Awesome Theatre’s 2020 THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

Awesome Theatre presents their THIRD YEAR of new plays, written by local artists, that are guaranteed to supply you with laughs, bloodcurdling screams, and WTF moments. 


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Written by
Tonya Narvaez

Directed by Claire Rice

Thursday Nights at 9 PM
Feb 6 – March 26

Beckah and BryBry are two self-obsessed internet celebrities who take on crazy challenges for their YouTube channel. But when they have to survive one night in a deserted cabin, the game gets very real, deadly real, or real deadly, either way.


Written by
Bridgette Dutta Portman

Directed by
Nikki Meñez

Thursday Nights at 9 PM
June 4 – July 24

Joanne had high hopes after graduating, now she has student loan debt, an unpaid internship and a fast-food job at McCarby’s. Out of desperation, Joanne, her sister Char and their co-worker Pete hatch a plot inspired by “The McDonalds Coffee Lady” story. Problem is, the story they know is wrong.


Hosted by
Wonder Dave

April 15 and September 16, 8 PM 

Six writing teams have fifteen minutes each to pitch and perform their new Musical to a celebrity panel of judges, the winners receive a workshop and one gets a full production. 

Your Celebrity Judges are, Nikki Menez, David Moschler, and Leslie Waggoner


Hosted by Sindie Chopper / Directed by Colin Johnson

October 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, and 31 8 PM  

The Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy St. SF

The Horror-Theatre Double feature returns for Halloween and aims for the death stars with two new horror plays taking place in the vast reaches of outer space!

Featuring 

Written by
Alandra Hileman

When six spacecraft workers are quarantined in a server room with no way to communicate with the outside world, mistrust, and paranoia quickly breed carnage.

Written by
Jess Thomas

After most of the crew is killed in an alien drug-related incident, the USS Steve Gutenberg, the worst ship in the fleet, will face their greatest threat, two perfectly nice aliens. 


Artist in Residence Showcase

2020 Artist in Residence:
Puja Tolton

Every year, Awesome Theatre invites one local artist to spend the year developing a new show totally conceived and created by them.  This culminates in a workshop production facilitated by Awesome Theatre.  

November, TBA


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