the playground theater.

Deb Shockenbottom (a.k.a. Sayjal Joshi), Out of Character, Friday at 8pm.

The Playground’s newest production, Out of Character, focuses on well-written and performed solo character sketches, turning each piece into a fully-realized improvised show. This week the Out of Character cast explores the life of Deb Shockenbottom, as played Sayjal Joshi, Friday at 8pm.

Deb says, “Little bit about me, I’m a 47 year old white female who has spent the majority of the 90s in a medium security women’s prison just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina for a crime I did commit. Trespassing in Lorenzo Lamas’ backyard dressed as a ninja is a bad choice, even if youare trained in the marti-ee-al arts. Now that I am in the autumn of my life I’ve been traveling around to groups like yourselves to offer advise through the gift of song on making less stupid choices so that you don’t end up like me.”

Out of Character is performed by Mel Evans, Sarah Fineout, Sayjal Joshi, Lisa Linke, Wendy Mateo, Anthony Oberbeck, Conner O’Malley, Patrick Raynor, Patrick Rowland, Micah Sterenberg, and Rob White. The show is directed and produced by Matt Barbera.

Tickets are just $10, and our theater is always BYOB. Two Playground improv ensembles — The Fling and Wing Night — also perform.