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The Dark Room is your one-stop shop for comedy, theater, sf events, sf entertainment, and rehearsal space - as well as recording studio facilities, both pre- and post-production.
RENT The Dark Room! Here's How.
2263 Mission Street, between 18th and 19th
San Francisco, CA 94110
Call 415-401-7987 for info.
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COMING
UP ON OUR CALENDAR:
Every Sunday
May 26, 2013:
May 2013's theme:
James Bond in Skyfail.
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Fridays and Saturdays
June 7 - July 27
Live on stage!
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Fridays and Saturdays
May 3 - 25
Live on stage!
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Every Wednesday
Alternative comedy!
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Friday
May 24
Astonishing answers to your queries!
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Saturday
June 1
Comedy, music, burlesque,
and sword swallowing!
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Friday
June 7
Topcial comedy!
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Submitted for your approval.
Time: The present.
Place: A small dark stage, deep in the heart of the Mission.
It is a stage as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.
It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears, the summit of his knowledge and the black box we call...The Dark Room Theater.
Once again the return of spring and its promise of renewal becomes but a summer sign post up ahead, next stop?
This year we assemble 16 directors, 8 Rod Serlings and various “commercials” for 8 weekends of ironic thrillers
from the Twilight Zone pantheon performed live on our diminutive stage!!
"Applauded wildly," writes SF Chronicle, "Played for sheer fun!"
As always, the show resets every week, so you can come all eight weekends and see a different pair of episodes and a new Rod Serling.
Twilight Zone Live: Season X features the directorial talents of Front Row, Ham Pants, Craig Souza, Peter Illes,
Sylvan Productions, Dean Mermell, Patrick Simms, Melinda Bailey, David J. Moore, Dan Wilson, Tim Kay, David
Robson, Mike Spiegelman, Alexia Staniotes, Ralph Hoy and Thomas Apley. The show will also feature Dan Foley,
Dene Larsen, Adam Curry, Sherilyn Connelly, Diane Nathaniel, Thomas Apley, Rajeev Dhar and James Galileo
playing Rod Serling.
Tickets: $20 at the door,
or online at tz10.eventbrite.com/.
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm
June 7 - July 27, 2013
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Dirty Dancing: Live!
It was the summer of 1963, before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, and, when, oddly enough, soundtracks were composed in the 1980s. Innocent 17-year-old Baby vacations with her parents at a Catskills resort. One evening, she carries a watermelon to the staff quarters, where she meets Johnny, the bad-boy hotel dance instructor, who is as experienced (slutty) as Baby is naïve (underage). Baby soon becomes Johnny's pupil in dance (sex) and love (more sex). Will Johnny's kinda dancin' win over the respect of Baby's father? Will Baby be able to cover Penny's dancing when she goes to see her real M.D.? Will Lisa ever find her beige iridescent lipstick? Come see DIRTY DANCING: LIVE! at The Dark Room Theater in May to find out.
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The Church of the Subgenius and Dark Room Productions are happy to present the Ask Dr. Hal Show, live on stage once again! Admission FREE! Yes FREE!!!!
Amazing! Astonishing! Astounding! You will pay to know what you really think!
Prophetic and Oracular answers given.
Featuring the weird powers of Dr. Howlin' Owl, and featuring your host for the night, Radio Valencia's own John Hell. Also on hand are soundsmith KROB, IT Visuals by Sherilyn Connelly, science liaison Pete Goldie, sardonic poet Rusty Rebar, and bard of distinction Whitman McGowan. Also included are animated cartoons, horrifying monster movie footage, mystery guests, bardic recitations, surprises, low-rent miracles and of course LAFFS!
Doors open at 9:45 and show starts at 10 PM.
Tickets: Free!
Friday, May 24, 2013
10:00pm
Trainwreck Cabaret captures the charm of off-color entertainment from the 1950s, with the sarcastic modern twist that could only come out of San Francisco. You'll enjoy comedy, music, burlesque, and sword swallowing! For your entertainment, we've captured the best local talent from many different genres and put them together for a show you'll never forget.
Hand to Mouth is a monthly, topic-based comedy show where each edition explores a specific social, cultural or political issue. One show, one topic. Comics Trevor Hill and James Fluty assemble the brightest comedians in San Francisco and beyond to find the funny in such topics as commercialism, technology, gender and conspiracy theories. Performers include up-and-comers alongside veteran comics who have appeared on NBC, MTV, E! and Comedy Central.
June's Topic: The Internet!
On June 7th, comedians Joe Klocek (Comedy Central), Caitlin Gill (The Business), Natasha Muse (Cobb's), Jabari Davis (Caroline's), Red Scott (SF Sketchfest) and Matt Lieb (Mission Position) will join James and Trevor in providing the LOLs, LMAOs, ROFLs and PCP. Actually, maybe not the last one.
The Business
Best Alternative Comedy show in San Francisco. Featuring comedians from Comedy Central, SXSW, and the Comedians of Comedy tour! For more info, visit thebusinesscomedy.blogspot.com.
Tickets: $5 at the door.
Every
Wednesday 8PM $5
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Sunday,
May 26, 2013
8PM, $6.99
(the world is not enough)
I'll admit, I was pretty excited when Pierce Brosnan became the new James Bond. My girlfriend at the time was a huge Pierce Brosnan fan—and, judging from the Remington Steele DVD I saw at her apartment the last time we hung out, she evidently still is—and a bit of it rubbed off on me.
He was pretty funny on Steele, we watched all of his movies together, and he was the best thing about The Lawnmower Man. Or, more accurately, his five-day beard was the best thing about that movie, the best onscreen scruff until Karl Urban as McCoy in the 2009 Star Trek (with Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days coming in third).
See? Hot. Not quite Deborah Gibson in Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus-level hotness, but few things are.
Anyway, though they'd never been masterpieces of subtlety, the Bond movies by this point were falling prey to the unfortunate late-nineties tendency to just make shit bigger and bigger and bigger. And there's no denyng that this movie, Brosnan's third, is a big piece of CGI-enhanced shit, and no amount of scruffiness will change that.
Your hosts Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spiegelman, and Alexia Staniotes
know this movie is more than enough.
Upcoming Phlegms:
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June 2, 2013
House (1977)
In you've ever felt that Japanese horror movies just aren't weird enough, you're in luck.
Four-walled wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, John Hell, and other hausus.
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June 9, 2013
The Haunting (1999)
A very good movie was made from Shirley Jackson's story The Haunting of Hill House. This is not that movie.
Jacksonian pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Jason Wiener, Tristan Buckner, and other de Bonts.
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June 16, 2013, 6pm Special Event (in a box!):
Rhiannon and Sherilyn's
Poltergeist Double Feature
Birthday Sleepover!
To celebrate Rhiannon and Sherilyn's birthday(s), we're going to riff on the sequels to Poltergeist. Fair warning: they're really bad.
By the way, Sherilyn was born on June 16, 1973, so come help her celebrate the lifetime's worth of questionable choices that have resulted in her watching the fucking Poltergeist sequels on her 40th birthday!
Bring your jammies and blankets and get cozy.
Necking with the birthday girls encouraged.
Ectoplasmic wackiness will ensue. SHOW BEGINS AT 6PM, BITCHES.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Rhiannon Charisse and...
| 6pm: Poltergeist II: The Other Side - | Mikl-Em |
| 8pm: Poltergeist III - | Mike Spiegelman |
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June 23, 2013
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
No, House on Haunted Hill is not related to The Haunting of Hill House. Why would you even think that?
Mountainous pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spiegelman, Tim Kay, and other spooks.
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June 30, 2013
Amityville II: The Possession
The even more-true prequel to the "true story" that was made up in the first place.
Possessive wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Dan Foley, and other Montellis.
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July 7, 2013
The Blair Witch Project
The one that started it all. ("It all" being throwing up in the movie theater, that is.)
Handheld wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Ira Emsig, and other virals.
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July 14, 2013
Paranormal Activity 4
Answering all the unanswered questions from the first three, except for why there were already three.
Webcammed pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Tristan Buckner, Alexia Staniotes, and other camgirls.
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July 21, 2013
Apollo 18
The filmmakers call the monsters on the moon "moonsters," which tells you everything you need to know. .
Houston, we have wackiness ensuing.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Tim Kay, and other cosmonauts.
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July 28, 2013
Quarantine
People in a building go nuts as a virus attacks, and someone keeps filming it on their camcorder, as you will. Also, was trounced at the box office by behind Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Pandemical pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spiegelman, Maura Sipila, and other detainees.
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August 4, 2013
The Raid: Redemption
A cop who knows martial arts fucks a lot of people's shit up.
Unredeemed wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Rose Lacy, and other raiders.
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August 11, 2013
Hobo With a Shotgun
A homeless guy with big gun fucks a lot of people's shit up.
Homeless pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Dan Foley, and other tramps.
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August 18, 2013
Punisher: War Zone
A vigilante with a lot of guns fucks a lot of people's shit up.
Collateral wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Spiegelman, Tristan Buckner, and other zoners.
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August 25, 2013
Ninja Assassin
A ninja who knows martial arts (duh!) fucks a lot of people's shit up.
Stealth pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mikl-Em, John Hell, and other Shinobi.
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September 1, 2013
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
Because OMG Bella and Edward!!!
Sparkly wackiness will finally cease to ensue.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Alexia Staniotes, and other Renesmees .
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September 8, 2013
The Hunger Games
Teenagers battle each other royally in a futuristic dystopia. Also, they are hungry.
Gamey pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Sherilyn Connelly, Tristan Buckner, and other mockingjays.
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September 15, 2013
The Host (2013)
In Stephenie Meyer's first post-Twilight novel, a girl is possessed by an alien which does not result in sparkly skin, so what's even the point?
More mormon wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Spiegelman, Ira Emsig, and other wanderers.
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September 22, 2013
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
They're not "witches," they're "casters," you racist.
Gothic pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mikl-Em, Tim Kay, and other aesthically pleasing beings.
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September 29, 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Short people with hairy feet start walking somewhere again.
HFR wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spiegelman, Maura Sipila, and other Bombadils.
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October 6, 2013
The Exorcist
The movie that made people realize that pea soup is actually kinda gross-looking.
Tubular wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spigelman, John Hell, and other Blattys.
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October 13, 2013
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The movie that made people realize that Richard Burton is actually drunk most of the time.
Apostatic pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Ira Emsig, and other Pazuzus.
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October 20, 2013
The Exorcist III
The movie that didn't make people realize anything, since they didn't see it.
Wackiness (which is legion) ensues.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mike Spiegelman, Alexia Staniotes, and other Dourifs.
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October 27, 2013
Exorcist: The Beginning
The movie that shouldn't have been made in the first place (and this is the second try at the third sequel.)
Pandemonium with no end reigns.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Dan Foley, and other Harlineqins.
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November 3, 2013
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
No, it didn't make much sense at the time, either.
Unreadable wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Tim Kay, and other Berlingers.
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November 10, 2013
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Because if "Die Hard on a bus" worked for the first movie, then why not "Die Hard on a bus boat" for the second movie? Why not, indeed.
Keanu-free pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Ziad Ezzat, Rose Lacy, and other Bullocks.
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November 17, 2013
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
The second sequel to the first Texas Chainsaw, and the first movie to make the second sequel look good.
Overtanned wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mike Spiegelman, Maura Sipila, and other Viggos.
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November 24, 2013
Highlander 2: The Quickening
If any movie should have killed the possibility of furture sequels, it's this one. It should have gone back in time and killed the original, in fact.
Slow pandemonium reigns.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Mikl-Em, Alexia Staniotes, and other McLeods.
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December 1, 2013
Santa Claus: The Movie
The guys who made the first three Superman movies try to do the same with Santa Claus. It turns out about as well
as Superman IV.
Reindeer-powered wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Tristan Buckner, Maura Sipila and other blitzens.
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December 8, 2013
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart relieve every sitcom ever made from having to come up with an original idea for a Christmas episode.
Suicidal wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Alexia Staniotes, John Hell, and other bell-ringers.
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December 15, 2013
The Nutcracker in 3-D
The children's story no child actually likes becomes a nighmare-inducing CGI abomination for all ages.
Unshelled wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Mikl-Em, Tim Kay, and other ballbusters.
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December 22, 2013
Black Christmas
A killer stalks nubile young women at a sorority house. One of them is Buffy's annoying younger sister, so it's not such a bad thing.
Pandemonium reigns and tinsel flies.
Hosts:
Jim Fourniadis, Ira Emsig, Mike Spiegelman, and other baggers.
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December 29, 2013
The Polar Express
A terrifying CGI train ride deep into the Uncanny Valley, where lifeless collections of pixels take on a vaguely human form to haunt your deepest nightmares.
Dead-eyed wackiness ensues.
Hosts:
Sherilyn Connelly, Ziad Ezzat, Dan Foley, and other valley-dwellers.
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Hey
People!! New designs just in time to miss the holidays!!
Visit
our Dark Room
store or and buy our shirts and tiles.
They woulda made a great
Holiday gift!!!
 
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