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Bi-Poseur in San Francisco

This is all supposed to be funny. Remember that. But, Paolo thinks he's going to die. And not just quietly in his sleep when he's 87 either. He's convinced that the blood clot in his leg is going to make its way into his chest, causing a major heart attack, which would kill Paolo instantly at his desk, while he was updating his status on Facebook. And this is all assuming that Paolo doesn't kill himself first. Either by finally manning up and slitting his wrists (just making sure to avoid the tendons to retain use of his hands if he screws up) or maybe jumping in front of a BART train (although he doesn't wanna be remembered as the ass who got the trains delayed). But first, he has to write the perfect suicide note, which he can't seem to do.

If you don't think that's dark (or hilarious) enough, today is the day his mom died, fourteen years ago. Paolo's going to visit her grave, to sort out all this cosmic screwing around. From psych wards with 12-year-old white supremacists, to full scholarships at exclusive prep schools in Marin County, to Playstation controllers used as improvised nooses, what's someone who might be bi-polar to do? Remember, this is a comedy. Trust us.

Featured by both the San Francisco Chronicle and the SF Weekly, Bi-Poseur, the solo show that Hiya Swanhuyser of the SF Weekly said, "mines the depths and comes up with gold" is coming back to the intimate (and subterranean) StageWerx Theatre in Union Square for its triumphant month long engagement in September. Starting on Thursday, September 2 with three performances a week, on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through Saturday, September 25. "Sambrano's suicide attempt was obviously unsuccessful," remarked KXAN-TV of Austin, TX.

Bi-Poseur is proudly directed by the indomitable W. Kamau Bell (Of The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism in About An Hour fame and director of Enzo Lombard's Love Humiliation, & Karaoke and Jennifer Jajeh's I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You, among other solo shows).