'The A**hole Monologues' Comes to San Francisco's Exit Theatre November 14 - December 14; ILM Veteran Heads Eclectic Cast Taking an Irreverent Look at the Body's Backside.Entertainment Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Performances to benefit the nonprofit Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America An eclectic mix of the Bay Area's top performers will star in the four-weekend run of The A**hole Monologues (www.assholemonologues.com or www.mrbagel.com) at San Francisco's Exit Theater (156 Eddy Street, 415/931-1094) from November 14 through December 14. Presented by Mr. Bagel Productions, "The A**hole Monologues" is an ever changing theatrical experience in which performers from different disciplines explore the human (or non-human) relationship with the body's backside, treating it with different degrees of seriousness, irreverence, thoughtfulness and idiocy IDIOCY, med. jur. That condition of mind, in which the reflective, or all or a part of the affective powers, are either entirely wanting, or are manifested to the least possible extent. 2. Idiocy generally depends upon organic defects. . Running Thursday through Saturday nights (except Thanksgiving weekend), each of the 12 performances features 90 minutes of comedic, dramatic, musical and poetic compositions ranging from spectacular confessions and screaming rants to delicate puppetry puppetry Art of creating and manipulating puppets in a theatrical show. Puppets are figures that are moved by human rather than mechanical aid. They may be controlled by one or several puppeteers, who are screened from the spectators. and Broadway-worthy musical theatrics the·at·rics n. 1. (used with a sing. verb) The art of the theater. 2. (used with a pl. verb) Theatrical effects or mannerisms; histrionics. . The cast includes Bay Area performers along with New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles-based actors, writers, and musicians. The show's creator and director is Corey Rosen, who also is a screenwriter and visual effects artist for George Lucas' Industrial Light + Magic. Dave Eggers Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. Life Eggers was born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in suburban Lake Forest (where he was a high-school classmate of the actor Vince Vaughn),[1] , author of "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) (or AHWoSG) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. " is a guest writer. Core cast members include DADAFEST co-producer M.I. Blue, singer/songwriter Mark Growden, Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Jane McNamara of WB's "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment," and music improviser Joshua Raoul Brody. Each weekend will feature different special guests, including Mark DeCarlo, host of the TV dating show, "Studs," and performers from BATS Improv, Broadway's "The Full Monty," "True Fiction Magazine," the San Francisco and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, NBC's "Will & Grace," and HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Rosen has created an irreverent and thought-provoking program to raise awareness and funds for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA CCFA Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America CCFA Comité des Constructeurs Français d'Automobiles (French Automobile Manufacturers Committee) CCFA China Chain Store & Franchise Association CCFA Chambre de Commerce Franco-Arabe ). (http://www.ccfa.org)
WHAT "The A**hole Monologues"
WHERE The Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy Street at Mason, one block from
Powell Street MUNI/BART. Phone: 415-931-1094.
WHEN Four-weekend run, Thursdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.
November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23. (No Thanksgiving weekend
performances.) December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14
TICKETS Prices from $15 to $25. Purchase on-line at
www.assholemonologues.com or www.mrbagel.com
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