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“Hilarious. His confidence, solid accents, and loving attention to Southern idiosyncrasy allow each cast member of this Streetcar (a stripper, a pot smoker, a diva, etc.) to be funny and avoid stereotyping. David’s comforting ease of personality, as well as his well-tuned comedic timing, illuminate this play’s heart: Theater is community, not necessarily product.”

-SF Weekly

“David’s hilarious one-man recounting of a career low point if filled with nothing but highs for his audience. David’s preposterous Southern stereotypes – and the lessons, certainly not about acting, that they impart – are drawn lovingly from the real thing and generously padded with his own cutting wit.”

-SF Bay Guardian

“Smart and funny, a testament to the fact that every person in the world has his own unique story. David spins his way through the show getting laughs that aren’t at the expense of his characters but, rather, at the comic blundering of humanity. There’s much warmth in his mockery.”

-Theatermania.com

“A side-splitting frolic. The one-liners come fast and furious, and you have to have your wits about you to catch all of the zingers. The artist's takes on these characters are an absolute delight. Some are hilarious, some very poignant. He skillfully changes voices and accents at a moment’s notice. A cross between Greater Tuna and Waiting for Guffman.”

-Talkin´broadway.com

“From this unlikely premise, hilarious mayhem arises. If you aren’t laughing at the punch lines that pepper his performance, you probably need resuscitation. He keeps us laughing, and laughing, and laughing.”

-Rochester Democrat

“Laugh-out-loud funny and a perfect antidote for anyone suffering the downturn doldrums. This was one of the funniest theatrical productions I have ever attended-I laughed until I cried-and I want to see it again.”

-Qonstage.com

“Wild and extraordinary. I think that Lincoln Center should invite this gifted actor/playwright to bring his ‘play within a play’ to their theater.”

-Beyond Chron, San Francisco

“An absolute delight. At turns hilarious and tender, the play is a knowing commentary on life in the arts, the wonder of chasing dreams, and the value of second chances.” The writing is fresh and funny.

-New York Blade

“An unexpected hilarious romp - a New York stand-up comedian with extended Comedy Central credentials who captivated the opening night audience leaving them in hysterics. Think Greater Tuna without costumes. From this day forward Jim David will be a household name for audiences at the New Conservatory Theatre Center.”

-forallevents.com, San Francisco

“A painfully funny narrative about what can happen when an out-of-work comedian returns home to direct a production of the Tennessee Williams classic, .A Streetcar Named Desire, for the worst community theater in the South, Jim David's opus is a must-see for any self-respecting theater queen. The ads say, ‘Be very afraid.’ In all honesty, the only thing you need to fear is that you might wet your pants from laughing for a solid 80 minutes as Jim David nails one character after another to the walls of the Thermal City Little Theatre. The writing is brilliant and the actor's delivery is hilarious.”

-My Cultural Landscape

About the show

Comedian Jim David, known for his popular TV special Comedy Central Presents Jim David and this season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, will star in his one-man comedy SOUTH PATHETIC in August 2010 as part of the New York International Fringe Festival August 13-29, 2010. The show will be performed at Tom Noonan's Paradise Factory, 64 E. 4th St, at 4th St. and the Bowery, Manhattan. For show times, see the listings on this page.
A 2009 hit at San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre, it tells the story of how a desperate out of work performer returns to his home state to direct North Carolina’s worst community theatre in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” There he meets a host of eccentric characters, each at their own personal turning points, in the local theatre where all misfits are welcome. It’s a comedy of starting over, failure, and the need for arts in even the smallest community.
David plays himself as well as 10 other characters including a female “family values” crusader, a disgraced used car salesman, a stripper, an ex-porn actor, a high school nerd, a Bosnian refugee and others, and at the hilarious climax performs the opening night of this “Streetcar” in six minutes.
The show opened in 2009 at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre to rave reviews, and has also been presented at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre of Rochester NY, the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, and many others.
JIM DAVID has been featured on Comedy Central’s Comedy Central Presents Jim David, Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn, Out On The Edge, ABC’s The View, HLN’s The Joy Behar Show, NBC’s The Tonight Show and Last Comic Standing, Bravo’s Queer Eye and Greatest Things About Being…and many other shows. He is a three-time winner of the MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) Award for Outstanding New York Comedian and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. He performs stand-up comedy nationwide.

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South Pathetic upcoming shows - Tickets now on sale.

South Pathetic runs 75 minutes. Latecomers will not be seated. Please be on time!

Theater

South Pathetic will be performed at The Paradise Factory located at 64 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, New York City

The Hit of San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre 2009 Season comes to the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival!