Main Festival Show times, Venues & Details
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| Start | End | Venue | Presenter | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:45 | 12:15 | Waterfall Stage | Blue Blanket Comedy Improv | Wild and wacky theatre experience |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Waterfall Stage | No Nude Men | Tai-Sharm and the King of Braquil The story is about a beautiful and uncommonly smart peasant girl, Tai-Sharm, and her abduction by a lonely King who wants to marry her against her will, based on a short story by Peter S. Beagle. | 1:00 | 1:10 | Waterfall | Wicked | Selected performances from the Musical Wicked |
| 1:20 | 1:35 | Waterfall Stage | Beach Blanket Babylon | Selected performances from Beach Blanket Babylon |
| 1:40 | 2:10 | Waterfall Stage | PapaBear Productions | Crazy, Just Like Me |
| 2:15 | 2:45 | Waterfall Stage | BATS (Improv/Comedy) | 2 teams of improvisors compete by performing a variety of scenes, songs and games based on suggestions from the audience. |
| 2:50 | 3:15 | Waterfall Stage | Wiley West (Puppetry) | "Maidrid's Bow, An Amazon Tale" An ambitious Amazon befriends a young man |
| 3:25 | 3:55 | Waterfall Stage | AtmosTheatre (Comedy) | "Frogs" Aristophanes classic Greek comedy about the journey of Dionysus and his slvae Xanthias to Hades |
| 4:00 | 4:30 | Waterfall Stage | Lower Gym Girls (Musical Theater) | "The Lower Gym" An original musical about girls with dreams in 1965 who are getting ready to graduate from a San Francisco Catholic Girls School. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | East Garden | Solano College Touring Co. (Musical Theater) | SCTC Musical Revue
Advanced teen performers are merged with Solano College Actor
Conservatory students in a cabaret style performance of Broadway show
tunes. |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | East Garden | Dee Wright Productions | 16 - 44 Exploring
African-American women & AIDS |
| 2:45 | 3:05 | East Garden | Youth for Asian (Comedy) |
Normality When the boss invites himself over for dinner, Maye frantically attempts to mold her family into a normal one. |
| 3:15 | 3:45 | East Garden | Foothill College Cons. (Comedy) |
"Collective Drinking" Three short one-acts based on the world of drinking, America's favorite drug. |
| 3:50 | 4:00 | East Garden | Foothill College Cons. (Comedy) |
"Bride of the Valkyrie" Siegfried, an average nerd, meets the girl of his dreams online, but when they decide to meet, she is more than he bargained for. |
| 4:05 | 4:35 | East Garden | Naked Empire Bouffon (Bouffon) |
SHAME! Presents, under the direction of Nathaniel Justiniano, an except from the upcoming show, San Francisco Blows, an original grotesque bouffon performance satirizing the gay and lesbian community of San Francisco. |
| 11:45 | 12:15 | Stone Stage | Living Miracle Prod. (Drama) |
Adaptation of an O. Henry short story about a homeless man who tries to get arrested in order to have a warm place to sleep for the night. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Stone Stage | Comedysportz San Jose (Improv) |
Not comedy about sports, but comedy AS a sport! Two teams compete for audience laughs and points, while improvising everything on the spot. |
| 2:15 | 2:45 | Stone Stage | Hector Zavala's "La Tropa" (Comedy) | The Crazy Love Comes A passionate comedy with unusual situations and an onion smell. This anti-moral tale is filled with philosophical and personal phrases all directed toward the same conclusion: Adultery is undoubtedly the sweetest of sins. |
| 2:50 | 3:20 | Stone Stage |
Fred Anderson (Comedy) |
Juggler, prop comic and one of the fastest and funniest performers in the country. His off-beat style and audience participation are a big hit with all ages! |
| 3:25 | 3:55 | Stone Stage | Stagebridge Theatre Co. (Improv) |
Never Too Late Stagebridge, voted “Best of East Bay” for the past two years, presents a vaudeville-style musical of relationships and of life’s good times that create memories. |
| 4:00 | 4:30 | Stone Stage | Sleepwalker's Theatre (Comedy) |
Runners In the middle of a marathon, recent exes Hunter & Liz have one last knock down, drag out fight. While running. The whole time. |
| 4:35 | 4:55 | Stone Stage | Blue Blanket Improv (Improv) |
A wild and wacky theatre experience designed to keep you in stitches and teetering on the edge of your seat. |
| 11:40 | 12:10 | Rock Circle | The Great Zamboni (Solo) |
The Great Zamboni inhabits the body of actor Jordan Winer. The Great Zamboni sold his soul for knowledge and wisdom which he shares with you, do not be missing the chance to see him! He reveals past, present, and future, but not the weather, lottery numbers, or outcomes of sporting events. |
| 12:15 | 12:40 | Rock Circle |
SAAC (Storytelling) |
Stories From The Heart Intriguing folktales with the twist and turns of life. |
| 12:45 | 12:55 | Rock Circle | Michael
Sadler (Solo) |
The Play's the Thing Ex-Army Sergeant critiques drama rehearsal. |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | Rock Circle | David
Kleinberg (Comedy) |
Dad, Comics Are Just People Who
Can't Afford Therapy (The Viet Nam Section) A stand-up comic mixes tragedy and comedy recounting his Vietnam experience. |
| 2:50 | 3:20 | Rock Circle |
JB Saunders (Solo) |
Endangered Species: The Story of Justus Blackman African-American man survives racism in Amerrika!! |
| 3:25 | 3:55 | Rock Circle |
Jeff England (Solo) |
Tale Me Another A musical storytelling experience hailed as part concert/part theater, the show includes scripted as well as improvised songs, monologues, and narratives performed to live music by entertaining characters. |
| 4:00 | 4:15 | Rock Circle |
Steve Kopel (Solo) |
Poet with Props Wonderful and specific visual elements entertain with imagination. |
| 4:20 | 4:50 | Rock Circle | Vox Maids |
Searching for the Voice of the
Third Neo-folk story music |
| 12:00 | 12:25 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) | Stagebridge Theatre Co. (Musical Theater) | Never Too Late Stagebridge, voted “Best of East Bay” for the past two years, presents a vaudeville-style musical of relationships and of life’s good times that create memories. |
| 12:30 | 12:55 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) |
Killing My Lobster (Improv) |
Presents sketch, comedy and improvisation. |
| 1:50 | 2:10 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) | Shopping! The Musical (Musical Theater) |
Now in its 4th hit year and winner of the SF Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award. An original musical comedy revue about shopping. |
| 2:15 | 2:45 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) |
Play Ground (Drama/ Comedy) |
Best of Play Ground: ALL THUMBS by Aaron Loeb & JOHN JACOB O’REILLY SMITHERTON’S BID TO SAVE THE WORLD by Erin Bregman Play Ground presents two short plays from 2009 Best of Play Ground Festival, showcasing some of the Bay Areas hottest new writers. |
| 2:50 | 3:20 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) | The
Lamplighters (Musical Theater) |
My Fair Lady The Lamplighters bring their signature flair to one of America’s most beloved musicals – My Fair Lady. |
| 3:25 | 3:50 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) | 3
Wise Monkeys (Drama) |
"Save The Date" by Crish Barth |
| 3:55 | 4:25 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) |
CSU East Bay (Musical Theater) |
Almond Eyes: A Love Story from
the Chop Suey Circuit A 1940's musical about the performers of the "Exotic Orient" San Francisco nightclubs. |
| 4:30 | 4:50 | Forum (YB Ctr/Arts) | Ray of Light Theatre (Musical Theatre) |
The Who's TOMMY! A musical theatre piece of a story about a traumatized boy who becomes an international pinball superstar. |
| 11:45 | 12:15 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | SF Recovery Theatre (Drama) |
Jet (Portrait of a Nicotine Addict) A new work by Geoffrey Grier looks at freedom from the healthcare industry through the eyes of a self-liberated patient. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | Lower Bottom Playaz (Drama) |
Mama at Twilight: Death by Love HIV in the midst of a struggling family sparks questions of it being used a murder weapon or a suicide tool. |
| 12:55 | 1:25 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | L.A. Recovery Theatre (Solo) |
The Slave Monologue from the work by Leroi Jones (Imamu Amari Baraka). Walker Vessels is shown wrestling with the demons of self-denial. Performed by K.J. Rasheed. |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) |
Colored Ink (Spoken Word) |
The Streets Have Spoken Incorporates of hip-hop, spoken word, dance and songs to tell the story of a young man's tragic, heroic journey to cross over from being a victim of violence. |
| 2:05 | 2:35 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | Lower Bottom Playaz (Drama) |
Flowers for the Trashman A look at the state of communication between fathers and sons, this is a brilliant examination of male inter-relationships and casts a laser eye on some of the most difficult challenges North American males face in today’s society. Written by Marvin X |
| 2:40 | 3:10 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | SF Recovery Theatre (Drama) |
The Spot On-going production with open-end run since 2005 – The Spot focuses on two 15 year olds challenged w/ pregnancy and life on the street in the shadow of the Black Hawk Jazz Club; part fiction and part fact, the cast contains people who have actually been incarcerated or homeless. So, it’s the real deal. |
| 3:15 | 3:45 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | SF Recovery Theatre (Drama) |
Paradise Revisited Described as a fusion of Alfred Hitchcock and Rod Sterling, this one-act about a mysterious character in search of their past will make you question the next time you hear a knock on your door. Written by Larry Americ Allen. |
| 3:50 | 4:20 | Screening Rm (Upstairs fm. Forum) | Ayodele Nzinga (Drama) |
Bathroom Graffiti Queen A homeless woman becomes the 'Dear Abby' of a public restroom, written by Opal Palmer Adisa. |
| 11:55 | 12:15 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | The Threshold (Drama/Comedy) |
Theater Becoming - Footprints in
the Applesauce A short comedy about love, death and how to properly dispose of a dead elephant, in these trying economic times. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Un-Scripted (Improv) |
To heck with formats! Un-Scripted breaks down the walls bringing you… whatever we want! |
| 1:35 |
1:50 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | The Marsh-Don Reed (Solo ) |
EAST 14TH: True Tales of a
Reluctant Player His stepfather forced him to deliver the gospel door to door. But his real dad...was a real pimp. |
| 1:55 |
2:10 |
Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | The Marsh-Wayne Harris (Solo ) | Bleeding Yellow 20 years in the school bus industry and Wayne is about to have a day that will change his life. |
| 2:15 | 2:30 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | The Marsh-Kenny Yun (Solo ) |
Lettucetown Lies Gay Asian teen struggles through adolescence with the help of his friends in Lettucetown in the 80s. |
| 2:35 | 2:50 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | The Marsh-Sharon Eberhardt (Solo) | Savage Arts One-woman show based on true story of Native American witchcraft murder in 1930 Buffalo, NY. Cultures clash in an artist's murderous love-triangle. |
| 3:20 | 3:50 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Larissa Silva (Drama) |
Memoirs of a Virgin, a search for an expression of the intimate. |
| 3:55 | 4:15 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Shanique Scott (Solo) |
PRISONS The story of a young girl holding onto her hopes and dreams of a better life. |
| 4:29 | 4:50 | Action Theater (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Crowded Fire (Sound Experience) |
WORMHOLE A 3-D Sound Play. Explore one woman's beautiful but terrifying journey into the afterlife. Follow her as she awakens into an unknown reality filled with cavernous darkness, lost memories and the raging waters of her soul. |
| 12:00 | 12:15 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Joya Cory (Solo) |
The Most Beautiful Showgirl in the World Joya tells a colorful story of an aging Las Vegas to a tabloid reporter. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Shatner Butt
Girls (Comedy/Imp.) |
Look at His Butt! a journey through Star Trek like no other. |
| 1:15 | 1:40 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Add Verb Productions (Drama) |
You The Man Six male characters affected by violence |
| 1:45 | 2:05 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
… And Still... (Drama) |
The Rehearsal A surrealistic one-act play |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Mary's Dream Project Productions (Drama) |
Mary's Dream Theater A girl awaits various soul mates and choosing penitence over consummation. |
| 2:45 | 3:10 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Naatak (Drama) |
Bhuto The illusions of body and mind transcend to vice and weakness. |
| 3:15 | 3:45 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Dee Wright Productions (Solo) |
16 - 44 Exploring African-American women & AIDS |
| 3:50 | 4:20 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) | Zoe Sheli
Sameth (Solo) |
Theatre of the Battle Gripping tale of a young American woman caught in the beginning of the twenty-six year Sri Lankan civil war. |
| 4:25 | 4:55 | Yerba Buena Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Donald Lacy (Solo) |
SEXPHOBIAS A hysterical look at how unnatural sex and intimacy has become in 2009. It shows the absurd sides of the virtual, phone and computer based sexphobias. |
| 11:40 | 12:10 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | Independent
Eye (Drama/ Comedy) |
Rash Acts A grown-up Alice falls down the rabbit hole. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | ArcLight Theatre (Drama) |
Leaden Skies Leaden Skies looks at some of the human stories lived and retold by prisoners in holocaust concentration camps. |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | Seraphim (Drama) |
The Picture of Dorian Gray In a new adaptation, Seraphim presents the opening scene of Oscar Wilde's novel about a young man who decides he'd rather have his portrait age than himself only to discover the questionable power of everlasting youth. Jeremy Estrada stars with Steven Zawadzski, and director Demetrius Martin. |
| 2:15 | 2:45 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | Theatre without Borders (Musical Theatre) |
Sid Arthur (excerpt) Theatre Without Borders presents an excerpt from “Sid Arthur,” book and lyrics by Tanya Shaffer, music by Vienna Teng, directed by Michael Gene Sullivan |
| 3:00 | 3:30 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | Charlie Varon (Solo) |
Rabbi Sam How to preserving tradition in new generations. |
| 3:45 | 4:15 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) | Dan Wolf & Tommy Shepherd
(Solo) |
Traveling Jewish Theatre/ The Hub at the JCCSF, Dan Wolf & Tommy Shepherd - Stateless: a hip-hop vaudeville experiment An exploration of racism in the Jewish and African American experience. The production is a multi-media collage of history, new music, German folk songs, comedy, magic, vaudeville and ghost stories. |
| 4:30 | 5:00 | Goldman Auditorium (CJM) |
Dan Hoyle (Comedy) |
Right? A solo show based on Hoyle's travels through small-town and rural America. |
| 11:30 | 12:00 | CJM Classroom | Chagall Improv (Improv) |
Improv inspired by the work of Chagall |
| 12:10 | 12:40 | CJM Classroom | Dorothy Richman (Solo) |
Enough Room Do you love American Idol? Join a musical tour through idolatry, American-style and sing along. |
| 12:50 | 1:20 | CJM Classroom | Thomas John | Thomas Truman Show Unreal
circus arts and daredevil marshmallows |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | CJM Classroom | Chagall Improv (Improv) |
Improv inspired by the work of Chagall |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | CJM Classroom | Chao Shao Bao (Perf. Under 18) |
Adventure Theater! An interactive, improvised, play that casts members of the audience as the stars of the show. |
| 2:50 | 3:05 | CJM Classroom | Tell it on Tuesday (Solo) | Sigal Shoham - Dr.Amelia's
Medicine Show A cross between an old time medicine show and a personal growth workshop...Satire of being 20-40 yrs. old in SF. |
| 3:10 | 3:25 | CJM Classroom | Tell it on Tuesday (Solo) | Neshama Franklin - The Hippy
Dance of Love During the Summer of Love, a young mother, dancer, and quasi-hippie signed up to help show tourists real hippies in full flower. |
| 3:30 | 3:45 | CJM Classroom | Tell it on Tuesday (Solo) | Dave Pokorny - Based On A True
Story A collection of life stories, starting at seventeen when I decided to become a stand-up comic. |
| 3:50 | 4:05 | CJM Classroom | Tell it on Tuesday (Solo) | Jeanne Haynes – New
York! New York! – A Segment from “The Stove is
White” At age 22, two days after graduating from the University of Florida in June 1961, Jeanne heads for NYC, lands a job at Columbia Records and begins an exciting new life. |
| 4:10 | 4:25 | CJM Classroom | Tell it on Tuesday (Solo) | Carolyn Doyle - Good Grief: Confessions of a Peanuts Junkie A humorous look at the nature of grief and loss as explored by the characters in Charles M. Schulz' "Peanuts" comic strip. |
| 4:30 | 5:00 | CJM Classroom | Les Milton (Solo) |
My God, It's Full of Les Presents one "man," his sound effects, and you. |
| 12:20 | 12:50 | Jessie Square | Big City Improv |
Improvised scenes and songs
|
| 1:55 | 2:25 | Jessie Square | Big City Improv |
Improvised scenes and
songs |
| 2:30 | 3:00 | Jessie Square | Thomas John |
Thomas Truman Show Unreal circus arts and daredevil marshmallows |
| 3:05 | 3:35 | Jessie Square | Et Ceteras |
Musical Revue
The group presents a song and dance review |
| 3:45 | 4:15 | Jessie Square | San Francisco Sound Wave Chorus |
Harmony - A Cappella Style
Old tunes, new tunes and showtunes! |
| 4:20 | 4:40 | Jessie Square | Flying Monkey Productions |
The FMP Kids perform
hits from Broadway. |
| 12:00 | 12:20 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Robin Rogers (Solo) |
Robin Loves Laura One of our most brilliant songwriters, Laura Nyro shared her passions for love, politics, + peace, through soulful, rhythmic songs. Robin Rogers performs. |
| 12:25 | 12:55 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Bloomsday
Players (Staged Reading) |
The Voices of James Joyce: A Day
in the Life of Dublin, 1904 Dramatic readings from James Joyce's Ulysses by actors Bob Ayres, Bruce Bierman, Renee Gibbons, Oonagh Kavanagh, Laura Sheppard and Maurice Wren. |
| 12:55 | 1:20 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Robert Strong (Comedy/Magic) | The Comedy Magician
captivates his audiences with amazing magic, breathtaking juggling, and
outrageous comedy. A highly sought after corporate entertainer, Robert
has performed at The White House twice. |
| 1:20 | 1:50 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Antistrophe Ensemble (Comedy/Drama) |
The Spartan Women The 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. Told in four vignettes each set in a different time period, THE SPARTAN WOMEN examines the struggle to repair war-mangled relationships. |
| 1:55 | 2:25 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Artis Munde (Drama) |
The Hand of God A story about an Iraqi war veteran, who is awaiting execution for bombing a federal building, adopts the identity of St. Francis of Assisi. He is the estranged son of a psychology professor who has written a novel questioning the sanity of Saint Francis of Assisi. |
| 2:30 | 2:50 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Tony Seymour & Blake More (Poetry) | Godzilla Verses Swan bLake
- A POETIC COMMUNICATION Tells a story of two poets from vastly different backgrounds with different perspectives but who collaborate in a call and response style reading. |
| 2:55 | 3:10 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Youth of the Bay- Kimi Love (Solo) | These City Streets Our society continuously sculpts the minds of those who choose to believe that beauty is thin and intelligence is written |
| 3:15 | 3:45 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
The Layon Group (Drama) |
A Los Angeles Cast of
- Diary of a Catholic School Dropout An abstract dark piece about teenage suicide and the effects of emotional and psychological abuse. |
| 3:50 | 4:20 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Kay
Rod Productions (Drama) |
No! Not My Son A poignant look at the highs and lows of a family and a community in the grips of drug addiction. |
| 4:25 | 4:55 | SOMA Rm (Metreon 2nd Fl) |
Jamie Lewis Hadley (Solo) |
Why I Don't Bleed Imitation, intimidation and injury; the autobiographical life of a gay professional wrestler. (contains very strong language and body fluid) |
| 11:40 | 12:05 | MOAD 2 | Coke Tani Nakamoto (Solo) |
Soft Tissue Exploring what makes a woman a woman |
| 12:10 | 12:35 | MOAD 2 | Bruce Pachtman (Solo) |
Untitled Solo Show #2 A journey from NYC's hottest talent to a towl boy in LA |
| 12:50 | 1:20 | MOAD 2 | Jabari Davis (Solo) |
Felony Swagger (w/ a degree) A young man chooses between his past and his future |
| 1:30 | 1:55 | MOAD 2 | Zahra Noorbakhsh (Solo) |
Ms. Torn between family values and an image-conscious world |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | MOAD 2 | Julia Jackson (Solo) |
I Didn't Sign Up For This The rollercoaster ride of adoption |
| 2:50 | 3:15 | MOAD 2 | Vanessa Lee Khaleel (Solo) |
The Rooster To have a baby or not - A comedic dilemma |
| 3:30 | 3:55 | MOAD 2 | Janine Brito (Solo) |
Poetry for the Pathetic The heartache of a breakup to a new love through poetry |
| 4:00 | 4:25 | MOAD 2 | Thao P. Nguyen (Solo) |
I Am So Brave Not your typical ALAG (angry little asian girl) |
| 12:10 | 12:40 | MOAD 3 | SF Free Civic Theatre |
Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Mallay An allegory in verse on nationalism that lead to the Great War |
| 12:50 | 1:20 | MOAD 3 | Angelina Llongueras (Solo) |
As A Witness, Saskia A middle-age woman moves through being deserted |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | MOAD 3 | Virago Theatre Company |
The Hermit Bird A world premiere about surrendering dreams |
| 2:10 | 2:40 | MOAD 3 | Andrea Mock (Solo) |
A Fish Without A Bicycle A 15-year-old dreams of becoming a modern dance genius |
| 2:50 | 3:20 | MOAD 3 | Crisis Hopkins (Solo) |
One Nation, Under Crisis A comedic look at crisis, real & imagined |
| 3:30 | 4:00 | MOAD 3 | David Meth (Solo) |
TO THE DEATH OF MY OWN FAMILY is about an Afghan-American woman who returns to Afghanistan to help her father escape, but is detained in the United States when she comes home after her whole family is killed. |
| 4:05 | 4:30 | MOAD 3 | Martha Rynberg (Solo) |
Best Feeding A woman's exploration of motherhood & adoption |
| 4:35 | 4:55 | MOAD 3 | Enzo Lombard (Solo) |
Love, Humiliation & Karaoke 15 characters in a funny new solo play |
| 11:20 | 11:50 | Zeum Theater | Fred Anderson (Prop Comic) |
Juggler, prop comic and one of the fastest and funniest performers in the country. His off-beat style and audience participation are a big hit with all ages! |
| 12:00 | 12:20 | Zeum Theater | Zappo the Magician (Magician) |
Award-winning Zappo brings his disappearing dots and reappearing rabbits to the SF Theater Festival! |
| 12:30 | 12:50 | Zeum Theater | Zappo the Magician (Magician) |
see above |
| 1:00 | 1:20 | Zeum Theater | The Keith Show (Juggling/Acrobat) |
Juggling skills to amaze, comedy to make the whole family laugh, and raucous audience involvement guarantee every Keith Show is a crowd pleaser. Keith has delighted audiences worldwide since 1982. |
| 1:30 | 1:50 | Zeum Theater | The Keith Show (Juggling/Acrobat) |
see above |
| 2:00 | 2:20 | Zeum Theater |
Unique Derique (Phy.Com/ Clowning) |
Having won numerous awards for his body percussion and juggling comedy, Derique is a world-famous one-of-a-kind performer. |
| 2:30 | 2:50 | Zeum Theater |
Unique Derique (Phy.Com/ Clowning) |
see above |
| 3:00 | 3:20 | Zeum Theater | Brian Scott (Illusionist) |
A unique blend of magic and his down-to-earth yet mysterious personality. |
| 3:30 | 3:50 | Zeum Theater | Brian Scott (Illusionist) |
see above |
| 4:00 | 4:20 | Zeum Theater | Tye the Magic Guy (Sleight-of-Hand) |
Twenty years of performing and practicing have made his hands into dexterous weapons of deception ready to astound even the most skeptical. |
| 4:30 | 4:50 | Zeum Theater | Tye the Magic Guy (Sleight-of-Hand) |
see above |
| 12:15 | 12:45 | Zeum Amphitheater | Et
Ceteras (Perf. Under 18) |
Musical Review A song and dance review of favorite musical theatre pieces. |
| 12:55 | 1:25 | Zeum Amphitheater |
SAAC (Storytelling) |
Storytelling Association of Alta California – Stories for the Young at Heart |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | Zeum Amphitheater | Opera
Piccola (Musical Theater) |
("small works") Chac, the
Rain Spirit, A Mayan Tale Musical theater for children, families, and seniors, with audience participation. |
| 2:05 | 2:35 | Zeum Amphitheater | Musical Theatre Works (Musical Theater) |
The Sound of Music
Excerpts from their recent production of the Sound of Music. |
| 2:45 | 3:15 | Zeum Amphitheater | Young People's Teen Musical
Theatre Co. (Perf. Under 18) |
Grease Ensemble and soloist musical numbers highlighted from "Grease" the musical. |
| 3:20 | 3:50 | Zeum Amphitheater | The Walking Elephant Theatre Co. (Perf. Under 18) |
The Habit Project Young actors interview people in the audience about how we make and break habits and use the audience responses to create an intriguing new show. |
| 3:55 | 4:25 | Zeum Amphitheater | Indigenous Chaos (Perf. Under 18) |
Chaotic Theory: Solution by Revolutio An energetic collective comprised of three generations of family members. Their skits, music, and spoken word pieces tap on everything from borders to bombs leaving no holds barred. |
| 11:50 | 12:20 | Zeum Circle | Pi: Physical Comedy (Comedy) |
Slices for All A physical comedy troupe devoted to exploring the world and examining life's mysteries through a lens of wonder. |
| 12:25 | 12:55 | Zeum Circle | Oakland Consv. Of Music: Youth Marimba Band (Music, Under 18) | Marimba Botendere! Songs from Zimbabwe under the direction of Zimbabwean music master Ronnie Daliyo are performed. |
| 1:05 | 1:30 | Zeum Circle | Broadway Bound (Musical Theatre) |
Broadway Bound performs outstanding material, choreography and music by peformer's under 18. |
| 1:40 | 2:10 | Zeum Circle | SF Sound Wave Chorus (Music) |
Harmony - A Cappella Style Presents barbershop-harmony with old tunes, new tunes and show tunes. |
| 2:20 | 2:50 | Zeum Circle | Pi: Physical Comedy (Comedy) |
Slices for All A physical comedy troupe devoted to exploring the world and examining life's mysteries through a lens of wonder. |
| 3:00 | 3:30 | Zeum Circle | Carnival of Chaos (Circus Arts) |
Survival Tips for the Reckless This comedy team unravels the mysteries of surviving yourself by way of way of insane juggling, music parody and dangerous stunts. Saturday Night Live Meets the X Games |
| 3:40 | 4:10 | Zeum Circle |
SAAC (Storytelling) |
Storytelling Association of Alta California – Stories for the Young at Heart |
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| Start | End | Venue | Group/Artist | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:20 | 11:50 | Zeum Theater | Fred Anderson (Prop Comic) |
Juggler, prop comic and one of the fastest and funniest performers in the country. His off-beat style and audience participation are a big hit with all ages! |
| 12:00 | 12:20 | Zeum Theater | Zappo the Magician (Magician) |
Award-winning Zappo brings his disappearing dots and reappearing rabbits to the SF Theater Festival! |
| 12:30 | 12:50 | Zeum Theater | Zappo the Magician (Magician) |
see above |
| 1:00 | 1:20 | Zeum Theater | The Keith Show (Juggling/Acrobat) |
Juggling skills to amaze, comedy to make the whole family laugh, and raucous audience involvement guarantee every Keith Show is a crowd pleaser. Keith has delighted audiences worldwide since 1982. |
| 1:30 | 1:50 | Zeum Theater | The Keith Show (Juggling/Acrobat) |
see above |
| 2:00 | 2:20 | Zeum Theater |
Unique Derique (Phy.Com/ Clowning) |
Having won numerous awards for his body percussion and juggling comedy, Derique is a world-famous one-of-a-kind performer. |
| 2:30 | 2:50 | Zeum Theater |
Unique Derique (Phy.Com/ Clowning) |
see above |
| 3:00 | 3:20 | Zeum Theater | Brian Scott (Illusionist) |
A unique blend of magic and his down-to-earth yet mysterious personality. |
| 3:30 | 3:50 | Zeum Theater | Brian Scott (Illusionist) |
see above |
| 4:00 | 4:20 | Zeum Theater | Tye the Magic Guy (Sleight-of-Hand) |
Twenty years of performing and practicing have made his hands into dexterous weapons of deception ready to astound even the most skeptical. |
| 4:30 | 4:50 | Zeum Theater | Tye the Magic Guy (Sleight-of-Hand) |
see above |
| 12:15 | 12:45 | Zeum Amphitheater | Et
Ceteras (Perf. Under 18) |
Musical Review A song and dance review of favorite musical theatre pieces. |
| 12:55 | 1:25 | Zeum Amphitheater |
SAAC (Storytelling) |
Storytelling Association of Alta California – Stories for the Young at Heart |
| 1:30 | 2:00 | Zeum Amphitheater | Opera
Piccola (Musical Theater) |
("small works") Chac, the
Rain Spirit, A Mayan Tale Musical theater for children, families, and seniors, with audience participation. |
| 2:05 | 2:35 | Zeum Amphitheater | Musical Theatre Works (Musical Theater) |
The Sound of Music
Excerpts from their recent production of the Sound of Music. |
| 2:45 | 3:15 | Zeum Amphitheater | Young People's Teen Musical
Theatre Co. (Perf. Under 18) |
Grease Ensemble and soloist musical numbers highlighted from "Grease" the musical. |
| 3:20 | 3:50 | Zeum Amphitheater | The Walking Elephant Theatre Co. (Perf. Under 18) |
The Habit Project Young actors interview people in the audience about how we make and break habits and use the audience responses to create an intriguing new show. |
| 3:55 | 4:25 | Zeum Amphitheater | Indigenous Chaos (Perf. Under 18) |
Chaotic Theory: Solution by Revolutio An energetic collective comprised of three generations of family members. Their skits, music, and spoken word pieces tap on everything from borders to bombs leaving no holds barred. |
| 11:50 | 12:20 | Zeum Circle | Pi: Physical Comedy (Comedy) |
Slices for All A physical comedy troupe devoted to exploring the world and examining life's mysteries through a lens of wonder. |
| 12:25 | 12:55 | Zeum Circle | Oakland Consv. Of Music: Youth Marimba Band (Music, Under 18) | Marimba Botendere! Songs from Zimbabwe under the direction of Zimbabwean music master Ronnie Daliyo are performed. |
| 1:05 | 1:30 | Zeum Circle | Broadway Bound (Musical Theatre) |
Broadway Bound performs outstanding material, choreography and music by peformer's under 18. |
| 1:40 | 2:10 | Zeum Circle | SF Sound Wave Chorus (Music) |
Harmony - A Cappella Style Presents barbershop-harmony with old tunes, new tunes and show tunes. |
| 2:20 | 2:50 | Zeum Circle | Pi: Physical Comedy (Comedy) |
Slices for All A physical comedy troupe devoted to exploring the world and examining life's mysteries through a lens of wonder. |
| 3:00 | 3:30 | Zeum Circle | Carnival of Chaos (Circus Arts) |
Survival Tips for the Reckless This comedy team unravels the mysteries of surviving yourself by way of way of insane juggling, music parody and dangerous stunts. Saturday Night Live Meets the X Games |
Map of Festival Venues
Printed maps will be available at the festival.
1 - East Garden
2 - Rock Circle
3 - Stone Stage
4 - Waterfall Stage
5 - The Forum
6 - Screening Room
7 - Action Theatre
8 - Yerba Buena Room
9 - SOMA Room
10 - Goldman Hall
11 - CJM Classroom
12 - Jesse Square
13 - MoAD 2
14 - MoAD 3
15 - Zeum Theater
16 - Zeum Amphitheater
17 - Zeum Circle
