A Sneak Peek at the SF Fringe

On Saturday, I'll perform an excerpt of "Along the Path of Larks and Swallows" at the EXIT Theatre's "A Sneak Peek at the Fringe", along with nine other companies. It'll be fun! And it's free!

From Gary Carr, the San Francisco Fringe Festival publicist:


On Saturday, August 16, at 8 pm, EXIT Theatre’s A Sneak Peek at the Fringe presents a potpourri of some 48 shows coming to the 2008 Fringe Festival, September 3-14. The “Peek” is emceed by Mark Romyn, host of EXIT’s Thursday Night Combo.

Ten companies for the 2008 Fringe will perform preview excerpts from their shows.

Mary Ann Boyd – 51 & Counting (musical cabaret)

Pi, The Physical Comedy Troupe – After-party (clowning extravaganza)

Mia Paschal - Along the Path of Larks & Swallows (solo)

Melinda Bailey – There’s a Monster in the Well (sketch comedy)

CatchyName Productions – Mitch (post-modern version of Agamemnon set in a SF restaurant)

Supersonic Theater – Exit Sign: a Rock Opera

Harvey Rabbit – Madge’s Box (clowning, burlesque, & song)

Alicia Dattner – The Punchline (solo comedy)

Zoe Sheli Sameth – Taste of Enlightenment (solo comedy)

Mercedes Segesvary – Theatre that Moves (comedy in a 15-seat tour van)


Some Fringe Background

The original Fringe Festival began in Edinburgh, Scotland, nearly 60 years ago, and has since become an international phenomenon. Fringe Festivals currently bring cutting-edge theatre to more than twenty cities across the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Europe and Asia. San Francisco’s is the second oldest in the U.S. Traditionally, international performers appear at the San Francisco festival, many of them having appeared at other Fringes, such as Toronto, Edinburgh, and Prague.


About EXIT Theatre

EXIT Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It produces the San Francisco Fringe Festival, the second oldest Fringe Festival in the United States and is a member of the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF). 2008 will mark the 17th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival.

San Francisco magazine picked EXIT Theatre for its recent “Best of ‘08”issue and called it “the mother of San Francisco’s underground theatre scene.”

The EXIT Theatreplex includes EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, and EXIT Café at 156 Eddy Street, and EXIT on Taylor, around the corner at 277 Taylor Street, all in Downtown San Francisco. Visit the EXIT Theatre web site at www.theexit.org.


SF Fringe Festival – EXIT Theatre – 156 Eddy Street – San Francisco, CA 94102 415-931-1094 www.sffringe.org