Foul Play Productions

01/26/2017

Get your App on! Applications to perform in the 2017 SF Fringe now at www.sffringe.org. Open to all, performers chosen by lottery .

01/10/2017

The Thrillpeddlers, that macabre, flamboyantly sexual, and perennially tongue-in-cheek Grand Guignol theater troupe, has lost its home. The Hypnodrome, the theater space at 575 10th Street in SoMa where they've rehearsed and performed for more than a decade, is being sold, and the company has until

10/20/2016

"Shocktoberfest embodies their love of garishness and highbrow schlock"! --Peter Lawrence Kane, SF Weekly

SHOCKTOBERFEST 17: Pyramid of Freaks
through November 19
http://hypnodrome.org

After another night of heavy boozing, Miley Judson decides to see Dr. Eugene Maddox, a sinister physician who promises to cure him of alcoholism. But the presence of a monstrous worm, floating in an apothecary jar, suggests that the doctor's methods are hardly board-certified. Desperate, Judson i

10/15/2016

AUDITIONS FOR THRILLPEDDLERS!: Preparations for our 2017 season are underway and you can join in! We're casting shows and arranging volunteer staff for two upcoming musical productions - Scrumbly Koldewyn's new Brazilian fantasia (rehearsals start 1/8, plays March & April) and "Cyberotica!" a revival of "Club Inferno" creators Peter Fogel and Kelly Kittell's Y2K rock musical (rehearsals start 3/11, plays May & June). General auditions are Saturday, October 22 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm. If you wish to audition or interview to be part of the cast or crew, email me at [email protected]. Performers receive a $250 travel stipend.

10/07/2016

There are some people I’d never bring to a Thrillpeddlers show. [...] it does mean there will always be a barrier between them and me, for they are audiences of resolutely good, refined taste. The bill of one-acts includes a Grand Guignol play from 1903, a “pulp fiction musical” and a rewritten “Twi...

05/27/2016

One night only! Celebrate Russell Blackwood's birthday with a benefit for Thrillpeddlers!

Ava Roy » May 19 8:00pmRotimi Agbabiaka » May 20 8:00pmShinichi Iova-Koga » May 21 6:00pmNato Green » May 22 2:00pmBrian Livingstone » May 22 7:00pmEric Reid » May 28 6:00pmRussell Blackwood » May 29 7:00pmNancy Wang » June 2 8:00pmRob Melrose » June 3 7:00pmEliana Lopez » June 4 2:00pm Tony Kelly »...

04/14/2016

Act 1: a Weimar Berlin-inspired Kabarett, song, dances and rude comedy recreating a bygone era in the shockingThrillpeddlers / Cockettes’ tradition.

03/18/2016

Coming this April!

THE UNTAMED STAGE: Weimar Berlin Kabarett. A NEW MUSICAL by Scrumbly Koldewyn . Info & Tickets at www.hypnodrome.org. Video Production by Mister WA featuring...

01/04/2016

The Drag Kings are taking over the stage at Oasis in Star Trek Live!, with one of the classic favorites, “Mudd’s Women”.  The cast features some of San Francisco’s best drag performers, including Leigh Crow, the world’s only female William Shatner impersonator as C

12/02/2015

Get out your Stoli and Bolli! It's time for Absolutely Fabulous Live! The beloved British comedy presented on stage with a gender bending twist. The cast includes Christian Heppinstall as Patsy, Terry McLaughlin as Edina, Dene Larson  as Saffron, Katya Smirnoff-Skyy as Jackie, Raya Light as

11/04/2015

Ken White, Publisher-to-be, tells some stories about why Query Books matters.

10/19/2015

"Hilariously gruesome... campy humor, broad winks, a little leg, and blood, blood, blood... a loving affirmation that San Francisco is still as freaky as it gets"!

Celebrate Halloween like a bone vivant and come see us! http://www.hypnodrome.org/

Thrillpeddlers' 16th annual stage spooktacular is delightfully silly and goofily gross in equal measure. By Marke B.