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American Appetite: Tales of Dirty Young Boys & Spry Old Men, The
An Evening At Home
Anablep and Other Oddities
Back to Kroenig
Beckett's Last Dance
Beneath Sita's Belly
Black Box Confessions
Blue Sofa
Candistan
Caught Sleeping
Cleopatra!-And Antony
ClockBusters
Death Blow - The Show
Devouring Time
Engineer and The Artist, The
Enronicles
Exit Laughing!
F--king Handicapped Guy
Fred Anderson -Professional Goofball!
Full Spectrum Improvisation
George Bush's Nuts
Getting It Wrong
Guano dell' Amore - ("Birdshit of Love")
Gulag Ha Ha
Interactive Solo Performer Daniel Packard
Ken and Andy Show, The
Lillie, A Musical
Looking, Then Pointing
Mad Adventures of Chaos For Hire, The
Me Laugh You Long Time
Menopause and Desire: Or Why Must I Be Middle Aged and In Love?
Microclimates: A Crime Against Gravity or The Burrito From Sausalito
My Son, the Mummy: Episode Pi
nEO-sURREALIST sYSTEMS pRESENTS: HOE- DOWN!!!!!
Objects In Mirror (May Be Closer Than They Appear)
OUTTAKES: Monologues, Stories, and Social Commentary
Rise And Fall of The US/them Empire, The
Smashing Icons
Something You Might Want
Song in Your Blood, The
Spray
Stranger In Woodstock
Surfing Toasters
Survival of the Fit Enough/ Fern
Talking To Myself
Tangled
Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Underground Movement Theatre
Upper Canada Cougar Movement, The
Valentine's Play Time
Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars, The
Winterkill
Woods For The Trees
Zucchini: The Forbidden Dance!

Play: Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Reviewer: Vince Vitale
Reviewer Email: WorldGazer@aol.com
Rating: 5 Stars
This series of brilliant monologues by Dominic Hoffman is consistently compelling and engaging. He takes us into the lives and mindsets of a sex-savvy black dude, a Puerto Rican girl, an older black mother, and a white bookie. We are invited into the experience of their lives so perfectly that the transitions surprise us. This is a must-see performance.

Play: Uncle Jaques Symphony
Reviewer: Danielle
Reviewer Email:
Rating: 5 Stars
Polished, professional, perceptive and powerful. Dominic Hoffman's exceptional performance left be breathless. He is an extraordinarily talented actor and writer with a keen sense of pathos for the robust characters he's created. That he could not join us for Best Of Fringe is truly our loss. I understand he plans to take the show to NY. Spread the word. It's worth the flight. This show is not to be missed. I anxiously look forward to his future work. Bravo! Encore!

Play: Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Reviewer: Susan
Reviewer Email: suzmax99@sbcglobal.net
Rating: 5 Stars
This performance needs more than 5 stars! Don't miss it. I actually got to see Dominic Hoffman's play by accident - the show I was standing in line to see was sold out before I could get in. Thank God! Or I might have missed the beautiful story-telling of "Uncle Jacques." The stories are beautiful, the character development astonishing (right down to the mime and movement of the performer as he cooked or shadow-boxed or shot hoops.) I am an actor; I have been in and also gone to see a LOT of theatre. Now and again, I leave the theater feeling privileged to have seen a particular performance - this was one of them. Thank you, Dominic. If you don't make "Best of Fringe," I may have to give up all hope for the SFFringe! (And to those of you reading this, NO, I never met him before in my life; so I'm not one of his best friends writing good things because I'm one of his best friends. I am a stranger who was moved and entertained and transported!)

Play: Uncle Jacque's Symphony
Reviewer: Lizza
Reviewer Email: Ubgeli@earthlink.net
Rating: 5 Stars
Of the five shows I saw at Fringe - the was the
best. Polished. Character work that made my
jaw drop. I have never seen a man play female
characters so effectively. He plays a range of
sexes - races - ages - types - and he does it all with
perfection. Everyone will enjoy this show - it
speaks to everybody. But if you are an actor - go
and see it for sure because you will love watching
this actor's work!

Play: Uncle Jacques Symphony
Reviewer: Luz
Reviewer Email:
Rating: 5 Stars
This is hands down Best Of Fringe in a catagory all by itself. I agree with the reviewer from the Exam who said," shone head and shoulders above the offerings I sampled last weekend." I've seen some wonderful shows but this is truely special.

Play: Uncle Jacques Symphony
Reviewer: jes'fine
Reviewer Email: jes_fine@hotmail.com
Rating: 5 Stars
This is a brillant , polished performance reminiscent of the character developments of Anna Deveres Smith and Culture Clash's RADIO MAMBO. An exJazz drummer turns his talents to inhabiting the characters in his life and letting them play the glorious and soulful tunes of their existance. In turns he is an intellectual , jock , "professor" of the playground courts; a young Puerto Rican hottie; a "one too many" punches taken fighter holding on to his dignity; a middle aged black woman talking of her "too ugly" husband and her sons ; and a white blue collar numbers guy from North Beach giving a eulogy for his black drug dealing but book obsessed and learned buddy in an Oakland church. In life , anyone can learn to say the words , but it's the tunes you have to listen for and they are played here in reverential style. Easily the best show we've seen so far. WARNING: This is in the smallest of the three EXIT theatres so I'd be early.

Play: Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Reviewer: Tommy
Reviewer Email: phototj3@hotmail.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Dominic's portrayal of each character is nothing short of amazing. He wears each of them like a glove. This also has to be one of the best written one-man shows around! It will make you laugh, make you cry, make you think. That's all anyone can ask of good theatre. Definite contender for Best of Fringe. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!