AUDIENCES LOVE SHEHEREZADE 13

"9-10 minutes plays with one-ten-minute intermission. All world premiers of local playwrights' work by a local top-notch actors. Great direction too. Professionally staged in an intimate 60 seat cabaret theatre. 2 short plays stood out for me. 'Indelible'--about a tattoo artist with anger management issues and a girl wants a butterfly on her butt. Funny and sweet. And then the crown jewel was 'Romulus and Jewel: A 10-Minute Travesty in Five-Acts.' Funniest wildest 10 minutes I have seen in a long long time." --Goldstar Member

"This year's Sheherezade is a tour de force of writing, directing and acting with a wide variety of short plays that showcase the skills of all involved, especially the versatility of the actors who play several roles in different plays. Don't miss it!" --Goldstar Member

Hell hath no furry like the women Frank left behind in AFTER FRANK .  Fleeting fame and scientific ambition affect a young romance in CURT AND LAURA: A STORY OF LOVE AND BIG NUMBERS and the missed chance to ride a heroic-win on the basketball-court out of small town poverty twenty years ago brings old friends to the Stinky Raccoon Saloon in TWO TO FIVE WITH THREE SECONDS TO GO.   In AUTO-INCORRECT Nate doesn't have a chance with old high school crush Claire, an enthusiastic English teacher,  when his brain starts "correcting" his speech on their first date, but an unexpected similar interest bring two opposites together at the tattoo parlor in INDELIBLE.   W hen the line between art and life blur too close for her soon-to-be son-in-law's comfort and daughter Midge sees the line, Madeline finds it hard to hide in CHRYSOMELIDAE HIDE NO MORE.   Athletic and tough Mei-Hua never did SAY UNCLEand she never will.  And while Maddy and Joe potentially ruin their daughter's birthday and try to unravel the blame in PINATA FIGHT , the star crossed dog and cat,  ROMULUS AND JEWEL experience an instant and tragic inter-species passion surpassed by no-one except perhaps their masters' ill-fated love at first sight.

SHEHEREZADE 13

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Quinn Whitaker
Producing Director & Lead Design

Featuring :  Wesley Cayabyab, Joey Cherney, Abigail Edber, Rich Egan, Kate Jones, Karen Offereins, Peter Townley 

Brady Brophy-Hilton
Kat Kneisel
Laylah Muran
Ann Thomas
Directors

Wesley Cayabyab
Technical Director

The Exit Theatre Main Stage

April 12-April 27th, 2013
Thu-Fri-Sat 
8pm 

Now in its 13th year, Sheherezade throws down the gauntlet! It's an evening of fully-produced short plays by Playwright's Center of San Francisco members performed by a phenomenal ensemble cast.  Always a mix of the irreverent with the poignant, this year's line-up promises to be fun, entertaining, intelligent and occasionally quirky.

After Frank
Written by Patricia Milton
Directed by Laylah Muran

Auto-Incorrect
Written by Bridgette Dutta Portman
Directed by Ann Thomas

Chrysomelidae Hide No More
Written by Jennifer Lynne Roberts
Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Indelible
Written by Beverly Butler
Directed by Kat Kneisel

Laura and Curt: 
A Story of Love and Big Numbers
Written by Rod McFadden
Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Piñata Fight
Written by Elizabeth Flanagan
Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Romulus and Jewel: 
A 10-Minute Travesty in Five Acts
Written by Diane Sampson
Directed by Kat Kneisel

Say Uncle
Written by Mordecai Cohen Ettinger
Directed by Kat Kneisel

Two to Five with Three Seconds to Go
Written by Susan Jackson
Directed by Laylah Muran

All photos by Jim Norrena.

GORGEOUS HUSSY: 
The Last Interview of Joan Crawford
By Morgan Ludlow

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Brady Brophy-Hilton
Director

Quinn Whitaker
Sets & Lighting

Exit Theatre
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco

July 26-August 16, 2013

- Starring -
RYAN HAYES
SUSAN JACKSON

This show brings the iconic star back to life for some drinks and lively conversation.  When an ambitious young journalist sneaks into Joan Crawford's Beverly Hills Hotel suite, he thinks he is about to get the interview of his career.  But the aging movie star has something else in mind.  In a strange twist of vodka and make-up, the tables are turned and the interviewer becomes Joan Crawford while the woman behind the icon asks the really hard questions as she struggles to understand the truth behind her career and life.  

This play by Morgan Ludlow will be directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton and will feature the amazing talents of Susan Jackson and Ryan Hayes two local actors you will not want to miss giving a tour de force performance!

Gorgeous Hussy will run July 26, Aug 1, 3, 9, 15, 16, @ 8:00pm.


"Fans of Joan Crawford will find delight with Morgan Ludlow’s new two-hander. As the elderly movie star, Susan Jackson gives a fine impersonation, convincing us that we are in the presence of cinematic royalty. As her interviewer, Ryan Hayes gives a performance that is full of unexpected twists and surprises."
 - Charles Kruger, SF Examiner

"It was a wonderful way to explore the lesser known Joan Crawford, the woman behind the public figure, the possible motivations behind her sometimes questionable parenting skills and behavior...this was executed with humor as well as compassion, bringing tears to my eyes at times, between the laughter."
 -Goldstar Member

"Susan Jackson and Ryan Hayes deliver compelling portrayals of Joan Crawford (with or without her wig). But what Gorgeous Hussy really achieves is a clinical dissection of the perverse power of celebrity and the dangers of trying to live up to one's publicity."
 -- George Heymont, Huffington Post

All photos by Jim Norrena.

LAWFULLY WEDDED
By Morgan Ludlow, Kirk Shimano & Alina Trowbridge

Laylah Muran
Executive Producer

Wesley Cayabyab
Director

Featuring an outstanding ensemble cast of Wes Cayabyab, Philip Goleman, Kat Kneisel, Brian Martin, Jeffrey Orth, Scott Ragle, Farah Sanders, Janice Wright, & Heidi Wolff


Exit Theatre
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco

July 25-August 17, 2013

Lawfully Wedded is a timely collage of scenes and stories that reveal the American struggle for marriage equality. The show is written by three San Francisco playwrights: Morgan Ludlow, Kirk Shimano & Alina Trowbridge. When Bill and Jason decide to get married, they confront all the familiar challenges any newlywed couple must face as they plan a wedding, meet their in-laws, buy a house, mix with the neighbors, have a child and deal with the calamity of a major illness. 

Lawfully Wedded will run July 25, 27 Aug 2, 8, 10, 17 @ 8:00pm.

"LAWFULLY WEDDED offers a pleasant night at the theatre overall, with some surprisingly effective moments, excellent writing and fine acting."
 --Charles Kruger, SF Examiner

Photos by Jim Norrena.

HOPE'S LAST CHANCE
By Rod McFadden

October 3-26, 2013

Exit Theatre
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco
(Close to Powell Street BART Station)

Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton

Starring 
Kat Bushnell, Wesley Cayabyab, Shelley Johnson, Jeffrey Orth, John Terrell and Ella Zalon

While spending the weekend at a secluded bed and breakfast, Stan and Angela awake to screams in the night.  Unable to leave until the mystery is solved, Stan and Angela struggle to separate what is real from what is imagined, and they soon realize the answers to those questions are literally a matter of life or death.  Theirs!  HOPE'S LAST CHANCE combines elements of the classic murder mystery and romantic comedy, into a hilarious and chilling new ghost story that will keep you guessing (and laughing) until the very end.