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Orgy courtesy of the Thrillpeddlers at the Hypnodrome

I had the distinct pleasure this weekend of visiting a SOMA theater I had never heard of: The Hypnodrome occupied by SF theatrical troupe the Thrillpeddlers. (The websites are unfortunately out of date.) They specialize in Grand Guignol, classic theater of the macabre, graphic violence and graphic sex!

The group is about to launch its latest production, Head Trips, featuring an adaptation of a play by Alfed Machard entitled "Orgy in the Lighthouse" (adaptation by Eddie Muller, founder of the SF Noir City Film Festival).

For me, the highlight of the evening's performance was not the orgy (two butts and a pair of breasts), but the Thrillpeddler's Orchestra's performance of one of John Zorn's game pieces - those structured musical improv games that experimental chamber groups like to play in bars and black box theaters with rules that only the musicians are privy to. I'll tell you this much - it's the only time you'll ever see a conductor use the disco "boogie" signal as a musical cue. They don't teach you that in MUS 305 Conducting.

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