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Michael Phillis's
D*Face onstage in San Francisco, June
3–24

In an encore engagement for Pride Month, Michael Phillis performs his self-written comedy D*Face, directed by Andrew Nance, at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. Tickets are available at NCTC's Box Office, (415) 861-8972, or online at www.nctcsf.org.

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