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August 26, 12:01 AMSF Comedy ExaminerAlicia Dattner

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Jewish princess seeks Indian guru for one life stand.

So, I've been writing my second one-woman-show all year.  It's about my solo trip to India, and it's going to premiere at the San Francisco Fringe Festival in just three weeks!  I would love to have you come see it...  Here's a little excerpt:

      "Miss, your ticket please." Alicia opens her eyes to see two very large men, with two very large rifles. She's been pretending to sleep, hoping no one claims the bunk she's in. Alicia waited in line for hours to buy a ticket for today's train ride. Or at least she thought it was for today. The train pulls into the station, the porter takes her bags, she hands him her ticket only to hear him say the worst possible thing she can think of, "This ticket is for tomorrow's train."  That can't be.  Alicia is somewhere between the Taj Mahal and the Ganges River, at sundown, on a platform populated by a dozen suspicious looking men who are starting to pay a little too much attention to her.  She has to get on that train, which is beginning to pull out of the station.  She grabs her ticket and bags from the porter, leaps onto the train, and through the window hands the porter a wad of rupee notes--just to make sure he keeps her secret a secret. Alicia finds an empty bunk in third class, hops in, and closes her eyes. Maybe no one will notice she's in their bunk. It could happen. Not this time. Now she is staring at two unhappy soldiers with rifles and an old man clutching the dreaded ticket for the bunk she's in. "Your ticket please."  Some transcendent trip in India!  She very slowly hands the soldiers her ticket. "What are you doing here?" one of them demands, leaning in close to her face, "You should be in first class."

THURSDAY 10 7:00 PM
FRIDAY 11 10:00 PM
SATURDAY 12 8:30 PM
THURSDAY 17 8:30 PM
FRIDAY 18 7:00 PM
SATURDAY 19 8:30 PM

Phoenix Theatre
414 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

55 Minutes
Tickets: $10 ($12 online)