‘Tis the Awesome Theatre season for self-deprecating content and a tongue-in-cheek themed party in the name of keeping the stage lights on!
We’ve often considered ourselves the “Garage Band of Non Profits”. In 2027 we are fully embracing the scrappy.
Join us for NOT GALA 2026: The Garage Band Hosted by Tirumari Jothi and Ben Visini Eclectic Box: 446 Valencia SF, doors at 7pm Craft services by someone’s Mom Drinks from our brother home from college With: Local artists we owe a favor Not So Silent Auction Merch table & cheap shwag After party upstairs if Dad is gone Tickets are sliding scale or free with $50+ donation to the upcoming fundraiser for 2027.
Some team meetings feel hellish, but for the cast of The Crypt, a year-round horror attraction, the Devil might literally be in the details. Will the ensemble survive this fear fueled Private Equity buyout? Or will they be stuck in this merger of their immortal souls forever?
Come enjoy pizza while we plea for cash because theatre magic isn’t free!
Theatre’s least classy soiree is back!
When?: Thursday November 13th Where?: 7pm @ Eclectic Box
Who?: Mike McGee with Ben Visini on keys
Featuring:
Tirumari Jothi Sindie Chopper on Potions & Elixers No Fucks Given Elf Contests 2026 Calendar of Events Inappropriate Corporate Photo Booth Not-So-Silent Auction Naughty Limerick Battle Sliding Scale Bar, Pizza, Surprise guests & more!
Join us for a slice of Pizza in lieu of the pay raise you deserve!
It’s CELEBRATION TIME! (Not-or-profits throw parties that cost extra $ to hopefully make more $$$. We do ours a lil differently. Come see!
WeirdStock winner will be announced as part of our 2026 line-up and dip their toe into everyone’s favorite part of being a celebrated playwright: FUNDRAISING! Yay!!!!
The winning pitches will be featured on screen.
This night is also a celebration of everything we worked on in 2025, so bring your friends, pop a Lactaid, and come support the arts, damn it.
*After Party for WeirdStock writers, productions teams, and full VIP pass holders at Kiitos. Weirdstock festival pass holders do NOT need to buy separate tickets. Not Gala is included.
THE FUTURE THAT LIBERALS WANT or; Resume-Building Post-Apocalypse
A new work by Tirumari Jothi
Directed by Nikki Meñez
A celebration of what it means to be a fuck up in a over-optimized world.
Everyone wants Adamu’s perfect sperm, and he’s going to give it to them. Or so he thinks. Unfortunately, it isn’t Adamu’s baby batter that’s frozen, it’s him! Adamu wakes up hundreds of years in the future to a world run by supposably benevolent AI Robots. Adamu’s presence could ruin a future humanity on track to being its best self, or he might just save it from the horrors of perfection.
The Live Horror-Theatre Double Feature Experience Returns. One. Last. Time.
Ever wanted to yell at the scream queen to “run!” live in real time, or laugh at a campy line in good company instead of on your couch? WE GOT YOU!
AWESOME THEATRE PRESENTS:
“TERROR-RAMA 5: THE LAST FINAL CHAPTER!”
Directed by Colin Johnson
TERROR-RAMA 5: THE LAST FINAL CHAPTER! features world premiere one-act plays by J. Elliott Mendez and Anthony R. Miller.
Horror-Host Sindie Chopper returns to rewrite your revenge fantasies in blood and make you question all your life and death decisions with laughs and scares abound.
ACT 1: POR LA NOCHE (BY NIGHT) by J. Elliott Mendez
A young woman named Carolina gets herself caught by a shady Border Patrol Officer. Through her interrogation and the flashbacks that accompany them, we learn that she had made an infernal pact with an ancient evil to exact vengeance upon the system that took her family away from her.
ACT 2: KAREN VS. HELL by Anthony R. Miller
Kara, actually named Karen, stumbles upon her own dead body in the kitchen. The sardonic clerk who accompanies the body, Trevor, informs her that she is dead and, although her ticket to Hell is punched, there have been some mix-ups with her file. We follow Kara as she navigates the afterlife with her expository companion, interviewing to be a torturer, ruminating on the nature of existence and ultimately insisting on seeing the manager.
A benefit for Awesome Theatre Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez Sick Beats by DJ Jason Bayani
Saturday, August 24, 3 PM The Gallery at Fort Mason 2 Marina Blvd. SF
$35 (Includes food, drinks, and a show)
“Let’s go, beaches.”
The least fancy fundraising event returns with Not-Gala 3: Summer Fundin’. Come party and help us raise money for TERROR-RAMA V: The Last Final Chapter. As always, there will be great food, intoxicating beverages, a chance to win super cool prizes at the not-so-silent auction, and an incredible lineup of live entertainment. But this time, we’re throwing a sun-soaked day party! Join us at the Gallery at Fort Mason with gorgeous views and an outdoor patio (perfect for cornhole) for a good time, good food, and a great cause.
Featuring Stand Up-comedy by Shanti Charan, Music by Ben Visini, Poetry by Wonder Dave, and more TBA!
Written by Colin H. Johnson, Marc Abrigo, Tirumari Jothi, Melissa Morrell, Rebecca Pierce and Edna Mira Raia
April 12, 13. 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, & 27 7PM
Eclectic Box 446 Valencia, SF
$25 Online Advance, $30 GA at-the-door
“Take that, secondary education!”
Awesome Theatre, in Association with Eclectic Box proudly presents, AWESOME HIGH, a sketch comedy play and a loving tribute to the coming-of-age teenage content which has saturated the culture since time immemorial. We will leave no stereotype unturned as we pastiche the unique and colorful world of the dated and outrageous high school drama.
Awesome High is a laugh-out-loud throwback to those teenage years we’d all love to forget, but at the same time can’t get enough of. No cliché is off limits, we hold every typical high school trope in high esteem by kicking a trench into those coming-of-age stories we all know and love. A who’s-who of Bay Area talent set out to generate a sketch comedy play set within a shared world, complete with characters, jokes, and story arcs. The show will veer seamlessly between live and pre-recorded content, careening us through the last day of school punctuated by the biggest night of the year, Promcoming.
“The kids are not alright.”
Featuring: Eriette Atanante, Andrew Chung, Lauren DePass, Laura Domingo, Missa Perron and Casey Spiegel
Production Staff: Erica Andracchio, Natalie Ashodian, Colin H. Johnson, Kenna M. Lindsay, Margaret Linn, Nikki Meñez, Anthony R. Miller, Kelli Westad, and Stephanie Whigham
Clarissa and Tilly can’t help that they’re bloodthirsty sluts that turn into lizards. At least they have the city coven for sisterly support when the dating scene is rough, even though they’re running out of eligible roommates. But when a newbie joins the apartment and Tilly gets overly attached to her dinner, the head coven leader starts breathing down the two women’s necks… er, dewlaps. On top of that, Clarissa might want to be more than just gal pals with Tilly. Can Clarissa and Tilly make it in a lizard-eat-lizard world?
Featuring: Sidney McNulty, Crystal Liu, Emanuel Morales, Dom Refuerzo, Maeron Yeshiwas, and Samuel Barksdale
Production Team: Erica Andracchio, Chloe Barrs, Nic Candito, Melissa Claire, Colin Johnson, Nikki Meñez, Jacqualynn Metcalf, Matt Owens, Puja Tolton, Eteya Trinidad, Olivia Vazquez and Kelli Westad.
