Megan Cohen, Sam Bertken, Andrew Chung, and Jeunee Simon, our Saturday Write Fever team, bring you a year-end article that lets you play along at home!
Every month, SATURDAY WRITE FEVER takes over the EXIT Cafe for a pop-up theater festival of world premiere monologues written and performed that night. Anyone can sign up to write or to act at our free event which welcomes new faces alongside stalwart regulars, every 2nd Saturday. It’s a sandbox, a workout room, a way to show off to your date, cheaper than seeing “Star Wars,” and above all, it’s actively creative. People come to SWF to make real live homegrown performance, together, with and for each other. So, together, we’re gonna make this blog post!
Fill out this list of words, then plug them into the spaces in the blog post below… just as you would when playing a game that rhymes with Mad Bibs, Bad Libs, or Sad Glibs!!!
Print and play, or to play online instead, follow this link to a site that has some ads and stuff but automates the whole whammy. If you feel like giving us all a gift, post your favorite phrases in the comments below, and have a wonderful holiday.
Now…. LET’S DO THIS!!!
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December 2015 was our THIRTIETH bout of “Fever.” That’s so many fevers, y’all. That’s so many monologues, at an event where up to 16 pieces are created per night. If I had to guesstimate, I’d say that’s a whole ______[NOUN #1]_____ of monologues.
Our event has grown to have a hosting staff of five: Writer/director Stuart Bousel, actor/writer/mangenue Sam Bertken, actor/hero Andrew Chung, writer/villain Megan Cohen, and actress/goddess Jeunee Simon. To add to the mix of heroes, villains, performers, and artsy-types, the next co-host to join the team should be a ______[ADJECTIVE #1]______ kind of ______[NOUN #2]______.
The EXIT Cafe at 156 Eddy St in San Francisco, CA is our home, a friendly spot with beer, snacks, and a cabaret stage about the size of a ______[NOUN #3]______.
The cafe is part of the fabulous EXIT Theater complex, a longstanding SF arts hub which has several performance spaces hosting some of the best indie theater in the city, including the San Francisco Olympians Festival, the SF Fringe Festival, and performances ranging from ______[ADJECTIVE #2]______ burlesque to stand-up ______[PLURAL NOUN #1]______.
Every month, we have a new theme for the writing prompts. Our 2015 themes included “Where Pies Go When They Die,” “Some Romantic S**t,” “Two Good Things,” and “Spies Have Feelings Too.” Maybe in 2016 we’ll do a night themed around ______[CELEBRITY]______, ______[PLURAL NOUN #2]______, or ______[FOOD]______.
SWF is co-produced by the EXIT and SF Theater Pub. On January 9th, we’re doing our first ever official crossover with another branch of Theater Pub! To tie-in with Theater Pub’s moody-songster-inspired festival “The Morrisey Plays” (playing at Pianofight in January) our first 2016 Fever theme is “F**K MORRISEY!,” a night of monologues based on lyrics copped from the arch nemesis of Moz himself: the never-to-be-trifled with Violent Femmes! The Violent Femmes are the best because their music was used on the soundtrack of “My So-Called Life.” I love that show. Sometimes I think I’m an Angela, but really I’m more of a Rayanne, you can tell by the way I ______[VERB #1]______.
Because SWF is free and monthly, there are plenty of chances to come catch the fever with us next year! It’s easier than learning to ______[VERB #2]______ and just as ______[ADJECTIVE #3]______ as a ______[NOUN #4]______. Come on by, let’s make some art, some memories, and some ______[PLURAL NOUN #2]______. The only reason to miss us in 2016 is if you’re dead or trapped in ______[PLACE]______.
Yours ______[ADVERB]______,
Megan Cohen and the Saturday Write Fever All-Stars
San Francisco Theater Pub 