2011 festival program

Main Festival Show times, Venues & Details

*Click on column headings to organize each column alphabetically

Start  End  Venue  Presenter  Description 
11:25 11:55 Main Stage J’La Chic Motown madness is our unique tribute to the magic of music from the 60s and 70s and how Motown changed the world through song.
12:05 12:35 Main Stage Roy Dorantes A monologue in which the actor plays 12 characters depicting the plight of the illegal immigrant through narration and dance.
12:45 1:15 Main Stage Blue Blanket Improv Transforming audience suggestions into side-splitting funny improv since A.D. 1066
1:20 1:50 Main Stage Planet Booty Booty beats, soul, and highly entertaining stage antics.
1:55 2:25 Main Stage BATS Improv The award-winning BATS presents Theatresports, a hilarious improv competition between two teams performing a variety of spontaneous scenes and songs.
2:35 3:05 Main Stage Keith Moon: The Real Me Mick Berry incisively reveals Keith Moon’s development as an adolescent musician and aspiring rock star, his rise to stardom with the Who, and his tragic downfall, while displaying his drumming genius.
3:15 3:45 Main Stage Secret Improv Society A refreshing, irreverent and fully-improvised blend of comedy and music that will have you laughing out loud.
3:50 4:10 Main Stage Widget Theatre A woman’s relationship with her muse goes to a whole new level
4:20 4:55 Main Stage Teatro el Vagon TBD
11:55 12:25 Northside Theater Indigenous Chaos Three generations of family performing hard hitting political skits.
12:00 12:25 Northside Theater IRIS Iris choreographies show us different people’s aspects, from manipulation to pleasures in life.
1:50 2:20 Northside Theater PianoFight’s Monday Night ForePlays Female-driven sketch comedy group that unites the best up-and-coming local talent 
2:25 2:55 Northside Theater Artis Mundi Personal Bay Area Filipino-American stories celebrating life
3:00 3:30 Northside Theater Stagebridge Senior Theater Co. Stagebridge’s popular musical revue featuring Scrumbly Koldewyn at the piano.
3:40 4:10 Northside Theater Wordslanger Wordslanger’s explosive exploration of ink, text and orality.
4:15 4:45 Northside Theater Sabrina Peterson Man’s struggle for power ends here.
12:05 12:35 Southside Theater PlayGround The best of this year’s PlayGround schedule.
12:40 1:10 Southside Theater Sweet Theater Pregnancy, family dysfunction and sales TV meet in Queens
1:45 2:05 Southside Theater Bindlestiff Studio
They’ve all gotten into fist-fights with each other at least once, yet can somehow cooperate in the name of comedy!
2:10 2:40 Southside Theater Thomas Simpson’s AfroSolo TBD
3:25 3:40 Southside Theater Bindlestiff Studio
They’ve all gotten into fist-fights with each other at least once, yet can somehow cooperate in the name of comedy!
3:25 3:40 Southside Theater Matando Masas: The Monologue Union – DEUX A young woman plans to ruin her mother’s sixth wedding by telling all the guests her story of abuse during the wedding toast.
3:45 4:00 Southside Theater Matando Masas: The Monologue Union – VIER A wedding planner organizes the wedding of an ex-boyfriend whom she still loves.
4:05 4:20 Southside Theater Matando Masas: The Monologue Union – UNO A fictional Mexican organization promotes the construction of a wall between Mexico & the U.S. to benefit their own economic and personal agendas.
4:25 4:55 Southside Theater Fred Anderson An extraordinary juggler, clown and funny guy!
11:30 11:55 The Firehouse John Doyle TBD
12:00 12:30 The Firehouse SF Recovery Theatre: Jet Jet – A portrait of a nicotine addict and true story, explores the healthcare system from a consumer perspective.
12:35 1:05 The Firehouse SF Recovery Theatre: Night at the Blackhawk An ode to the Tenderloin’s famed Blackhawk Nightclub
12:45 1:05 The Firehouse (Meet in front of Firehouse doors) We Players Taste the salt of the wine-dark sea stories from The Odyssey 
1:10 1:40 The Firehouse SF Recover Theatre: Salaam Huey Salaam TBD
1:50 2:20 The Firehouse NAATAK Adapted from Nobel laureate Rabrindranath Tagore’s most anthologized short story.
2:25 2:55 The Firehouse Lower Bottom Playaz: Big Brother Little Brother A suicide recounts his life to his dead brother.
3:00 3:30 The Firehouse Lower Bottom Playaz: Gem of the Ocean Set sail on Wilson’s lyrical journey through the North American African experience.
3:40 4:10 The Firehouse Jovelyn Richards Is dying an act of love or just dying?
4:15 4:45 The Firehouse Souletry An experiential blend of soulful, sensual, and spiritual poetry.
11:00 11:25 Embarcadero Room Paolo Sambrano If Paolo doesn’t kill himself first, the blood clot in his leg will.
11:30 12:00 Embarcadero Room Louis Jackson Ex-monk rooms with Stanford coed and waxes-poetic.
12:05 12:35 Embarcadero Room Nicole Maxali “Nicole is funy, heartfelt and funny again” – Dave Chappelle.
12:40 1:10 Embarcadero Room Heather Marlowe A dark-humored trip through a woman’s DIY crime scene investigation.
1:15 1:45 Embarcadero Room Zahra Noorbakhsh You may be more Muslim than you think!
1:50 2:10 Embarcadero Room Susan Ito Foodie McBody goes from diabetes to athlete, via secret blog!
2:15 2:35 Embarcadero Room Enzo Lombard “Sedaris of San Francisco” – Broadway World.
2:40 3:05 Embarcadero Room Ericka Lutz First comes love and marriage… then grief, absurdity, skin-hunger, and tattoos.
3:10 3:40 Embarcadero Room Julia Jackson Biracial queer couple takes the rollercoaster ride known as adoption.
3:45 4:05 Embarcadero Room Vanessa Alabarces What’s Vanessa to do when her accidental prayer is answered?
4:10 4:30 Embarcadero Room Vanessa Khaleel Vanessa has to say good-bye to the pill.
4:35 5:00 Embarcadero Room Thao P. Nguyen Reclaiming the “Ch” word and finally finding a good use for it!
12:35 1:05 Fleet Room SF Sound Wave Chorus San Francisco Sound Wave Chorus has been part of the Bay Area Musical Comminity since 1955. The chorus is committed to singing four-part harmony in the barbershop style.
1:35 2:05 Fleet Room Stagebridge Senior Theatre Co. Improv to You! ANTIC-WITTIES – for the fun of it.
2:15 2:45 Fleet Room Un-Scripted Improvised scenes and songs.
2:55 3:25 Fleet Room Creatures of Impulse An improvised, long-form, teen soap opera.
3:30 4:00 Fleet Room Jewish Community High School Kafka’s tale of man transformed as anti-fascist satire.
4:05 4:35 Fleet Room ZGI Players The “true” story of how the financial crisis really happened.
11:50 12:20 Presidio Room Bradley Lum AKA Tai Mai Shu and the co-producer of the CockyAsians Comedy Tour
12:25 12:55 Presidio Room Artis Mundi The searing story of a mother and daughter reopening old wounds from World War II.
1:05 1:35 Presidio Room Matando Masas: The Monologue Union – DREI A man, who after losing a lot of weight, turns into a misogynistic pig.
1:40 2:00 Presidio Room Social Network Me A comedy about social networking websites with a secret plan.
2:05 2:30 Presidio Room No Nude Men An innovative, theatrical adaptation of Walt Whitman’s homoerotic poetry, set to a bold and humorous cadence.
2:40 3:05 Presidio Room Woman’s Will Rudnick’s provocative comedy of sexual diversity melds gay and Jewish humor.
3:10 4:55 Presidio Room … And Still … Is life “Just a Rehearsal?” Or, is it all real?
11:30 11:55 Alcatraz Room Danny Dechi Danny Dechi, Comedian and the world’s only pencil magician.
12:00 12:30 Alcatraz Room Chaucer Theatre Then… Now… The Hereafter… Never underestimate a mother’s love.
12:40 1:10 Alcatraz Room Thomas John A brand new comedy juggling show with masks, mayhem and machetes.
1:15 1:40 Alcatraz Room Joe Estlack Dixie cups hold tears of those before their bucket years.
1:50 2:15 Alcatraz Room Vivian Sanchez Psychomagic actions to break free from the under value of women’s sexualilty.
2:20 2:35 Alcatraz Room Kharyshi Wiginton a black woman’s story about her weight’s impact, growing up, struggling with ridicule, experiencing relationships, and learning to love herself.
2:45 3:10 Alcatraz Room David Kleinberg Things get a little strange when David’s wife leaves the house.
3:15 3:40 Alcatraz Room Howard Petrick Vietnam draftee frustrates military brass while organizing GIs against war.
3:45 4:10 Alcatraz Room Suraya Susana Keating A heartfelt show exploring prison work, drug addicts, death and shamanism. 
4:15 4:45 Alcatraz Room Philip Watt Dylan Thomas, 19, reveals the brilliant mind of an extraordinary teen.
11:25 11:55 Harbor Room Global Women Intact Excitement!
12:00 12:30 Harbor Room Jeff Greenwald Captivating tales of travel, adventure and meetings with remarkable earthlings.
12:35 1:00 Harbor Room Nancy Perlman My two Grandmas.  The religious Kleptomaniac and the Commie Athiest.
1:05 1:20 Harbor Room Stephen Koppel Props merge with Steve’s words.  Verbal animation totally kick-ass.
1:25 1:55 Harbor Room FiFi & Fanny Music/ Comedy duo’s shocking origins reveled.  PeeWee Sherman, Holiday Hotdog! fifiandfanny.com
2:00 2:20 Harbor Room Ricardo Ochoa He’s crazy, his mom died..he’s looking for her.
2:25 2:45 Harbor Room Remi Barron Remi Barron does ribald and unexpected funny stuff
2:50 3:15 Harbor Room Caila Lipovsky Robot Therapy, destitute magicians, licentious puppets & more!
3:20 3:50 Harbor Room Libby Skala An exquisitely portrayed mentoring relationship between a Granddaughter and her Oscar-nominated Grandmother. 
3:55 4:15 Harbor Room Peter’s Sausage Company From Hilarity to heartbreak in less than twenty minutes.
4:20 4:50 Harbor Room Tyrone Woodrow A R&B artist who also sings and acts in community theater.
11:20 11:50 Golden Gate Room Judy & Punchy Slap stick, pie throwing, hula hooping, slack rope walking extravaganza!
12:00 12:30 Golden Gate Room The AJI Show New school vaudeville juggler Aji and an exhibition of circus skill.
12:40 1:10 Golden Gate Room Living Miracle Productions One segment of Thornton Wilder’s plays for Bleecker Street (1962).
1:20 1:50 Golden Gate Room Nancy Gold Seasoned performer or just starting out? Expand your “silly side.”  Free noses!
1:55 2:15 Golden Gate Room Fred Anderson Juggler and Prop Comic and One of the fastest and funniest performers in the country. His off-beat style and audience participation is a big hit with any age!
2:20 2:40 Golden Gate Room Fred Anderson Juggler and Prop Comic and One of the fastest and funniest performers in the country. His off-beat style and audience participation is a big hit with any age!
2:45 3:05 Golden Gate Room TBD TBD
3:10 3:30 Golden Gate Room TBD TBD
3:35 3:55 Golden Gate Room Ask K.
Northern California’s 2nd Funniest Magician
4:00 4:20 Golden Gate Room Ash K.

Family-Friendly Program Show times, Venues & Details

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Start  End  Venue  Group/Artist  Description 
11:20 11:50 Golden Gate Room Punchy & Judy Slap stick, pie throwing, hula hooping, slack rope walking extravaganza!
12:00 12:30 Golden Gate Room Ringling Bros. Boswick the Clown TBD
12:40 1:10 Golden Gate Room Award-winning Magician Timothy James
One segment of Thornton Wilder’s plays for Bleecker Street (1962).
1:20 1:50 Golden Gate Room Award-winning Magician Timothy James
Seasoned performer of just starting out? Expand your “silly side.”  Free noses!
1:55 2:15 Golden Gate Room Fred Anderson TBD
2:20 2:40 Golden Gate Room Fred Anderson TBD
2:45 3:05 Golden Gate Room TBD TBD
3:10 3:30 Golden Gate Room TBD TBD
3:35 3:55 Golden Gate Room Ask K.
TBD
4:00 4:20 Golden Gate Room Ash K.
TBD
         

Map of Festival Venues

*Printed maps will be available at the festival.

  1. 1. Main Stage
  2. 2. Golden Gate Room
  3. 3. Presidio Room
  4. 4. Alcatraz Room
  5. 5. Harbor Room
  6. 6. Embarcadero Room
  7. 7. Southside Theater
  8. 8. Fleet Room
  9. 9. Northside Theater
  10. 10. Firehouse

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