FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas, a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Holiday Play
Off-Market Theater (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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- $20.00 - $30.00
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- FREE - $15.00*
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The last date listed for FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas was Thursday December 30, 2010 / 8:00pm.
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Goldstar Member Tips
A short walk from BART; shorter from 5th & Mission garageinfo • Feb 23 2013 star this tip starred
Wear layers -- the theater is warm -- and gets warmer.info • Feb 23 2013 star this tip starred
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Reviews & Ratings
Featured review from Darva
view more less of this reviewWe loved it . . . We all thought it was laugh-out-loud funny at times, and want to go back to see other story lines. The curiosity about what would've happened had the voting gone a different direction is a great hook. Be aware there is some drug references ("special cookies"), but I took three teenagers and it was a good talking point for us the next day.
The dialogue was clever, the characters were believable, the singing was so horrid it was wonderful, and the actors were versatile and skillful. I enjoyed the piano accompaniment throughout the show; it added to the storyline, in my opinion. The pianist did an excellent job of following the action and matching the timing, and I felt the music enhanced the storytelling.
If you haven't been to this venue you may be surprised by the small stage and intimate seating. The upside is there is not a bad seat in the house - and intimacy suits this type of show.
The best advice I can give is dress in layers -- the theater tends to be uncomfortably warm upon arrival, and it only gets worse as the stage lights heat up the space.
This is welcome holiday fare -- not sugary sweet, not the typical Christmas story, but still with some Spirit of Christmas mixed in. We left the theater in high spirits, looking forward to coming back. Go!
star this review starred report as inappropriateEXCELLENT SHOW! AT FIRST, I WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY THE SMALL SET/STAGE IN AN UNMARKED OFFICE BUILDING AND THE OLD, NASTY RESTROOM. BUT AS SOON AS THE PLAY BEGAN, GREAT TALENT APPEARED! THE PLAY EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS! IT WAS ENTERTAINING, FUNNY, AND I LOVED THE UNIQUENESS OF THE "FORKING." I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS SHOW TO EVERYONE I KNOW! THE ONLY BAD THING I COULD SAY IS THAT THE SECOND HALF DRAGGED ON. ALSO, THE COOKIE SHOP GIRL'S ACTING WAS OVERLY DRAMATIC AND FAKE.
star this review starred report as inappropriateAnother great production from Piano Fight.
Lots of fun, lots of humor, excellent acting, excellent storyline.
The audience participation by voting on the plot twists was fun, as those moments came at very opportune times (although, most of the time the direction that the audience would choose was fairly obvious).
If you want to have a good time with a lot of laughs, don't miss this one.
star this review starred report as inappropriateVery funny! A great Christmas play.
More Information About FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas
Website
http://pianofight.com/a-merry-forking-christmas/
Quotes & Highlights
- Composer Arlen Hart joins the ensemble to perform his original score live on piano. A FORKING Album will be available on iTunes December 14.
- The show was featured as a "Don't Miss" pick by the San Francisco Chronicle.
- "A series of scenes you’d be hard-pressed to find a better word for than 'poignant'... but you’d probably add 'hilarious' and 'endearing.'" --SF Examiner
- "A runaway Christmas classic" --SF Bay Guardian
- "Smashingly popular" --SF Weekly
Description
Two years ago, San Francisco playwright Daniel Heath and local production company PianoFight caused a sensation when they came up with the novel idea of a fully scripted play in which the audience votes on how the plot will proceed. The result was FORKING!, which opened to rave reviews and played to sold out shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Heath and PianoFight are at it again, this time pitting audiences against the holidays in FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas, a choose-your-own-adventure play making its premiere at the Off-Market Theaters.
Christmas Eve is the most magical night of the year, unless of course you happen to be working at the mall. FORKING II: A Merry FORKING! Christmas chronicles the final hours of the Christmas shopping frenzy through the eyes of a pot-dealing Santa and his cookie-stand partner in crime, a mall security guard on his last legs, a bride-to-be deserted by her would-be fiancé, and a bored mortician who’s got nothing to do while those near death hang on until Christmas Day before they get back to the business of dying. The fates of these five characters and whether Christmas can be saved for each is left up to the audience who will vote at crucial forks in the plot to determine the final outcome.
About the Ticket Supplier: PianoFight Productions
PianoFight was voted the Best Theater Company in San Francisco in SF Weekly's 2009 Readers' Poll, and the Best Up-And-Coming Theater Company in the City by SF Weekly in 2011.