The Weight Game: Sarah Abbey's One-Woman Show from Off-Market Theaters
Off-Market Theater (965 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for The Weight Game have expired.
The last date listed for The Weight Game was Thursday April 29, 2010 / 8:00pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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Mark on Where to Eat
Junk food available-odd choice considering the show
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EccentricQE1 on Other
Finally, a little theater with comfortable seats 4stars to them
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EccentricQE1 on Where to Park
Parking not bad but try to stay close for the walk back to the car
2 Goldstar Member Reviews
EccentricQE1
I even spoke to some men who could relate. I spent the best part of an hour laughing at myself for the things I could relate to, as did my companion and most others. My only complaint is that the show felt short. I get that a solo performance is hard to do fo over 50 minutes, but I wish there hard been 15 minutes more for her to tell more of the story.Written on May 04 2010
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Mark
This seemed to be a personal presentation of one struggle with an eating disorder. It is done with humor to cover up the horrors of the reality of such an afflictions. The humor undermined the empact of the issue, but this is Ms. Abbey's show. She opts for humor.Written on May 01 2010
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More Information About The Weight Game
Website
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Description
The Off-Market Theater is excited to stage The Weight Game, a
one-woman show written and performed by Sarah Abbey.
Told through a series of vignettes, The Weight Game examines society’s obsessions with weight, self-esteem, and the conundrum that is peanut butter.
The audience meets Jessica, a teenage girl coming to grips with the dieting scene; Sylvia, a 50-something woman who attends Weight Watchers as a way to escape her skinny, bombastic husband; and stay-at-home mom Margaret, struggling with her strengths and weaknesses as a woman and mother. Unflinching yet sympathetic, Ms. Abbey imbues her characters with arch humor. Woven throughout the scenes are the author’s take on sorority life, reflections on the impact her third-grade students’ fondness for cupcakes has on an otherwise routine morning, and overheard conversational gems.
Sarah started developing the piece four years ago, and polished it through workshops at San Francisco’s Marsh Theatre and Joya Cory. “As a trained actor, this has been a horrifying and exhilarating experience. I’m putting it all out there, from the dialogue to the actual performance,” said Ms. Abbey. “If it tanks, I’m responsible. If it’s a success, I’m responsible. I’ll either slink out the back door to my car, or I’ll go out the front for flowers.”