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Posted by:	Richard Connema 09:18 am EDT 04/05/15

Berkeley’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company proudly announces the lineup for its 24th season. The company opens the season with the Bay Area Premiere of Wendy Wasserstein Playwriting Prize-winner Marisa Wegrzyn’s MUD BLUE SKY, directed by Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross. The company is also poised to present the Bay Area Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-nominee Amy Freed’s THE MONSTER-BUILDER, directed by Art Manke and featuring Danny Scheie. Award-winning Bay Area auteur Mark Jackson returns to Aurora with the World Premiere of LITTLE ERIK. Acclaimed actress and director Joy Carlin returns to direct the West Coast Premiere of Sarah Treem’s THE HOW AND THE WHY, to be staged in the company’s second stage performance space, Harry’s UpStage, located in the Nell and Jules Dashow Wing as a sixth addition to the season. Aurora continues the season with the West Coast Premiere of David Ives’ THE HEIR APPARENT, directed by Josh Costello. Timothy Near makes her Aurora directing debut with the company’s season closer, Athol Fugard’s modern classic “MASTER HAROLD”… and the boys, featuring L. Peter Callender. The regular season will be staged August 2015 through July 2016 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. SCHEDULE: MUD BLUE SKY By Marisa Wegrzyn Directed by Tom Ross Bay Area Premiere August 28-September 27, 2015 (Opens: September 3) THE MONSTER-BUILDER By Amy Freed Directed by Art Manke Bay Area Premiere November 6 -December 6, 2015 (Opens: November 12) LITTLE ERIK Written and Directed by Mark Jackson World Premiere January 29-February 28, 2016 (Opens: February 4) THE HOW AND THE WHY By Sarah Treem Directed by Joy Carlin West Coast Premiere March 18-April 24, 2016 (Opens: March 24) THE HEIR APPARENT By David Ives Directed by Josh Costello West Coast Premiere April 15-May 15, 2016 (Opens: April 21) “MASTER HAROLD” … and the boys By Athol Fugard Directed by Timothy Near June 17-July 17, 2016 (Opens: June 23) Main stage performances: Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm, 7pm Harry’s UpStage performances: Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm WHERE: Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA TICKETS: For single tickets ($32-$60) or subscriptions ($99-$305), the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. Subscriptions on sale April 2. Single tickets on sale for subscribers July 28 and on sale August 4 to the general public. ###################### 42ND STREET MOON PRESENTS “WHERE’S CHARLEY?” Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser Book by George Abbott Directed by Dyan McBride The Eureka Theatre, San Francisco April 29 – May 17, 2015 – 42nd Street Moon, San Francisco’s only resident professional musical theatre company, presents WHERE’S CHARLEY?, Frank Loesser and George Abbott's lively musical adaptation of Brandon Thomas's uproarious 1892 farce Charley's Aunt. Keith Pinto (who previously appeared as the title character in 42nd Street Moon’s Snoopy!!!) will star as Charley, an Oxford student who masquerades as his aged Aunt in order to “chaperone” his friends and their female companions. This brilliant plan begins to crumble as the faux Aunt becomes the object of attention for more than one elderly suitor. From the songwriter of the long-running smash hit Guys and Dolls comes this bright and effervescent musical, directed by Dyan McBride and running April 29-May 17 at The Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson Street, San Francisco. For tickets ($25-$75) call (415) 255-8207 or visit www.42ndstmoon.org. Set at Oxford University in 1892, WHERE’S CHARLEY? opens with senior Jack Chesney excitedly telling his butler about the arrival of Donna Lucia D’Alvadorez, his friend Charley’s aunt, whose presence will allow them to more easily spend time with their girlfriends. When a telegram arrives saying that his aunt will not arrive until later, Charley has all but given up hope, but Jack convinces him that the best solution is to impersonate Donna Lucia. As Charley encounters every imaginable hurdle, the ill-conceived idea spirals into a melee of youthful shenanigans, rampant miscommunication, and precariously placed wigs. ###################### Ray of Light Theatre Announces Bay Area Premiere of Heathers: The Musical Tickets currently on sale for this smash off-Broadway hit Show runs May 22 - June 13 at San Francisco’s historic Victoria Theatre Ray of Light’s 15th anniversary season also features the Bay Area premiere of LIZZIE and a special one-week-only engagement of The Rocky Horror Show Ray of Light Theatre, San Francisco’s non-profit musical theatre company, will be the Bay Area premiere of Heathers: The Musical. The first time the show has been seen since it closed off-Broadway late last year. Based on the 1989 cult classic film, Heathers kicks off Ray of Light’s 15th anniversary season and runs May 22 through June 13 at the historic Victoria Theatre. “Since we came across Heathers: The Musical, we knew it had to come to San Francisco and that ROLT had to do it,” said Jason Hoover, artistic director of Ray of Light Theatre. “This show celebrates the weirdness of high school and the awesomeness of the ‘80s, and we can’t wait for audiences to fall in love with Heathers as much as we have.” Coming off its stellar run off-Broadway at New World Stages, Heathers: The Musical tells the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, the brainy and beautiful misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls for the dangerously sexy new kid, J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass. But not before J.D. makes other plans for that bullet. To purchase single tickets or a Season Pass good for admission to Heathers and Ray of Light’s fall show, LIZZIE, visit www.rayoflighttheatre.com. Season passholders will have exclusive early access to discounted tickets for our special event production of The Rocky Horror Show, just in time for Halloween. For more information about Heathers: The Musical or to learn about the cast and creative team, visit http://rayoflighttheatre.com/heathers/. ######################## Compleat Female Stage Beauty makes SF Premiere at NCTC Sweeping saga to be directed by Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker — This Spring at New Conservatory Theatre Center, it’s the end of an era and a battle of the sexes, with the San Francisco Premiere of a sumptuous and wildly theatrical comedic drama, Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher, directed by Founder & Artistic Director Ed Decker. In 1661, London’s most renowned leading lady is a man named Edward Kynaston. He's the toast of the town until one night, when an unknown woman illegally takes the stage. Instead of stopping the show, King Charles II changes the law and allows women to act. By the stroke of a pen, Kynaston discovers his world is turned upside-down. Compleat Female Stage Beauty runs May 15 – June 14, 2015 in NCTC’s Decker Theater. Opening Night is Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 8pm. Tickets are $25 - $45 and available at nctcsf.org or by calling (415) 861-8972. Compleat Female Stage Beauty was the basis for the 2004 film Stage Beauty, directed by Richard Eyre, and has been hailed as a “world class, clever” comedy by Variety and an “intimate psycho-sexual backstage historical comedy. Splendidly theatrical, it's a witty allusive game with some feeling payoff, to boot" by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ############################### SCOTT BARRY’S NEWEST SOLO SHOW R I S E COMES TO EXIT THEATRE May 1 - 23, 2015 – EXIT Theatre will host the World Premiere of RISE, the newest work by writer/performer Scott Barry, known locally for Solo Gig Squared, the critically lauded solo show about his time as a draft-pick for the San Francisco 49ers. RISE is a provocative new comedy where fantasy bargains with reality as one man desperately tries to regain his lost mojo, find love, and experience the ultimate happy ending. But first he must deal with his petulant penis, bitter ex-girlfriends, Candy the all-nude stripper, poisonous soy beans, a prescription drug phobia, a truck load of self-doubt, and the prospect of losing his virginity—twice. Developed under the direction of Joshua Townshend-Zellner, RISE will play 8pm Fridays and Saturdays May 1 – 23, 2015 (Press opening May 1) at EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy St., San Francisco. For tickets ($20 general admission/$15 students & seniors) the public may visit www.risetheplay.com. ################# PLAYGROUND CELEBRATES BAY AREA PLAYWRIGHTS AT 19TH PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS MAY 7-JUNE 14, 2015 AT THICK HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO ALL-FESTIVAL PASSES START AT $60 SAN FRANCISCO - PlayGround, the Bay Area’s leading playwright incubator, caps off its 2014-15 season with the 19th annual PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS, running May 7-June 14, 2015, at San Francisco’s Thick House. This year’s expanded Festival features more than 44 performances and readings by over a dozen local writers, including: BEST OF PLAYGROUND 19, a fully-produced program of six 10-minute plays selected from more than 180 submissions to the Monday Night PlayGround series; the world premiere of Robin Lynn Rodriguez’s HELLA LOVE OAKLAND (2013 PlayGround Festival selection) and Garret Jon Groenveld’s THE EMPTY NESTERS (2013 PlayGround Festival selection), and staged readings of four bold new full-length plays in development. Individual tickets are $25-$55 and All-Festival Passes (including priority seating tickets to all festival activities) start at $60. Tickets are available through the Box Office at 415-992-6677 or online at http://playground-sf.org/festival. For the complete schedule of performances and readings, visit http://playground-sf.org/calendar.shtml. #################### DOUGLAS MORRISON THEATRE SCHEDULE FOR 2015-16 BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK By Lynn Nottage Directed by Dawn Monique Williams Preview: August 27, 2015 Opening night: August 28, 2015 August 27 –September 20, 2015 LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST Musical Based on play by William Shakespeare Music by Michael Friedman, book adapted by Alex Timbers Directed by Lisa Tromovich Preview: November 5, 2015 Opening night: November 6, 2015 November 5-29, 2015 MRS.WARREN’S PROFESSION By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Susan E. Evans Preview: February 11, 2016 Opening night: February 12, 2016 February 11 – March 6, 2016 Douglas Morrisson Theatre Announces upcoming 2015-2016 season: “REVELATIONS” – The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) proudly announces the new 2015-2016 season “REVELATIONS,” four compelling plays including two regional premieres and a new solo artists festival. The 36th season begins in August with the local premiere of Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, directed by Dawn Monique Williams. In November, we mount the regional premiere of the high octane new musical Love’s Labour’s Lost, based on Shakespeare’s comedy. Next up in February 2016 is the provocative Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw, directed by DMT’s Artistic Director Susan E. Evans. In Spring 2016 we’ll mount a short festival of local solo artists entitled “One for All.” DMT’s “REVELATIONS” season concludes in May 2016 with the compelling murder mystery Book of Days,by Lanford Wilson. Our alternative programming on Monday nights continues this 2015-2016 Season. Alt.Mondays features the Bare Bones staged readings series, Telling Tales storytelling evenings as well as the Fifth Annual Playwrights CageMatch and improvisation nights from Made Up Theatre. Last year’s Holiday Open House was so successful we’re happy to throw open the doors again this December, and host another day of tours and good cheer for our community in celebration of the holiday season. The Morrisson Theatre Chorus under the direction of César Cancino presents three concerts this Season, including the ever-popular Holiday Concert in December. “The big reveal. Whether it’s Oedipus and his mother, Hamlet and his mother or Harvey and the rabbit, all good theatre has a reveal, a dramatic surprise brought to the surface through the playwright’s words, and the craft and magic of the director, actors and designers. It might be subtle, it might be literal, but it’s always there. All the plays this 2015-2016 Season at DMT open the curtain onto the unknown, revealing a true identity, a romantic love, a questionable past and an evil deed, and much more “ says DMT’s Artistic Director Evans. The Douglas Morrisson Theatre season kicks off in August with the regional premiere of Lynn Nottage’s biting satire, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK. "A satisfying screwball comedy in which Nottage uses stereotypes to expose them, tapping into a current of rueful emotion beneath the surface." —Vogue Riffing off 1930s screwball comedy films, Pulitzer Prize–winning (Ruined) playwright Lynn Nottage tackles and skewers the all-too-topical theme of racial stereotyping in Hollywood. By The Way, Meet Vera Stark takes the audience on a seventy-year journey through the life of Vera Stark. It’s 1933 and Vera, a budding African-American actress is working as a lady’s maid for a white Hollywood self-dramatizing starlet known as “America’s little sweetie pie.” When they’re both cast in the same Southern epic, (“The Belle of New Orleans”), Vera’s career is launched and we become witness to her controversial legacy in front of and behind the cameras. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark is inspired by the life and career of Theresa Harris, a pioneering African-American film star. Directed by Dawn Monique Williams. LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, a musical romp based on the comedy by William Shakespeare with music by Michael Friedman and book adapted by Alex Timbers, premiered in 2013 as part of the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park Program. In November, DMT is thrilled to be presenting its Northern California premiere as the second show of the 2015-2016 Season. “FOUR STARS! … this gleeful riff on Shakespeare is a tall, fruity drink of intoxicating delight. … a dual sensation of silliness and heartache” – Time Out New York LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s loopy comedy that manages to be fresh and contemporary while remaining lovingly faithful to the text. Friedman and Timbers (the Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson team) create a glorious mashup of the Bard and Boy Bands. Romance and revelry abound in this tale of the King of Navarre and his college buddies at their five-year college reunion who take an oath to spend the next three years devoted to study and self-improvement, and remove themselves from worldly temptations … most especially women. Enter onto the scene four girls from the boys’ past and all bets are off! Directed by Lisa Tromovich, Producing Artistic Director, Shakespeare’s Associates. The Douglas Morrisson Theatre turns next to the still controversial MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION, by George Bernard Shaw,in February 2016.A witty and thought-provoking play by the playwright of Pygmalion and Major Barbara, MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSIONtackles subjects as topical today as they were a century ago – the fate of women in the marketplace, the choices forced upon women by economic and social pressures and the hypocrisies of middle-and upper-class conventions. “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. … The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” ―Vivie, Mrs. Warren’s Profession “What is any respectable girl to do but to catch some rich man’s fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him? – as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing!” ― Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Warren’s Profession The play centers on the relationship between Vivie, a thoroughly modern, highly educated young woman, and Mrs. Warren, her mother – whom Vivie barely knows. When Mrs. Warren arrives for a surprise visit, Vivie discovers what her mother does for a living, and an epic battle of wills ensues. Directed by DMT Artistic Director Susan E. Evans. In April 2016, we celebrate the amazing diversity of solo performers in the Bay Area with a two-week solo theatre festival entitled ONE FOR ALL: A Solo Artists Festival. The Bay Area is blessed with a myriad of exciting and inventive solo artists who demonstrate the ability to captivate audiences with their personal, or fictional, narratives. Such well-known names like Geoff Hoyle, Dan Hoyle, Josh Kornbluth and Brian Copeland have sprung from The Marsh in San Francisco and Berkeley which continues to provide a stream of nurtured talent. It’s time for Hayward to get in on the act and be exposed to the wealth of both established and up-and-coming solo artistry! Still in the planning stages, DMT’s ONE FOR ALL Festival will offer an eclectic mix of local solo artists with a wide range of styles and stories. In May 2016 DMT completes its exciting 2015-2016 lineup with BOOK OF DAYS, an enthralling, multi-layered murder mystery by American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson. …An intriguing, prismatic and thoroughly engrossing depiction of contemporary small-town life with a murder mystery at its core…a splendid evening of theater…" —Variety Welcome to Dublin, Missouri, a small town in the American Heartland, dominated by a Cheese Plant, a fundamentalist church, and a Community Theater. When a violent murder shocks the town, Ruth Hoch goes on a one-woman crusade to root out the truth amidst all the petty jealousies, greed and lies. With echoes of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, the characters in BOOK OF DAYS are forced to reexamine the world and values they thought they knew and embraced. Lanford Wilson’s mesmerizing play unfolds like a page-turning mystery. ALT. MONDAYS Bare Bones Staged Readings – Douglas Morrisson Theatre is in its third year of the Bare Bones staged readings series of provocative and compelling pieces by emerging new theatrical voices. Past readings have included the works of Sarah Treem, Melissa James Gibson, Rajiv Joseph, Christopher Shinn, Adam Bock, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Nathan Louis Jackson, Rolin Jones and Julia Cho. Open seating and all tickets are $10 September 28, 2015: Play TBA ###################### PLAYWRIGHT RECOGNIZED AS THE HEIR TO EUGENE O’NEILL TO BE FEATURED AT MAY PLAYWRIGHTS’ THEATRE PROGRAMS AT TAO HOUSE IN DANVILLE As part of its ongoing Playwrights’ Theatre series, the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House is featuring two important and provocative plays by Clifford Odets, seen by many as “the heir to Eugene O’Neill.” A staged-reading of Odets’ popular Waiting for Lefty is scheduled for Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. in the Old Barn at the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site in the Danville Hills. It will be followed by Odets’ highly successful Golden Boy on Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m. at the Historic Site. Playwrights’ Theatre is produced by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, in cooperation with the National Park Service. Reserved tickets for both events are available online at www.eugeneoneil.org, or by phone at (925) 820-1818. There is limited seating available in the Old Barn performance site. All seats are $25.00 per person. ########################### O’Neill Foundation Announces Expanded Summer Studio Retreat for Teen Writers & Actors Teens with an itch to write a short play and have it performed before an audience will want to know about the Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s Studio Retreat. This intensive, collaborative program with professional facilitators will be held at the O’Neill Historic Site in Danville in an expanded program this July. The workshop runs from Thursday, July 9 through Sunday, July 20, with a day off on July 13. The retreat will be expanded this year to ten days, from seven days in past years. Applications for participation in the summer’s program are being accepted through June 22. Sponsored by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House in partnership with the National Park Service, the intensive workshop provides the opportunity for young writers and actors to work closely with professional playwrights and stage directors in the development of short plays (8-10 minutes). The program is geared for advanced high school students. A limited number of writers and actors can be accepted into the intensive workshop. The workshop meets daily from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. from July 9-20, except for a day off on July 13. The retreat culminates with a performance in the Old Barn Theater before a community audience on the final afternoon. The O’Neill Studio Retreat is designed to provide a more thorough understanding of playwright Eugene O’Neill and his place in American drama, as well as to encourage creative production by the students. The expanded ten-day program will enable a more comfortable timeframe to develop and prepare the emerging scripts for presentation. … Emerging Playwrights Award and a 2012-13 Fellowship from San Francisco Playground; and playwright Erin Edens who hold her MA in Dramatic Arts from UC Santa Barbara, and an MFA in playwriting from University of Texas at Austin. Both writers have had their works produced around the country. Stage Director/Educator Chad Deverman will also return for this summer’s workshop. Deverman is a professional actor who has worked with many local groups, including Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep TheatreWorks, and CalShakes. Applications for participation in the July 9-20, 2015 workshop are available online at www.eugeneoneill.org (click on “O’Neill Studio Retreat”). Deadline for submission is June 22. The O’Neill Studio Workshop is supported by grants from the Wood Foundation and the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation. ################################# Two Fellows selected for First Travis Bogard Artist in Residence Program at Tao House Realizing a long-held goal, the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, Tao House, launches the Travis Bogard Artist in Residence program in April, selecting two Tao House Fellows whose projects represent both the academic and creative fields of the performing arts. While at Tao House, David Palmer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, will work on a manuscript relating to O’Neill’s plays, taking a cognitive studies approach to the analysis of tragedy which has emerged in recent years due to advances in brain research and evolutionary psychology. Herman Daniel Farrell III, a professional playwright and Professor of Playwriting at the University of Kentucky, aims to create the first draft of a “postmodern” play about Eugene O’Neill, his life and work. The two were selected from ten stellar applicants for the program, which is designed to provide developing or established artists, scholars or critics of the performing arts the opportunity to work in the solitude, and quiet, which inspired Eugene O’Neill, America’s only Nobel Prizewinning Playwright. The program is named for the late Travis Bogard, professor emeritus of Dramatic Arts at UC Berkeley and the O’Neill Foundation’s first artistic director. Soon after the Foundation was formed forty years ago, Professor Bogard envisioned Tao House not only as a living memorial to Eugene O’Neill, but as a creative workplace for writers and scholars. O’Neill Foundation Co-President, Gary Schaub, says “For many years the O’Neill Foundation has been looking to initiate the Artist in Residence program at Tao House---a goal our early mentor Travis Bogard set for us. The Foundation Board is very pleased that Travis’s dream is being realized with the appointment of our first two Tao House Fellows. Florence McAuley, head of the Foundation’s Advisory Board, which has developed the three year pilot program in collaboration with the National Park Service, explains that an evaluation panel of professionals assessed the projects and rated the applications, recommending that this first stage of the program include representatives from both the academic and creative fields. The Foundation board confirmed their selections. ################# Third annual short play festival takes the stage April 23 Eight new 10-minute plays make up the popular “8 x 10” (Napa CA) Lucky Penny Productions brings the third annual festival of 10-minute plays to the new Community Arts Center April 23-May 10, 2015. The eight plays to be produced were selected from 123 submitted scripts from all over the country. Four directors, working with more than a dozen actors, will bring these new works to life on stage in Napa for the first time. The program of plays will include: A Clean Sweep, by Susan Shafer, New York NY A Mother's Privilege, by Donna Hoke, East Amherst NY Be Seeing You, by Bruce Boeck, Normal IL Interrogation, by James R. Colgan, Wallingford KY Just Desserts, by David MacGregor, Howell MI Make-A-Wish, by Lori Eaton, Birmingham MI The Blind Date, by Joe Starzyk, Troy NY Timmy Perlmutter Goes Flying, by Paul Lewis, Bainbridge Island WA MacGregor and Starzyk are second-time winners of the script competition. The directors are Barry Martin, Dana Nelson-Isaacs, Megan Palagi and Michael Ross. The plays in the "8 x 10" have minimal technical demands and use four characters or less - the focus is on stories and characters. The author whose play is voted the “People’s Choice” will received a $100 honorarium. Tickets are now on sale by visiting www.luckypennynapa.com or by calling 707-266-6305. ################################ Audience gets the red carpet treatment in new interactive comedy show #PhotobombSF - Upon entrance to #PhotoBombSF, audience members are treated to a red-carpet photoshoot, with strobes and a custom background, taken by show hosts – and accomplished photographers – Red Scott and Imran G. Dressed to the nines or pajama chic, audience members will stand in for professional photographs before the show begins. Audience photos will be evaluated, critiqued, and applauded in between local and national comedians hitting the stage. #PhotobombSF happens every third Wednesday of the month, starting Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 8pm, at PianoFight, 144 Taylor St in San Francisco. Tickets are $15 online and $20 at-the-door and can be purchased at www.pianofight.com Red and Imran have been chronicling the comedy scene through photography for years. Their images represent dozens of comics and have been featured on The Daily Mail, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, and flavorwire. They have topped the front page on reddit, and appeared on the nationally syndicated tv show "Right This Minute." As comedians, Imran G and Red Scott are paid regulars at the San Francisco Punch Line, The San Jose Improv, Rooster T Feathers, and performed in SF Sketchfest. #PhotobombSF pairs their two professional passions into one unique night of performance and visual art. PIANOFIGHT LLC is a production and venue management company born and raised in San Francisco. PianoFight’s venue is full service restaurant and bar with a cabaret stage and two intimate theaters. The company presents New Work by New Artists ™, most of which is local. Anchored by a 48-member creative company of artists including two in-house sketch groups, a band and film department, and bolstered by a community of indie arts companies and individuals, PianoFight presents an eclectic mix of world premieres including plays, inventive sketch comedy, choose-your-own-adventure plays, audience-judged theater competitions, improv, variety shows, dance, live podcasts, immersive and interactive theater, film screenings and more. Plus there’s usually a live band playing on the cabaret stage before and after shows. The beer is cold, the food is delicious and it's all affordable. PianoFight - no drink minimums, no ticket fees, hella awesome. ########################### OUT IN THE BAY - 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY San Francisco’s Award – Winning LGBT Public Radio Program on KALW Radio Celebrates Ten Years - With a Half-Hour Show Taping - Before A Live Audience and After Party Wed., April 29, 2015 – 5:00 - 8:00 pm Oasis Nightclub & Cabaret 298 11th St. at Folsom, San Francisco www.OutintheBay.org OUT IN THE BAY – Gay Radio from San Francisco, the award-winning interview program (which airs 7:00 pm Thurs. on public station KALW - 91.7 FM), celebrates ten years of broadcasting LGBT stories with a half-hour show taping – (the show’s first before a live audience) - and party Wed. April 29, 2015 at Oasis Nightclub & Cabaret, 298 11th St. (at Folsom), San Francisco 94103. Tickets are $20 gen. admission (advance) / $25 at door, and $50 VIP (first two rows & include 1 top shelf cocktail.) and are available at http://bit.ly/outinthebay or by calling 510-816-0450. The live show being taped will be a retrospective with audio clips from past shows and hosts Eric Jansen and Marilyn Pittman telling some of the back-stories that didn’t make it onto the public radio airwaves. Schedule for 4/29/15 event: 5:00 - 6:00 pm Socializing, food provided by La Mediteranee, No host bar, 6:00 - 7:00 pm Entertainment and half-hour show taping – live. 7:00 - 8:00 pm Socializing, opportunity to meet hosts & performers. #####################

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