The Sick & Twisted Players

The Sick & Twisted Players Historic underground theatre troupe from the 90’s that specialized in spoofs of horror & disaster films

The Sick & Twisted Players became a cult phenomenon of alternative live theatre through-out the decade, and packed a dandy wallop to full houses in the 1990's, earning several awards along the way, and appearing in magazines, on radio, AMC's series "Backstory: The Poseidon Adventure", HBO, The BBC, KRON, KOFY, Frameline 1993, many cable holiday specials, and appeared at a variety of Marc Huestis' Castro Theatre celebrity tribute events.

 . Winning entry on the coloring contest we held, drawn at random more like it, for The Towering Inferno Live production...
12/13/2024

. Winning entry on the coloring contest we held, drawn at random more like it, for The Towering Inferno Live production held in SF CA 1996 by Patrick O'Connor. lol

For Valentines Day '24 here's something from the vault, it's the program cover for one of Sick & Twisted's weirder mashu...
02/14/2024

For Valentines Day '24 here's something from the vault, it's the program cover for one of Sick & Twisted's weirder mashups Snow White's Bloody Valentine 1994 SF CA - Love hatchets

    OTD  Jan 25th, 1992 S&T did their second staging of The Poseidon Adventure at Klubstitute, in SF CA, Here's a clip f...
01/26/2024

OTD Jan 25th, 1992 S&T did their second staging of The Poseidon Adventure at Klubstitute, in SF CA, Here's a clip from the SFWeekly calling us America's most gender bending theatre group, (!ah) and included this fine illustration. There's got to be a morning after!

For the last     post of 2023 we wanted to drag out something she-larious from days past, it's audition fliers from The ...
12/29/2023

For the last post of 2023 we wanted to drag out something she-larious from days past, it's audition fliers from The Sick & Twisted Players I made for the only times we ever had open auditions in 1995 and '96. read the fine print to really get how weird these were. anyway I hope they amuse XO ❤ 🤣

Happy Halloween everyone! Here we are in a production of "Halloween II" from 1992 at 21 Bernice St Theatre. XOphoto Broo...
10/31/2023

Happy Halloween everyone! Here we are in a production of "Halloween II" from 1992 at 21 Bernice St Theatre. XO
photo Brook Dillon

Happy Friday the 13th!  The Bradys are going camping... for the last time! Enjoy this from the vault one of S&T Players ...
10/13/2023

Happy Friday the 13th! The Bradys are going camping... for the last time! Enjoy this from the vault one of S&T Players annual productions of Friday the 13th, usually held to raise funds for costumes and stuff for future shows, this night was Tony's birthday and he has a concussion during the show after getting whacked in the head during the final battle with Mrs. Voorhees

ST016A Very Brady Friday 13 performed by the Sick and Twisted Players on Saturday, September 14, 1996in SPLATTER-RAMA The Brady's are going camping... For...

     Who remembers this one? Fright Nights with The Sick & Twisted Players at the now defunct Red Vic Movie House! it di...
10/12/2023

Who remembers this one? Fright Nights with The Sick & Twisted Players at the now defunct Red Vic Movie House! it didn't go over very well, people in the audience got up and went into the lobby until we were through performing to come back and sit and watch the movie only, opting out of our live "retelling". How rude!! Many people apparently had never seen the films and didn't want spoilers! LOL Happy Halloween! 🎃

FlashbackFriday.  Exorcist edition. Here's a nice little picture the Bay Times ran June 17, 1993 of S&T Player's The Exo...
10/06/2023

FlashbackFriday. Exorcist edition. Here's a nice little picture the Bay Times ran June 17, 1993 of S&T Player's The Exorcist: A Danse Macabre . today the new Exorcist movie opens, what better time than now to post this flashback! Ghis Loree pictured as Regan.

 . since the new Best of the Bay winners came out today thought it would be good timing to do a throwback to 1995 when S...
09/28/2023

. since the new Best of the Bay winners came out today thought it would be good timing to do a throwback to 1995 when S&T were voted Best Postmodern Theatrical Troupe. (and still trying to figure out what that means) Love n hatchets!

  A fan sent this in years ago of his Barbie-Carrie at the prom, for a   pic, i'd suffice to say it's timely
07/21/2023

A fan sent this in years ago of his Barbie-Carrie at the prom, for a pic, i'd suffice to say it's timely

Thank you Peaches Christ for the shout out on the new Vinegar Syndrome 4k bluray of Showgirls! The Sick & Twisted Player...
06/18/2023

Thank you Peaches Christ for the shout out on the new Vinegar Syndrome 4k bluray of Showgirls! The Sick & Twisted Players are now a legacy! Thanks to Zero for bringing this to our attention

🤣🤣🤣 I don't think very many saw this
05/15/2023

🤣🤣🤣 I don't think very many saw this

   - from 30 years ago, here's a super rare understudy night pic of when Flynn played Mike Wilson's part of Brandon in "...
04/27/2023

- from 30 years ago, here's a super rare understudy night pic of when Flynn played Mike Wilson's part of Brandon in "Texas Chainsaw 90210", 1993- L-R: Mylar, Deena Davenport, Flynn DeMarco, Don Baird, and Q-pid

  Throwback to 1994, S&T's extra twisted version of Dressed to Kill, starring Stefan Grygelko as the killer. But wait, t...
04/13/2023

Throwback to 1994, S&T's extra twisted version of Dressed to Kill, starring Stefan Grygelko as the killer. But wait, the publicity pics were to fool everyone into thinking Bobbie was the killer, but the surprise came onstage with no notice when Stefan came out as Wayland Flowers with a Madame puppet who had a teeny tiny straight razor and told dirty jokes before killing her victims. It was hysterical and my favorite role he played in The Sick & Twisted Players. for whomever has the stamina to watch an old-school low def video of the performance of it, go to archive.org and search for sick & twisted players dressed to kill. It's been banned from being posted on FB for nudity. Love and hatchets!

  nothing new just something for the archives, it's when we were prepping our Stepford Wives fashion show we did for Mar...
04/06/2023

nothing new just something for the archives, it's when we were prepping our Stepford Wives fashion show we did for Marc at the Castro Theatre, xo https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Sick-and-Twisted-Players-fash-flash-from-the-past-3140022.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR1TjyKgA2fYrymGtQoAe2NWFyai2XJp1OGdMcGidkJ8LQMyuyIMcwc0kOM

Hideous fashion statements from the dreaded "wide" decade - with a special nod to suburban zombie spousal units - will ravage the Castro Theatre stage Friday night as San Francisco's Sick and Twisted Players present a live fashion show, "Sick and Twisted's Summer Camp," to be followed by a screening...

RIP Stefan/Heklina (bottom left of picture, 📸 by Marc Huestis) Stefan was in MANY S&T shows and did his first drag role ...
04/04/2023

RIP Stefan/Heklina (bottom left of picture, 📸 by Marc Huestis) Stefan was in MANY S&T shows and did his first drag role in "A Partridge Family Friday the 13th" among many others. Here he is at The Stepford Wives Castro Gala in 1995 Marc held with the Players posing out front. Rest In Power, You will be missed! 💔

 .  Can you spot The Sick & Twisted Players in this episode of Backstory about the Poseidon Adventure?
03/30/2023

. Can you spot The Sick & Twisted Players in this episode of Backstory about the Poseidon Adventure?

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Historic SF theatre troupe from the 1990’s that specialized in film-to-stage spoofs of Hollywood horror and disaster films and television sitcom parodies, incorporating fierce camp, genderbent casting, unbridled lunacy and politically q***r performance art into a local phenomenon that endeared a cult following during their time.