A Double Bill of Comedic Plays at the Shelton Theater
The Shelton Theater (533 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Sperm Warfare with Pomp and Circumstance have expired.
The last date listed for Sperm Warfare with Pomp and Circumstance was Sunday July 30, 2006 / 7:00pm.
Currently at The Shelton Theater:
Beyond Therapy: Christopher Durang's Farcical Comedy
- Full Price:
- $30.00
- Our Price:
- $15.00
The Jean Shelton Foundation presents Beyond Therapy, by Christopher Durang, a playwright famed for his outrageous and absurd comedy. Beyond Therapy centers around Prudence and Bruce, Manhattanites in therapy to turn around their poor track record with romance. Their therapists encourage them to place personal ads, leading to a disastrously funny first date between the two. As the two would-be romantics stumble toward a relationship with each other, it becomes increasingly clear that the therapists are more troubled than their patients. Beyond Therapy is Durang's most frequently produced play. Learn More
More Information About Sperm Warfare with Pomp and Circumstance
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Quotes & Highlights
- "Eloquently expressed...Slick dialogue...So beguiling ..."--SF Weekly
- "...Real emotional honesty...Nearly too well executed..."--SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle
- The playwright "is a scissor sharp observer of the human condition."--Marin Indendpendent Journal
- Sperm Warfare was 2005 Winner of "Best of the SF Fringe Festival, Critic's Award"
Description
Set in a law firm and a courtroom, Pomp and Circumstance is about the personal trial of a talented yet suppressed young attorney coming to terms with his father, a famous and reluctantly retiring criminal defense lawyer, as they handle their first, and last, court trials. It explores the boundaries between sex and love, religious law and civil law, acting and reality, and parents and their children.
Set in the sample room of an in-vitro fertility clinic, Sperm Warfare takes a hard look at how the biological clock impacts male-female relationships in sometimes role-reversing ways. As a 39-year-old determined wife rubs her frustrated husband the wrong way and a sensuous young nurse makes matters worse, the husband and wife are forced to define themselves anew.