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- Serve by Expiration
Laughter, not salmonella
BY NICOLE GLUCKSTERN
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- Hard-boiled serial drama, space-age musical, Greek tragedy — Thunderbird
Theatre Company has subverted many stock theatrical genres over the past
nine years with trademark boisterous good humor and a sly touch of literary
acumen. Catch the troupe this month at Exit Stage Left in its first sketch
comedy show, Serve by Expiration, written by Sang S. Kim and codirected
by Claire Rice. Kim, who previously contributed to the Thunderbird's 2005
production of The Las Vega-Nauts and the 2003 Night of Terror, has been
writing sketch comedy in a little place called the Big Apple for five years.
At last he bombards the Bay with his wry take on weighty social concerns
such as homelessness, international espionage, modern dating, and infomercial
conspiracy theories. Starring several Thunderbird regulars (including Tavis
Kammet, last seen as Calibos in Release the Kraken) and welcome newcomers
(such as Jennifer Dean of the Custom Made Theatre Company and La Vache
Enragée), Serve by Expiration will make your belly ache with laughter
rather than salmonella. Longtime Thunderbird collaborator Jason Harding
adds to the general hilarity with comic animated shorts.
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