EXIT Theatre Brings Awkward Improv, Cracked Crones, and Bawdy Burlesque to San Francisco This December

December brings holiday entertainment for every taste (well, almost) at EXIT Theatre, 156 Eddy Street in Downtown San Francisco.

AWKWARD DINNER PARTY

It's a fully improvised show, featuring Dave Dennison and Lisa Rowland, with special guest Dan O'Connor from Impro Theatre.

In Awkward Dinner Party, a couple invites another couple over for dinner, but only one of the guests shows up. As the improvised play unfolds, the couple and their guest reveal uncomfortable truth. The awkward moments lead to unrelated scenes and songs.

Routinely playing to sold-out houses, Awkward Dinner Party takes you deep into territory rarely explored in improve shows. The cast of three creates a world based on audience suggestions and launch into unpredictable adventures all night long.

December 5-7, 8:00 p.m. EXIT Mainstage, 156 Eddy St., SF.

Tickets $20 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/511287

CRONES FOR THE HOLIDAYS: THE SEQUEL

The Crackpot Crones are back for the winter holidays, with a new collection of sketches and improvisations and some chestnuts from last year for Crones for the Holidays: The Sequel.

The Crones, composed of Terry Baum, slightly world-renown lesbian playwright and Carolyn Myers, retired warrior princess of comedy, offer a touch of mockery and blasphemy to balance the traditional piety and purchasing that overwhelm December.

Scenes in THE SEQUEL include a sing-along of Crone holiday classics, "Moishe the Green-Nosed Herring," "The Twelve Days of Family Insults" -- and the introduction of a new song: "Frosty the Snowdon-Manning." Theresa Thesaurus, the illustrious abecedarian, is back to subversively deconstruct a pious Christmas carol.

Chanukah Butch returns to tell the Chanukah story with lesbian puppets. Having successfully escaped the nursing home in 2012, the Red Hanky Grannies infiltrate the Pentagon on New Year's Eve with their "Crones Say No to Drones" peace protest.

And last but not least, building on the resounding success of "The Version Mary" in 2012, in a touching nativity scene, the Baby Jesus and his Mom discuss abortion politics.

Dec. 14-29 EXIT Mainstage, 156 Eddy St., SF.

Tickets $20 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/465273

DIVA OR DIE BURLESQUE

Dramatic presentations using Burlesque like you've never seen it before. Come strip away your inhibitions in this intimate and cozy theater with comfortable seating, little tables, and every seat has a view of the stage.

Saturday, Dec. 14, 8:30 p.m. EXIT Café, 156 Eddy St., SF.

Tickets $15 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/399665

EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, EXIT Studio, EXIT Café, all at 156 Eddy Street, San Francisco 94102. Two blocks from Powell Street BART Station. (415) 931-1094 www.theexit.org.

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