How We First Met" playing at The Purple Onion
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in North Beach / Telegraph Hill 140 Columbus Ave
415-845-4314
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Maybe I'm biased, being as how I am the house manager for this production, but this is really one of the best productions in the bay area! Creator and host, Jill Bourque and her band of incredibly talented improv players are definately destined to ascend the heights of fame and fortune, so go see it now while you can still get a seat! The show is an audience participation piece where audience members fill out forms when they are seated so that they can participate if they want. 3 couples are selected, one is picked by audience response and that couple moves to the "love seat" on stage. Then the real fun begins. As Bourque interviews the couple about their life together, four improv players act out the highlites, and in some cases, lowlites of the story. The thing that sets this production apart from the rest is that there are many, many opportunities for a lesser troupe to make it sleazy, or for Bourque to embarrass or belittle the chosen couple, or the audience as a whole, but they don't, because they have the talent to pull it off without everyother word being four letters, or every act to be uncomfortably sexual. Everything is done with the upmost taste, and there have been times when the show has been so funny I thought I would collapse from laughing. Other times it's been so moving I've had to duck backstage so the audience wouldn't see the tears in my eyes. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a show for grade schoolers, and monks probably wouldn't be to amused either, but it is heartfelt, funny and is just risque enough to make it interesting. Another bonus point is that it is not gender or lifestyle specific, so one and all are welcomed warmly. I'm telling you, grab your significant other, or the person you're casually schupping, or even your mom and dad and get to the "How We First Met". - Theresa Parson-Ts... , posted 07/14/06 |
