"Bright Yellow Circle"

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"San Francisco has nurtured many of comedy's biggest names, and this guy is destined to be one of them" -- San Francisco Chronicle

What is the Bright Yellow Circle that the citizens of a small, backwoods Southern town have been seeing appear in the sky every morning for as long as they can remember? What is this strange unidentified object that fills the entire earth with a supernatural light and takes an entire day to traverse from one end of the sky to the other? Why are the government and the Air Force keeping so tight-lipped about this daily phenomenon? Are they afraid of a general panic? What are they hiding? What can be done to stop the Bright Yellow Circle. . .if anything?

In comedian/satirist/absurdist Will Franken's latest one-man show, "Bright Yellow Circle", this question, among many other surrealist imaginings, is explored to hilarious effect. Those familiar with Franken's manic character changes, razor sharp wit, direct channel to his ever-percolating subconscious, and unapologetic, anti-PC stance will find nothing out of the ordinary here as Franken, in rapid-fire succession, transforms himself into everything from Sherlock Holmes on the hunt for his own body to an elderly man justifying his love for Wal-Mart because they "sell those shirts with snaps" to famed director Roman Polanski going door to door in Santa Monica to inform his neighbors that he's a registered sex offender -- only to be greeted by sycophantic film aficionados. And much, much more!

Classic, rarely-seen, and never-before-seen Franken sketches, intertwine melodically in his patented solo theatrical structure, resulting in a kaleidoscopic tsunami of multi-character hilarity -- audiences stop laughing long enough only to drop their jaws.

Plus! This is Franken's last BIG SHOW in America before he brings his one-man absurdity to Edinburgh, Scotland for the month of August. Come witness this one-night only grand send-off!

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WILL FRANKEN Armed with what The New York Times describes as a "highly developed sense of the absurd", Will Franken (www.willfranken.com) brings life's inherent weirdness to the stage, skewering a broad range of cultural strongholds and character types. Since emigrating to San Francisco, Franken has been named "Best Comedian" and "San Francisco's Patron Saint of Misrule" by the SF Weekly and "Best Alternative to Psychedelic Drugs" by the SF Bay Guardian. He has appeared in England on BBC America's "The World Stands Up", has performed in numerous international comedy festivals, including the renowned "Just for Laughs" in Montreal, and has appeared twice now on Marc Maron's popular "WTF" podcast. When he isn't performing his patented live one-man theatrical absurdity, he spends his time writing and producing his critically-acclaimed series of online comedy albums: Things We Did Before Reality. (www.willfranken.libsyn.com) This August, he will be debuting his eponymous show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the entire month.

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