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SF Follies Logo	SF Follies Flapper	John Bisceglie’s Head Shot	SFfollies Christopher John Nearly Naked Miner
SFfollies Mandy Wilczynski	SFfollies Jenna Davi	Jujuana ShaRon Williams as a homeless mermaid sings "cash not care" in Bisceglie's SF Follies	Erica Gerard and Sarah Wintermeyer as the SF Brown twins sing "Sisters" in Bisceglie's SF Follies
(L to R) Sarah Wintermeyer, Erica Gerard, Mandy Wilczynski & Tenaya Hurst in recycled costumes sing "SF's going green" in Bisceglie's SF Follies	Jenna Davi & Alan Hoshida do "The Hustle" in Bisceglie's SF Follies	George Scott & Chris Lindstrom (get married by Gavin Newsom) Brett Hammon in Bisceglie's SF Follies

March 27th, 2009

Media Contact: John Bisceglie | Author, Director & Producer
650-302-5681 | sffollies(at)gmail.com | www.sffollies.com

 By popular demand, Bisceglie’s SF Follies is being held over to April 26th!

Due to the overwhelming response the SF Follies has gotten from its wonderful bay area audiences, the team behind the SF Follies has decided to hold over the hilarious hit show through April 26th.  Originally planning a two month run, the show has received such a resounding response from locals and visitors alike that extending its run was an easy and obliging decision. Consistently selling out most shows well in advance of the show date, the SF Follies is a show you don’t want to miss! www.sffollies.com

The SF Follies roasts San Francisco to perfection, while revealing 300 years of history, secrets, scandals and urban folklore. The show lampoons the city's popular landmarks, attractions, personalities, neighborhoods, institutions and events, making it the one show the San Francisco Board of Supervisors doesn't want you to see. With hippies, flappers, rabid sea lions, earthquakes, and a nearly naked gold miner, the SF Follies is as unique and zany as the city itself. It has big production value with glittery and electric sets of San Francisco famed landmarks and institutions, combined with video projection. The show is set to a hit parade of popular and upbeat rock, pop, blues and show tunes.

Amongst the 15 dynamic performers chosen are nine women (Jenna Davi, Millie DeBenedet, Erica Gerard, Tenaya Hurst, Jessica Payne, Tiffany Joy Swenson, Mandy Wilczynski, Jujuana ShaRon Williams, and Sarah Wintermeyer) along with six men (Brett Hammon, Alan Hoshida, Christopher John Lindstrom, Ryan McBrearty, Jepoy Ramos, and George Patrick Scott). This exceptional group of fifteen makes up a wildly talented and diverse cast for the show that all of San Francisco will be talking about.

Celebrating and spoofing a wide array of Bay Area personalities and politicians, from "Mr. Popular" Gavin Newsom to the original "Girls Gone Wild" trio of Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer, the SF Follies celebrates a variety of our local bay area characters. Featuring Wendy Tokuda as a ditzy yet lovable tour guide and Jan Wahl reincarnated as the infamous Laughing Sal, the local flavor of our city by the bay will delight and titillate you! 

Although the show is risqué at times with definite attitude, it is by no means mean-spirited, and in fact celebrates San Francisco. Included in the SF Follies “Hit List” are over 300 SF and California personalities, businesses, landmarks and institutions. To see who is named or portrayed, visit www.sffollies.com/hitlist

Bisceglie, a San Jose native, is no stranger to the Follies. In 1995, he created and produced the long running San Jose Follies and San Jose Follies Strikes Back that played for two years at both Bella Mia Restaurant and the Victory Theater in Downtown San Jose. For years, Bisceglie has wanted to create a Follies production for San Francisco. Over the past 12 months, he has been busy developing SF’s own Follies with co-author and friend Jason Tarshis, who also co-wrote both of the San Jose productions. Though both writers had great fun working on the San Jose Follies, they agreed that only a San Francisco setting could do the follies justice. They proved to be right as the final result does just that.

With the success of the production, creator John Bisceglie is looking for a larger venue. Bisceglie added "We need a larger venue that can accommodate our nightly crowd of 150-200 guests. A partnership with a restaurant or hotel who would welcome 300-500 additional dinners could be an interesting idea. We are currently looking at several empty retail locations in town and plan on re opening in early 2010.”

Calendar Listing:

Bisceglie's SF Follies - Held over through April 26th!

San Francisco's history, people, culture, landmarks & neighborhoods roasted to perfection!  Overflowing with glitz, singing, dancing & jaw-dropping comedy.
Thurs-Fri-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2:00pm. $33/$40.
ActorsTheatre SF. 855 Bush @ Taylor.
1-800-838-3006  www.sffollies.com