Hey, isn't it a bit early for horror and blood? ...

What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with new plays that unapologetically explore the state of the nation?...

There's less than one day left to enter to win passes to SFist night at Impact Theatre! We're taking over all of La Val's Subterranean (1834 Euclid in Berkeley) on Thursday, April 20 at 8 p.m. for one performance of the action-adventure serial Money And Run Episode 4: Go Straight, No Chaser. As an extra treat, after the show you're invited to drinks with the cast at Triple Rock Brewery (1920 Shattuck in Berkeley). We'll......

Everybody's a winner on SFist! Our fat ass wins cream puffs, The SF Chronicle wins a scoop, everyone named Rob Black wins their 15 minutes, and San Francisco wins second-best quality of life in the US. Pork wins on "Top Chef", Supervisor Alioto-Pier wins a baby (but no leave), and the SF Weekly wins because Rita says so. Who doesn't feel like a winner when they look at so best, commenter "E" wins back......

We're really excited to announce the first ever SFist night at Impact Theatre for one performance of their new show, the action-adventure serial Money And Run Episode 4: Go Straight, No Chaser. Join us on Thursday, April 20 at 8 p.m. as Impact turns all of La Val's Subterranean (1834 Euclid in Berkeley) over to our readers. We hope they know what they're getting into! After the show, please join us and the cast......

Saturday: So much to do! Berkeley's Impact Theatre's Hamlet opens Friday February 10, and runs Thursday-Saturdays at 8 p.m. until March 18. Their Othello and MacBeth kicked ass, and we can't wait to see what they do with the Greatest Dane. If we decide not to cross the bridge, we're hitting Root Division's Flypaper event, "an evening of film, art, music and fashion." Doors open at 7, runway show is at 8. It's all......

What do these shows have to do with the special election? Absolutely nothing. ...

Not going to Burning Man? Neither are we. Let's check out these shows....

Skyler Cooper is one of the most beautiful women in the Bay Area. SFist has been vacillating between envy and infatuation since we saw her in the title role of Impact Theatre's (Full disclosure: A SFist staffer is deeply involved with Impact Theater) Othello. How can someone who looks that good be so talented? It's enough to incite us to go to the Castro Gold's Gym, (where she works as a personal trainer) and......

Like SFist Emily, I'm bad at lists. So I'm just going to relish the chance to write in the first person singular for a moment and break down the highlights and lowlights of the year for me, in no particular order: Best Moment of the Year My Life: Getting married Bravest Mayor/Person Most Wrongly Accused of Losing the Democrats the Presidential Election: Gavin Newsom Senator Who Actually Should Take the Blame: John Kerry Worst......

The weekly roundup of live theater you should know about. It's the Friends of SFist version!...

A roundup of this week's theater picks....

SFist's eclectic group of contributors includes a member of Impact Theatre. This means we've gotten to see this and past shows for free, but we still look at them from our traditional candid perspective. We continue to think Impact Theatre is cool and wish them all the success in the world, for we feel their mission to "fill an unmet need for community, storytelling, and direct experience for younger, underserved audiences in the San Francisco......

One of EssEffist's favorite theater companies, Berkeley's Impact Theatre (full disclosure: one of us is heavily involved with the company, but we wouldn't be if the company weren't so damned good), launches its ninth season tonight with "Fluffy Bunnies in a Field of Daisies," a comedy that's been likened to the best sitcom about relationships you've never seen. It's apparently the show the "Friends" writers wish they could have written. And every Thursday, including tonight, is pay-what-you-wish....

Cheshire is the art director for Literacyworks and the graphics overlord of Impact Theatre, where he's also written a couple of short plays and even sometimes runs the box office. He has written and directed a couple of animated shorts, and he's about to celebrate eight years of being in progress of writing a novel. He lives in Emeryville with his legal soulmate, Sarah, and Zoe, the only feline in the world who doesn't......