The First Day of School
By Billy Aronson
September 22 - November 7, 2009
opens September 26
Directed by Chris Smith
What exactly are the parents up to when their kids go off to school? When a group of devoted parents decide to make their children’s first day of school a “first” of their own, they turn their quiet little lives upside-down and give a whole new meaning to the term “physical education.”
This hilarious new comedy from Billy Aronson, credited for the original concept for the musical RENT and a writer for MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, takes what may seem on the surface to be a “soccer-Mom sex farce, and creates a scathing satire of the spiritual poverty in our culture and our terror of true intimacy.
Reviews & Quotes
“A tour de force”
-Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle“Buoyantly witty satire”
- Karen d’Souza, Mercury News“First Day of School is pretty devilish stuff”
- Chris Jensen, SF Weekly“An SF Playhouse Hit”
- Dennis Harvey, Variety“Sex-filled and Satisfying."
- Jennafer McCabe, Daily Californian“a Cheeky 90-Minute Romp”
- Richard Connema, Talkinbroadway.com“A fun sex farce with plenty of laughs”
- Clinton Stark, Starksilvercreek.com"A fabulous cast and an even better script. You want to see this play."
- Doug Konecky, SF theaterblogspot" fantastically funny new comedy."
- Lee Hartgrave, Beyondchron.com"Raunchy, ribald, riotous"
- Kedar Adour, Forallevents.com
Production Photos
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Stacy Ross*, Bill English*, Zehra Berkman, Jackson Davis*, Marcia Pizzo*
Bill English and Zehra Berkman
Bill English, Zehra Berkman, Marcia Pizzo, Jackson Davis and Stacy Ross
Zehra Berkman, Marcia Pizzo, Bill English, Stacy Ross, Jackson Davis, Torie Laher and Myles Landberg
Stacy Ross, Jackson Davis and Marcia Pizzo
Zehra Berkman and Bill English
Marcia Pizzo and Bill English
Stacy Ross, Jackson Davis and Marcia Pizzo
Jackson Davis and Zehra Berkman
Bill English and Stacy Ross
Zehra Berkman, Bill English, Marcia Pizzo, Jackson Davis and Stacy Ross
Torie Laher and Myles Landberg
First photo by Rebecca Martinez
all others by Zabrina Tipton
