Thrillride Mechanics with Debra Mosk Productions and Z Space present
ATOMIC COmiC
A Human Cartoon Fantasia
June 30 - July 8 on Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Written by and Starring Sara Toby Moore
with Special Video Guest Star - Sharon Gless
Directed by Sean Owens
San Francisco’s award-winning, renowned poet clown Sara Toby Moore has created an autobiographical “human cartoon fantasia” about facing troubling times with humor as resilience. Through hyper-physical comedy, quick-witted repartee and sweet, goofy musical numbers, Moore tells the horrible-hilarious story of their recent journey through the death of a parent, a crushing breakup and surviving cancer by finding the humor in all that humanity! As a lifelong writer, actor and circus clown Moore chose to use every skill they’d acquired to embrace & outright celebrate their unbelievable bad luck by careening furiously from their mouthy, inappropriate therapist (played with fabulous raging candor by TV Star Sharon Gless) to doing cancer treatments “in character” to trying to rebuild a performing career with their fellow comics during lockdown. Miraculously, Moore was saved from total despair by believing in the Carrie Fisher mantra: Take your broken heart and make it into art.
This 70-minute freewheeling romp is directed by Sean Owens – (Bay Area Critics’ Circle Award-winner & Killing My Lobster veteran); choreographed by Rory Davis (illustrious Baloney and Peaches Christ choreographer). In addition to star and playwright Sara Toby Moore as Toby, other comic performers include: Colin Johnson as Hammy Sammy (Awesome Theatre); Sharon Shao as Daphne (Sleeping Beauty, Chinglish), DeMarcello Funes as Rando (Circus Bella, The Supers), and special filmed appearances by Emmy-winning TV legend Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey) as Dr. Claire - Sara Toby Moore’s snap-dragon therapist. Local guest performers George Maguire and Maureen McVerry also pop up as Moore and company’s horrid talent agents!
Show Schedule
Friday, June 30 - Preview - 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 1 - Opening / Press Night - 8:00 pm
Run of Show
Thursday, July 6 - 8:00 pm
Friday, July 7 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, July 8 - 8:00 pm
This production deals with mature themes and is rife with profanity! Audiences 18+ recommended.
