CRAPPY HOLIDAYS Set for 2015 San Francisco Fringe Festival

Banal+ will present Crappy Holidays, a comedy about the darker side of the festive season, as part of the 16-day San Francisco Fringe Festival. Crappy Holidays plays September 15, 19, 20 and 22.

Crappy Holidays is a trio of dark comedies showcasing the cynical side of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Death is My Bitch features the Grim Reaper making friends in the wrong places. Ma's Thanksgiving Pie depicts a quasi-sane mother locked in a battle of wits with her offspring. Bobby's Letter to Santa delivers a drunken, disgruntled holiday icon facing a career change. Don't need to see A Christmas Carol again? This show is for you!

Crappy Holidays was written by Nick Gentile and Lisa Gentile and is directed by Warden Lawlor. The show features Eden Davis, Kat Bushnell, compositions by Spencer Iascone, and, returning after Banal+'s popular Fringe 2012 Weird Romance show, Ashley Cowan Leschber, Dan Kurtz, Tavis Kammett, and Will Leschber.

Now in its 24th year, the San Francisco Fringe Festival Brings fresh, daring exciting theatre of all varieties to open-minded audiences of all persuasions. Often over-the-top and under-the-radar of traditional theatre, "The Fringe" has its rabid devotees - and wins more fans every year.

The 2015 San Francisco Fringe Festival, September 11 through 26 (every day but Mondays), brings 34 different shows to San Francisco's Exit Theatreplex, 156 Eddy Street. EXIT Theatreplex is within walking distance of Union Square and the Powell Street BART stations. For complete listings of venues, shows, and times go to www.sffringe.org. Or call the fringe hotline at (415) 673-3847.

Tickets for Crappy Holidays are $10.00 at the door (cash only) and $12.99 online in advance. A five-show Frequent Fringer pass is $45. EXIT Theatre, the producer of the San Francisco Fringe Festival, has been presenting Indie theatre in downtown San Francisco since 1982.