart's live-created ensemble-improvised narrative theater in the moment. Really. It may just be the antidote to existential entropy. Join us as we discover what reveals itself on June 19th and 20th. Tumbleheart is: Jennifer Asselstine, George Carver, Will Lopes, Matt Owens, Evan Specter, Beth Sperry & Jonathan Walker

SOLILOQUY FOR TWO by ventriloquist Ron Coulter and his partner Sid Star. EXIT Theatre 8pm FRI/SAT JUNE 12 & 13 Tickets: $15 (I Need A Discount Ticket), $20 (General Admission Ticket), and $25 (I Support the Arts Ticket). Buy tickets at BrownPaperTickets.com or call 415-673-3847 to make a reservation and pay cash at the door. A two act recital featuring edgy humor and short plays . Ruby Lounge Confession proceeds from mirth to murder. Inherit to Die is a deadly backstage battle of wills. These voice illusionists promise to delight and amaze with virtuosity, comedy and the unexpected. A thinking persons vaudeville actI really enjoyed the concept of this show. NYtheatre.com The Coulter and Star comic team have made audiences laugh for 50 years while pushing the boundaries of ventriloquial and dramatic convention. They toured nationally, toured Asia for the U.S. State Department and the USO, taught college theatre and operated Oaklands Myth and Magic Factory. They received enthusiastic reviews at the recent Frigid Fest in New York. Few ventriloquists risk the demands of character- and plot-driven theatre, says Coulter. Soliloquy For Two combines the best of our recent New York show, Jihad for Vent and Dummy, plus our evening of one-act plays, Last Act for Walter Gordon, and fifty years of fun-filled foolishness. A benefit performance for EXIT Theatre.

Platypus Théâtre presents Château en Suède (Castle in Sweden ). A play by Françoise Sagan The play will be performed in French EXIT Theatre June 4, 5 and 6 at 8 :00PM June 7 at 5: 30PM Tickets: $15 Students $10 Reservations: platypustheatre@yahoo.com or 415-558-0651 In a castle in Sweden surrounded by snow, the Falsen family remains prisoner until spring in the company of a guest who invited himself for a visit. The idle chatelaine takes pleasure in seducing this young guest, a cousin, who falls under her spell under the conniving gaze of her surly husband and her incestuous brother. From a classic plot of vaudeville, "Château in Sweden" plunges into a spiritual and nuanced portrayal of the dreams of love and money of different generations. In Françoise Sagan's deceptively light style where humor always wins over melancholy, the author reinvents modern light-hearted gallantries. The Author : Françoise Sagan, was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the charming little monster" by François Mauriac, Sagan was best known for strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Cast : Nathalie Albenque, Arnaud Cabanel , Talia Fellah, Céline Hakoun, Emmanuelle Lambert, Thomas Marigné , Carlos Pantoja, Michel Tassetto Lighting design by Joseph Amic-Angelo, Set and costumes design by Barbara Kapelj Osredkar, Poster design by Valérie Couderc-Zaroli, Directed by Pascale Couderc

The In Betweens by Margery Fairchild presented by Dark Porch Theatre. Live Music, Dance, and Comedy, staring Stuart Bousel and Christopher P. Kelly REVIEWS EXIT Stage Left 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT APR 30 - MAY 30 Tickets: $10 for April 30 preview, $15-20 all other dates. Available at BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM or by emailing darkporchtheatre@gmail.com The In Betweens is an archly witty, wackily comic new work in which dance, live, original music, drawing-room comedy, and the spirit world all collide. Written and directed by Margery Fairchild with Martin Schwartz, the show stars San Francisco director Stuart Bousel, in a rare acting turn, and Christopher P. Kelly, and features guest appearances from Rumi Missabu (of the original Cockettes). Featuring choreography by Fairchild and original music performed by music director Ryan Beebe and band, The In Betweens is set in the year 1885. The world is changing at a mighty pace, and at its center stands Silas Danforth (Bousel). Young, rich, and magnetic, Danforth has built an industrial empire, alienating friends and lovers and infuriating do-gooders in the process. And yet, unbeknownst to all of them, he has maintained a private passion for the occult. And so when some of New York's most powerful and infamous figures receive invitations to a parlor seance hosted by Danforth and led by the eccentric mystic Professor M (Kelly), each comes with armed his own agenda has no idea what to expect--least of all the chilling and hilarious revelations from the spirit world they have in store. Infused with magic, music, and wit, The In-Betweens is a celebration of the inconceivable in this world and the next. Written and directed by Margery Fairchild with Martin Schwartz, musical Direction by Ryan Beebee, choreography by Margery Fairchild, set and prop design by Claire Mack and Jessie Roadkill, lighting design by James Tinsley, costumes by Cara Samski, dramaturgy and script development by Martin Schwartz Cast: Molly Benson (Olivia Vanderpoole), Stuart Bousel (Silas Danforth), Will McMichael (Julian Norton), Wylie Herman (George Westcott), Allison Herman-Miller (Nora, Nymph), Christopher P. Kelly (Prof. M), Divina Lubitsch (Rose, Nymph), Sarah Moss (Hester Abbott), Jonathan Signer (Steven, Nymph), Nathan Tucker (Lawrence), Rana Weber (Sylvia Farmington) Press Photos available at www.darkporchtheatre.com

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. The May Combo includes Issabella Shields (dancer, tight-rope), Brian Cambell (singer/songwriter), YoYo Genius aka Dr. Popular(great yoyo act), Christian Cagical (that magic kid), Whistleaires (the World's Premier Whistling team), David Pardini (author/reader) and Mark Romyn (host, super talent) EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm May 28 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

 

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally. Directed by Michael Haven with Ben Ortega and Cheryl Smith. EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT @ 8pm and SUN @ 2pm APR 30 - MAY 24. Tickets $15 ($12 for students & seniors) at BrownPaperTickets.com CLICK TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE The hard-hitting, but ultimately redeeming romance of a waitress and a short-order cook, both on the cusp of middle age, both facing a lifetime of solitude in an anonymous purgatory called New York City. Author McNally brings Frankie and Johnny together through a sort of kismet, a cosmic kinship forged through two lives of hardship that coincide at certain key points. The only thing holding them together is Johnny's unshakable belief that together they can build something greater. Sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious, they banter and spar their way through an evening of what may either turn out to be just another one-night stand…or the happily-ever-after ending both desperately long for, but are afraid to believe could really exist. Patron discretion is advised: this show contains brief nudity, and adult language and situations.

Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno directed by Marissa Wolf EXIT on Taylor. THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm and SUN 5pm MAR 13 - MAY 9. Tickets: $30 FRI & SAT ($20 students/seniors); $25 THUR & SUN ($20 students/seniors) CLICK TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE or call 1-800-838-3006. OPENING NIGHT March 13. There will be a Q & A with playwright, Will Eno, starting at 6:30pm. In Will Eno's sharply crafted one-man show, Thom Pain searches through the wreckage of his life to uncover the remains of his childhood. His biting humor gives way to a moving portrait of desire and lost innocence. "Run don't walk. Four stars. Plus an extra…Mr. Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation." - The New York Times Originally produced at SOHO Theatre Company, London 2004 Abigail Morris, Artistic Director, Mark Godfrey, Administrative Producer Original New York Production Produced by Daryl Roth and Bob Boyett Thom Pain (based on nothing) is produced by special arrangement with the Mark Christian Subias Agency, New York [REVIEWS]

CLICK FOR PRESS PHOTOS DIVAfest 2009 An Affair of Honor Lady of the 'Loin Diane di Prima

DIVAfest 2009, the 8th annual EXIT Theatre festival dedicated to creating new work by women writers. Featuring the world premiere of An Affair of Honor by Lee Kiszonas, Samsara by Lauren Yee, poetry by Diane di Prima, the DIVA Cabaret Lady of the 'Loin with Shannon Day, Sean Owens and Don Seaver, and illustrations by Michelle Talgarow. [PRESS RELEASE] [PRESS PHOTOS] An Affair of Honor by Lee Kiszonas EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm APR 2 - APR 25 (matinee SAT APR 25 3:00pm) Tickets: Previews $10 (APR 2 & APR 3); Opening $20 (APR 4); then $12-$20 sliding scale at the door, $20 online. CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call 415-673-3847 for reservations and pay cash at the door. An Affair of Honor is the story of Julie D'Aubigny, a cross dressing sword fighting opera diva forced to fight in Parisian taverns for francs until she is discovered by Philippe Duc D'Orleans who takes her to Marseilles to sing in the opera. There she meets and falls in love with Bette, who believes Julie is a man. Ultimately she is unmasked by Philippe's jealous lover Georges and must fight for her honor with Georges as the horrified Bette runs away and joins a convent. Julie and Philippe concoct a gender bending plan to spring Bette from the convent only to have Julie challenged by the betrayed Bette to a duel…of Honor. Directed by Kathryn Wood featuring Erika Atkinson, Ashley Cowan, Durand Garcia, Julia Heitner, Brittany McGregor, Brian Trybom, Michael Vega, Shay Wisniewski, with pianist Maya Gorodetsky, musical director Don Seaver, fight choreographer Andrea Weber, and stage manager Teresa Hernandez Lady of the 'Loin. Songwriting team Don Seaver and Sean Owens join forces with chanteuse Shannon Day. EXIT Theatre Opens SAT APR 4, then FRI/SAT thru APR 25. All shows 10pm Tickets $15. 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." Samsara by Lauren Yee, Director and Dramaturge Jayne Wenger. EXIT Theatre SAT APR 25 2:00pm A workshop reading. Admission FREE. Reservations recommended at 415-673-3847 The story of an American woman and her attempt to have a child through a surrogate in India. A staged reading of a Work-In-Progress by Lauren Yee, the author of Ching Chong Chinaman and other plays. Capote's Last Frontier by Lee Kiszonas EXIT Theatre 5:30pm SAT APR 11 & APR 25. Workshop reading. FREE. Reservations recommented at 415-673-3847. Fact: Truman Capote earned fame and fortune with the publication of the true story of Hickock and Perry's midnight murder spree that became IN COLD BLOOD. Rumor: Truman promised Hickock a large sum of money for the story. That money was never paid. What if: Robert, Hickock's son, tracks Capote down and demands the money? It's 1984, Capote is broke and washed up. He doesn't have the money...or so he says. Robert has brought along a shotgun, rope and duct tape and will make Capote relive the nightmare he wrote about so effectively unless Truman can out wit him or come up with $10,000. Dreams, Visions and Apparitions by Diane di Prima. EXIT Theatre SAT APR 4 3:00pm $5 Donation requested. Reservations recommended at 415-673-3847 Poems from such dreams, visions and apparitions, deliberately invoked, or arriving out of the blue. Including poems from Calculus of Variations, Selected Poems 1956-1976, Pieces of a Song, Recollections of My Life as a Woman (including outtakes), Loba and material from unpublished manuscripts including The Black Notebook, Dakini Moon, ZipCode and Death Poems for All Seasons. Timeless Vixens. Work by visual artist Michelle Talgarow. A raw, playful display of quirky urban characters. EXIT Cafe Cafe Gallery APR 2 - APR 25. Reception SAT APR 4 5:30pm. FREE

Double Entendre Improv performs completely improvised theatre - with a twist! Come see our unique format - two 35-45-minute stories created from a single title provided by the audience. Anything is possible with no script and no limits - and we do it twice each night! EXIT Theatre 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT APR 16, 17, 18 Online Ticket Discount. Purchase tickets online in advance and save money! Online: $12. At-Door: $15. Tickets & Details at: www.doubleeimprov.org In April ONLY - Special Guest Improvisor DAVE DENNISON! Ensemble: Basel Al-Naffouri, Mikaela Bennett, Channing Clarkson, Jon Ligon, Jill Vice Music: Joshua Raoul Brody & Mark Takvorian Lights: Pam McLeod & Chet Anderson Video: http://www.vimeo.com/3030132 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Ftu4cT-RU&fmt=22

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm April 16 Thursday 8:30pm May 28 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Eastenders Repertory Company present PRIDE OPEN an ensemble-created story-telling project exploring our contemporary conceptions of sexual identity. Conceived of and directed by Founding Artistic Director and Playwright in Residence Charles E. Polly with Reg Clay, John Hutchinson, Rachel L. Jacobs, Suzan Kendall, Aaron Martinsen, Adeola Role and Vidya Sundaram EXIT Stage Left 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT & 3pm SUN; APRIL 2 - 11 Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 preview; $25 Opening Night Gala; $15 tickets available for students/seniors and members of KQED, KTEH, and TBA. Group rates available. BOX OFFICE: (510) 568-4118 and www.ticketweb.com PRIDE OPEN or PRIED OPEN? The tantalizing thing about tackling the topic of sexual identity is that there are or should be no boundaries. It's scary for most everyone to question sexuality, much less identity. The more you pry open the lid, the more you're forced to look, question and discover ... and discovery may lead to change. The PRIDE OPEN project is not traditional theatre. It's a concoction of interwoven stories, personal experiences, and dramatic moments -- probing who we are as sexual human beings and what it means to us today to define as gay, straight, queer, bi-, transgendered, intersex , or "other"? PRIDE OPEN features digital pieces from the Y.O.U.T.H. (Youth Offering Unique Tangible Help) Training Project, part of the Bay Area Academy, a social work training academy for the 12 Bay area counties.

Crazed Ape Productions presents LEAD written and directed by Dorothy R. Adams and starring Laurie Bushman, Treacy Corrigan, Jason Hite and Mary Knoll**an Equity approved project* EXIT Stage Left THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm MAR 12 - 28 Tickets: $15. Reservations: 415-860-4130 CLICK TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE In a dying world ruled by lesbians, where being straight is queer, lies a future when men are bred as pets. Fauna, desperate to get pregnant but running out of time, wants to apply for the Insemination Lottery. Instead Karla, not interested in having a baby, decides to appease her wife's maternal instinct by adopting a pet man named Rex. Despite Fauna's protests this arrangement appears to have its advantages. But when power is perverted the political becomes personal. *a member of Actor's Equity Association

Killing My Lobster presents PURE SHOCK VALUE written by Matt Pelfrey directed by Laley Lippard with Erin Carter, Justin Lamb, and Chris Yule EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm, SUN 7 pm February 26-March 22, 2009 Tickets $25/$15 available at www.killingmylobster.com (all Sundays Pay-What-You-Can) "Hilarious.... the more over-the-top his satire gets, the funnier and more acute it becomes, and the more Lippard and her cast rise to the occasion." -Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "Editor's Pick!": SFGate.com, KQED.org, and Theatre Bay Area Magazine Robert Altman's "The Player" meets Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever" in Killing My Lobster's world premiere dark comedy, Pure Shock Value. Three film industry bottom-feeders--Ethan, Tex, and Gabby--find themselves on the brink of abandoning their Hollywood ambitions when a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger inspires them to give their dream movie project, "Barking Spiders," one last go. Hellbent on success, the trio concocts a scheme to stardom-by any means necessary. What ensues is a surreal comedic journey through the underbelly of Hollywood, far from Beverly Hills, three-picture deals, and anything else they could have ever expected. MEDIA & REVIEWS

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café Thursday 8:30pm Feb 26 Thursday 8:30pm Mar 19 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Now and at the Hour by Christian Cagigal. A journey through Time and Reflection. At FRIGID Fest in New York FEB 25 - MAR 8, 2009 The Red Room Theater, 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Ave) New York Tickets: $15. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS TO THE NY SHOWS In San Francisco - EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm JUNE 5 - AUGUST 15 ( No Shows JULY 3 & 4) Tickets $20 online ($12 - $20 sliding scale cash at the door) CLICK HERE FOR SAN FRANCISCO TICKETS or call 415-673-3847 for Reservations REVIEWS Not a mere series of tricks, Now and at the Hour weaves magic, mind reading, story telling and theatre into an intimate, interactive and altogether "slightly creepy" 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: "...emotionally affecting..." -- Jean Schiffman -- Backstage West "...intimate spectacle..." -- Chloe Veltman-SF Weekly "Dastardly clever. Cagigal's feats...keep his audience riveted." - Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian "Innovative." - Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle "No mere illusionist...Cagigal is one of those rare alchemists of the imagination." - Nirmala Nataraj, SF Station 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."

End of the Trail by Kenny Shults and Sean Owens FRIGID Fest in New York FEB 25 - MAR 8, 2009.

Jihad for Vent and Dummy by Coulter and Star At FRIGID Fest in New York FEB 25 - MAR 8, 2009 The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues) New York Tickets: $15. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE A deadly puppet skirmish that pulls your strings. Theatre, frivolity and horror collide. Welcome to the Ruby Lounge for a shocking confession. Actor/ventriloquists Ron Coulter and Sid Star say, "You may never again believe in belief or other weapons of mass distraction." Ron Coulter and Sid Star have toured nationally, as well as throughout Asia for the U.S. State Department and the U.S.O. Coulter was one of fourteen world playwrights invited to the United Nations - "and one of two invited back." For two decades, Ron and Sid taught college theatre and founded and operated the Myth and Magic Factory in Oakland, CA. Few ventriloquists risk the demands of character and plot-driven theatre, as in Jihad for Vent and Dummy, their latest work. Together, they have written, produced and/or directed hundreds of plays, entertainments, and theatre workshops titled the Poetry of Event. They direct the Dramateur's School of Drama in Oakland. Caution: Jihad for Vent and Dummy is not for very young children.

Sanabria Productions presents Genet's "The Maids" EXIT Stage Left, FRI/SAT 8pm FEB 13 - 21 Call: 415-673-7311 or e-mail themaidsatexit@gmail.com for reservations. Admission - $15 The Maids by Jean Genet is an exploration into the desolate minds of two maids, Solange and Claire, who both love and hate their Mistress. When their mistress is away the maids act out their fantasy of revenge on their mistress. Their game is deadly and captivating. With its detours and mystifications the play charts their descent into insanity, corruption and ultimately murder. As powerful today as it was when first staged, personal and social agendas clash with tragic consequences.

MUD by Maria Irene Fornes directed by Paige Rogers EXIT on Taylor THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm and SUN 5pm JAN 9 - EXTENDED TO FEB 15 Tickets $15 - $30 at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) It is 1973 and Mae has just begun to learn how to read. Her life seems to be turning around for the better as she tries to rise above her humble origins. The two men in her life, her foster brother and former lover Lloyd, and her new boyfriend Henry, are always at odds with one another. Maes first strong decision about her life and fate is her last. Mud is a stark, funny and penetrating three-person play by one of the legends of New Yorks downtown experimental arts scene, Maria Irene Fornes. Fornes approach to playwriting continues to surprise and baffle. She is utterly unique. REVIEWS Produced through special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc. The script to this play may be purchased from B.P.P.I. at http://www.BroadwayPlayPubl.com

7 SINS by James Judd returns to the EXIT for 12 performances following last year's performances which spent 11 weeks on Goldstar.com's Best Seller List. EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm JAN 16 - FEB 21 Tickets: $25 at BrownPaperTickets.com (1-800-838-3006) or goldstar.com (check with Goldstar for 1/2-priced tickets!) REVIEWS 7 SINS is James Judd's award-winning one-man show about surviving his own crazy life. It's about trying to win his 5th Grade book report competition with My Search for Patty Hearst, foiled careers as a forgotten employee of AT&T, a dot.com journalist (leading to an insane night in a Chinese bordello), and something less than triumphant as an under prepared criminal defense attorney defending a possibly possessed teenage maniac. Tales of disturbing encounters with celebrities and Mormon relatives are included in your admission price. It's short, fast …and just a little bit dirty! 7 SINS has been staged at regional theaters and festivals in Edinburgh, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, Orlando, Vermont, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York (Off-B'Way), Washington D.C., Vancouver, Grand Bahamas Island, and Honduras. 7 SINS is not poignant! It 's not inspirational! It's just FUNNY! Special Guests at some performances included comedian Marilyn Pittman, chanteuse Anne Stone, and guitarist Chris Haugen (Into the Wild).     left (Marilyn Pittman), right (Anne Stone)

Now and at the Hour by Christian Cagigal. A journey through Time and Reflection. EXIT Café FRI/SAT FEB 6 - 14 at 8:30pm Tickets: $10 at BrownPaperTickets.com or reservations at 415-673-3847. Not a mere series of tricks, Now and at the Hour weaves magic, mind reading, story telling and theatre into an intimate, interactive and altogether "slightly creepy" 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: "...emotionally affecting..." -- Jean Schiffman -- Backstage West "...intimate spectacle..." -- Chloe Veltman-SF Weekly "Dastardly clever. Cagigal's feats...keep his audience riveted." - Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian "Innovative." - Reyhan Harmanci, San Francisco Chronicle "No mere illusionist...Cagigal is one of those rare alchemists of the imagination." - Nirmala Nataraj, SF Station 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."

Jihad for Vent and Dummy by Coulter and Star EXIT Café THUR FEB 5 & 12 8:30pm Tickets: $10 at BrownPaperTickets.com or reservations at 415-673-3847. A deadly puppet skirmish that pulls your strings. Theatre, frivolity and horror collide. Welcome to the Ruby Lounge for a shocking confession. Actor/ventriloquists Ron Coulter and Sid Star say, "You may never again believe in belief or other weapons of mass distraction." Ron Coulter and Sid Star have toured nationally, as well as throughout Asia for the U.S. State Department and the U.S.O. Coulter was one of fourteen world playwrights invited to the United Nations - "and one of two invited back." For two decades, Ron and Sid taught college theatre and founded and operated the Myth and Magic Factory in Oakland, CA. Few ventriloquists risk the demands of character and plot-driven theatre, as in Jihad for Vent and Dummy, their latest work. Together, they have written, produced and/or directed hundreds of plays, entertainments, and theatre workshops titled the Poetry of Event. They direct the Dramateur's School of Drama in Oakland. Caution: Jihad for Vent and Dummy is not for very young children.

Here by Michael Frayn EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm JAN 16th through FEB 7th For tickets go to BrownPaperTickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006 REVIEWS A comedy about a young couple facing the challenge of organizing their new apartment - and their new relationship. But how do they make decisions when so much is at stake - and when the landlady gives them unwanted furniture, not mention her unwanted company? Spare Stage presents the American premier of this English comedy from the author of "Noises Off", with sharp dialogue which echoes Stoppard, Pinter, and Mamet. Cast: Sarah Eismann, Annie Larson and Aaron Murphy Directed by: Stephen Drewes

FUNNY BUT MEAN presents FUNNY BUT MEAN'S NEXT SHOW (cruel and unusual sketch comedy) EXIT Theatre 8pm January 19 & 26, February 2 & 9 2009 (see www.funnybutmean.com for details) Cast: Alexandra Creighton, Lauren Grace, Jessica Heidt, Oliver Elliot. Kalli Jonsson, Anthony Nemirovsky, Ignacio Orellana-Garcia, Frannie Pope, Ryan Rigazzi, Cole Smith, Zoë Stagg

HarperProductions presents The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff Goode Directed by Vic Chaney (an Equity-approved project) EXIT Stage Left 8pm. THU/FRI/SAT, December 4-20. Tickets $28 available at: Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006 or CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS Ever wonder what happens those other 364 days of the year at the North Pole? In this hilarious and poignant tale, scandal erupts at the North Pole when one of Santa's eight tiny reindeer accuses him of sexual harassment. The Eight: Reindeer Monologues is a dark, dark Christmas comedy composed of a series of eight monologues, one from each of Santa's reindeer. As members of the sleigh team demand to share their perspectives, a horrific tale of corruption and perversion emerges, which seems to implicate everyone from the littlest elf to the tainted Saint himself. With each deer's confession, the truth behind the shocking allegations becomes clearer and clearer...and murkier and murkier. Featuring: Steve Budd, Elias Escobedo*, Joshua Wynne Hillinger, Emily McGowan, Johanna Parker*, Stephen Pawley*, Rana Weber, and Ogie Zulueta*. *member of Actors' Equity Association Production Team: Scenic design by Bruce Walters; costume design by Andrea Polites; lighting design by Dustin Snyder; stage management by Emilio Racinez; and general management by DeWayne Spalding. Note: This play is recommended for adult audiences.

Christmas Crap-Array by the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm DEC 18, 19, 20 Tickets: $20-$40, sliding scale, general admission. For information visit http://www.lgcsf.org. For tickets go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/41995 or call 1-800-838-3006. Are you dreading the cloying, false cheer and tacky, cheap gifts that get passed around like a virus in December? Do you feel assaulted by the wall of green-and-red trinkets in your neighborhood drug-store? Are you a naughty boy or girl who is looking forward to a Christmas eve spanking from a burly, bearded guy? Then "Christmas Crap-Array" is the show for you! This show sold out last year, so get your tickets early. The Lesbian / Gay Chorus of San Francisco, under the direction of Stephanie Lynne Smith, is delighted to present the second annual "Christmas Crap-Array", a very irreverent show held at the intimate The cabaret will showcase our soloists and ensembles performing the kind of raunchy, hilarious songs and skits that have become the Chorus' signature. It will feature new holiday songs from the notorious Jack Dubowsky that will amuse and disturb people of every faith, and a Kinsey Sicks holiday sing-along. Expect to laugh until you cry. This fundraiser for the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco is guaranteed to delight and offend! The EXIT Cafe opens one hour before the show and sells beer, wine, pizza, wraps, and other food. The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco is supported by the San Francisco Grants for the Arts/SF Hotel Tax Fund and is a member of GALA Choruses (Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, Inc.), the world's only association committed to serving the LGBT choral movement.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café 8:30pm THUR DEC 18. $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Ryan O'Donnell and Arwen Anderson; photo credit: Molly Decoudreaux

Just Theater presents the West Coast Premiere of CURRENT NOBODY by Melissa James Gibson directed by Jonathan Spector EXIT Theatre Previews Fri/Sat, Nov 14/15; Opening Night: Monday Nov 17; Run Thur - Sat Nov. 20 - Dec 13 Tickets $12 - $25, sliding scale. For tickets go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/46107 or call 510 421 1458 A modern riff on Homer's Odyssey, CURRENT NOBODY reverses the genders to tell a story of the ultimate working mom and an epic long-distance relationship.With: Arwen Anderson*, Michael Barrett Austin*, Lizzie Calogero*, Lindsey Gates*, Danielle Levin*, Michelle Pava Mills* and Ryan O'Donnell Production: Tammy Berlin (costumes) Stephanie Buchner (lights) Wesley Cabral (video) Logan Granger (set) Dina Maccabee (sound) Maryanne Olson (dramaturgy) Christopher Ward White (graphic design) Stage Manager: Alex Mallory. Produced by Molly Aaronson-Gelb Just Theater's production of Current Nobody is made possible in part with support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

David Sinaiko as Choubert and Felicia Benefield as Madeleine Photo by Rob Melrose

Victims of Duty by Eugene Ionesco. EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT OCT 24 - NOV 23. Previews October 24/25/26. Opens October 30th. Tickets ($15 - $30) available at Brown Paper Tickets 1-809-838-3006. CLICK TO BUY TICKETS "Eugène Ionesco, legendary master of absurdist theater, returns to the EXIT with a rarely seen classic in a surprising and hilarious production by The Cutting Ball Theater. This undiscovered jewel from the 1950s is Ionesco’s most surreal and autobiographical play. An unsuspecting couple answers a knock at their door and a detective enters. What starts as a simple interrogation becomes an incredible journey through their past, present and future. Don’t miss your chance to see this tour-de-force production by the EXIT’s new resident theater company. Cutting Ball Theater’s production of Victims of Duty is made possible in part by grants from Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund and Mental Insight Foundation.Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc." REVIEWS

Adapted from the novel by Matthew Lewis, written by Nirmala Nataraj, directed by Stuart Bousel, featuring Margery Fairchild, Ryan Hayes, Meghan E. Kane, Christopher P. Kelly, Rik Lopes, Cassie Powell, Alison Sacha Ross, Lisa Swanson, James Tinsley, Nathan Tucker, Rana Weber, Cordell Wesselink. Masks designed/fabricated by Gregorio De Masi, stage managed by Martin Schwartz, sound design by Lisa Fowle, graphic design by Cody Rishell.

No Nude Men Productions Presents: The Monk From one of the most influential horror novels of all time … Lust. Power. Deception. And lots of labyrinthine plot twists. EXIT Stage Left 8pm Previews THUR OCT 9 then FRI/SAT thru NOV 22 Tickets: $10 first weekend, $15 - $20 subsequent performances. For reservations email ambrosioandmatilda@gmail.com or call 415-994-1367. More Info visit www.myspace.com/ambrosioandmatilda No Nude Men Productions continues its five-year legacy of bringing intelligent, challenging theater to the Bay Area, with a new stage adaptation of Matthew Lewis's seminal horror novel, THE MONK. By turns comical, sad, horrific and romantic, the story has captivated audiences since it was first published in 1796 and rocketed its 20-year-old author to stardom (he was even made a member of the British Parliament and nicknamed "Monk" Lewis). It has been cited by Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, James Herbert and numerous other writers as a major influence on their work and has never been out of print in over two centuries. This fall, No Nude Men premieres Nirmala Nataraj's spine-tingling new stage adaptation, the first to be attempted by an American theater company in over 50 years. The story revolves around a Spanish monk, Ambrosio (Ryan Hayes), whose life is crossed by a pair of young women: the tragic nun Agnes (Lisa Swanson) and the impoverished aristocrat Antonia (Margery Fairchild), both of whom will be key in the arrogant cleric's fall from grace. As Ambrosio is guided down a path of dissolution by a mysterious beauty named Matilda (Cassie Powell), the story weaves in and out of the quest for Antonia's hand by the handsome cavalier Lorenzo (James Tinsley) and the desperate search by Don Raymond (Cordell Wesselink) for the missing mother of his child. Along the way, ghosts and demons intervene, bandits attempt murder on hapless travelers, and nothing short of the Spanish Inquisition turns up for the finale. Nataraj (who penned the 2005 San Francisco Theater festival favorite, THE BOOK OF GENESIS: REMIXED AND REMASTERED) joins forces with Director Stuart Bousel, who combines the intense passion of NNM's 2005 production of PHAEDRA with the epic scale of the company's 2006 LOVE'S LABOURS LOST, to fashion a gothic romance of grand proportions. With masks designed by Gregorio De Masi, lights by James Tinsley and art by Cody Rishell, the performance aspires to combine the most riveting elements of small theater, medieval melodrama and Italian carnival.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café 8:30pm THUR NOV 20. $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

MACBETH by William Shakespeare adaptation by Erin Merritt directed by Joan Scout Presented by WOMAN'S WILL, The Bay Area's All-Female Shakespeare Company EXIT Theatre 8pm OCT 31, & NOV 6, 7 , 8; 2pm NOV 2 Tickets $15 - $25 sliding scale Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS You have always suspected as much, but the Three Weird Sisters really run the show in this fiendish, 5-person adaptation of Shakespeare's moody mind game: Come see the fast-paced action, the dark mysticism of the cursed Scottish Play, and a "tour de force" ensemble of women, and watch as something wicked this way comes.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café 8:30pm THUR NOV 6; NOV 20; DEC 18. $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

Jill & Dhaya Stand Up to Politics EXIT Cafe 8:30pm SAT NOV 1 Tickets: $10 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. Jill Bourque and Dhaya Lakshminarayanan host an evening of political stand-up comedy just before elections. Featuring Nato Green, Heather Grout, Lisa Geduldig, Ryan Kasmier, and Mark Silverman. For info go to http://jillanddhaya.com/

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Shannon Day An evening of celebrating her debut CD 'en otras palabras' EXIT Cafe 8:30pm THUR OCT 30th Tickets $15 Reservations at 415-673-3847 or buy tickets at Brown Paper Tickets 1-800-838-3006 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS Come and share an evening with singer/performer Shannon Day featuring music from her new CD 'en otras palabras'. Uniquely gifted at crossing musical styles, Shannon will go from latin, to french cabaret, jazz to pop throwing in a little music from the theater.. just for fun. She will be joined by the very talented Naomi Sanchez on piano. Tickets are limited and reservations are recommended. The East Bay Voice says, "Day is a versatile, all around performer with a most beautiful voice" and Half Moon Bay Review exclaims that her "masterfully controlled voice hits just the right tone." The show will be at 8:30pm with a running time of 60 minutes with no intermission.

"I'M YOURS! or Deranged by Love" EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm OCTOBER 2 - 25, 2008 Tickets: $10-$30. Special opening night performance, Sunday Oct. 5th at 6:00 p.m. Reservations through Brown Paper Tickets, 800-838-3006 or www.precarioustheatre.com. Precarious Theatre's newest creation: an intoxicating original comedy inspired by an episode from the classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes follows the ecstasy and agony of two pairs of young lovers in 17th century Spain. When two couples find their desires thwarted by fate and friends, they set out on a chaotic adventure into the wilderness of Spain. Amidst the mountains, the young couples are tangled in a web of desires, mistaken identity, hilarious antics and revenge. HP Mendoza contributes original love songs to this passionate brew! Starring Christian Cagigal, Andrew Calabrese, Erin Carter, Hannah Knapp, Nicole Lungerhausen, and Sarah Meyeroff and Directed by Matthew Graham Smith.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMBOS hosted by Mark Romyn. Short excerpts of plays, songs, magic, and other works-in-progress by Bay Area theater artists. EXIT Café 8:30pm THUR OCT 23 $5 donation requested. No reservations required.

SAVED OR DESTROYED - HARRY KONDOLEON'S FINAL COMEDY- IN BAY AREA PREMIERE. EXIT Cafe THUR/FRI/SAT 8:30pm OCT 2 - OCT 18. Tickets: $20. Reservations: 415-762-3649. www.savedordestroyed.com Email: info@savedordestroyed.com SAVED OR DESTROYED - THE FINAL COMEDY BY HARRY KONDOLEON: BAY AREA PREMIERE! SAVED OR DESTROYED celebrates the parallels and paradoxes of life and theatre with the reverence, irreverence, and insight that made Harry Kondoleon a mainstay of the New York stage until his untimely death in March 1994. A troupe of Bay Area theatre artists have coalesced around Harry Kondoleon's death-bed manuscript to create an ethereal SAVED OR DESTROYED equally at home in a theatre or in a cabaret. Staged by Val Hendrickson. Cast: Bret Anderson, Sarah Shoshana David, Kurt Gravenhorst, David Austin-Gröen*, Tom Juarez, Kristen Matia, Alexandra Matthew*, Lorraine Olsen and Baby Poppy. Alternate Harry: Kristen Matia. *An Actors Equity Approved Project Associate Producers: Carolyn Doyle, Michael Majdalany, Francis J. McGuire, Christopher Meyer. Lighting Design: Patti Meyer. Set Design: Adrienne Fraser. Graphic/Web Design & Photography: Chandra Renée Walker. Sponsors: c r w photography + design, The Edinburgh Castle, EXIT Theatre, Farley's Coffee, Heather Jones, Kilowatt, Krishna Copy & Digital Printing

BEST OF THE FRINGE 4 of the "Best of the 2008 Fringe" return for one performance each to benefit the 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival. EXIT Theatre September 26 & 27, 7pm and 8:30pm Tickets: $20 for each show A Benefit for the 2009 Fringe.

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Welcome to the 17th annual SF Fringe Festival. This year we are presenting 286 performances of 48 different plays from September 3rd to 14th. Tickets are inexpensive and the festival is organized so you can see a large variety of new and exciting work. For the schedule click any date to the left and for information on any play click a title below. Each year at the Fringe artists and audience have the opportunity to take risks and to support new and bold work. You can support this effort by seeing a variety of Fringe shows and by being generous in your acceptance of this work. Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Happy Fringing  TICKETS & DIRECTIONS / AUDIENCE REVIEWS / TO REVIEW A PLAY /

2008 FRINGE SHOWS 51 & Counting After-party Along the Path of Larks and Swallows Candide, or Optimism (Part I) Crazy Bag Doormen Endless Frontier Evelyn Reese Show Exit Sign: A Rock Opera Exotic Messages FLUID i scan Identity Crisis If You're Going to San Francisco In the Belly of the Whale

2008 FRINGE SHOWS Iron Muffin,Glass Jungle II It Is What It Is Jew Must Be Crazy Knuckleball Last Exit LATE NIGHTS WITH THE BOYS Lost and Found in the Mission Loving Fathers Madge's Box Marie 21 and Flying Mitch Monkey Poet Moon Fable Mr. P's Big Day Off My Camino My Friend Hitler

2008 FRINGE SHOWS No Stranger Than Home Number's Up! On Second Thought Open Season - A Queer Performance Showcase Peg-Ass-Us Punchline Single Entendre VS. Comedy! Son of Genderanium Sonderkommando Tale End Taste of Enlightenment Tenderloin Christmas Hustler theatre that Moves There's a Monster in the Well! To Kill For True Theatre Critic Ukulady's Ponyshow!

FUNNY BUT MEAN presents FUNNY BUT MEAN'S NEXT SHOW (cruel and unusual sketch comedy) EXIT Theatre 8pm August 11 & 18 (see www.funnybutmean.com for details) Cast: Alexandra Creighton, Lauren Grace, Jessica Heidt, Oliver Elliot. Kalli Jonsson, Anthony Nemirovsky, Ignacio Orellana-Garcia, Frannie Pope, Ryan Rigazzi, Cole Smith, Zoë Stagg

Take a "Sneak Peek" at the 17th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival - Saturday, August 16th Excerpts from some of the outstanding theatre pieces coming to the 2008 San Francisco Fringe Festival , Saturday, August 16th. Curtain at 8:00 p.m. EXIT Café opens at 7:00 p.m. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco. FREE! FREE! FREE! On Saturday, August 16, EXIT Theatre's A Sneak Peek at the Fringe presents a potpourri of 10 shows coming to the 2008 Fringe Festival, September 3-14. The "Peek" is emceed by Mark Romyn, host of EXIT's Thursday Night Combo. Ten companies for the 2008 Fringe will perform preview excerpts from their shows. Mary Ann Boyd - 51 & Counting (musical cabaret) Pi, The Physical Comedy Troupe - After-party (clowning extravaganza) Mia Paschal - Along the Path of Larks & Swallows (solo) Melinda Bailey - There's a Monster in the Well (sketch comedy) CatchyName Productions - Mitch (post-modern version of Agamenon set in a SF restaurant) Supersonic Theater - Exit Sign: a Rock Opera Harvey Rabbit - Madge's Box (clowning, burlesque, & song) Alicia Dattner - The Punchline (solo comedy) Zoe Sheli Sameth - Taste of Enlightenment (solo comedy) Mercedes Segesvary - theatre that Moves (comedy in a 15-seat tour van) Please join us for the Sneak Peek at the Fringe

Avant GardARAMA! an evening of short experimental plays by Cutting Ball Theatre. EXIT on Taylor 8pm JUL 18 - AUG 16 CLICK TO BUY ONLINE TICKETS San Francisco’s cutting-edge Cutting Ball Theater continues its 2008 season of critically acclaimed stage-work with Avant GardARAMA! Like Cutting Ball’s 2004 edition of Avant GardARAMA!,this second installation of the series offers an evening of shortexperimental plays that radically experiment with theatrical form - inthis case, plays from three American women: Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks, Bay Area playwright Eugenie Chan, and Gertrude Stein. Cutting Ball Artistic Director Rob Melrose helms Avant GardARAMA!, featuring Felicia Benefield, Paige Rogers, and David Westley Skillman Bone to Pick by Eugenie Chan ThisWorld Premiere, commissioned by Cutting Ball Theater and MagicTheatre/Z Space New Works Initiative, re-tells the myth of Ariadne in adizzyingly postmodern look at the costs of love and war. Young PrinceTheseus promises to marry Ariadne if she will help him through anintricate labyrinth so that he can kill her half brother, the Minotaur.Once his task is complete, instead of marriage, he dumps her on adeserted island, in a diner at the end of the war-torn world. Betting on the Dust Commander by Suzan-Lori Parks CuttingBall’s fourth production of a Suzan-Lori Parks play, this playful lookat marriage depicts a young couple on their hope-filled wedding night,and then years later as the husband habitually steals away to the racetrack. For those who enjoyed the jazz-like language of Cutting Ball’sproduction of Parks’ The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, this portrait of a marriage offers a musical logic that is all its own. Accents in Alsace by Gertrude Stein Included in the extraordinary 1922 publication Geography and Plays,this memorable cubist portrait of World War I remarkably fuses Stein’slegendary experimental style with an unforgettably human depiction ofwar.

THE PANDORA EXPERIMENT by Christian Cagigal FRI/SAT 8pm JUL 25 - AUG 16 EXIT Stage Left Tickets: $20 CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Master Magician & Illusionist Christian Cagigal returns. "The Pandora Experiment" is inexplicable theatrical magic EXIT Theatre brings back acclaimed magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal to reprise his latest show, The Pandora Experiment, presented by EXIT Theatre and Zeitgeist Artworks. Cagigal's previous work at the EXIT has delighted both audiences and critics. The Pandora Experiment is an intimate evening of close-up magic, mind-reading, and theater guided by award-winning magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal. "It's not a mere series of 'tricks,' but a real experiment that dares you to take a peek, and then think inside the box," Cagigal says. Cagigal presides over this dark and intimate show with "a music box, toys with souls, an oft told tale…and you." MEDIA & REVIEWS PRESS RELEASE

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Penny Dreadful Theatricals presents... Kelly McCubbin's Golden Age of Radio What year is this? Local cult performer, Kelly McCubbin, seems unsure as he and his group of drunks, misfits and malcontents try to put on a live Science Fiction Radio Show. From the creator of "Uke-y Stardust" and "Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry" comes this loving and hysterical tribute to Golden Age Radio, but with a modern edge. Chaos, comedy, music and an entire, brand new, science fiction radio drama will overtake the Exit Theatre for 2 weekends in August. Beware the Cognizance Reaction!!! EXIT Theatre 8pm FRI/SAT AUG 1 - 9, 2008 Tickets - $15. $10 for students, seniors and TBA members. For tickets call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006 or CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS

PRIVATE EYES by Steven Dietz. Spare Stage presents Steven Dietz's sexy and intricate comedy of passion and deception, secrecy and suspicion on the EXIT Main Stage. EXIT Theatre July 10th - July 26th, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM Saturdays Matinees at 2 PM (July 19th and 26th) Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call 1-800-838-3006 Directed by Stephen Drewes Cast includes Whitney Gafford, Jason Jeremy, Sarah Meyeroff, Aaron Murphy, Richard Ryan, Holly Silk, Eleni Zaharopoulos

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. $5 donation requested. Thursdays at 8:30pm JUL 17

Sean Owens & Christina Augello in Her Majesty PHOTO: Laurie Gallant CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE PRESS PHOTO

HER MAJESTY by Sean Owens RETURNING FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY !!! EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm JUL 11 - JULY 19 Tickets: $12 - $20 sliding scale cash at the door ($20 online with credit card) Reservations: 415-673-3947 CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS You are cordially invited by Christina Augello and Sean Owens to revel and play with HER MAJESTY -- A breakneck farce-for-two where queens of every kind collide and quick changes and theatrical follies soon give way to the folly of theater. If you can't follow the plot, no worries -- neither can playwright Sean Owens and his diva, Christina Augello! Question their sanity ... but never HER MAJESTY. A fun-filled flurry of people, places and plots by Sean Owens, named "Best Comic Playwright" by the SF Weekly. MEDIA & REVIEWS playwright Sean Owens; performers Sean Owens & Christina Augello; director Kathryn Wood; set & lighting designers Amanda Ortmayer & Curtis Overacre; costumes Kathy Jo Lafreniere; stage manager Michelle Talgarow; photo Laurie Gallant; produced by EXIT Theatre PRESS RELEASE

Go Fish! presents the Improvised Murder Mystery! EXIT Stage Left 8pm THUR JUNE 26 Tickets: $10 CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS Was it the chauffeur in the sauna with a snow globe? Or maybe the private yoga instructor in the drawing room with a roasted turkey. You choose the murder weapon and where the dark deed takes place – but that’s just the beginning. Join the members of Go Fish as we create a classic Murder Mystery live before your eyes. Follow our steely detective as he (or she) questions eccentric suspects, exposes dark secrets, pieces together puzzling clues, and reveals the murderer in an iconic tension filled final confrontation – but it’s all made up on the spot, so the audience finds out who the killer is exactly at the same moment as the actors! Featuring the members of Go Fish! – John Fitzgerald, Vincenta Licata, Ken Robertson and Toni Mazzuca, with guest players Andrew Merit and Lisa Rowland.

19;29 Theatre Company premiere Blasted. A radical reassessment of Sarah Kane's seminal 1995 work, performing at The Mosser Hotel San Francisco JUNE 19th-25th 2008. In association with EXIT Theatre. At the Mosser Hotel, 54 4th Street, San Francisco Ca 94103. Entry times 3pm, 5pm, 7pm and 9pm Tickets: $19/$22 at www.theatrebayarea.org (Theatre Bay Area (415) 430-1140) or www.nineteentwentynine.co.uk 19;29 invite you to a night of high drama and nail biting tension in a room at The Mosser Hotel as tabloid hack Ian and epileptic Cate embark on a journey that draws them well beyond the realms of simple domestic conflict as they are thrust into a world where civilization and barbarity collide before your very eyes. Highly controversial in its time, Blasted has become a modern classic for its unflinching depiction of the depths of humanity and the personal impact of war. In the cloying intimacy of a hotel suite, 19;29's transatlantic cast seek to sear Kane's dystopic vision onto the audience's consciousness. The physical immediacy of the action has a stomach churning intensity, which cannot fail to provoke thought and debate. Kane's social critique explores private and public despotism through domestic human conflict and the psychology of war. Blasted remains relevant and visceral thirteen years after its debut at the Royal Court, London.

CLICK PICTURE FOR HIGH RES COPY Amanda Ortmayer The Birds Sean Owens, The Bitter Fruit! Alexia Staniotes The Blob PHOTOS: Geof Teague

THE ATTACK OF THE KILLER Bs -- a trio of deadly Bs at their biggest, baddest and most brilliant! Coming to EXIT Theatre from their Sold-Out Premiere Run at The Dark Room, horror classics THE BIRDS, THE BITTER FRUIT!, and THE BLOB. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS EXIT Stage Left JUN 13 - JUN 22 Equal parts camp and cunning, each of these classics exudes lurid excess, as well as astute insights on the taboos and terrors of its era, balancing the satiric with the sensational, the cliché and the clever. Beginning with the classic, THE BIRDS, this ominous tale of avian invasion ripples with undercurrents of feminism, as willful gadabout Melanie Daniels pursues a 'lovebird' relationship with enterprising lawyer Mitch Brenner, while the quiet town of Bodega Bay takes notice. It's Mitch's mother, Lydia who rules the roost-but before feathers can fly, an aerial assault pits the hapless household against a squadron of starlings. Michelle Talgarow directs. Next, Join us for a completely authorized evening of hilarity and terror, with THE BITTER FRUIT! Starring Sean Owens as eleven-year-old Dora Marksman, who will stop at nothing to acquire a coveted blue ribbon from play-pal Mort Goiter, despite his cries of "Cease and desist!" This courageous and legally unimpeachable production dares to ask the question, "Does the Tree of Life have rotten roots? And what if the Blossoms of Youth are pollinated, not by the Bees of Mercy, but the Wasps of Villainy?" Ponder each pregnant pause with playwright Sean Owens, and see if YOU can bear… "THE BITTER FRUIT!" Finally, it takes a ragtag team of scofflaws to alert their sleepy town to the gelatinous dangers that a fallen meteor has unleashed. Brooding teen Steve Andrews interrupts a hot date with good girl Janie Johnson to chase the oozing, formless horror that's gobbling up the community in THE BLOB. Sean Owens directs. THE DATES AND TIMES: EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco Friday, June 13th-- 8pm BIRDS; 10pm BITTER FRUIT Saturday, June 14th-- 8pm BLOB; 10pm BIRDS Sunday, June 15th-- 7pm BLOB; 9pm BITTER FRUIT Friday, June 20th-- 8pm BITTER FRUIT; 10pm BLOB Saturday, June 21st-- 8pm BIRDS; 10pm BLOB Sunday, June 22nd-- 7pm BITTER FRUIT; 9pm BIRDS CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS Tickets $15 online, $20 at the door, and if you book a ticket through brownpapertickets.com, you will get a discount code for an additional $5 off your subsequent purchases. See all three Killer Bs!!!!

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. $5 donation requested. Thursdays at 8:30pm JUN 19

7 SINS. Written and performed by James Judd, directed by Randall Rapstine EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm, SUN 7pm MAY 30 - JUNE 21 Tickets: $20. 1/2-priced advanced tickets available on Goldstar.com and at Theatre Bay Area. James Judd presents his life of envy, greed, gluttony, pride, lust, sloth, and wrath.Comedian James Judd's hilarious true stories about trying to win his 5th Grade book report competition with My Search for Patty Hearst, his careers as a forgotten employee of AT&T, a dot.com journalist (leading to an insane night in a Chinese bordello), and as an under-prepared criminal defense attorney. "It was dirty, it was silly, it was a swell $10-buck-a-seat party, and bravo, James Judd." — Leah Garchik San Francisco Chronicle "Who the hell is this guy and why am I laughing so hard?— Will Harper, SF Weekly "Engaging and hilarious... packed houses" — Richard Dodds, Bay Area Reporter "Judd is Paul Lynde for the new millennium. His show is off-the-wall and out-of-the-ballpark entertaining. To miss it would be the eighth and deadliest sin of all." - Toronto Star "He's David Sedaris on a pot of coffee." - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle "Judd's jokes are hyper-funny, making the show a witty, sophisticated breeze." - Vancouver's Georgia Straight 7 Sins is not poignant! It 's not inspirational! It's just 60 minutes of FUNNY! See clips of the show on youtube.com. Search James Judd's 7 SINS Download a podcast of Marilyn Pittman's Out in the Bay interview with James including clips from the show on NPR affiliate KAWL 97.1's website.

ARE YA DATING? written and performed by Steven Karwoski directed by David Ford TWO SHOWS ONLY !!! EXIT Café 8:30pm FRI/SAT JUN 13 - 14 Tickets: $12 - $20 sliding scale. Reservations: 415.929.8100 "Get Your Ticket For This Hot Date While You Can." -- SEE Magazine Edmonton Top 3 Picks of the The Edmonton Fringe 2006 4 stars -- Edmonton Sun Do women really want men to be in touch with their feelings? Can even the best date go on too long? What would possibly drive a man who is afraid of ghosts and goblins to spend a date in a cemetery? Come discover the answers to these questions as veteran solo performer Steven Karwoski chronicles his life in the trenches of the dating world. Come see Steven Karwoski San Francisco's solo writer and performer's Farwell Performance. Karwoski was invited to perform his third solo show ARE YA DATING? in Ireland's Kinsale Arts Week in July. So keep with his 'in for a penny in for a pound' mentality, he has decided to stay 'across the pond.' Steven shall move his family and Other Fish to Fry Productions to Sweden in July as well. Why not save on the airfare. So see it while you still can

Precarious Theatre presents I'M YOURS (or Deranged by Love), directed by Matthew Graham Smith with original songs by H.P. Mendoza EXIT Stage Left 8pm FRI/SAT JUN 6-7, 2008 Tickets: $10 CLICK TO BUY ONLINE TICKETS Precarious Theatre's newest creation: an intoxicating original comedy inspired by an episode from the classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes follows the ecstasy and agony of two pairs of young lovers in 17th century Spain. When two couples find their desires thwarted by fate and friends, they set out on a chaotic adventure into the wilderness of Spain. Amidst the mountains, the young couples are tangled in a web of desires, mistaken identity, hilarious antics and revenge. HP Mendoza contributes original love songs to this passionate brew! This is a workshop production and will perform two nights only. A longer run will be presented in October '08. Starring Christian Cagical, Andrew Calabrese, Erin Carter, Hannah Knapp, Nicole Lungerhausen, and Sarah Meyeroff. www.precarioustheatre.com

SWEETIE TANYA EXIT Theatre May 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 at 8pm Tickets $25 CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS On the run from creditors after a failed sexual harassment suit against her powerful boss, Tanya ends up in the dingiest coffee shop in the Mission. Instead of a haven, she finds a lecherous boss, creepy patrons, and her destiny as a force of vengeance against "all who would make women shake, in fear of all the threats they make." Written and directed by Dan Wilson, Music direction by Steve Kahn, Choregraphy by Tonya Marie Amos, Featuring: Kate Austin-Groen, Bryce Byerley, Charles Durazo, Dan Foley, Chris Hayes*, Christopher Kelly, Rick Lasquete, Lloyd Vance, and Alexis Wong. Live music by Steve Kahn, Katey LaFey, Dina Mondello, Sanjay Pardanani, and Andrew Reissiger *appears courtesy of Actor's Equity Association With original music and lyrics by: Arwen Anderson, Jeffrey Bihr, Adrian Borcea, Nolan Cook, Rachel Efron, The Endless, Neil Howard, Steve Kahn, Thessaly Lerner, Dave Malloy, Julie Potter, Caroline Smith and Dan Wilson

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. Thursdays at 8:30pm MAY 22

The Loom and the Ship: a twice-traveled Odyssey Patti Trimble and Douglas Kenning Friday May 2 8PM Saturday May 3 8PM EXIT Theater Patti Trimble, poet and performer, and Douglas Kenning, historian, and storyteller, collaborate to tell two sides of Homer's Odyssey. The Loom and the Ship is a work-in-progress; half performance art, half story-telling, half poetry, and half done; an evolving piece about islands, memory, monsters, homecoming, and middle age. This will be the first reading/performance of this piece. Admission free.

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. Thursdays at 8:30pm MAY 1

For high resolution press pictures click on image Medea Knows Best: Alissa Mortenson & Erin Douglas - Photo: Rob Gruhl Alissa Mortenson - photo Rob Gruhl Kate Ryan, Erin Douglas, Mok Moser, Annalisa Derr - photo Rob Gruhl Kate Ryan, Victtoria Micalizzi, Alissa Mortenson, Erin Douglas - photo Rob Gruhl DIVAfest Cabaret: Libby O'Connell - photo Laurie Gallant

DIVAfest 2008, the 7th annual EXIT Theatre festival dedicated to creating new work by women writers. Featuring a new play by Claytie Mason and Alissa Mortenson of Nebunele Theatre, a play-in-progress by Pireeni Sundaralingam, poetry by Diane di Prima, the DIVA Cabaret and trashy chic fashions. MEDIA AND REVIEWS Medea Knows Best Euripides with a Doo-Wop Chorus and a madly updated tragic script that will leave you reeling, panting, and questioning your ideas about faith, love, and the American Way. From the team that brought you The Secret Ruths of Island House, winner of Best New Play at the 2006 SF Fringe Festival REVIEWS by Nebunele Theatre Company written by Claytie Mason and Alissa Mortenson directed by Claytie Mason with a cast of seven brilliant Seattle performers including Alissa Mortenson, Laurence Hughes, Heather Persinger, Davie-Blue Bacich, Brynna Jourden, Yana Kesala, and David Edwards Previews 8pm Thursday & Friday, April 10 & 11 Opens 8pm Saturday April 12 Runs 8pm Thur/Fri/Sat through April 26 Preview Tickets $10, Opening Night $20 Then $12 - $20 sliding scale Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS DIVA Cabaret Sean Owens (in drag? mai oui!) returns to host, with collaborator composer/musician Don Seaver and a bevy of Bay Area chanteuses including Shannon Day, Lua Hadar, Libby O’Connell, Mia Paschal, Janet Roitz, and Sharon Walton. Fri & Sat 10pm Apr 18 - 26 REVIEWS Tickets $15: Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS War Harvest by Pireeni Sundaralingam Staged reading of a play-in-progress portraying the fragmentation of trust among a family that fled to the West from the campaigns of mass rape and systematic genocide of the Sri Lankan civil war, and the way they end up desperately clinging to (often quite contradictory) codes of honor. Saturday April 26 at 3pm Free. Reservations: 415-673-3847 More or Less Love Poems Poetry Reading by Beat icon Diane di Prima “WHO do you love is the question And why. . . “ Published and unpublished “love” poems to friends, pets, trees, plants, family, dead poets, painters and alchemists, various lovers of varying genders, astral encounters, my kids, times & places that may never have been, ones I’m sure existed but maybe shouldn’t have — these love poems — are grouchy, happy, sad, ecstatic, erotic, disgusted, silly, bemused, enraged, and of course “hip” (whatever that means) -- as you would expect from someone who’s been keeping on keeping on and loving (or not) whatever comes her way. Puppy love from a 73 year old, and wisdom from an almost-teenager . . . Come and give a listen. Like The Lady sez “No Regrets”. There’ll be plenty of time for Q & A. . . Saturday, April 12 at 3pm Free Reservations: 415-673-3847 Trashy Chic by Donna Asturias Original recreations of T-shirts toparty frocks, transforming the discarded into the desired Artist Reception Saturday 6pm April 12 Free

Rebecca Fisher's THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE DISASTER EXIT Stage Left Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26 at 8:00pm On February 27, 1995, wife and mother EMILY FISHER, was murdered in her Midtown Memphis home. Join solo performer REBECCA FISHER for the return of her tour de force one-woman show that explores family, race, southern identity, and THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE DISASTER. "Smart, challenging, disarmingly funny and unmistakably affecting." -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "A story both highly individual and culturally resonant." -SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN "The only thing an audience member can do is absorb the 'magnificence' of it." -MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL Tickets $12 CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call 1-800-838-3006

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. Thursdays at 8:30pm APR17

THE PANDORA EXPERIMENT by Christian Cagigal FRI/SAT 8pm MAR 14 - APR 12 EXIT Stage Left Tickets: $12 - $20 sliding scale at the door and $20 online. Reservations: 415-673-3847. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS RETURNING FOR 4 MORE WEEKS JULY 25 - AUGUST 16!!! Master Magician & Illusionist Christian Cagigal returns. "The Pandora Experiment" is inexplicable theatrical magic EXIT Theatre brings back acclaimed magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal to reprise his latest show, The Pandora Experiment, presented by EXIT Theatre and Zeitgeist Artworks. Cagigal's previous work at the EXIT has delighted both audiences and critics. The Pandora Experiment is an intimate evening of close-up magic, mind-reading, and theater guided by award-winning magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal. "It's not a mere series of 'tricks,' but a real experiment that dares you to take a peek, and then think inside the box," Cagigal says. Cagigal presides over the dark and intimate EXIT Café with "a music box, toys with souls, an oft told tale…and you." MEDIA & REVIEWS

CALL MR ROBESON The monodrama with songs by Tayo Aluko EXIT on Taylor (277 Taylor Street in San Francisco) Thursday 8pm April 10, 2008 Tickets: $20/$15 from Modern Times Bookstore 415-282-9246 Paul Robeson is a great and famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When over the years he gets progressively too radical and outspoken for the establishment's liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, harassed, and denied opportunities to perform or travel. Just as physical, emotional and mental stress threaten to push him over the fine line between genius and madness, he is summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, to give the most difficult and important performance of his career. The play features some of his famous songs and speeches, and highlights how his radical activism caused him to be disowned and disremembered, even by the leaders and descendants of the civil rights movements. Written and Performed by Tayo Aluko, accompanied by Michael Conliffe (Piano), directed by Olusola Oyeleye, designed by Phil Newman. Presented by Tayo Aluko and Friends www.tayoalukoandfriends.com "They say I'm meddling in the foreign affairs of the United States Government. Now that's too bad, 'cause I'm going to have to continue to meddle …"

(clockwise from upper left) Sarah McKereghan, Liz Roddy, Noah Kelly, Deborah Wade, Mark Rachel PHOTO:Peter Q. Parish CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE PICTURE

Mimetic, a new comedy by RIPE Theatre. Directed by Peter Q. Parish, written and performed by Noah Kelly, Sarah McKereghan, Mark Rachel, Liz Roddy and Deborah Wade RIPE Theatre is at it again, finding inventive ways to write and create fresh, innovative performances. Like their award winning @six (winner of Best Ensemble in the 2006 SF Fringe Festival) Mimetic’s script is derived from the characters, a mimicry of human reactions, animal behaviors, and the search for reason and meaning – “Why does this always happen to ME?!” Dharma, fate, and free-will come into question in this dark farce where a turtle’s shell is its fort from which it lobs verbal abuse upon the sacrificial kangaroo – where the hero craves conflict with the boy next door – and a whole new meaning is brought to the term, “Wise-Ass.” REVIEWS EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm MAR 7 - 29 Tickets $12-$20 sliding scale ($20 online) Reservations: 415-673-3847 CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS RIPE Theatre is a Theatre-In-Residence at EXIT Theatre.

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. Thursdays at 8:30pm MAR 20

SCENES FROM THE BLUE PLANET: An Evening of Short Films by Mark Knego March 19 (7:30pm, $5) EXIT Theatre 156 Eddy in SF An evening of short films by San Francisco-based playwright, director, sculptor and emerging filmmaker Mark Knego including "Scenes from the Blue Planet," "Felipe Does Dylan," "The Shrine of Sheikh Nizam ud-Din," and "Halloween with Condi Rice." The filmmaker and various cast members will be present for the program.

SERVE BY EXPIRATION. Now in its tenth year, The Thunderbird Theatre Company presents "Serve By Expiration." After last year's successful sketch comedy show, SBE returns to show that no job is worth hiding under your desk and crying. It's the little things that make your office job suck. Overbearing bosses… unrequited office romances… the coffee barista who's trying to start a Worker's Revolution and then there's that part-man, part-vegetable co-worker who's threatening your job security. It's the nightmare job told in bite size portions of comedy. Written by Ian Hemenway and Sang S. Kim. Directed by Claire Rice. Featuring: Faith Aeryn, Jacquie Duckworth, Jenni Gebhardt, Matt Gunnison, Tavis Kammet, Christopher P. Kelly, Nathan Tucker & Wilton Yeung. Artwork by Jeremy Arambulo REVIEWS EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT FEB 28th through MAR 15th, 2008 Tickets: $15 - $20 sliding scale. Tickets are limited so reserve now! You can contact us on our hotline, 415-289-6766 or at www.thunderbirdtheatre.com

SIERRA SERENADE. Admission is FREE. No reservations required. EXIT Cafe 8pm MAR 10 Precarious Theatre presents a semi-staged reading of its new play Sierra Serenade, which will premiere at the EXIT in October 2008. Sierra Serenade is an adaptation of a short story found in the pages of Miguel de Cervantes classic "Don Quixote" and involves a quartet of lovers weathering the extremes of romantic emotion. The short story we are adapting for the stage, "The History of Cardenio," is thought to be the source material for a lost Shakespeare play. Above all, Sierra Serenade is a Valentine to interpersonal relationships in their many forms, both celebrating the joy and ecstasy that the emotion of love can bring to the lives of characters, but also the cruelty and desperation that it can engender. The time seems ripe to create a new work centered on a bold, large, emotionally expressive and deeply personal theme that is universal from age to age, from person to person, and from country to country. We are excited to invite the audience to participate in our development process and get a sneak peak at this brand new work-in-progress.

Sean Owens & Christina Augello in Her Majesty PHOTO: Laurie Gallant CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE PRESS PHOTO

HER MAJESTY by Sean Owens NEW YORK CITY: Red Room Theater, 85 East 4th Street, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues (Bowery)Third Floor, No Wheelchair Access. Tickets: $15 THR 2/28 @ 7:30 PM, SAT 3/1 @ 5:30 PM, SUN 3/2 @ 5:30 PM WED 3/5 @ 9 PM, THR 3/6 @ 10:30 PM, SAT 3/8 @ 5:30 PM CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call SmartTIX at 212-868-4444 You are cordially invited by Christina Augello and Sean Owens to revel and play with HER MAJESTY -- A breakneck farce-for-two where queens of every kind collide and quick changes and theatrical follies soon give way to the folly of theater. If you can't follow the plot, no worries -- neither can playwright Sean Owens and his diva, Christina Augello! Question their sanity ... but never HER MAJESTY. A fun-filled flurry of people, places and plots by Sean Owens, named "Best Comic Playwright" by the SF Weekly. playwright Sean Owens; performers Sean Owens & Christina Augello; director Kathryn Wood; set & lighting designers Amanda Ortmayer & Curtis Overacre; costumes Kathy Jo Lafreniere; stage manager Michelle Talgarow; photo Laurie Gallant; produced by EXIT Theatre

ASHES TO ASHES by Harold Pinter and AFTERPLAY by Brian Friel EXIT Stage Left FEB 20 - MAR 1 THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm Tickets: $20 (Preview performance WED FEB 20 8pm) Purchase online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/26095 Purchase by phone: 800-838-3006 One acts plays by two of the British theatre's greatest living writers, Harold Pinter and Brian Friel, explore characters who struggle to understand the past in order to shape their futures. Harold Pinter's ASHES TO ASHES depicts a husband's efforts to unearth information about a mysterious relationship in his wife's past. In Friels's AFTERPLAY, characters from two of Anton Chekhov's major plays, THE THREE SISTERS and UNCLE VANYA, meet twenty years later in a shabby Moscow cafe. Directed by Stephen Drewes. Cast - Mary Samson, Aaron Murphy. Light & Sound Design: Tyler Null

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's longest running variety show presents local greats and soon-to-be discovered-greats doing their magic, dance, storytelling, comedy, stage and scene work, monologues, readings, music and more ... hosted by Mark Romyn. No Reservation Required. Thursdays at 8:30pm FEB 21

FUNNY BUT MEAN presents FUNNY BUT MEAN'S NEXT SHOW (cruel and unusual sketch comedy) EXIT Theatre 8pm Mondays 8pm FEB 11 & 18. (see www.funnybutmean.com for details) Cast: Alexandra Creighton, Lauren Grace, Jessica Heidt, Oliver Elliot. Kalli Jonsson, Anthony Nemirovsky, Ignacio Orellana-Garcia, Frannie Pope, Ryan Rigazzi, Cole Smith, Zoë Stagg

Sean Owens & Christina Augello in Her Majesty PHOTO: Laurie Gallant CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE PRESS PHOTO

HER MAJESTY by Sean Owens SAN FRANCISCO: EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT FEB 8-16, 2008 @8pm. Tickets: Preview FEB 8($10); Opening Night FEB 9($20); FEB 15/16 ($12-$20 sliding scale at the door, $20 online) Reservations: 415-673-3847 CLICK HERE FOR SAN FRANCISCO ONLINE TICKETS. NEW YORK CITY: Red Room Theater, 85 East 4th Street, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues (Bowery)Third Floor, No Wheelchair Access. Tickets: $15 THR 2/28 @ 7:30 PM, SAT 3/1 @ 5:30 PM, SUN 3/2 @ 5:30 PM WED 3/5 @ 9 PM, THR 3/6 @ 10:30 PM, SAT 3/8 @ 5:30 PM CLICK HERE FOR NEW YORK ONLINE TICKETS You are cordially invited by Christina Augello and Sean Owens to revel and play with HER MAJESTY -- A breakneck farce-for-two where queens of every kind collide and quick changes and theatrical follies soon give way to the folly of theater. Only four performances in San Francisco before moving to New York City! If you can't follow the plot, no worries -- neither can playwright Sean Owens and his diva, Christina Augello! Question their sanity ... but never HER MAJESTY. A fun-filled flurry of people, places and plots by Sean Owens, named "Best Comic Playwright" by the SF Weekly. REVIEWS playwright Sean Owens; performers Sean Owens & Christina Augello; director Kathryn Wood; set & lighting designers Amanda Ortmayer & Curtis Overacre; costumes Kathy Jo Lafreniere; stage manager Michelle Talgarow; photo Laurie Gallant; produced by EXIT Theatre

LOVE BITES, MY DOG BITES, AND MY PICKUP TRUCK WON'T START by the Lesbian Bay Chorus of San Francisco EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT FEB 7 - 16, 2008 Tickets are $15 to $30, general admission, sliding scale. All tickets for the special Valentine's Day show are $30. Tickets available through our website, http://www.lgcsf.org, or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Love gets worked over once again when the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco presents its 5th annual anti-Valentine's Day Cabaret and Musical Extravaganza, On Valentines Day, love gets a special kick in the pants with an "adults only" show! The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco is notorious for its irreverent and hilarious shows. Back by popular demand, this year's cabaret features a country theme...but all the heein' and hawin' can't deny the fact that love sucks. Romance is neither safe nor sacred in the hands of LGCSF. Under the direction of Stephanie Lynne Smith, "Love Bites" is a unique experience, where depravity and fun go hand in hand. All evenings feature a variety of fully staged and choreographed performances. The show was sold out in advance last year. Don't miss it this year!   Tickets are $15 to $30, general admission, sliding scale. All tickets for the special Valentine's Day show are $30. Tickets available through our website, http://www.lgcsf.org, or by calling 1-800-838-3006.

Sheherezade VIII 2007: A Year in Review EXIT Theatre 8 pm February 7-9 Tickets: $20 www.playwrightscentersf.org 415-820-3206 Playwrights' Center of San Francisco presents a ten-minute play festival Directed by Erin Blackwell & Soumyaa Kapil End of the Road by Leah Halper 756 by Jody Handley Sorry for the Hurricanes by Daniel Heath Knowledge Transfer by Edward H. Hernandez, Ph.D American Family by Cassandra Lewis The Edge by Morgan Ludlow Ted and Lisa and Dr. Neil Clark Warren by Patricia Milton Monsters at Home and Abroad by Diane Samson STOP! POLICE! by Brian Tognotti

Christmas Crap-Array Dirty fun with the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco a fundraiser for the GALA travel fund at EXIT Theatre December 20, 21, 22, 2007, 8 pm Cafe opens one hour before show Beer, wine, pizza, wraps, other food more information at http://www.lgcsf.org don't miss our Autumn OUTing in October!

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers . No Reservation Required. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON December 20

(left to right) Chida Chaemchaeng, Kerry Gudjohnsen, Ryan Wilkes, Noah Kelly, Liz Roddy PHOTO: Amanda Ortmayer

THE NECESSITY OF HANK written by Val & Noah Kelly (mother & son duo), a psychedelic dramedy set within the confines of a dentist's office and told from two very different perspectives Previews NOV 8, 9 & 10, Opening Night Gala NOV 16, then FRI/SAT through DEC 15. All Shows 8pm at EXIT Theatre. Tickets: Previews ($10); Opening Gala ($20); During the Run ($12-$20 sliding scale at the door, $20 online). Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS. RIPE Theatre ("One of SF's most unusual independent theatre companies" -SF Station; "If you have yet to experience RIPE Theatre, you are missing one of the most theatrically adventurous companies in the area" -- SF Weekly) returns to the EXIT with its 11th show. REVIEWS & MEDIA A misguided woman nearing the end of a momentous journey crosses paths with a like-minded soul, who may in fact be someone closer to her than she anticipates. Written by mother-son duo, Val and Noah Kelly, Hank is a psychedelic dramedy set within the confines of a dark, strange, and stormy dentist's office and told from two very different perspectives. Ensemble: Ryan Wilkes, Chida Chaemchaeng, Liz Roddy, Kerry Gudjohnsen, Deborah Wade, Amanda Ortmayer, Peter Q. Parish, Sarah McKereghan, Theresa Schmieder, Mark Rachel, and Noah Kelly more information at: www.ripetreats.com CLICK HERE FOR FULL SIZE IMAGE

Risk is This...The Cutting Ball Experimental Plays Festival Staged Readings of Three New Plays Join Cutting Ball Theatre for their fourth edition of Risk is This. From over 200 submissions, they selected three bold new experimental plays and will workshop them each for one week. At the end of each week, they present two public readings of the plays accompanied by conceptual designs of the sets and costumes. They will then invite the audience to imagine with them the form and landscape of each play. It is a unique chance to be involved with finding a new play’s performance and design vocabulary along with the artists creating the production. …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT NOV 30 & DEC 1 @ 8pm. A poetic retelling of the Demeter myth set during the civil war and narrated by the Mississippi River. Having run away from a plantation in North Carolina, Demeter travels South in search of her daughter Po'em. En route, she is almost murdered and receives a mission from God to free the children of the middle passage in three days. Hell-bent on finding her daughter instead, Demeter arrives on a plantation in the rich fertile landscape of Louisiana, (a modern day Elysian field) where her daughter was a nursemaid. Although her child is not there, what Demeter finds changes her course entirely. In this epic bricolage, myth, spirituality, gods and mortals are all woven together to examine the complex and profound fabric that is the American quilt. Trojan Barbie by Christine Evans EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT DEC 7/8 @ 8pm A car-crash encounter with Euripides' Trojan Women. Past and present violently collide as the dreams of women and their fierce hunger for life are played out in the larger context of war. Lotte, a modern-day English tourist who repairs dolls, is on a Cultural Tour for Singles in Troy when she is captured by American soldiers and flung back into the ancient camp of the Trojan Women. Cassandra dreams of horses and revenge; Hecuba dreams of her murdered children; Helen dreams up a garden party fit for Hollywood. But as the bodies pile up, Lotte just wants to get home safely. When the camp is torched and the Trojan women enslaved, the British Embassy rescues Lotte. Her life returns to normal — until Hecuba claws her way up through the centuries in search of her murdered children's bodies. Lighthouse by Brad Chequer EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT DEC 14/15 @ 8pm Three women, Kat, Soo, and Tet, connected to each other through an absent man, sit at a table in the middle of a Beckettian landscape. Sharp, spare language ricochets from character to character in this intriguing and mysterious theater piece FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS go to www.cuttingball.com

 

(left to right) Ted Speros, Daphne Morgen, Rey Carolino, Mark Hidzick

Ninjas of Drama presents BEAUTIFUL BAD THINGS by Rey Carolino directed by Mark Hidzick and Rey Carolino with Mark Hidzick, Nilgun Bayraktar, Khamara Pettus, Ted Speros, Rey Carolino, and Stephanie Tapio. A grim Bodyguard romps with a vivacious Groupie... A free-spirited Bride to be has a careless affair with a withdrawn Neighbor... A famous Actor finds unexpected love from a Woman with a mysterious past... A one act romantic comedic-dramatic character study told in 3 vignettes that take place in Paris, France on New Years Eve. EXIT Cafe FRI/SAT DEC 13,14,15, 2007 @ 8:30pm Reservations- 415-508-1808 Tickets $15-$18 sliding scale.

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers . No Reservation Required. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON December 6

THE PANDORA EXPERIMENT by Christian Cagigal OCT 19 - NOV 17 EXIT Cafe Tickets: $12 - $20 sliding scale at the door and $20 online. Reservations: 415-673-3847. CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE Master Magician & Illusionist Christian Cagigal returns. "The Pandora Experiment" is inexplicable theatrical magic EXIT Theatre brings back acclaimed magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal to reprise his latest show, The Pandora Experiment, presented by EXIT Theatre and Zeitgeist Artworks. Cagigal's previous work at the EXIT has delighted both audiences and critics. The Pandora Experiment is an intimate evening of close-up magic, mind-reading, and theater guided by award-winning magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal. "It's not a mere series of 'tricks,' but a real experiment that dares you to take a peek, and then think inside the box," Cagigal says. Cagigal presides over the dark and intimate EXIT Café with "a music box, toys with souls, an oft told tale…and you." MEDIA & REVIEWS

ATTRITION by Marilee Talkinton, a world premiere from Ambit Theatre Company www.ambittheatre.org in association with Vanguardian Productions www.vanguardianproductions.com EXIT on Taylor, 277 Taylor (between Eddy & Ellis) San Francisco, CA Friday and Saturday @ 8pm October 12 through November 17, 2007. Tickets $20 ($15 students, seniors, TBA). Opening night gala $30 (no discounts) includes reception with cast following performance. For further information and to reserve tickets 415-440-4913. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS ATTRITION written and directed by Marilee Talkington, is a raw, rhythmic, and redemptive story about four isolated souls who remember, forget, deny and embrace the single moment that changed their lives. The cast includes: Samantha Cooper, Carol Flanagan, Leo I Rodriguez and Cheryl Smith MEDIA & REVIEWS An aging poet fights to remember who she is by searching through the pages of her old poetry. A straight shooting executive tries to forget who she was after a sky-dive experience shakes loose old demons. A brilliant adolescent tries to justify the abuse happening to her by quoting the torn pages of her bible. And a convicted felon fights for justice but realizes that justice is not for everyone.

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers . No Reservation Required. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON November 15

MATHEW 33:06 written and Directed by Stuart Eugene Bousel, presented by No Nude Men Productions. Featuring: Ryan Hebert,Jason Peelle, Kirsten Broadbear, Hector Osario, Christine Rodgers and Kendra Arimoto EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm OCTOBER 12 to NOVEMBER 10 Tickets: $10 (1st weekend) $15 (all other performances) Reservations: email endymion82@aol.com or call (415) 621.1503 Information: www.horrorunspeakable.com In modern day America, Mathew Drake (Ryan Hebert) falls off a ladder and is rushed to the hospital where his unexpected death is no where near as shocking as his return to the living three days later while awaiting embalming. Proclaimed a hoax, a freak of nature and an act of God all at the same time, Mathew is rocketed to the center of a nationwide debate helmed on one side by a well-meaning but underhanded liberal Methodist minister (Hector Osario) and on the other by a Christian neo-Con journalist (Kendra Arimoto). Meanwhile his doctor (Christine Rogers), his lover (Jason Peelle) and his therapist (Kirsten Broadbear) all struggle to find ways of understanding his experience and their own part as unwitting witnesses. One part philosophical debate, one part religious forum, one part ghost story and one part romance, the play raises the question of how God might actually be received in our current political climate- and how sometimes a miracle is more heart-breaking than a tragedy.

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers . No Reservation Required. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON October 11

AUDIENCE REVIEWS ... Korean Bad Ass Reviewer: Miz Rowdy "Korean Bad-Ass" is FANTASTIC!!! This performer really controls the stage and has a nice presence, very enjoyable to watch. A great perspective on ... [more] Heavy Metal Playground Reviewer: Jasper This is one of the most entertaining pieces I have seen in a long time. The actors are Hilarious and the music rocks! This one... [more] Shopping as a Spiritual Path Reviewer: Mia Paschal Delightful, funny (often hilarious), deeply moving, and honest. This is a very polished ... [more] Turn of the Screw Reviewer: Kate Oh. my. god. Not only is this the best show I've seen in the Fringe, it's possibly the best show I've seen in SF. The storytelling is so captivating .. [more]

BEST OF THE FRINGE - FRI/SAT SEPT 28th & 29th 4 winners of the "Best of the Fringe 2007" return for one performance each at EXIT Theatre to benefit the San Francisco Fringe Festival 2008. Tickets $20 for each show.   Korean Badass by Stevie Lee Saxon "Best Male Solo Drama" FRI 7pm SEPT 28th $20   Heavy Metal Playground with Live Evil "Best New Musical" FRI 8:30pm SEPT 28th $20   Shopping As A Spiritual Path by Terri Tate "Best Female Solo Comedy" SAT 7pm SEPT 29th $20   Turn of the Screw by foolsFURY Theatre "Best Play Adapted From a Story" SAT 8:30pm SEPT 29th $20   Or call 415-673-3847 for reservations and pay cash at the door.   All performances at EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco.

FUNNY BUT MEAN EXIT Theatre 8pm Mondays AUG 20th & 21st. Tickets: $10 or $7 w/donation (see www.funnybutmean.com for details) Reservations: (415) 814-2969 Funny But Mean is back with their 11th original production. This show features identity theft gone horribly wrong, overachievers on crystal meth and bad gynecology. Cast: Alexandra Creighton, Lauren Grace, Jessica Heidt, Oliver Elliot. Kalli Jonsson, Anthony Nemirovsky, Ignacio Orellana-Garcia, Frannie Pope, Ryan Rigazzi, Cole Smith, Zoë Stagg

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& billions more 1 Quandary Place Abundance ADVENTURES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER Barroom Philosophers Border Crossings The Children's Museum Class Notes Embarrassment & Death The Falls of Vincent Millay Found and Lost: Goals for 2002 Frisco Fred's Cabaret!	Fuck You Cancer Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm The Hasheesh Eater Heavy Metal Playground HER KIND: The Life & Poetry of Anne Sexton i hate my friends Jesus Rant Kiss My Booth Korean Badass Low Hanging Fruit Monkey Poet Stand-Up! Organic Boxed Chicken Stock	parts is parts: Party of One RM3 The Sewers Shopping as a Spiritual Path Spotless The Stetson Manifesto A Strange Black Passion Super Glossy! TeleMongol Terrible Voice Tesla's White Pigeon Turn of the Screw You Go First

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers . No Reservation Required. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON Sneak Peek at the Fringe - FREE - 8pm Thursday August 16th @ EXIT Theatre See excerpts from seven shows from the 2007 San Francisco Fringe Festival. Performers are Stevie Lee Saxon (Korean Badass), Terri Tate (Shopping as a Spiritual Path), Steven Karwoski (Adventures of a Substitute Teacher), Kurt Bodden (Class Notes), UpMarket Productions (RM3), RIPE Theatre (…& billions more) and Amy Tobin (Organic Boxed Chicken Stock). FREE. No Reservations Required.

REY CAROLINO'S ONE NIGHT STANDS!   San Francisco playwright/performer Rey Carolino in celebration of his birthday and the 7th year anniversary of his troupe RubberMatchSeriez invites you to enjoy an evening of his one act plays celebrating life, love, and lunacy!   Featuring: Faith Aeryn, Wilfredo Cordova, Luis Garza, Michelle Harrison, Ariel Hart, Mark Hidzick, Matthew Ingle, Imani Jade Powers, Eliza Leoni, Erica Gelin Livingston, Linda Livingston, Scott Ludwig, Daniel Nowlin, Stephen Randolph, Yelena Segal, Ted Speros, and Nina Harada Weiss For one Night only. EXIT Theatre, August 11, 2007 @ 8pm, General Admission: $20, Reservations: (415) 508-1808

Aggro Theatre presents One Good Marriage, a play by Sean Reycraft. A couple recounts the extraordinary events of their wedding day, uncovering their deep need for new friends and exposing our collective longing for community. Steph and Stewart are celebrating their first anniversary. She's an English teacher; he's a high-school librarian. At the heart of the occasion, though, is a terrible sorrow. You see, Steph and Stewart arrived home from their blissful honeymoon to find that something terrible had happened… "A dazzling and daring piece of writing." --Toronto Star "Mesmerizing, cathartic, powerful… an absurdly funny yet moving look at our oh-so-human need for community." --NOW Magazine EXIT Theatre, Fri/Sat 8pm August 3/4, 10/11, Admission $20, Info/Reservations 510-532-8420

"Rebels" Written and Directed by Ben Randle Work-in-Progress Presentation EXIT Stage Left August 6th - 7th 8pm Suggested Donation $5 Rebels tells the thrilling backstage story of a film remake of “Rebel Without a Cause”. The film’s star, Christian Stevenson, is on the verge of massive celebrity, but only if he can keep the closet door firmly shut. When he becomes romantically involved with both his leading and his male co-star, he must choose between two opposite directions on his road to fame. How much is celebrity worth?

THE RED PRIEST OF VENICE EXIT on Taylor FRI/SAT 8pm JULY 13th - 28th. Tickets $15 at the door. $15 online.Reservations: 650 - 342-7480 or CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS A world premiere play by Lisa Jean Murphy and Thomas E. Mirades, directed by Lisa Jean Murphy, starring: David Auerbach, Liz Marks, Katherine Leilani McDowell. A biographical-drama based on a two year period in the life of the famous Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi -- featuring live performances of some of Vivaldi's most memorable works. www.redpriestofvenice.com Produced by Thomas E. Mirades and Magian Productions

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THE PANDORA EXPERIMENT by Christian Cagigal. Christian Cagigal is back with new surprises! EXTENDED TO SATURDAYS IN JULY !!!. SAT JULY 7, 14, 21, 28 EXIT Cafe FRI/SAT 8:30pm JUN 8 - 30, and Saturdays in JULY. Tickets: $12 - $20 sliding scale at the door, $20 online. Reservations: 415-673-3847 ("Pay What You Can" Preview June 8th) (Weekend June 29/30 a benefit for the SF Fringe Festival) CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS A music box. Toys with souls. An oft told tale. And you. The Pandora Experiment is an evening of close-up magic, mind reading, and theater guided by award-winning magician, Christian Cagigal. Not a mere series of "tricks", The Pandora Experiment dares you to take a peek, and think inside of the box. Christian Cagigal has had successful runs in both the 2003 and 2004 SF Fringe Festivals and was awarded "BEST OF THE FRINGE-'04" He has consulted for The San Francisco Ghost Hunt Walking Tour (as seen in the SF Chronicle and the Travel Channel) as well as Crowed Fire and A.C.T.'s MFA program. Christian Cagigal is also a company member of the renowned San Francisco Mime Troupe. Sponsored by San Francisco Ghost Hunt and Misdirections Magic Shop. Presented by EXIT Theatre and Zeitgeist Artworks. What the critics have said about the magic of Christian Cagigal "Intimate specticale..."-- Chloe Veltman, SF Weekly "Emotionally effecting..." -- Jean Schiffman, Back Stage West REVIEWS

CLICK PICTURE FOR HIGH RES IMAGE Sean Owens PHOTO: Laurie Gallant

Naught But Pirates by Sean Owens, a solo swish-and-swashbuckling adventure, with musical score by Don Seaver directed by Kenny Shults RETURNS to San Francisco after World Premiere at the FRIGID New York theater festival!!! Winner of the FRIGID Audience Choice Award!!! "Intelligent, thought-provoking, intriguing theater ... Wonderfully written and acted ... Definitely one of the must-sees at the FRIGID." -- FRIGID Audience Reviews "Extremely well written and superbly acted ... Owens's pirate is charming and refined, despite advising us that he recently bit off someone's ear" -- www.nytheatre.com EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT 8pm June 8 - 30. Tickets: $12-$20 cash at the door or $20 online. Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE TO BUY ONLINE TICKETS MEDIA & REVIEWS With Naught But Pirates, Owens sets sail into an evening of dining, debauching, and dandyism. His solo spectacular boasts a trio of unsavory characters, including an overreaching rock star and the legendary pirate himself, Black Dick and introduces a new Seaver & Owens song, "Not for a Lack of a Lass." Owens and Seaver have been collaborating since 1997, beginning with Seaver's musical score for The Big Drag at San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros. Seaver did the music for Owens' Girlesque (2004). Most recently, Seaver has written the scores, as well as the music to Sean's lyrics, in Owens's ensemble comedies Odd By Nature I (2006) and Odd By Nature II (2007), both produced at EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. They collaborated on music and songs for the 2006 DIVAfest Cabaret's On the Sixes and will be back again for 2007's Cabaret .

LUBA MASON - Collage In Concert. Broadway star makes San Francisco Debut EXIT Theatre 8pm THUR/FRI/SAT JUNE 21, 22 and 23: Tickets $20.00-$25.00* (All seats June 22 and 23 are only $20.00) CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS or call or call (866) 468-3401 *A portion of the June 21 sales will benefit the AIDS Emergency Fund of San Francisco "Too good to be overlooked!" - TimeOut New York "Mason proves as marvelously dexterous as she is delightful." - Jazz Times Luba Mason most recently starred on Broadway in the musical Chicago as Velma Kelly. Previously, Luba earned starring roles on Broadway in Jekyll & Hyde, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (opposite Matthew Broderick), Paul Simon’s The Capeman, Trevor Nunn’s Sunset Boulevard and the Tony winning The Will Rogers Follies, directed by Tommy Tune. Recently, she starred opposite Val Kilmer in the American premiere of The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles which is now available on DVD. She is also no stranger to cabaret, having performed in sold out shows at LA's famed Cinegrill and Vibrato clubs, New York's Opia and headlined two highly successful nightclub revues at New York's Cafe Versailles. Official sponsor: HOTEL REX and Cafe Andree Cosponsors: Medium Rare Music and PS Classics Producers: Freshwater, Inc., Brett Ingram and Kristopher McDowell

Aggro Theatre presents James Joyce’s ULYSSES June 16th is the 103rd anniversary of the day described in the novel. On that day Leopold Bloom makes breakfast, attends a funeral, meets friends and avoids enemies; Stephen wrestles with his past, present and future; and Molly has an affair. In describing their experiences, Joyce creates an affirmation of life, love and art that is wonderfully complex, complete and very humorous. In this celebration of ULYSSES, Aggro Theatre will read a selection of passages from the novel, sing songs heard on June 16th 1904 and perhaps even demystify some parts of Joyce’s masterpiece. James Joyce’s ULYSSES June 16th 8pm EXIT Theatre Tickets $10 Info/reservations 510-532-8420

Cuisine et Dépendances by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri With Colette Béraut, François Granade, Jean-Marc Parmentier, Rébecca Scholl, Pierre-Xavier Thomas. Directed by Hélène Charmet The show is played in FRENCH, without subtitles. EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm JUNE 1 - 9 Tickets: $15, (sliding scale up to $25). RESERVATIONS: theatreducoin@yahoo.com "Cuisine et Dépendances" is a recipe for a Parisian dinner: bring a TV celebrity and a bimbo to the apartment of a settled couple; add a spoonful of old tensions, a pinch of regrets between long lost friends; spice it up with a compulsive poker player. You may very well get an explosive mix in the kitchen. They lost control of the party: did they also loose control of their life? It will be the 12th season this year for The Theatre du Coin, an amateur, non-profit, theater group, playing in French in the Bay Area. Past productions have aimed at professional quality, and have included plays by Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest), Tom Stoppard (Dogg's Hamlet), and Woody Allen, as well as leading French authors such as Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Lead by Hélène Charmet, the current director, Dogg's Hamlet was presented in the "off" Avignon Festival, in 2003 and reviewed very positively by the press.

Jump! Theatre's Springboard Showcase presents three original works: Cuckoo, Jill: Anatomy of Suicide and Peas Porridge EXIT Stage Left THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm MAY 31 - JUNE 2 Tickets ($10-$20) can be purchased at http://www.theatrebayarea.org/tix/tix_online.jsp (click on "Springboard Showcase") or 415-262-0240 or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/, Brown Paper Tix Live 24/7 Hotline: 1-800-838-3006. Cuckoo. Madison Clell's adaptation of her graphic novel by the same name, Cuckoo recounts the true-life adventures - both harrowing and humorous - of a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder (now called Dissociative Identity Disorder). These excerpts from the work-in-progress follow Madison as she meets her alternate selves and tries to prevent them from chatting with her boyfriend, running up her therapy bills, and generally taking over her life. Directed by Rebecca Longworth; dramaturged by Nena St. Louis. Multimedia designs by Longworth feature Clell's artwork from the graphic novel, which also inspires props designed by Michael B. Lewis. Performers include Clell, Misti Boettiger, Matthew Lowe, Pearl Marrill, and Gwyneth Richards. The development of Cuckoo began during 2006 with support from a Theatre Bay Area CASH Grant. Jill: Anatomy of a Suicide. Armed with brain diagrams, star charts, orangutan dissections and dreams of supernovas, a young artist struggles to defy a psychotic, suicidal voice in this one-act play about bipolar disorder. Nena St. Louis combines multiple-character work with autobiographical nano-videos in her one-woman play, collaborating with director Rebecca Longworth on the multimedia design. Through vibrant, larger-than-life characters, imagery from the corporeal to the cosmological, and multimedia storytelling, St. Louis achieves a happy ending for her protagonist, leaving her communing with the stars. Jill was workshopped in March and April 2007 at the Marsh Theatre's Monday Night Marsh series. Peas Porridge. Gaetana Caldwell-Smith's drama, directed by Sasha Litovchenko, is a one act play set in San Francisco. Two older sisters Agrafina and Zoey find themselves stranded near the Embarcadero in the aftermath of a total disaster of unknown origin. With scant water and no food, fearful of passing strangers, yet trying to get help and maintain their optimism with small talk and sisterly banter, they must trek in darkness and destruction across the city through a now unfamiliar landscape to Agrafina's car and her emergency supplies. Performers include Kay Simon as Agrafina, Susan Donnelly as Zoey, and Jeff Taylor as Man. ARTICLES & REVIEWS

Memoir of a Bar Room Floozy by Mary Knoll. EXIT Stage Left, Thurs/Fri/Sat @8pm May 10th-26th. May 26th @ 3pm & 8pm WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T BEAT THE SYSTEM? Three women tired of being wage slaves explore strange, silly, and sometimes dangerous routes to a better way in this witty world premiere. This dark comedy written by Bay Area actress-turned-playwright, Mary Knoll, is a disturbingly truthful and hilarious tale of ceasing to tolerate the economically crushing and emotionally sucking state of the world in which we live. What happens after they decide they're not going to take it anymore may be the biggest feminist anarchistic moment of the year! Don't miss this masterpiece produced by Rough Tongue Theatre and directed by Joan Grinde-Scout. . Tickets $15. For reservations call (415) 254-1645.

 

APRIL 2007  S  M  T  W  T  F  S       . 26 27 28 MAY 2007 .    1  2    4  5      8  9    11  12      15  16    18  19      22  23    25  26	DIVAfest 2007 April 26 - May 26, 2007 DIVAfest, an annual theater festival dedicated to creating new plays and work by women writers. Produced by EXIT Theatre.  TICKETS DIRECTIONS   REVIEW A PLAY HOME PAGE   BIO INFO SCHEDULE   PRESS PHOTOS .  CRYSTAL DAZE, HUMAN HANDS, AN AFFAIR OF HONOR, OBSSESSED, THE OTHER CHOICE, ALCHEMICAL FRAGMENTS, DIVAfest CABARET	WATERCOLOR BY KIRSTEN TRADOWSKY
	CRYSTAL DAZE by Deborah Eubanks Co-directed by Michelle Talgarow & Deborah Eubanks DIVAfest Mainstage Premiere Crystal Daze, the methamphetamine seductress, weaves her way into the lives of two young women and challenges their mothers for possession of their daughters. Based on true stories, Crystal Daze, explores the world of teens who turn to this drug as the perfect coping method. Featuring Christina Augello, Sadie Lune, Lizzie Sell, Cheryl Smith & Joelle Wagner; set & light design Amanda Ortmayer, sound design Jack “Applejack” Walroth, choreography Jessica Fudim, costumes Lisa Eldrige. REVIEWS EXIT Theatre Previews THU/FRI APR 26 & 27 8PM Runs FRI/SAT APR 28 – MAY 26 8PM (3PM Matinee SAT MAY 26) Tickets $12 - $20 Sliding Scale Online Tickets $20 (Previews “Pay What You Can”)  CALL 415-673-3847 FOR RESERVATIONS OR CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS FOR CRYSTAL DAZE EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: LAURIE GALLANT
	WORKSHOP PRODUCTION SERIES Four new plays from idea to finished script, developed over a 6 month period. Presented to the public twice. Join us and watch them grow. Discussion & Refreshments follow each reading. Tuesdays and Wednesdays @ 7pm in May 2007 FREE EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street, in downtown San Francisco Reservations requested at 415-673-3847
	HUMAN HANDS by Kerry Reid Sarah McKereghan director/dramaturge
	In an otherworldly cafe run by Mary Mallon (aka “Typhoid Mary”) the proprietress tangles with her latest customer: Ignac Semmelweis, the Hungarian doctor who, in 1840’s Vienna, discovered the link between hand-washing and the prevention of disease in hospitals. As the two spar, scenes from their past lives illustrate their common isolation as foreigners, and the ongoing struggle for humans to strike the balance between collective safety and individual liberties. Tuesdays May 1 & 15 @ 7PM Workshop Readings are FREE. Reservations requested at 415-673-3847. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: LAURIE GALLANT
	AN AFFAIR OF HONOR by Lee Kiszonas Adriana Baer director/dramaturge
	The story of Julie D’Aubigny, a cross dressing sword fighting opera diva forced to fight in Parisian taverns for francs until she is discovered by Philippe Duc D’Orleans who takes her to Marseilles to sing in the opera. There she meets and falls in love with Bette, who believes Julie is a man. Ultimately she is unmasked and the horrified Bette runs away and joins a convent. A gender bending plan to spring Bette from the convent backfires as Julie is challenged to a duel to the death from the betrayed Bette. Workshop Readings Wednesdays May 2 & 16 @ 7PM Workshop Readings are FREE. Reservations requested at 415-673-3847. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: LAURIE GALLANT
	OBSESSED by Maria Rokas Laura Ellen Smith director/dramaturge
	When seventeen-year-old Zoe asks her parents for plastic surgery as a high school graduation gift, Mom and Dad can’t make sense of it. As they sift through an environment filled with reality TV, tabloid journalism, and the Internet for someone or something to blame, they’re faced with just how much the world has changed since they were Zoe’s age. Workshop Readings Tuesdays May 8 & 22 @ 7PM Workshop Readings are FREE. Reservations requested at 415-673-3847. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: LAURIE GALLANT
	THE OTHER CHOICE By Carrie Kartman & Jennifer Berry Jayne Wenger director/dramaturg e
	As two writers living side-by-side pursue their dreams, their lives spin off in opposite directions. Kate, high strung, artistic, and slightly scattered has a career beyond her wildest dreams, but the family she always envisioned has not materialized. Susan, pragmatic and fiery, sees her once-promising writing career disintegrating when she stays home to raise twins, soon followed by a third baby. Workshop Readings Wednesdays MAY 9 & 23 @ 7PM Workshop Readings are FREE. Reservations requested at 415-673-3847. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: LAURIE GALLANT
	ALCHEMICAL FRAGMENTS Diane di Prima
	Beat poet Diane di Prima never practiced laboratory alchemy but her interest goes back to 1965 when she first came across the work of Paracelsus. Over the past forty years, alchemical poems have “arrived” in her notebooks. Diane will be reading from this unpublished manuscript, from excerpts of some of the great alchemists of the past and share other poems of hers that are rooted in the study and practice of Western Magick, followed by Q&A. Reading Saturday April 28 @ 3PM Reservations requested at 415-673-3847, a donation will be requested at the door. EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco	PHOTO: DAVID SHORT
	Kirsten Tradowsky DIVAfest 2007 Visual Artist
	Kirsten Tradowsky, DIVAfest's 2007 visual artist, is a painter and recent graduate of the MFA program at The California Collage of the Arts. She will be exhibiting a new collection of her oil and watercolor paintings. These painting entwine past and present traditions found within theater history and its female icons. A true lover and gazer of the actress, her work is inspired by vintage photographs, dreams, and interactions with theater. Painting will be shown at the EXIT Theatre venues during DIVAFest and she is the designer of this year's artwork.
	DIVAfest Cabaret: Sassy & Seductive with Sean Owens, Don Seaver & Diane Valory
	Featuring newly developed material including Legs As Smooth As Glass, One Way ATM and Revolving Door by Bay Area singers and songwriters Alison Bloomfield, Lua Hadar, Mia Paschal, Janet Roitz, Amy Tobin, Diane Valory and poetess Pireeni Sundaralingam. Original musical compositions by Don Seaver at the piano and Otto Huber on percussion. MC’d by the ever sassy & seductive Sean Owens. Fri & Sat April 27, 28 & May 4,5,11,12 @ 10PM @ Original Joe's Cabaret Room Tickets: $10 144 Taylor Street in downtown San Francisco Reservations 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS	PHOTO: KENT TAYLOR
	EXIT Theatre and DIVAfest are partially funded by San Francisco Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Art Commission, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Mary Wohlford Foundation, LEF Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Bernard Osher Foundation, Hilton Hotel, Gerbode Foundation, and Dramatists Guild Fund and individual contributions.

IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING by the Suicide Kings EXIT on Taylor 8pm THUR MAY 17 & SAT MAY 19 Tickets: $12 General and $8 Students and Groups SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: The Suicide Kings IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING ----Virginia Tech. Columbine. East Oakland. Hunters Point. What makes kids kill kids? "In Spite of Everything" is the latest entry into the emerging genre of hip-hop theater, featuring the Bay Area's most dynamic spoken word collective, “The Suicide Kings” under the direction of GOLDIE award winning Bay Area legend Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The play theatrically documents the Kings’ unlikely escape from the precipice of their lives, to the center of the public school system in Northern California. The piece has already been presented as a work in progress during the Hip Hop Theater Festival at La Pena Cultural Center and will be further presented in excerpt as part of the Hybrid Project at Intersection for the Arts. They have received significant funding from the Zellerbach Family Foundation and a Creation Fund Commission from the National Performance Network. ----Electrifying stages from HBO’s Def Poetry Jam to San Quentin Penitentiary, the Kings’ underdog aesthetic has always built empathy and compassion for the forgotten elements of society. The story begins the day after a school shooting in an un-named American town. As police and school administrators ask themselves the perennial question “What went wrong?” , they discover a note that implies that three poetry teachers in the school might have the answer. The ensuing inquiry incites several compelling questions: * How does a former born again Christian who spent his youth in and out of metal hospitals, a tattooed Jew who used to run with skinheads and an immigrant ex-Crip punk rocker end up TEACHING POETRY in PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS? * What does their journey say about education in the U.S., shifting male identities and archetypes, the systemic factors that contribute to the deluge of high school violence, and most importantly, survival through art? Performance poetry's dramatic resurgence over the last ten years has garnered significant attention from the international media and has inspired films, documentaries, and television series on MTV and HBO. The goal of this project is not only to explain the bounds of spoken word but also to open a dialogue between educators and students to address the myriad of contributing factors that lead to school violence.

UBU ROI by Alfred Jarry in a new translation by Rob Melrose. Directed by Sean Daniels EXIT Cafe MONDAY MAY 14 at 7pm Free & no reservations required. Yes, this is the play that caused riots in Paris. Yes, this is the play that prompted Yeats to say, “After us, the Savage God!” We will attempt to rediscover this ground-breaking piece in a new translation that works to get beyond the initial shock of the first performance and capture the uncanny genius of Alfred Jarry.

The San Francisco Improv Alliance Presents Improv Juggernaut Comedy The San Francisco Improv Alliance in association with No Nude Men Productions presents "Improv Juggernaut Comedy" at EXIT on Taylor. Featuring the incredible improvisational performances by Rover Hendrix (Kurt Bodden and Michael Michalske) and The Irish Mutts (Kevin McShane and Shaun Landry) - April 20 & 21st and Shaun Landry in her one woman improvisational performance FlaKE (April 27-28) this is a four night only weekend with filled with hilarious high end, San Francisco Bay Area hilarity brought to you by the producers of The San Francisco Improv Festival EXIT on Taylor FRI APR 20. Sliding Scale $10-$20 No Nude Men: Stripped. 9 short play readings EXIT on Taylor SAT APR 21. Sliding Scale $10-$20 No Nude Men: Strapped For Cash ... A fund raiser cabaret EXIT on Taylor FRI/SAT APR 20 & 21 at 8pm: Rover Hendrix (Kurt Bodden and Michael Michalske) and The Irish Mutts (Kevin McShane and Shaun Landry) EXIT on Taylor FRI/SAT APR 27 & 28 at 8pm: Shaun Landry in her one woman improvisational performance FlaKE. and Sex Appeal (Jay Starr and Justin Lamb of SPF7) EXIT on Taylor FRI/SAT MAY 4 - 12 at 8pm: No Nude Men presents Cerberus Barking, three play each night by Stuart Bousel, Alison Luterman, Hilde Susan Jaegtnes; directed by Stuart Bousel & Wylie Herman; featuring Scott Ayres, Wylie Herman, Warden Lawlor, Stacy Malia, Cassie Powell. Bousel's Polyxena in Orbit is the story of a young princess whose friendship with a talking walrus leads her on a quest to find Tolliver, the nearly-perfect boy who was banished by his father to work in retail on an asteroid far away from their home in late-Victorian England. Luterman's Oasis is a darker, more hallucinatory exploration of another young princess, whose search for identity during an ever encroaching world war is beset by her glamorous but dysfunctional family, her passionate, volatile lover, and an enchanted forest of man-eating trees that wait for her arrival. Hilde Susan Jaegtnes' Spoon Justice is a surreal fable about a trial between Robin Hood and a Mouse who has fallen in love with him in a world where no one is allowed to suppose anything and the local Queen has a bad habit of beheading anyone who gets out of line. EXIT on Taylor FRI/SAT MAY 18 - 19 at 8pm: To Be Announced. Tickets $15 General Admission. $10 Students, seniors, TBA and SFIA Members. For Reservations call 415-863-1076 or go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14169 Produced by The SFIA and No Nude Men

Life and Adventures Featuring Lila Theatre Company Members Follow our hero through sudden catastrophes, wicked deceptions, shocking betrayals, strange revelations, exotic locations, new friendships, lost illusions, noble endeavors, grave dangers, narrow escapes, surprising alliances, and - who knows? - maybe even true love, on this improvised epic through life and adventure! Featuring KENN ADAMS, BRIAN BUCK, STEVE BUDD, JILL EICKMANN, KELLY FITZGERALD, WYLIE HERMAN EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT APR 6 - 14 8pm Tickets: $10-20, Student/Senior/TBA Discounts For tickets go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/13528

WOYZECK by Georg Buchner in a new translation by Rob Melrose directed by Adriana Baer. The classic from the 19th century in a new translation by one of San Francisco's best experimental companies. REVIEWS EXIT on Taylor Previews March 9 & 10 8pm($5 off the regular ticket price), March 15 - April 7, 2007 THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm. Tickets: Adults $25, Student/Seniors $20, "Under-30-Thursdays": $15 Under 30 with ID on Thursdays. Tickets: www.cuttingball.com or 800.838.3006 "A good murder a genuine murder a beautiful murder as beautiful a murder as anyone could want we haven't had one like this in years" Based in the most sensational criminal case of its time, Woyzeck chronicles the breakdown of a young soldier's mind. Used by the system in medical experiments, trampled down by his superiors, Friedrich Johann Franz Woyzeck clings to the one thing that keeps him human ... PRODUCED BY CUTTING BALL THEATER "Voted Best of SF 2006" -- SF Weekly

CHEMICAL IMBALANCE by Lauren Wilson, directed by MatThew Graham Smith. A comedy of horrors returns to the EXIT by popular demand after its sold out run in 2006. EXIT Theatre THUR/FRI/SAT/SUN 8pm MAR 8 - APR 7 Tickets $15-$30 sliding scale (Thursdays pay-what-you-can) Reservations: 415-563-5085. Cash only. CHEMICAL IMBALANCE is a darkly comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. During a particularly charming Christmas holiday, Dr. Jekyll's macabre experiments go awry and twist his refined Victorian upbringing into unthinking evil. Repressed impulses burst their corsets as Jekyll embarks on his schizophrenic journey which threatens to reveal the bloody hands beneath the gloves of the British Empire. Murder, mayhem, and crumpets abound in this journey through an empire on the verge of collapse and a man tight-rope walking the line of aristocracy and depravity. http://www.precarioustheatre.com/ PHOTO CREDITS: Stephanie Temple Top Picture: Front row, left to right: Gabriel Diamond, Biz Bullard, Ben Dziuba; back row, left to right: Javier Galito-Cava, Erin Carter, Kendra Oberhauser, and Andrew Calabrese Bottom Picture: Gabriel Diamond REVIEWS & MEDIA

CLICK ON PICTURE FOR FULL SIZE IMAGE (left to right) Chris DeJong, Deborah Wade, Trish Tillman, Mark Rachel PHOTOS: Laurie Gallant

HARDLY BREATHING by Deborah Wade featuring RIPE Theatre Company. Written by Deborah Wade; Directed by Noah Kelly; Featuring: Deborah Wade, Mark Rachel, Chris Dejong, and Trish Tillman; Stage Manager: Ryan Wilkes; Set Design: Peter Q. Parish; Light Design: Amanda Ortmayer; Costumes: Sarah McKereghan; Sound Design: Liz Roddy EXIT Stage Left THUR/FRI/SAT 8pm MAR 8 - 31, 2007 (previews MAR 8 & 9, Opening Night Gala MAR 10) Tickets: $10 previews, $20 opening night gala, then $12-$20 sliding scale ($20 online) Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK FOR ONLINE TICKETS When William hires detective Star Malone to find his wealthy missing father he has no idea that this search will lead him through mystery, champagne, and betrayal. The passion ensues when his fiance Jane, a celebrated poet, finds herself in the arms of a hotel bell boy. Will they ever find what they were looking for? Is what they were looking for what they will find? PRODUCED BY EXIT THEATRE & RIPE THEATRE, a theatre in residence at the EXIT Publicist: Gary Carr, Rising Moon Marketing & Public Relations email: carrpool@pacbell.net REVIEWS

CLICK PICTURE FOR HIGH RES IMAGE Sean Owens PHOTO: Laurie Gallant

Naught But Pirates by Sean Owens, a solo swish-and-swashbuckling adventure, with musical score by Don Seaver directed by Kenny Shults FRIGID New York March 7 - 18, 2007 RETURNS to San Francisco after World Premiere at the FRIGID New York theater festival!!! Winner of the FRIGID Audience Choice Award!!! "Intelligent, thought-provoking, intriguing theater ... Wonderfully written and acted ... Definitely one of the must-sees at the FRIGID." -- FRIGID Audience Reviews "Extremely well written and superbly acted ... Owens's pirate is charming and refined, despite advising us that he recently bit off someone's ear" -- www.nytheatre.com MEDIA & REVIEWS With Naught But Pirates, Owens sets sail into an evening of dining, debauching, and dandyism. His solo spectacular boasts a trio of unsavory characters, including an overreaching rock star and the legendary pirate himself, Black Dick and introduces a new Seaver & Owens song, "Not for a Lack of a Lass." Owens and Seaver have been collaborating since 1997, beginning with Seaver's musical score for The Big Drag at San Francisco's Theatre Rhinoceros. Seaver did the music for Owens' Girlesque (2004). Most recently, Seaver has written the scores, as well as the music to Sean's lyrics, in Owens's ensemble comedies Odd By Nature I (2006) and Odd By Nature II (2007), both produced at EXIT Theatre in San Francisco. They collaborated on music and songs for the 2006 DIVAfest Cabaret's On the Sixes and will be back again for 2007's Cabaret .

EDWARD II by Christopher Marlowe directed by D. A. Martin. Before the "red scare" . . . there was the lavender scare. It wasn't the first time we've been thrown under the rails of politics. EXIT on TaylorTHUR/FRI/SAT 8pm FEB 1 - FEB 24 (+ 2pm matinee SAT FEB 24). Tickets available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/8833 or by calling 1-800-838-3006. Corporate sponsorship possibilities can be arranged and group tickets available by calling 415-596-5459. Seraphim, an arts advocacy and development organization, presents Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Though a contemporary of Shakespeare, Marlowe's history play of the tragic reign of Edward II could have been written for the 21st Century where traditional monarchies may not exist, but the trials of love, politics, and power still dominate our discourse. Set in the 1950's and the McCarthy era blacklisting, this production explores the witch hunt hysteria that unraveled both this country and this unfortunate King of England. www.seraphim.org

THUNDERBIRD THEATRE PRESENTS “SERVE BY EXPIRATION”, Sketch Comedy by Sang S. Kim. EXIT STAGE LEFT - THU/FRI/SAT at 8PM FEB 1 - 24, 2007. Tickets: $15 - $20 Sliding Scale. Tix avail at (415) 289-6766, or e-mail: info@thunderbirdtheatre.com. Visit us at www.thunderbirdtheatre.com Lawyers on a religious crusade, homeless drug addicts with secret identities and a despotic anthropomorphic kitchen appliance are the tent poles that support Thunderbird Theatre's 2006 stage comedic offering. Committed to original comedic works, Thunderbird presents "Serve by Expiration" - a new sketch comedy universe where social apathy is used for comedic fury, relationships are examined under a harsh light and the face of god looks a lot like a killer whale. Also featuring original animated shorts. MEDIA & REVIEWS Directed by Claire Rice & Sang S. Kim. Written by Sang S. Kim with animation by Jason Harding. Featuring Shay Casey, Jennifer Dean, Jason Harding, Tavis Kammet, Warden Lawlor, Stacy Malia, Cassie Powell & Nathan Tucker. Artwork by Jeremy Arambulo

CLICK PICTURE FOR FULL SIZE IMAGE (left to right) Nick Sholley, Sean Owens, Libby O'Connell, Michelle Talgarow, Josh Pollock PHOTO: Laurie Gallant

ODD BY NATURE II: The Stranger Journeys EXIT Theatre February 8 - 24, 2007 THUR/FRI/SAT 8PM Buckle up for this unforgettable follow-up to 2007’s celebrated ODD BY NATURE, "a feast of bite-sized comedies that entertain and provoke" by “SF's Best Comic Playwright," (SF Weekly). Propelled by Don Seaver’s score, this comedic junket traipses to the remotest corners of consciousness, from Disneyland to beyond the grave. The sequel to last year's Odd by Nature: An Evening in Sean Owens' Shorts, the energetic program of Owens' short comic pieces, with music that drew rave reviews for its successful blending of Noel Coward, Monty Python, and Mother Goose. SF Weekly's Chloe Veltman called it "an adventurous 10-course tasting menu" comparable to "fine dining at Gary Danko or the French Laundry." Once again, Owens and composer/pianist Don Seaver collaborate on the music. Tickets $12 - $20 sliding scale cash at the door or $20 online. Reservations: 415-673-3847 or CLICK HERE TO BUY ONLINE TICKETS PRODUCED BY EXIT THEATRE

MARK ROMYN'S THURSDAY NIGHT COMBO. EXIT's variety show host Mark Romyn features short excerpts from some of the outstanding acts working on new material. Selections from magicians, writers and performers .$5 donation requested. EXIT Theatre THURSDAY AT 8:30PM ON Feb. 15 March 15 April 5 May 3 May 31

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