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Over 600 performances are presented each year at the EXIT's four venues: EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, EXIT Cafe, and EXIT on Taylor.
The following are performances during 2002.
 
The A**hole Monologues: A Comedy for Anyone Who Has One, Knows One, or Is One. Directed by Corey Rosen. After it's sold out runs in San Francisco (Bayfront Theater) and Los Angeles (Improv Olympic West) the EXIT Theatre is proud to host the triumphant return of a show the critics have called "PURE GENIUS" (aoldigitalcity.com). Running Thurs-Sat nights, Nov. 14-Dec. 14, 2002 at 8pm, no shows Thanksgiving Weekend. Advance tickets are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. For more information, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.assholemonologues.com.
 
HOTEL BETHLEHEM by Tom W. Kelly and Tim Bryant directed by Brad Cooreman. Tired of Tiny Tim? Wanna crack The Nutcracker where it counts?! Check into the HOTEL BETHLEHEM! The fiercely funny, full-length Bible farce, that is! They're baaack! Isis Arts Collective presents their second annual production of this high-energy romp with a few new twists! What loathsome lodging would turn away Mary and Joseph on that not-so-silent night? And given all that "Divine Retribution" in the Bible, could the inhospitable inn escape unsmited? The manger-full of mangy mongrels features the irrepressible Twins from Sodom, their lecherous, treacherous Father, the coin-counting Tax Collector, his behemoth Bodyguard, the myopic Angel, the immoral Innkeeper and his fanatical Mother-in-law. Does anyone survive the heavenly wrath, or do they all death-spiral to their disastrous dooms? Based on actual passages from the Old and New Testaments, and layered with bawdy plot turns, these tawdry tales create their own delightfully twisted and perverted Christmas Eve legend.
…Surreal brilliance … Knock-out farce. -- SF Bay Times
… A collision of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Hustler magazine…. -- SF Bay Area Reporter Best viewed while drunk. -- SF Weekly
EXIT on Taylor THUR/FRI/SAT, NOV.22 - DEC.14, 2002. $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students/TBA with ID. (Previews: $10-$20 on SAT, NOV.16 and THUR. NOV.21.) Purchase Online at www.ticketweb.com. Reservations/Info: 1-877-810-1571.
 
Working for the MOUSE! by Trevor Allen. Come take a peek behind the ears at "the Happiest Place on Earth!" Based on his experiences working as a costumed character at Disneyland, this is playwright Trevor Allen's take on life
inside the Magic Kingdom as seen from the other side of the theme park... backstage! The story of a boy who wanted to be Peter Pan, but started off as a big yellow dog and ended up as mad as a hatter. Directed by Kent Nicholson and expanded from Allen's one man show, Character! (which received "best of" the S.F. Fringe in '96) this solo performance is a comedic roller coaster ride of an evening. For Disney fans and foes alike. Previews Thursday November 21. Plays Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 22 & 23 (no shows Thanksgiving weekend) Dec. 6 & 7, 13 & 14 @ 8:30pm in The EXIT Café. Produced by Impact Theatre. For reservations call (510)464-4468. For more information surf to http://www.impacttheatre.com EXIT Cafe NOV 21 - DEC 14, 2002
 
WORSE THAN CHOCOLATE by Jaeson Post. Haiku Tunnel meets Boys Don't Cry (except for the murder part) in this sitcom-paced office romp with a transgendered twist. Ever wonder how some of your co-workers might translate to the stage? Meet Alex, Frankie, Shelly and Paul — four orphans in a storm of mismanagement and romantic underachievement. Cheer them on as they sidestep Bob, their managerial nemesis. Marvel at their command of useless information. Feel their pain as they watch their dreams of a better life get carelessly deleted. Plumb the depths of Alex's lovemaking ineptitude and learn the real motive behind workaholism ..... Come, spend a few pre-holiday hours inside the spleen of Howard, Fordham & Mancini LLP. You'll return to work Monday feeling lighter, smarter and waaaaay superior. EXIT Stage Left THUR/FRI/SAT 8:00 p.m. DEC. 4-14, 2002 (6 performances only!); $17 at the door; $15 advance purchase, $12 students/TBA. Free prizes at every performance! Reservations: 415-339-8015. ONLINE TICKETS CLICK HERE.
 
SCENIC ROUTES by Yussef El Guindi A Golden Thread Productions world premier. A poinant rendition of a cross-cultural relationship challenged by mistrust and terror. Primarily a playwright, Yussef El Guindi has acted and directed for both theatre and film. The production of his play Hostages at Duke Drama World Premiers Festival was described as "Frighteningly real" with "Chilling dialogue". Mr. El Guindi's short film Love Stalks won an award for best short narrative film at Seattle Underground Film Festival and was aired on KTEH. A native of Egypt Mr. El Guindi holds an MFA in playwriting from Carnegie-Mellon University and currently teaches drama at Duke University. Golden Thread Productions is dedicated to production of theatrical works that explore the Middle Eastern culture and identity as represented throughout the globe.For more information call (510) 986-9194 EXIT Stage Left- NOV 7 - NOV 23, 2002.
 
CROWDED FIRE THEATER COMPANY Presents Liz Duffy Adams' "The Train Play or The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of it" October 4 - November 10 TheTrain Play or The Reckless Ruthless Brutal Charge of it, a comic-poetic runaway meditation on time, history, and apocalyptic anxiety during a one-night train journey to the end of the world. What does the end of the world look like? A true modern myth, The Train Play, is a journey from dusk to dawn on a train hurtling towards infinity. Eight strangers meet on the train including a twelve-year-old with the powers of a time-manipulating comic book heroine, a jaded Earth Goddess, an unraveling physicist, an Irishman fleeing predatory angels, an embittered travel writer and three Russian brothers who seem to have escaped from a Chekhov play. When the sun comes up, they have arrived at the end of the world. The story combines the lushness of archetypal myth and the supernatural with a jagged postmodern edge.For tickets ($10-25) call (415) 675-5995 or reserve online
at www.crowdedfire.org.EXIT Theatre 8pm OCT 4 - NOV 2, 2002
 
The Hub Presents AS IF IN SLEEP Directed by Jeff Raz Conceived and performed by Tim Barsky. Drawing from hip-hop, street performance, and Jewish folklore, this one-man show drops images of a traditional fairy tale against the backdrop of urban America. Suspended somewhere between an ancient epic and current events, we follow a fisherwoman named Molly to meet a cast that includes talking seals, anarchists, thieves, squatters, Hassidic rabbis, paramedics, runaways, an Iraqi bard, and the king of the birds. Selections from As if in Sleep have appeared at venues around the world, including The Finborough Theatre in London and Die HafenKlang in Hamburg, Germany. OCT 4 - NOV 2, FRI/SAT at 8:00 pm EXIT Stage Left, Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door TICKETS AVAILABLE AT (415) 346-6040 OR WWW.TICKETWEB.COM For more information e-mail hub@jccsf.org or call (415) 292-1286
The Hub at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco presents theatre, music and spoken word that explores the evolution of Jewish culture. EXIT Stage LeftFRI/SAT, OCT 4 - NOV 2, 2002.
 
SNAKE IN THE BASEMENT: THE PROSECUTION OF REV. BILL PRUITT and BRACE YOURSELF by Lunatique Fantastique Two Plays in Repertory!!!
Please note: Both shows contain mature content intended for adult audiences
Critically-acclaimed audience favorites Brace and Snake return to the stage in a repertory run at Exit on Taylor. Through several outings over the last two years, both shows have been revised and refined into even more splendiferous ordinary object transmogrificatory exposition, on the topics of polio, and pedophilic clergy, respectively.
Snake in the Basement: the Prosecution of Rev. Bill Pruitt. Five puppeteers cloaked in black slide and roll pieces of newspaper across a table. Suddenly “snakes” are hissing and slithering on the stage. They merge and transform into a bouncing torso, arms, legs and a disembodied head. In an instant, these disparate parts coalesce: The puppet of young
Bill Pruitt future Presbyterian pastor, African missionary, and alleged pedophile is born. “It’s time to bring Snake back again, given what’s been happening in the Catholic Church and given my own personal knowledge of the mismanagement of Pruitt’s case at the corporate level of the Presbyterian Church,” says Wetzel. “Pruitt was an employee of the Church for 60 years. The first allegations were made in the late 50s while he was still a missionary in
Africa. He stayed in service, and was moved from the Congo to different pastoral posts in the states for the next 20 years. The last reported molestation occured in 1979.” “There’s a lack of understanding about perpetrators,” she continues, “why they do it, what effect they think they’re having on the child. As a character, Bill Pruitt fascinated me. He was a very popular and charming man with a tragic flaw. I wanted to see the world through his eyes. I wanted to create a character that the audience would find delightful and adorable who then becomes a monster and betrays their trust.”
This year, the church launched a posthumous investigation into the Pruitt complaints. Women who wish to have their stories considered must sign a “witness protection form” agreeing not to discuss their stories with the
media, nor with other alleged victims. “As I perform this piece, I meet more and more women who were accosted, some of whom choose not to publicly come forward.” Wetzel has chosen not to sign the gag order. In addition to these performances this fall, Lunatique Fantastique will be taking Snake to the Mac Theater in Dallas (Pruitt’s home town), in Spring 2003. The Exit on Taylor performances of Snake feature live musical accompaniment on the bassoon, flute, and piano. Music is composed by Loren Linnard and performed by Linnard and Jack Baxley.
"This is pure theater: responding to the sparest suggestions, we create the piece finally in our own imaginations… It's rare enough to find a company dedicated to serious puppet theater for adults… Don't miss this exceptional, intelligent, singular work." --Brad Rosenstein in the SF Bay Guardian 9/15/99
Brace Yourself
Using only a few pairs of shoes, some wheels, a purse, and her father's leg brace, Liebe Wetzel and her Lunatique Fantastique puppetry ensemble create a whimsical story of one man's life with polio.“I wrote Brace Yourself! as a birthday present for my dad,” says Wetzel, 40, whose parents still live in her native Texas. “Although, he still wonders how I can make a living playing with things most people throw away.” Best of Fringe award winner in the 2001 San Francisco Fringe Festival, Brace is back with even more storytelling surprises and edifying puppet-treatises on the American polio epidemic.
“Liebe Wetzel conjures magical images of childhood joys and racking pain with crumpled sheets of paper, a few shoes, pots and other found objects… Told through found- object puppetry like her luminous "Snake in the
Basement" it's an affecting meditation on the once-epidemic scourge of polio as reflected by the life of her father, who was stricken with the disease as a child. A wheel and a cane become a playground for happy children's shoes, skillfully manipulated by black-clad puppeteers. Pots and lids convey the terror of iron lungs. High heels, hats, a coy purse and a leg brace enjoy a delightful courtship." --Robert Hurwitt in the San Francisco Chronicle, 9/10/01:
Please note: Both shows contain mature content intended for adult audiences
Snake in the Basement Tickets $18 opens: Friday 10/4 at 8pm runs: Fridays at 8pm closing show: Friday 11/1 at 8pm
Brace Yourself Tickets $12 opens: Saturday 10/5 at 8pm runs: Saturdays at 8pm closing show: Saturday 11/2 at 8pm EXIT On Taylor - OCT 4 - NOV 9, 2002. Reservations: 510-444-5252.FOR ONLINE TICKETS CLICK HERE.
 
GHOSTLIGHT: Post-modern ghost stories around a 60-watt campfire By Sean Owens. Sit in the darkness, surrounded by your nightmares. Hear your darkest thoughts spoken back to you. Love every minute of it. An evening calculated to unnerve even the most jaded heart, to quicken the most sluggish pulse. An evening of storytelling that steps beyond the spooky, into realms as deeply disturbing as everyday life. With the help of hypnotic performance by Sara Kraft (Best of the Fringe 2002, Woods for the Trees), the chilling music of composer David Malloy (Best of the Fringe 2002, GULAG HA HA) and the unsettling images of photographer Kent Taylor, writers Sean Owens & Libby O'Connell and director Meredith Eldred promise you a spoken-word séance which will haunt you long past Halloween. Tickets $10. Reservations: (415) 673-3847. EXIT Cafe 8:30PM OCT 25-26 & NOV 1-2, 2002
 
THE MELTING POT (II) by Carol S. Lashof' The second selection in Paducah Mining Co.'s Staged Reading Series. Bay Area Playwright Carol S. Lashof has written such critically acclaimed plays as "Medusa's Tale", "Nora's Daughter", and "The Story". Her newest play, THE MELTING POT(II), revisits a great American myth. The original play, "The Melting Pot", by Israel Zangwill, is an American Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending; it opened in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 1908 and was hailed by President Theodore Roosevelt as "a great play." "THE MELTING POT (II) frees Zangwill's characters from the confines of the well-made play while still presenting the love story of two immigrants, David, a Russian Jewish "pogrom orphan," and Vera, the daughter of a Russian baron. It takes scenes from the 1908 Melting Pot and inter-cuts them with a polyphony of other voices: Israel Zangwill himself, leaders of the movement to restrict immigration, an eyewitness account of a massacre of Jews in Russia, and similar accounts of a massacre of Blacks in Oklahoma. Ultimately, this panorama of experience invites the audience to shift their own perspectives. Directed by Susannah Martin. Tickets: A suggested donation of $5-10. Resaervations: 415/561-1418 or e-mail us at info@paducahminingco.org. EXIT Café TUE OCT 15, 2002, 7:30 PM
 

 BEST OF THE SF FRINGE FESTIVAL 2002 - These plays were brought back for one more weekend as Best of the San Francisco Fringe Festival 2002

 EXIT THEATRE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27

 EXIT STAGE LEFT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27

 EXIT THEATRE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28

 EXIT STAGE LEFT SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28

 
11TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL SEP 4 - 15, 2002.

 55 Plays Over 12 Days ... No Ticket Over $8 ... Click on Title for More Info
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American Appetite: Tales of Dirty Young Boys & Spry Old Men, The
An Evening At Home
Anablep and Other Oddities
Back to Kroenig
Beckett's Last Dance
Beneath Sita's Belly
Black Box Confessions
Blue Sofa
Candistan
Caught Sleeping
Cleopatra!-And Antony
ClockBusters
Death Blow - The Show
Devouring Time
Engineer and The Artist, The
Enronicles
Exit Laughing!
F--king Handicapped Guy
Fred Anderson -Professional Goofball!
Full Spectrum Improvisation
George Bush's Nuts
Getting It Wrong
Guano dell' Amore - ("Birdshit of Love")
Gulag Ha Ha
Interactive Solo Performer Daniel Packard
Ken and Andy Show, The
Lillie, A Musical
Looking, Then Pointing
Mad Adventures of Chaos For Hire, The
Me Laugh You Long Time
Menopause and Desire: Or Why Must I Be Middle Aged and In Love?
Microclimates: A Crime Against Gravity or The Burrito From Sausalito
My Son, the Mummy: Episode Pi
nEO-sURREALIST sYSTEMS pRESENTS: HOE- DOWN!!!!!
Objects In Mirror (May Be Closer Than They Appear)
OUTTAKES: Monologues, Stories, and Social Commentary
Rise And Fall of The US/them Empire, The
Smashing Icons
Something You Might Want
Song in Your Blood, The
Spray
Stranger In Woodstock
Surfing Toasters
Survival of the Fit Enough/ Fern
Talking To Myself
Tangled
Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Underground Movement Theatre
Upper Canada Cougar Movement, The
Valentine's Play Time
Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars, The
Winterkill
Woods For The Trees
Zucchini: The Forbidden Dance!
 
A FIFTH OF ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. FRINGE FESTIVAL BENEFIT. Inspired by the classic comedy, 5 directors, with five casts, present 1 story in 60 minutes ... A high spirited romp through murderous family secrets ... directed by Libby O'Connell, Rebecca Salzer, Susannah Martin, Meredith Eldred & Laura Ellen Smith ... including Tara Blau, Peter Budinger, Jessie Bullock, Jason Craig, Katherine Davis, Titus France, Cameron Galloway, David Garrett, Lisa Griffin, Colin Hussey, Thessaly Lerner, Greg Lucey, Dave Malloy, Jennifer Minore, Dawson Moore, Derek Mutch, Juan Carlos Munoz, Elizabeth Spreen, Michelle Talgarow, Jeff Taub, Don Wood and others. EXIT Theatre - 8PM THU-SAT, AUG 22 - AUG 24, 2002. Tickets $20. Reservations: 673-3847. TO ORDER TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE.
 
"Ladies and Gentlemen . . . It's B Movie Night!" produced by Ironworkers Local 202.
Bring your 3-D glasses! (Wait a minute . . . its live theatre.. Awh, bring them anyway!) Yes! It's live theatre inspired by B-movies! What happens when High Brow Theatre meets Low Brow Budget Genre? Find out as you witness the 3-dimensional creations of 4 Bay Area playwrights inspired by whatever the heck B-movies do to their psyches. Something you can be proud you saw yet deliciously ashamed of at the same time! Written by Elizabeth Bernstein, Cameron Galloway, Kat Koppett, Michael O'Brien, Eric Schniewind.
"This completely engaging and hilarious series of short plays will end on a high as the actors improvise the last piece. Your aching sides will be well worth it." -- SF GATE e-pick, 2001. That's right! Every year we perform freshly written short plays to sell-out crowds! Don't miss this year's celebration of double-agent sex kittens, ghoul eaters, private d's, and bitch slappin'! EXIT Theatre FRI/SAT 8pm JUL 12 - AUG 17, 2002; $15 general, $12 students Reservations: 415-387-3163.
ONLINE TICKETS CLICK HERE.
 
Isis Arts Collective's SUMMER SHORTS: DAYS AND NIGHTS five world premieres by Bay Area playwrights and three rare comic gems from Christopher Durang and Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Mike Ward with Dan Adamson, Bret Anderson, Celeste Coit, Micaelee Ellswythe, Alexandra Kaprielian, Leo Lawhorn, Elisa Pluhar, Breanne Russell and June Stoddart. Christopher Durang's works have always taken a whacky and bitingly-satirical look at society and its accepted sociopathic authority figures. In WOMEN IN A PLAYGROUND, Durang pits two decidedly different mothers with polar-opposite outlooks on life and child rearing. Continuing with his two-woman theme, PHYLLIS & XENOBIA takes a slice of not-so-humble pie from the kitchen of two sisters who are just not right. Finally, Durang and Wendy Wasserstein join forces for MEDEA, a madcap send-up of classic theatre. The five world premieres journey in style from dark comedy to romance, from realism to surrealism, and destinations in between. SUFFICIENT CONCLUSIONS by Tim A. Taylor takes a surreal, cycle-of-life look at the wisdom, hope, and learning that both drive and transcend our patterned lives. In Mike Ward's SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS, three sisters warm in the sun while sifting through the sands of an abusive past. And in the bittersweet memory play, THE TWO MRS. M'S by Daniel Vojir, two elderly women bond over beer, family and the tarot. The Swag: Limbo by Russ Duffy asks, "What if there were a purgatory?". Two men, once lovers, re-meet after 25 years in the romantic FADED PHOTOGRAPHS by Tom W. Kelly. MEDIA. EXIT Stage Left FRI/SAT JULY 12 TO AUGUST 17, 2002. Tickets $20, $15 for students, seniors and TBA members with ID; $10-20 sliding scale for the Preview on July 12. Reservations: 415.863.7707. Information: www.isisartscollective.com.ONLINE TICKETS CLICK HERE.
 
AUGUSTINE (Big Hysteria) by Anna Furse. Augustine, housemaid and hysteric, is celebrated by famed
neurologist Professor Jean-Martin Charcot for her dramatic display of "Grand Hysterie" in his Paris
lunatic asylum, the "Museum of Suffering." Like the Elephant Man, she is the center of the voyeuristic
attention of "civilized society" from 1875-1880. Hers is a perverse and erotic entertainment as she "stars"
in Charcot's public lectures. But Charcot's upstart young student, Sigmund Freud is developing a few
theories of his own on Hysteria. Can Freud unlock the secrets behind Augustine's mysterious, terrifying and
increasingly violent ailment, or will she be lost in the struggle between Charcot's insistence on the
"performance" of Hysteria and Freud's theories of the "unconscious?" Interweaving live music, cinematic
projections and poetic text, the play is magical, startling and vivid. The Shee Theatre Company proudly
presents the United States Premiere of Anna Furse's play, directed by Virginia Reed and featuring Michael
Keys Hall*, Laura Hope Owen, Paul Silverman*, and Alice Wiley-Pickett. This is an Equity approved
project; * indicates member of Actor's Equity. REVIEW. FRI-SAT JUL 12-AUG 17, 2002, MON JUL 29th and THUR JUL 18th (Opening Night). All performances are at 8 pm. Tickets $20.00. $15 for Students, Seniors and TBA members. Previews July 12, 13, and Monday July 29th performance are pay what you can. Gala Fundraiser with panel discussion, Wednesday, July 17th, $50.00 Group rates: $15 for groups of 5-9. $12 for groups of 10-20. EXIT on Taylor Reservations (415) 999-8870, online: www.presaleticketing.com.
 
THE KITCHEN by Arnold Wesker. The first selection in Paducah Mining Co.'s 2002-2003 Staged Reading Series. Published in 1956, THE KITCHEN takes a behind-the-scenes look at a large restaurant kitchen as thirty chefs, waitresses, and kitchen porters, prepare for the daily meal service. The action builds to a climatic lunch-hour frenzy that will make your head spin as Wesker's kitchen becomes a microcosm of the petty power struggles, class warfare, and dramatic intrigue that affect any hierarchy. Paducah Mining Co. hopes to adapt THE KITCHEN as a play set in an American kitchen with a bilingual (Spanish/English) staff. Directed by E. Hunter Spreen. Tickets: A suggested donation of $5-10. Reservations: 415/561-1418 or e-mail us at info@paducahminingco.org. Exit Café: TUE AUG 13, 2002, 7:30 PM
 
FRINGE POTLUCK. Performers and volunteers bring food to share and questions as we prepare for the San Francisco Fringe Festival 2002. EXIT Theatre. AUG 14, 2002 7pm
 
WRITING FOR PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP with playwright/performer Wendy Weiner. This workshop is for people who want to write a play or solo piece and don’t know how to start -- or for those who need inspiration to keep writing a piece they’ve already begun. In a supportive atmosphere, you will learn writing exercises to generate new material, create and shape characters, and develop dialogue. Writers and performers at all levels welcome. A New York-based writer/performer, Wendy Weiner's "Give Me Shelter" was was selected "Best of the Fringe" at both the SF and NY Fringe Festivals and published in "Women Playwrights: The Best Plays of 1998." Her current projects include "Searching for the ’60s," which she will perform at the American Living Room Festival in August and "Great Highway," a play she is cowriting with Octavio Solis. Weiner was the Play Editor of "American Theatre" magazine for four years. Saturday, August 10, 2002, 1–5pm @ EXIT Theatre, $50 To register and/or for more information, call (510) 465-7494 or e-mail wendyweiner@hotmail.com
 
THE LAST OF THE RED-HOT DADAS by Kerry Reid starring Christina Augello as the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Follow the outrageous exploits of Dada's unsung heroine, as she reflects on the nature of art, gender relationships and the price to be paid for telling the truth about both. Pre-punk by 60 years and perhaps our first feminist performance artist. "The Baroness is not a futurist. She is the future." -- Marcel Duchamp. "The first American Dada ... she is the only one living anywhere who dresses Dada, loves Dada, lives Dada." --Little Review 1922. MEDIA EXIT Cafe FRI 8:30PM JUL 12 - AUG 9, 2002 Tickets $10.
 
611 SUPREME by E. Hunter Spreen. What do you really believe in? What are you willing to risk for what you believe in? What does it take to get you off your ass and in the street? As our country continues to grapple with the appropriateness of dissent, Paducah Mining Co. dares to dig deep and get down and dirty with the issues at hand. E. Hunter Spreen's "611 $upreme" is an "environmental morality play" that delves into the worlds of capitalism and environmental radicalism - foes in the age of "progress." In the play, Ehrlend Swift, a wealthy developer, is targeted by a radical environmental group. When Ehlrend is kidnapped, both his family and the activists who oppose him are forced to ask themselves fundamental questions about their existence and their role as human beings. Paducah Mining Co., producers of such critically acclaimed productions as "Fool for Love", "Hot 'n' Throbbing", and "Two by Sea", is thrilled to present the fully-mounted world-premiere of "611 $upreme", a dynamic and powerful new play by company founder, E. Hunter Spreen, Director: Susannah Martin, Performers: Titus J. France, Angela Goodsell, Zac Jaffee, Laconia Koerner, Karen Marek, Erica McIntire, Michelle Talgarow, Jeff Taub, Don Wood, and Jeff Wood, Stage Manager: Barbara Sinasohn, Lighting Designer: Brian Jones, Sound Designer: Jake Rodriguez, Tickets:$15 - 20 sliding scale. May 31 (Preview) and Monday, July 1: Pay-What-You-Can Gala Opening (6/1): $25 For Information call: 415/561-1418 or e-mail paducahminingco@hotmail.com EXIT Theatre - 8PM FRI/SAT, MAY 31 - JULY 6, 2002.
 
TOP GIRLS by Caryl Churchill. Top Girls continues Crowded Fire's love affair with Caryl Churchill (the company's second production was her rarely-performed Light Shining in Buckinghamshire) and offers Bay Area theatergoers the tempting treat of seeing Churchill's two genderbending classics on the same weekend - Crowded Fire's production will run concurrently with Berkeley Repertory's revival of Cloud 9. First performed in London in 1982, Top Girls still offers and up-to-the-minute examination of the difficulties and delights besetting women in power. With guests ranging from the Pope who was really a woman, to a Japanese courtesan, to Marlene whose promotion through the glass ceiling starts the party rolling, this is the dinner party of a lifetime. A beloved Bay Area favorite, Caryl Churchill's gentle but relentless explosion of gender makes for fascinating theater and unforgettable conversation. Crowded Fire Artistic Director Rebecca Novick will direct this production. MEDIA. For information go to www.crowdedfire.org or email info@crowdedfire.org EXIT Stage Left - MAY 30 - JULY 6, 2002.
 
BODIES AND HEARTS IN THE FACE OF THE MONSTER by Toni Press-Coffman, about the complexity of the human heart. Inspired by the frightening conjoining of puritanism and voyeurism that is rampant in the contemporary United States, the play's main characters are brother and sister Raymond and Lillian Sparks. He is a poet by vocation, a construction worker by profession; his sister is the mayor of a mid-sized Midwestern city. Ray is deeply involved - perhaps in love? -- with two people at the same time, while Lily is having an affair with a man 30 years younger than she. The play follows their journeys toward their hearts while examining along the way the various forms love and sex take -- between friends, between lovers, between people who are in a relationship for which there is no clear label. First Seen Productions. EXIT on Taylor - 8PM FRI/SAT, MAY 30 - JUL 6, 2002. (Tickets $15; Reservations 415-841-1262)
377-0457.
 
FRINGE POTLUCK. Performers and volunteers bring food to share and questions as we prepare for the San Francisco Fringe Festival 2002. EXIT Theatre. JUNE 12, 2002 7PM.
 
FROTH, by Aren Haun. A relentless romantic comedy by a local Bay Area playwright about the daily highs and lows of working in a coffee shop. Froth follows the story of Eric, who attempts to juggle romance, customers, his mother, and his boss, all at the same time. He becomes so blinded by obsession that he cannot recognize the real thing, until it's too late. Or is it? Fast-paced and funny, the cafe setting provides a metaphor for the chaos of the characters' personal lives. Starring Oliver Azcarate, Chloe Bronzan, Jason Davis, Hannah Evans, Jacqueline Ivens, Wendy Taylor, and Greg Zinger. A Drama Bums Production. Runs EXIT Cafe JUN 13-29, 2002, THU-SAT. 8:30 PM. Reservations (415)
 
ARE YA WORKING? THE RANTS OF A POST-INDUSTRIAL HYBRID written and performed by Steven Karwoski. This Polish/Irish American distills twenty years of schlepping in the trenches of the working world into one hilarious hour of stories, poems and rants. Come see the Uber Schlepper turned poet, prophet and performer as he prepares for his Canadian fringe tour. EXIT Cafe. JUNE 7-8, 2002; 8:30pm. Tickets $10. Reservations 415-673-3847.
 
NORTH ... TO ALASKA by Trevor Allen. An evening of one-acts, monologues and the best of Trevor Allen's adds and ends, including "Intermission," "Side Four" (performed by Valeria Wea), "The 10-Minutes Trojan War," and excerpts from "The Creature," "49 Miles," and "Chain Reactions" and a guest appearance by Lunatique Fantastique. To benefit the acceptance of "Chain Reactions" into The Last Frontier Theatre Conference. EXIT Theatre. JUNE 10, 2002. 8PM. Reservations 415-731-4922.
 
EXIT Theatre Presents DIVAfest A Theatre Festival with a "Female Persuasion"
Thursday through Saturday May 16-25, 2002 MEDIA

Celebrate womanhood from minx to matriarch, virgin to vamp at DIVAfest, May 16th to 25th. Plays, solos, cabarets and comedy with a "female persuasion" emblazon EXIT Theatre's four stages featuring a bevy of the very finest post modern prima donnas. DIVAfest All Show Pass $55 (reservations still required). DIVAfest All Show Passes available online

GIRLESQUE written and performed by Sean Owens. Portraying with affection, energy and cunning the female influences that spanned his teens and twenties, Sean Owens creates a world that is both wildly funny and deeply moving. Returning from its sold-out run in March of 2000, GIRLESQUE features an incomparable score by award-winning composer Don Seaver.
"An audacious act of transcendence-- a demonstration of the various, mysterious aspects of love, and the power of performance." -San Francisco Examiner EXIT Theatre THUR MAY 16 8PM, SAT MAY 18 3PM, FRI MAY 24 8PM, SAT MAY 25, 2002 8PM TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale(Matinee $10). Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

THE LAST OF THE RED-HOT DADAS Written by Kerry Reid and Performed by Christina Augello
Follow the outrageous exploits of the Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Dada's unsung heroine, as she reflects on the nature of art, gender relationships and the price to be paid for telling the truth about both. Pre-Punk by 60 years and perhaps our first feminist performance artist the Baroness, sewed tea balls to her skirts, and wore postage stamps in place of rouge-- and, once she was through mocking Duchamp, came west to haunt the streets of Greenwich Village.
"The first American Dada…she is the only one living anywhere who dresses Dada, loves Dada, lives Dada."- Little Review 1922 EXIT Theatre FRI MAY 17 8PM, SAT MAY 18 8PM, THUR MAY 23 8PM, SAT MAY 25, 2002 3PM TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale(Matinee $10) Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PROSTITUTE AND HER CLIENT by Dacia Maraini. It should be a simple exchange: money for sex. In this exchange, it's not so clear who's taking whom for what or for how much. Virginity, rape, mother's milk, homoerotic fantasies, violence, literature, politics, money. It sure gets complicated sometimes, doesn't it? EXIT Stage Left FRI MAY 17 8PM, SAT MAY 18 8PM, THUR MAY 23 8PM, SAT MAY 25 3PM, 2002TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale(Matinee $10) Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

HELLICIOUS: LILY MARCHAND RISES AGAIN Written and Performed by Libby O'Connell Long-deceased legendary star of stage and screen Miss Lily Marchand brings her nightclub act direct from the 10th circle of Hades to the stage at the EXIT Cafe. Lily is on a mission, belting out brassy anthems and smoldering ballads in an evening of song and sass to secure her place in history. EXIT Cafe FRI MAY 17 10PM, SAT MAY 18 10 PM, FRI MAY 24 10 PM, SAT MAY 25 10 PM, 2002 TICKETS $10 Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $10 CLICK HERE

CHAMPION! Written and Performed by Thessaly Lerner. Three cheers for this spirited solo dedicated to the cheerleading crusade of Mindy McGillicuty, a grown-up little girl who never played Annie. Can pluck and a ponytail make up for psychotic obsession? Imagine Norma Desmond descending the staircase with pom-poms and you're at the opening of CHAMPION! EXIT STAGE LEFT THUR MAY 16 8PM, SAT MAY 18 3PM, FRI MAY 24 8PM, SAT MAY 25 8PM, 2002 TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale(Matinee $10) Reservations: 415-673-3847TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

BODY TALK: BOOBS, BUTTS & THIGHS by Buffy Charlet. Live Onstage! The immovable objectification of beauty myths goes head to head with the unstoppable struggle for self-acceptance in a battle as old as foundation garments, as American as apple pie and as universal as cellulite. A Staged Reading. EXIT Cafe SAT MAY 18 6PM, SAT MAY 25 6PM, 2002 TICKETS $5 Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $5 CLICK HERE

SONGS ABOUT LIFE & DEATH & LOVE & INSECTS Written and Performed by Amy X Neuburg
"Neuburg's vocals are a miracle; she is, by turns, a frigid dispenser of cold truths, a siren and an eccentric." -- San Jose Metro One-woman techno-circus Amy X loops and layers a harmonious melee of musical styles into a vibrantly theatrical transformation of the musical revue. ( Second weekend W/special guest, dancer/choreographer Nina Haft performs "The Ring", bullfigting at it's best!) "Neuburg makes music whose dizzy mix of complexity, accessibility, and intensity are matched by few... Laurie Anderson would be proud." -- Musician magazine THUR MAY 16 8PM, SAT MAY 18 3 PM, FRI MAY 24 8PM, SAT MAY 25 8PM, 2002 TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale (Matinee $10). Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

MADAM NOIR'S FANDANGO Underbelly Erogeny Odyssey from the Carnival of Chaos led by Andrea Terry & Mark Bunnell ".... the sonic equivalent of scratching an itch I couldn't reach...." --Bay Guardian
A western-Sci-Fi-cabaret catapults a band of crazed vaudevillians into a wild night of Musical Madness. Through song and dance, circus arts and cabaret we make the epic journey into the divine and treachorous spirit of the Diva. "...like driving a race car into Alice's Wonderland. You can suddenly be bombarded by images and seduced by the poetry of your surroundings." --Goldendale Sentinal EXIT on Taylor FRI MAY 17 8PM, SAT MAY 18 8PM, THUR MAY 23 8PM, SAT MAY 25 3PM, 2002 TICKETS $12 - $20 sliding scale(Matinee $10) Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

THE WOMEN a DIVAfest Benefit Reading by Clare Boothe Luce. A very special staged reading of this seminal feminist comedy, starring the collected stars of our festival, plus a cadre of celebrity performers from around the bay. Fans of the film and stage play should be on hand to hear this uproarious all-female farce played out as only the ladies of DIVAFest can do it. EXIT Theatre MON MAY 20 8PM, 2002 TICKETS $20 Reservations: 415-673-3847 TICKETS ONLINE $20 CLICK HERE

NOCTURNE Teresa Moore's work, always articulate in the universal truth about women, against backdrops ranging from bordellos and boudoirs to skylines and champagne socials, has shown across the country and through Europe. Ms. Moore's "Nocturne", the visual icon of DIVAFest, is one in a sumptuous pageant of her sensual and supremely female paintings celebrating women, whether careworn or carefree. Her paintings and lithographs will dress the EXIT venues during the festival. All 4 EXIT Stages - WED-SUN, MAY 15 - MAY 25, 2002.

MICHELANGELO DID THIS? by Howard Hain. Genghis Productions in association with Studio 300 presents the World Premiere of this scathingly brilliant dark comedy by New York playwright Howard Hain where Michelangelo is reincarnated as a putz living in Iowa and art is destroyed... Can creation be saved? Directed by Shari Carlson and Howard Hain. Featuring: Ron Allen, Robert Brindley, David Cordoni, Joshua Duthie, Sarah Kliban, Christina Trujillo, and AJ Vernet. Sets: Veerakeat Tongpaiboon. Costumes: Lifong Liu. Light Design: John Kelly. AD: Cristina Lundy. TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE: CLICK HERE. Ticket Price: $16-20 (previews $10) Reservations: 415-981-6444.MEDIA EXIT Theatre - 8PM FRI-SAT THROUGH MAY 1, 2002
 
CONFESSIONS OF A DOPE DEALER by Sheldon Norberg directed by Bill Allard. In adapting his acclaimed memoir ("Parents and teens should read this book together." - SF Chronicle) Norberg provides not just an incredible theatrical experience, but an enlightening Q&A with someone who knows the boundaries of consciousness alteration. Damn Good Theater! About.com check it out at www.adopedealer.com Tickets at ticketweb Dealing's not for everyone, and it exacts a heavy toll, but Norberg hilariously rakes through the coals of his former career; from a boyhood as best and brightest, opening the door to knowledge not held in the encyclopedia, through the tunnel of drugs to acid-tripping blown-away detritus, always searching for the ember of illumination (upon which he occasionally burns himself). His drug use may not have been average, but his examination of the factors leading to drug exploration and the mistakes that drive it into abuse are well charted, open for all to see, and hopefully avoid themselves. Anyone with a drug experience will give a nod of recognition as Norberg invites the world to laugh at the mistakes that almost cost him his life.Thur/Fri/Sat April 18 - May 11, 2002 EXIT Cafe, Showtime - 8:30 PM Tickets are $15 with $10 discount tickets for parents accompanied by their teenagers.Reservations: 415 666-3939 (This show is not recommended for children under 13 or impressionable adults) TO ORDER TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE.
 
SPEAK THE DEVIL presented by the SF Buffoons. An intensely entertaining and engaging stage play that combines the historical art and practices of Commedia dell Arte- style buffoonery, with the intensity of unexpected, riotous, and sometimes grotesque, humor. The Play also features a performance of Damian Grey’s Puppetfister Theater. “Speak the Devil” is funded in part by a grant from the San Francisco Art Commission. This play is not suitable for children. EXIT Stage Left - 8PM THU-SAT, APR 18 - MAY 11, 2002. Tickets $10 on THUR, $12-$18 on FRI/SAT. FOR RESERVATIONS: Call 415-820-1670
 
OLD MAN MC GINTY EXIT on Taylor 8PM SAT May 11, 2002. 415-255-2066.
 
RESTING PLACES presented by Sofia Gorman's Sacrosanct Dance. The first full evening of dance works from the company, Resting Places explores the constant motion and energy of life that drives, inspires, and sustains us, as well as the moments of calm and rest in the spaces between. The dancing is athletic, technical, and emotional, featuring a diverse range of music and dance styles. The dancers move to sassy blues tunes, explore the lives of fairies, and shake their hips to Ethiopian and Latin rhythms, engaging the audience and sharing the pure human drive to dance. at THUR/FRI/SAT 8PM May 2, 3, and 4, 2002 EXIT on Taylor Tickets $15 general Reservations: (415) 835-3147 FOR TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE More Info: www.sacrosanctdance.org
 
AS ONE. TRANSIT dance company’s latest piece examines the timely issues of cultural diversity, understanding and inclusion. Three separate communities will unite into one as a multi-generational and multi-ethnic cast of 10 dancers perform the choreography of M. Koob to an original score by Randy Odell. EXIT at Taylor, April18-20, 25-27, 2002, 8PM Tickets: $15.00 / $10.00 (children under 12) Info: 415-273-5890 or www.transitdance.com
 
I AM HAMLET Written & Performed by Mark Jackson Directed by Kevin Clarke. Having been doomed for his unreckon'd earthly crimes to stand idly by these past four hundred years whilst other actors, directors, academicians and philosophers have taken their stabs at him, Hamlet is finally given the chance to play his own part by Art Street Theatre, "San Francisco's Best Experimental Theatre Company" - SF WEEKLY, and producers of Io - Princess of Argos!, Messenger #1, and BANG! MEDIA EXIT Stage Left - 8PM FRI/SAT, MAR 8 - APR 13, and MON, APR 1 & APR 8, 2002. Tickets $10-$20 sliding scale. Reservations: 415.751.5922
 
NEXT IN LINE by John Warren. Dick Morris. Mary Matalin. James Carville. Attack dogs of the political
world. What makes these animals tick? Based on first-hand experience of the fleshy underbelly of San Francisco politics, NEXT IN LINE shines a light on the machinations of a local political spin-meister. A funny and provocative world premiere from the author of GROPING FOR JUSTICE: THE BOB PACKWOOD STORY. Directed by Jason Ries with Tom Baxley, Robert Corrick, Joe Egender, Nora El Samahy, Cheryl Smith, Don Speziale*. Stage Manager Marci Ring. Production Assistants Jason Branch & Michael Guiness. Set Design Alison Tassie. Costume Design Maggie Whittaker. Sound Design Michael Woody. Light Design Jason Ries. MEDIA EXIT On Taylor - 8PM THU-SAT, MAR 16-APR 13 (Previews FRI, MAR 15), 2002. $12-$20 sliding scale, TICKETS ONLINE $20 ($10
 
PREVIEW): CLICK HERE. Reservations: 415.673.3847; Tickets available at Tix Bay Area at Union Square.
THE (MAGNIFICENT) ASS SHOW by Maurissa Afanador. Walter Meat presents, The (Magnificent) Ass Show, the sketch comedy show that...Wait. Sketch comedy show? The Ass Show??? For God's sake, this isn't a bunch of actors tooling about the stage, amusing themselves with inside jokes from last night's game of Quarters. NO! This show is a spectacular, an all-consuming smash of a theatrical experience. We've put ourselves aside and thought only of YOU. And sating your desire to explore the best of comedy's dark and freakish underbelly. Complete with legit musical guests, hilarious props, and chances to win fabulous prizes the moment you walk in the door. Go! Run! It's Asstacular! Tickets $9-$15 depending on your luck. MEDIA Reservations: (415) 285-6808 or visit www.magnificentassshow.com EXIT Theatre - 8PM FRI/SAT, MAR 15 - APR 6, 2002.
 
CLASSIC ABSURDITY: A Festival of the Absurd. From the heart of San Francisco, deep in Fringe territory emerges a three-ring festival of EXIT Theatre's signature absurdist fare. Featuring: In EXIT Stage Left THE BALD SOPRANO by Eugene Ionesco. Ireland's Asylum Theatre presents a stripped down, sent up, furiously funny adaptation of Ionesco's classic comedy which won rave reviews at the Edinburgh and Cork Fringe "WONDERFULLY PORTRAYED ... WILL HAVE YOU IN STITCHES" Irish Examiner. In EXIT Theatre UBU ROI by Alfred Jarry directed by Rebecca Novick 100 years after it caused a riot in Paris, this hilarious half Macbeth, half-schoolboy potty mouth for runner of the absurd still delivers dangerous truths about the corruption of power. At EXIT on Taylor THE CONDEMNED MAN'S BICYCLE by Fernando Arrabal directed by Rafel Klopotowski. A fever dream worthy of Dali emerges from the repression of Franco's Spain as a Freudian fairytale with socialist ideals and sadistic undertones. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CLASSIC ABSURDITY. All shows Wednesday through Saturday February 20-March 2, 2002 8:30 PM $12-20 sliding scale Reservations: 415.673.3847; Tickets available at Tix Bay Area at Union Square.Tickets Online: CLICK-HERE.

ALSO under the CLASSIC ABSURDITY big top:
STAGED READINGS A collection of unknown delights and rarely produced masterpieces lightly staged and fresh from the page. Saturday 2/23 The Chinese Wall by Max Frisch directed by Meredith Eldred Low in the Dark by Marina Carr directed by Alison Tassie& Saturday 3/2 Resounding Tinkle by N.H. Simpson directed by Bill Peters in EXIT Theatre and Picnic on the Battlefield by Fernando Arrabal directed by Rafel Klopotowski all shows 7:00pm at EXIT & EXIT Stage Left. Pay what you can. AND...
ABSURD NIGHT LIVE! A bent prism is lodged in the brain of performer/poet mikl-em. Through this twisted glass is poured, not lightly, the Absurdist IMPULSE in its most potent and unstable form & the conventions of varied American sketch comedy television shows. The result is projected onto the EXIT cafe's stage for all to see and monikered "Absurd Night Live"! FRI & SAT (2/22-23 & 3/1-2), 2002 10pm EXIT Café , 156 Eddy St. $10 Reservations: 415.673.3847
SMOKER. A play by Michael Mace. SMOKER (smok' er) noun 1. slang - An unsanctioned boxing match wherein contestants vie for a small cash prize, a newborn child or the love of a woman. 2. drama/comedy - A new play by Michael Mace presented in 15 rounds with a gun-wielding, blind referee who keeps the combatants punching mostly above the belt. 3. An exploration of what it means to be a father and a modern man. REVIEWS. Pass The Hat Productions. EXIT Theatre - 8PM FRI/SAT, JAN 18 - FEB 16, 2002. $12-$18 sliding scale. TO ORDER TICKETS ONLINE CLICK HERE. Info: 415.885.6460 or, www.pass-the-hat.com
 
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO by Christopher Durang. (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All to You, The Actor's Nightmare). This seriously funny ironic comedy takes a scathing and sweet look at the institutions of marriage and family. Durang's most autobiographical work, THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO is a hilarious venture into growing up with nuttiness, Catholicism, and a lingering sense of hope. Density Over Duration Productions is happy to remount this show after our wildly successful run at Build in the fall. Directed by Raymond Rea, With Jeremy Sawyer, Heather O'Brien, Eric Johnson, Gretchen Howe, Kara Herold, Glenda Solis, Biraj Lala, Darcy Smith, Bob Zick, Brant Blower. 1/25-2/16, 2002, Exit on Taylor. Tickets $15/general, $12 Students/Seniors/TBA members. Reservations: 415-648-3091.
THE REVENGE OF THE WOMAN DRESSED LARGELY IN BLACK by Blake Heathcote. His father was just defending the animal pornographer. Regardless, doltish Walter Harcourt is expelled from Theological University. He then finds himself in Northern England as a tutor in a wealthy household complete with homely, high-strung spinster, a beautiful, yet simple-minded heiress, her overly-virile and conniving fiance, a prickly and crotchety matriarch, a gnarled stable hand, and a woman dressed largely in black. Four actors will masterfully guide you through the mystery, betrayal, attempted murder and out-right ridiculousness of this neo-post Victorian comedic quick change thriller. Directed by Erin Merritt with J. Tiffany Holland, Beth Kellermann, Lee Kizonas, Andrew Nance. Tickets: $18, students and TBA members $15. Reservations (415-595-7716) EXIT Stage Left - 8pm FRI/SAT, JAN 18 - FEB 16, 2002.
 
 
CHAMPION! THE ONE-WOMAN COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY THESSALY LERNER... Directed by Peter Nachtrieb. PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4...MAYBE EVEN 5!!!! SEE The Cheerleading/Musical Theater Show of SHows in it's final WORKSHOP stages.... Meet the Chelsea Clinton High School Cheerleading Squad, Dawn DiPrima, the adorable Child Star and everyone's favorite Annie-the-musical-officianado, Mindy McGillicuddy! ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! EXIT Cafe 8:30 PM FRI FEB 8, 2002 $5.00...the price of a sandwich.
 
JUMP by Nena St. Louis. JUMP is Nena St. Louis' solo work about hearing voices which are neither friendly nor imaginary. An autobiographical work dealing with mental illness which began with five years of childhood depression, when Nena was eight and she began hearing a voice in the back of her head which took up permanent residence. JUMP is an opportunity for Nena to entertain the general public and repay all of those whose lives were ruined by bad psychotropic drugs while the good ones were being invented. There's no mythologizing of mental illness in JUMP -- the mythology which has hurt the mentally ill more than their illnesses have. Tickets $10. Visit www.nenastlouis.com and call (415) 864-4669. EXIT Cafe - 8:30PM FRI/SAT, JAN 18 - FEB 2, 2002.
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