SpringShot is a grouping of shows coming from 18th & Union. The program includes everything from solo performance, psychic comedy, podcast absurdity, fantastical stories, fairy tales, and more.
The Lives of Animals: Chapter 1, Loowra of the Pasture by Scot Augustson will help kick off Springshot’s performances. This is the first in Augustson’s new performance series, where heaven’s most faithful servants are sometimes not great men and women, but beasts of great spirit! Shows happen on Friday April 23rd at 7 PM and April 24th at 4 PM and 7 PM PDT and streamed live on 18thandunion.org. Individual tickets are available on a sliding scale at 18thandunion.org/lives-of-animals.
In Dear and Darling, Sweet and Lovely: Two Tales of Women and Critters, sardonic fabulist Bret Fetzer tells two original fairy tales: ‘The Rabbit Skin” and “This and That and That and This.” Bret Fetzer will perform on Friday April 23rd at 8 PM and April 24th at 5 PM and 8 PM PDT and streamed live on 18thandunion.org. Individual tickets are available on a sliding scale at 18thandunion.org/dear-and-darling.
The Ponch Cast: A Play Based on the Podcast with the Same Name will be performed live via Zoom on Friday April 30th at 7PM and Saturday May 1st at 4 PM and 7 PM. Wannabe comedians Ponch and Greg are back at 18th & Union with a new play about what it is like to make a podcast during a pandemic. Tickets to the Zoom performance can be found at 18thandunion.org/ponchcast.
Remote by Physic Comedian Peter Antoniou will be presented over Zoom on Friday May 7th at 7 PM and Saturday May 8th at 1 PM and 7 PM PDT. Tickets may be purchased on a sliding scale at 18thandunion.org/remote.
Each Sunday during Springshot, The Klein Party and Y.York will perform and live stream for free at 18thandunion.org/klein-party-stream. The Woman Who Met the Klein Party streams Sundays April 25th, May 2nd, and May 9th at 3 PM PDT.
Springshot will close out with two recorded performances in the month of May.