Now Playing
PianoFight’s Triple Threat
3 world premier productions from PianoFight
April 12 – May 5 - Stage Werx, 446 Valencia St (between 15th & 16th), SF
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PianoFight is taking over the weekend with Triple Threat, a showcase featuring three brand-new productions. This three-part throw down begins with original sketch comedy on Thursday nights with Mission CTRL Goes Public: The $7 Billion IPO, followed by the female-driven sketch comedy and variety show ForePlays’ This American Lie on Fridays nights, and closes with the original full-length drama Octopus’s Garden on Saturday nights. Triple Threat runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm, April 12 – May 5, at Stage Werx, 446 Valencia Street, San Francisco. Tickets forMission CTRL and ForePlays are $20 at the door and Octopus’s Garden tickets are $25 at the door. To purchase tickets and get more information on Triple Threat please visit www.pianofight.com/triplethreat
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Octopus’s Garden by Scott Herman
directed by Devin McNulty
March 17 – April 7 – Alcove Theater, 414 Mason St, 5th Floor, SFApril 14 – 28 – Stage Werx, 446 Valencia St (between 15th & 16th), SF
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The first full-length play by Scott Herman, Octopus’s Garden, the slice-of-life story of a modern family made up of two moms and an 8-year-old daughter named Anna, living the American dream of domestic normalcy. This is threatened by the arrival of Anna’s absentee biological father, which forces them — and us — to examine the necessary yet difficult decisions made when starting a family on your own terms. Octopus’s Garden is showing Saturday nights at 8pm from March 17 – April 7 at the Alcove Theater, 414 Mason Street, then transferring to Stage Werx Theater at 446 Valencia Street from April 12 – 28 where it will become part of PianoFight’s Triple Threat.
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RECENT PRODUCTIONS
FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas
by Daniel Heath
December 2-30, 8:00pm
Stage Werx 446
446 Valencia St (between 15th & 16th), SF
The Holidays are the most magical time of the year, unless you’re stuck in the mall on Christmas Eve. PianoFight’s FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas, penned by Daniel Heath, an emerging playwright on the national scene, chronicles the final hours of the Christmas shopping frenzy through the eyes of a pot-dealing Santa and his cookie-stand partner in crime, a mall security guard on his last legs, a bride-to-be deserted by her would-be fiancé, and a bored mortician who’s got nothing to do until people get back to the business of dying once the holidays have ended. The fates of these five characters and whether Christmas can be saved for each is left up to the audience who votes at crucial forks in the plot to determine the final outcome. Thanks to you all for coming out and navigating the 362,880 possible Forking paths through the show, to more often than not help save Christmas! See you again in December!
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PanderFest 2011
by Mission Control & Crisis Hopkins
Thurs, Fri & Sat, 8:00pm, Oct 7 – Oct 29
Stage Werx 446
446 Valencia St (between 15th & 16th)Two of the Bay Area’s favorite comedy troupes – Crisis Hopkins and Mission Control – join forces this October to present PanderFest 2011 – a comedy show scientifically calibrated to completely satisfy its audience by any means necessary. Panderfest 2011, an “official pick” of the Bay Area Comedy Hall of Fame, is the first show at San Francisco’s newest theater, Stage Werx 446.
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Don’t Tell Mom the Weekend’s Dead!
by Monday Night ForePlays
Mondays, 8:00pm, Sept 19 – Oct 24
The Dark Room
2263 Mission St (between 18th & 19th)
“Don’t Tell Mom the Weekend’s Dead!” will help keep the Saturday spirit alive! How? Through the showcasing of common Saturday night motifs and scenarios; you’ll see bison pan-sexuality, a vinyl-brassiered pop group giving financial advice, gamete on gamete romance in fertilization, and a special appearance from 90’s teen book club favorite, The Babysitter’s Club. “Don’t Tell Mom the Weekend’s Dead!” will feature comedians Natasha Muse, Kelly McCarron, Liz Grant, and Lilibeth Helson, along with music from Miranda Jones, Mal Blum, Jena McRae, and Zoe Boekbinder. If that’s not a recipe for weekend sustainability, we don’t know what is!
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