Dodo for President, Quirky Road Trip Comedy About Friendship by Emmy-Nominated Playwright
Custom Stage @ Off-Market, Ste. 205 (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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The last date listed for Dodo for President was Saturday December 8, 2007 / 8:00pm.
10 Goldstar Member Reviews
Gwenn
I did like it, my husband did not.Written on Dec 03 2007
I thought it was very clever and the actors were good.
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M
It was a nice little private theater and the show was funnier than I expected. With catchy songs and a outragious cast, I really enjoyed my night at this event. It's a cozy atmosphere and it's like the play is being performed solely for your own enjoyment.Written on Nov 09 2007
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Gina K.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME/MONEY AT THIS SHOW!Written on Nov 27 2007
It was awful and I wish someone would have warned me. We paid a total of $66 for 4 tickets, plus service fee = $16.50 pp, which would have been completely fine if the play was even the least bit interesting. What a waste of time and money! The De Young Museum costs $10 pp, that was MUCH more worth the cost.
The dialog could not hold anyone's interest. When we arrived to the show, there were only 9 people there, and during the intermission, we wanted to leave, but felt guilty. But before you know it, 4 people exited. We should have been those 4 people, but instead, guilt made us stay. It was horrible.
The story was so pathetic and the actors, even worse. The location of the venue (Mission between 5th and 6th) is complete unsafe. I wish I could have the 2 hours of my life back. I felt worse knowing that we brought guests with us, and they too shared the same feelings.
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Elizabeth
Unfortunately this was absolutely awful - from beginning to end - no one was there until about 7:45 (they were scheduled to be there 45 minutes before show).Written on Nov 27 2007
The play itself was amateurish and the acting was over-the-top!!!! Most of the characters just "screamed" their lines. My kids' high school plays (albeit better than ordinary high school plays) are far superior to this.
Big disappointment and I bought 3 tix and only 2 of us went.
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More Information About Dodo for President
Description
Like a modern-day Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Dodo for President is funny, touching and relevant. More importantly, it will inject some much-needed humanity into our political season!
Candy and Dodo were best friends at summer camp; 40 years later, Candy is a lesbian lunch lady and Dodo is running for President, although no one knows that Dorothy Adamson used to be nicknamed for such a strange bird. Along with a van full of quirky, lovable characters, Candy begins a quest to find Dodo, return a certain peach sweater and remind the future Ms. President that we are all connected in the strangest of ways.
This is the West Coast premiere.
By Mark Eisman
Directed by Leah S. Abrams
With Alex Alexander, Perry Aliado, Megan Briggs, AJ Davenport, Mary McGloin and Richard Wenzel
Mark Eisman (playwright) returns to the Custom Made Theatre Company where his Shove was produced in 2006. Shove is the recipient of the LA Weekly's Best Playwright Award and New York's Abingdon Theatre's annual award for playwriting excellence. Mark has had three plays presented at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. His work has been seen at regional theatres including the Magic in San Francisco and The Denver Center Theatre Company. For TV, he has written for Jeopardy! and children's series including Reading Rainbow and The Great Space Coaster. He is the recipient of two Emmy Award nominations, The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild/Julie Harris Playwriting Award and The Charles MacArthur Fellowship for comic writing.
About the Ticket Supplier: Custom Made Theatre Co.
The Custom Made Theatre Co. is an award-winning San Francisco-based not-for-profit theatre dedicated to ensemble-based, socially relevant productions. Custom Made is the managing company of the Gough Street Playhouse, where they present a five play season, along with numerous readings, workshops and classes. In 2010, Custom Made received seven Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle nominations, including Best Production for A Delicate Balance and Best Musical for Cotton Patch Gospel. Most recently, Custom Made produced the Bay Area Premiere of Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter and the sold-out hit rethinking of The Diary of Anne Frank.