Sean Owens Returns In 'Cora’s Recipe for Love' At Exit On Valentines Day

Cora Values is back - Sean Owens' wacky alter ego channeling Dame Edna and Martha Stewart. Owens, EXIT Theatre's writer/performer-in residence, holds forth as Cora Values, that beloved hash- and bull-slinger from the Gas & Gulp out on I-19. The EXIT's holiday hostess is straddling Valentine's Day--Week One (Feb. 12 & 13) she addresses LOVE & LONGING through the eyes of Gas & Gulp regulars. Week Two (Feb. 19 & 20) gives us BREAK-UPS & SHAKE-UPS, stories of the disastrous aftermath of the love epidemic that hit the citizens of her hometown, Rectal, Texas.

Cast

Zeke Plummett (Jim Fourniadis) her executive chef and ex-husband and Emmett Corkpike (Don Seaver), the master of tinkling on the ivories with join Cora (Sean Owens) to spark buried passions and soothe broken hearts with original songs and stories.

Audience gets involved - and pie, too

As always there will be a pie raffle, a bucket of Cora's special punch and a fresh batch of 5 & 10 stories. If you purchase tickets online, you'll be given a special e mail address to offer your word or short phrase. The first 15 submissions per weekend will be
included into one of Cora's fresh-baked stories.

Cora Coupons - y'all come back now

Cora loves it when y'all come back, so circle BOTH weekends and celebrate love from every angle--from hot dishes to sloppy seconds--with Cora and her band of irregular regulars, as they aim to win your heart!

See the show twice, and second show is $10. See it three times, and third show is $5. Coupons available at the box office.

NOW AND COMING UP AT EXIT Theatre

Jan 21- Feb 6. Akin, a new play by Sarah McKeregan and Noah Kelly. An EXIT and RIPE Theatre co-production.

Feb 12-20. Cora's Recipe for Love, Sean Owens holds forth as Cora Values from the Gas & Gulp out on I-19.

Feb 12 - Mar 6. Now and at the Hour. A subtly unnerving show by theatrical magician Christian Cagigal. Return engagement.

April 8 - May 1. DIVAfest, dedicated to new work by women writers.

DIVAfest performances include

April 10 - Reading by San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima - 3:00 pm.

April 8 - May 1

- A Most Notorious Woman, Maggie Cronin starring Christina Augello
- The Wind and the Rain, a new play by Claytie Mason

Also as part of DIVAfest, Lady of the ‘Loin returns. Don Seaver and Sean Owens join powerhouse songstress Shannon Day in this sizzling tribute to San Francisco's raciest, raunchiest neighborhood: the Tenderloin. A dozen stories-in-song, about good girls gone wrong, wronged girls getting the goods, and low-lifes living the high life.

September 8-19. 19th Annual San Francisco Fringe Festival. Over 250 performances of 40+ shows in 12 days. Features international, U.S., and Bay Area theater companies and performers in new, cutting edge, and often experimental works.

October 1-2. The Best of the Fringe

Selected Thursdays, All Year Long. Mark Romyn's Thursday Night Combo. Theatre artists, musicians, and other performers try out new material at the EXIT Café.

For details on upcoming shows, go to www.theexit.org.

Cora's Recipe for Love runs Fridays and Saturdays, February 12, 13, 19, 20 at EXIT Theatre mainstage, 156 Eddy Street in San Francisco. All shows at 8:00 pm. Tickets $15-20-25. (415) 673-3847, www.theexit.org.