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Looking to extend the weekend and laugh your way into the week? PianoFight’s female-driven variety show Monday Night ForePlays is just the ticket! The ladies return to the stage this September with their seventh all-new installment of “SHEketch” comedy in The Autumn LaughtHER Factor.

“The Autumn LaughtHER Factor” will showcase brand-new dance numbers and 8 never-before-seen comedic sketches. In addition, ForePlays will welcome a plethora of comedians including winners of the 2009 SF Women’s Comedy Competition, Janine Brito and Emily Heller (who won first and second place respectively), former MTV “Real World” star, Irene McGee and Ali Wong, who was voted “Best Comedian of 2009″ by SF Weekly.  Rounding out the show are talented local musical acts such as Rainbow Chair, Vandella, and The Whisky Richards. Get your tickets today because seats fill up fast!!

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After touring comedy festivals across California, PianoFight’s Stop Hating Imagination Time Show (S.H.I.T. Show) returns to off-market with a weekly comedy orgy including, but not limited to, sketch, stand-up, video, music and improv, featuring local comedy favorites Crisis Hopkins.  The S.H.I.T. Show premieres new content each week.  And, in case you forgot, brown bags are always encouraged!

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The first time PianoFight ran Throw Rotten Veggies at the Actors Nights, audiences hucked veggies with glee, national and international media took notice, and about 7 actors got repeatedly pelted in the face with tomatoes. Here’s a video to give you an idea of it:

As you can see above, both audiences and actors had a ball. What we didn’t expect was for critics to go gaga as well.

“Good for theater” – NY Times

“A riot” - Guardian UK

“PianoFight has the answer” – ArtsJournal.com

So it is with great pride that SF/LA based production company PianoFight announces the return of its wildly popular Throw Rotten Veggies at the Actors Nights, in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, taking place during the run of the nation’s largest audience-judged playwriting competition, ShortLived 3.0. Immediately following the May 14^th and 15^th performances of ShortLived 3.0, cast members will don white t-shirts, distribute vegetables, and dive headfirst into a sea of projectile produce hurled by audience members at a tomato-tossing-tailored set of sketch comedy. Admission for Throw Rotten Veggies at the Actors Nights is included with the purchase of a $25 ticket to ShortLived 3.0 (please note: Throw Rotten Veggies in LA will only happen the evening of May 15th). TICKETS (SF) – TICKETS (LA)

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UPDATE 7/1/10

SF Winner: “PianoFight: 4D!” by The S.H.I.T. Show

LA Winner: “Anton Chekhov’s The Three Minutes” by Robert Potter

SF Line-Up & Results

LA Line-Up & Results

The largest audience-judged playwriting competition in the country, PianoFight’s ShortLived 3.0, returns to San Francisco and premieres in Los Angeles, every Friday and Saturday night at 8:00 PM at The Off-Market Theater (SF) and The Asylum Lab (LA), April 2- June 26.

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Experienced playwrights, unknown up-and-comers and local, indy-theater companies in each city compete for audiences who decide the two winners of the grand prize: the chance to pen a full-length play to be produced by PianoFight for a one-month run in two cities. 56 Playwrights, 52 Performances, 30 Plus Actors, 13 Directors, Two Cities, One Show, You Pick the Winners: PianoFight’s ShortLived 3.0

SF Competitors: Daniel Heath, Bill Bivins, Lauren Yee, Jon Brooks, Bennett Fisher, Patricia Milton, Sam Leichter, Tim Bauer, Sleepwalkers, Threshold, Crisis Hopkins, Paul Cello and Chrish Barth plus tons more.

LA Competitors: Cort Brinkerhoff, Sheldon Bull, James C. Ferguson, Arthur M. Jolly, Jason Matthews, Felix Racelis and Matt Ryan, The Cool Table and tons more.

SHORTLIVED 3.0 FORMAT, RULES AND SUBMISSION INFO

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PianoFight and Original Sin Productions teamed to bring the SF Fringe hit Pulp Scripture to Off-Market, and after reviews in the Chronicle, SF Weekly, and the Bay Times, Pulp was nominated for two 2009 Critics Circle Awards – Best Ensemble (Christy Crowley, Rand Courtney, Charlotte Gulezian, Maya Mahrer and John Mercer) and Best Original Script (William Bivins). Congrats to the Pulpieri for bringing in PianoFight’s first ever Critics Circle nods!