PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI Plays Thrillpeddlers’ Hypnodrome Theatre 1/16/11

Thrillpeddlers is pleased to announce a Pay What You Can benefit performance,Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 at 7:00 pm at the Hypnodrome Theatre of its award-winning production PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI, San Francisco's longest-running Cockettes Musical Hit. The benefit is for The CASTRO COUNTRY CLUB - Since April 1983, the Castro Country Club has been a safe haven for LGBT people in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Now, the building that has been home to the Castro Country Club for nearly three decades is being sold. That's where Keep the Steps in the Castro comes in. The goal of the campaign is to raise the funds for a down-payment to buy the building or to secure a new home in the Castro neighborhood. All funds raised will be used to purchase, secure a long-term lease, and/or modify space to suit the needs of the Club.
100% of the money raised will be donated to Castro Country Club.
http://castrocountryclub.org/site/?page_id=55

Ticket info:
Pay-what-you-can, first come first served for the 29 general admission seats. Sold at the door starting at 6:30 pm day of show.Reserved premium seats are being sold in advance at $50. (6:30 pm early admission) To purchase the any of the 12 Shock Box and 4 Turkish Lounge advance sale tickets go to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/139143
What started as a two-month limited engagement in June 2009 will now play for almost TWO YEARS! PEARLS has unanimously received rave reviews from critics and audience alike. It's a phenomenon that keeps on growing. PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI plays Sat. 8 pm in January, and Fri. and Sat. at 8 pm in February, March & April (thru April 9, 2011). Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome Theatre is located at 575 10th Street, in SF. (Bryant & Division Sts.) Tickets are $30 gen. admission or $35 for "Shock Boxes" and "Turkish Lounges**" and are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/139143
or by calling 800/ 838- 3006

PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI
An original musical by Link Martin (book/lyrics) and Scrumbly Koldewyn (music), PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI is the centerpiece of Thrillpeddlers' 2nd annual Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival, and marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Cockettes, a gender-bending theatrical troupe who originated this show. PEARLS is a psychedelic musical inspired bysin-soaked Old Shanghai and Busby Berkeley movie musicals from Hollywood's Golden Age. Stage Director for PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI is Thrillpeddlers' Russell Blackwood, and original Cockette and composer Scrumbly Koldewyn serves as Musical Director and accompanist. With a cast of over 20, costumes a-plenty, and a score of 24 original songs, this production is the most eye-popping and toe-tapping in the Hypnodrome's history, with the scent of intoxicating perfume, poisonous flowers, opium, and sex oozing from every scene.

Thrillpeddlers
Thrillpeddlers (www.thrillpeddlers.com) have been performing their unique brand of horror and fetish theatre in San Francisco since 1991. Under the direction of Russell Blackwood, Thrillpeddlers are continuously engaged in translating, adapting and producing classic plays from the infamous repertoire of Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol and producing other works inspired by the Grand Guignol. The company's SOMA performance venue, The Hypnodrome, is tailor-made for the specific needs of horror theatre, "lights-out" spook show spectacle, multi-act bills, and arts education programs for young people. Thrillpeddlers has won the Guardian's "Best of the Bay" and, SF Weekly's "Best of San Francisco" Readers' Choice for "Best Theatre Company". Thrillpeddlers Theatre Company received a coveted 2009 GOLDIE AWARD (Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery award) from the SF Bay Guardian! http://tiny.cc/Lafe5 Thrillpeddlers are also the purveyors of www.GrandGuignol.com the most complete source of Grand Guignol information on the Net.

**About Seating:
Pairs of patrons will surely enjoy Hypnodrome's Shock Box seats for two, which garnered
SF Weekly's "Best of San Francisco 2008" for "Best Bonus Theater Experience." These themed seats include sumptuous Turkish Lounges, as well as private boxes including "Heaven and Hell,
"The Pharaoh's Tomb," and "Padded Cell," which offer the same opportunity for illicit trysting that was once a feature of the Parisian Théâtre du Grand Guignol - with added special effects as a nod to the 1950s horror movie gimmicks of William Castle.

TIX: $50 for Reserved Seating "Shock Boxes" and "Turkish Lounges"
Pay What You Can tix are sold day of show only at 6:30 pm.
Reserved Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/139143
or by calling 800/ 838- 3006

100% of the money raised will be donated to Castro Country Club.

VENUE: Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome - 575 10th Street, in SF. (Bryant & Division Sts.)

WEB PAGE: http://thrillpeddlers.com

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