LOST IN CIRCULATION: Press Release

Uphill Both Ways presents...
LOST IN CIRCULATION: A COMEDY ABOUT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK

WHEN:
Friday and Saturdays @ 8pm,
July 29 to August 13, 2011

WHERE:
Exit Theater Studio
156 Eddy Street between Mason and Taylor
http://www.sffringe.org

TICKETS:
$15 at the door or online

INFO & MEDIA:
info@uphillbothways.com
www.uphillbothways.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Nationally acclaimed comedy team Uphill Both Ways is back with a mind-blowing new two-man play. LOST IN CIRCULATION: A COMEDY ABOUT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK follows the story of a rare, misprinted dollar bill from the 1930's that accidentally enters circulation in 2011. When everyman Marvin (Dave McKew) inherits the mysterious, priceless dollar (depicting George Washington Carver instead of George Washington) from his dying father (Colin Benoit), he is curious about learning more about who created it, and why. But before he can learn the dollar's secret origin, he accidentally loses it. Will eccentric collector of curiosities Buck Huntington III (Dave McKew) find it before Marvin can locate his family's heirloom? Follow the dollar's journey across all four continental U.S. time zones, as it changes hands over and over again. Antics ensue as the dollar-hunting Marvin and Huntington encounter a god-fearing churchgoer (Colin Benoit) who donates the dollar, a precocious girl scout (Colin Benoit) who earns the dollar at her lemonade stand, a flamboyant magician (Colin Benoit) who's ready to burn the dollar as part of his biggest show ever... and many others.

LOST IN CIRCULATION: A COMEDY ABOUT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK features the comic writing and acting talents of seasoned sketch comedy vets Colin Benoit and Dave McKew who play over 25 characters in this ambitious new show.

Uphill Both Ways has been Voted “Best Comedy Act” in SF Weekly’s “Best of San Francisco” Readers’ Poll. NYC’s Uproar Magazine calls Uphill Both Ways “obscenely witty.” SF Downtown Magazine says “...reminiscent of such cult troupes as The Kids in the Hall and The Upright Citizens Brigade and such classics as Jackie Gleason and Ralph Kramden as best friends in the Honeymooners TV series...an endearing, energetic, and downright ridiculous pair who emit a decidedly charismatic aura.” The Bay Guardian calls them “funny guys with tremendous energy.”

LOST IN CIRCULATION: A COMEDY ABOUT GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK runs Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm at the Exit Theater Studio, 156 Eddy St. between Mason and Taylor. You can purchase $15 tickets and find more information at www.uphillbothways.com. Buy tickets early!

ABOUT UPHILL BOTH WAYS: Always hyperactive, provocative, and smart, Uphill Both Ways has performed live in over a dozen North American cities since January of 2002. They have graced numerous local Bay Area venues including the Shelton, the Eureka, the Exit, Bannam Place, Spanganga, the Marsh, the Mock Cafe, the Off-Market Theater, the Dark Room, the Jon Sims Center, and the Hemlock Tavern. UBW has been the official selection of several international comedy festivals including NYC’s Big Red Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, D.C. Comedyfest, Atlanta Improv Festival, Dallas Comedy Festival, L.A.’s Fest of Sketch and International Sketch Comedy Championship, and the Lowell Comedy Festival in Massachusetts. UBW was honored to be selected for the “Best of the Fest” show at Vancouver’s CanWest ComedyFest, performing on the same bill with Late Night with David Letterman’s Eddie Brill and Kids In The Hall’s Scott Thompson. Their films have been seen on TV’s Comedy Central, The Hotel Networks, and at various short comedy film festivals in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Toronto.

PRESS CONTACT:
Dave McKew
415.505.6866
info@uphillbothways.com