Quack Job

Comments (0) By Matt Saincome Wednesday, Jul 4 2012

Location Info

Map

The Jewish Theatre

470 Florida
San Francisco, CA 94110

Category: Theaters

Region: Mission/ Bernal Heights

0 user reviews	Write A Review
Save to foursquare

More About

Remember the time you and your friends sat down to watch the critically acclaimed movie Black Swan and you couldn't help but notice the shocking lack of blood-thirsty ducks? Yeah, we do too. But never fear, because the world's first ballet-horror-comedy, Duck Lake, is here. The play centers on eccentric theater visionary Barry Canteloupe, who has won Best Up and Coming Director 10 years in a row, but is confident that his newest idea Swan Lake: The Musical will be his breakthrough piece. First he needs to workshop the play with his theater company on a creative retreat at Duck Lake. In the beginning, it seems like the overzealous director, prima donna lead actor, and constant interruptions from a gang of jet skiers are going to be the theater company's downfall. Little do they know, there is a darkness all around them, floating on the lake ever so innocently, eating bread crumbs, and quacking away with an inner rage reminiscent of the killer rabbit in Monty Python's The Holy Grail. The play, a brainchild of PianoFight's resident sketch comedy group, Mission CTRL, features 3D shadow puppets, choreography by Brian Gibbs of TAGsf, and of course -- lots of killer ducks. We can only hope this kind of fowl play becomes a trend in the ballet world.
Fridays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. Starts: July 6. Continues through July 28, 2012