Creepshow Camp 2013

By On February 11, 2013

Now enrolling!

Session I (June 17 – 28)
Session II (July 15 – 26)
Session III (July 29 – August 9)

At The Hypnodrome, 575 10th St., San Francisco
(between Bryant & Division) Map

Young devotees of Horror, Sci-Fi and Suspense have a summer camp to […]

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Thrillpeddlers Tour to Rio de Janeiro

By On January 28, 2013

I arrived in Rio one week ago with long-time Thrillpeddlers Kara Emry, Eric Tyson Wertz, and Flynn DeMarco to perform with in Debutante Sangrenta (The Bloody Debutant). We move into the theatre tomorrow for technical rehearsals and will enjoy a four performance run starting on January 31. Our two companies collaborated when members of

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Russell Blackwood and John Waters at Thrillpeddlers' Hypnodrome

John Waters Visits The Hypnodrome

By On January 12, 2010

It was quite a thrill for Thrillpeddlers last Friday night when John Waters came the Hypnodrome to see “Pearls Over Shanghai.” The visit was planned well in advance and I could feel our excitement mounting from the moment we heard the news last November that he was all set to come on January 8th. The […]

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Amazing Halloween Weekend at the Hypnodrome

By On November 3, 2009

True to form, Halloween weekend was a blast at The Hypnodrome. We sold out all three performances of Shocktoberfest!! 2009: The Torture Garden (including a special midnight show on Halloween night). The 8 pm performance of Peals Over Shanghai was standing room only with most of the audience in full costume. Kudos to the couple […]

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Thrillpeddlers on “Inside City Limits”

By On October 21, 2009

A news story about Thrillpeddlers’ tenth annual Shocktoberfest!! will being airing this week on “Inside City Limits” on Comcast’s channel 11 in San Francisco. The air dates are 10/21 – 24 (Wednesday at 9 pm, Thur at 8 pm, and Fri and Sat at 6:30 pm). The TV crew came to interview me on the […]

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“Morbid Curiosity” Book Release Party at the Hypnodrome

By On October 21, 2009

Last night The Hypnodrome was filled to capacity for the release of “Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues,” a new anthology of strange true tales from the ever-popular ‘zine called “Morbid Curiosity.” Two Thrillpeddlers, Bill Selby and Jill Tracy, have their stories in the book and joined other contributors in reading their work. We […]

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My Week of Glamour and Anarchy

By On April 28, 2008

Last week Thrillpeddlers enjoyed the height of serendipity with the fabulous Cockettes. That Thrillpeddlers embrace the spirit of San Francisco’s legendary psychedelic drag ensemble is no surprise. The group was part of a late-60s/early-70s bi-coastal queer hippie performing arts clique that included Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company and John Waters’ Dreamland Studios. Their work […]

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Jello Biafra Joins Mourners for Head Trips Farewell

By On June 21, 2007

On Saturday June 2nd we bid adieu to Hypnodrome Head Trips. Bittersweet as it was to say goodbye to the Head Trips company, fans and our favorite roles, I couldn’t have asked for a better closing night performance and party. We had a full house that included some very special folks. My Dad, Jim […]

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Free Movie Night

By On May 27, 2007

The Hypnodrome’s free movie night last week was great fun! Thrillpeddlers’ playwright and visual effects director Jonathan Horton introduced one of his all-time horror film favorites – Curse of the Demon. This 1958 crowd pleaser has it all: witchcraft, hypnosis, séances, Devil cults and skeptical scientists. And since we were screening the English […]

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Reader’s Choice

By On May 27, 2007

It was certainly a thrill when Thrillpeddlers won the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Award for “Best Live Onstage Bloodbath” in 2004. Not ones to rest on our laurels, Thrillpeddlers recently campaigned for – and won – SF Weekly’s Best of San Francisco 2007 Reader’s Poll for “Best Theatre Company!” With more […]

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