Saturday, September 11, 2004

A Quarter Into It

The San Francisco Fringe Festival is in full swing and SF Sonja (aka. Turtle) is a back with a vengeance with her cohort Aaron. Twins. Birthdays. Mid-twenties angst. Flipperland Productions presents, "A Quarter Into It"

Blow out the candles and say hello to the most surprising birthday ever! A pair of twins turn 25 and decide to take a vacation to celebrate. They unwittingly check in to L'Hotel de la Crise, in the Quarter Life Crisis district of town. Their fears & adolescent expectations come to dazzling life in this comedy about the most embarrassing life crisis of them all.
Ms. Sonja is excellent as "Sonja" (not herself, really!), the fabulously snobbish, snooty, French waiter, and a bouncer. Aaron, kept up playing himself (not with himself, although there was a moment when he reached down to unbuckle in a moment of confusion), a construction worker, and Jenna Biatch (wearing the infamous Wig ... yes, my nasty one!). Hell, I got a "Thank You" credit, (sniff sniff) and a pair of comp tickets. If that wig could talk ... she would thank all of the polyester strands that made her possible.

I was going to say I'm Sonja's number one fan, but that conjured up an image of Kathy Bates with a sledge hammer, which then led to another image of Kathy Bates and a hot tub, wheich inevitable led to Kathy Bates getting out of the hot tub. Oy vey. Let me simply say congratulations, Sonja!

There are two more performances, so if you haven't decided on your Fringe Festival play, look up the showtimes for A Quarter Into It website.