The Marsh

The Marsh Presents Angela Neff’s PICNICS AT THE ASYLUM

2009-05-19T12:13:00.001-07:00

One Performance Only!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

Angela Neff tells us what it is like to grow up in a large catholic family with a father who goes from being the funniest Dad in Silicon Valley to the funniest street person on San Jose’s Skid Row.

Hilarious, outlandish and poignant, Picnics at the Asylum takes us on a journey full of fireworks, psychedelic sunglasses and rockin' church services as Angela examines the relationship of madness and love.

The Marsh Presents Ann Randolph’s Final Destination

2009-05-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

One Performance Only!

Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

Fasten Your Seat Belts for Ann Randolph's wild ride in the sky. With a crew of outrageous characters, Randolph takes the audience on the flight of their life. Sex, Death, Chopin - all at the cruising altitude of 30,000 feet. “Final Destination” recounts Frannie’s emotional and hilarious journey as she deals with the loss of the biggest love of her life.

Randolph’s last solo show, Squeeze Box, was the Winner of LA Weekly’s “Best Solo Show for 2002” and the Los Angeles Times Ovation Award for “Best Solo Show 2002.” It’s extended run at The MARSH played to sold out audiences last year.

The Marsh Presents Samantha Chanse’s LYDIA’S FUNERAL VIDEO

2009-05-19T12:09:00.000-07:00

One Performance Only!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

The darkly comedic tale of an apocalypse-obsessed bank clerk whose dreams are suddenly invaded by a mysterious being claiming to be her newly-conceived embryo. In a not-so-distant future, when abortions are legal only within 28 days of conception, Lydia has four weeks to shoot a video, do some standup comedy and terminate a pregnancy. Holy sh*t.

"Spiked with surreal celebrity trash-culture references, sardonic moral relativity, and Chanse's biting wit, LFV celebrates irreverent political incorrectness and the societal gray areas in all of us." -- Connie Hwong, Flavorpill

The Marsh Presents Dan Hoyle’s RIGHT?

2009-05-19T12:08:00.001-07:00

One Performance Only!

Wednesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org
Determined to understand life beyond the bubbles of our liberal cities, Hoyle traveled across the country through Small-Town America for 100 days. Living out of his van, sleeping in Wal-Mart parking lots and meeting with folks on the other side of the political and cultural divide, Hoyle turned his eye and ear on how the other half of the country lives. Sharing meals and conversation with cowboys, coal miners, soldiers, farmers, rural drug dealers, itinerant preachers, gun salesmen, small-town refugees, closeted gay church leaders, creation theory experts, liberal hicks and other everyday characters of Small-Town America, Hoyle sought to find out what binds us as fellow Americans and what makes us think so differently. Hoyle plays all these characters and more!

The Marsh Presents Lambeth Sterling’s LOVE AND SEX IN THE SPIN CYCLE

2009-05-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

One Performance Only!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

Love And Sex In The Spin Cycle explores relationships and "The Secret." In an authentic and funny monologue, Lambeth presents comedy and drama for couples and singles who cannot afford therapy.
For more information on Lambeth Sterling, please visit her website at www.LambethSterling.com

The Marsh Presents Don Reed's EAST 14TH STREET

2009-04-10T15:15:00.000-07:00

May 8 - June 14, 2009. The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco. Friday: 8 pm, Saturday: 8:30 pm, Sunday: 3 pm

Tickets are $15-50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

“Hilarious. The audience can’t stop laughing…Don Reed plays all the characters with both ease and inexhaustible energy” – The New Yorker
“A graceful genial performer... It’s hard not to love 1970’s funk and soul and Don Reed.” – New York Times
NAACP Double Nominee – Best Actor Best Playwright

Back in 1970’s Oakland, his stepfather forced him to be a straight A, God-fearing church boy - but he wanted to be just like his dear old Dad. Too bad he didn’t know dear old Dad was a pimp.

The Marsh Presents Kenny Yun’s LETTUCETOWN LIES

2009-04-10T15:13:00.001-07:00

June 5 – June 27, 2009. Friday & Saturday at 8:00 pm in The Marsh Studio Theater, 1074 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $15 – 50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

“One of the most extraordinary solo artists I've ever witnessed onstage. Brilliant and painfully funny. Awesome.” – Ann Randolph

“Funny…terrific”– SF Bay Times

He's Gay. He's Asian. He's coming of age in Lettucetown, aka Salinas. If that’s not bad enough, he's got a crush on a hick. If that’s not bad enough, his friends think fun is blowing up a field of lettuce. If that’s not bad enough, he has to sneak to the high school bathroom to buy drugs and Donna Summer records. Adolescence! It's fun, it's lies. In Lettucetown.

Kenny Yun has appeared in film shorts and plays, including local productions of Twelfth Night, The Cherry Orchard, and The Tempest. He also performs standup comedy all over the Bay Area and was a winner of the Russian River Comedy Competition. Yun studied acting at Studio ACT and the Berkeley Repertory Theater and has a degree in English Literature from UC Berkeley.

The Marsh Presents Lunatique Fantastique’s EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066

2009-02-24T15:03:00.000-08:00

March 7 – April 25, 2009. Saturdays at 1:00 pm on The Marsh MainStage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $15 & up. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

67 years after President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, this show follows the journey of one Japanese family's forced evacuation from their Berkeley home during WWII to the Topaz Camp in Utah. Inspired by actual events, Lunatique Fantastique tells the story of two brothers in Live 3-D Animation using a suitcase, weathered wood, and a Japanese tea set.

The Marsh Presents Carolyn Doyle’s CONFESSIONS OF A REFRIGERATOR MOTHER

2009-02-24T15:02:00.000-08:00

April 2 – April 25, 2009. Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00 pm in The Marsh Studio Theater, 1074 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $15 – 50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

“Joaquin had an OK day. He pulled down his pants 11 times. He had a tantrum over his goldfish crackers and bit me on the cheek. This was a little strange. First, he gave me a kiss, but then decided to bite me. It was not a malicious act. He seemed rather happy. Also… he Y’s tart Bing cherries from Trader Joe’s, he ate some of mine today.” “

Confessions Of A Regrigerator Mother” explores a day-in-the-life of a nine year old boy and his family as they navigate the mysterious world of autism.

Final Extension! The Marsh Presents Brian Copeland’s Not A Genuine Black Man

2009-02-24T15:00:00.000-08:00

Now through May 2, 2009. Friday at 8:00 pm and Saturday at 5:00 pm. On The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $25 - 50. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, the longest running solo show in San Francisco history, returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary at The Marsh – the theater where it all began. The show reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Join us for an evening of laughter tears and sociology.

The Marsh presents Brian Copeland’s Not A Genuine Black Man

2009-01-22T14:55:00.000-08:00

January 16 thru February 15, 2009. Friday at 8:00 pm and Saturday at 5:00 pm. On The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $20 - 50. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, the longest running solo show in San Francisco history, returns to celebrate its fifth anniversary at The Marsh – the theater where it all began. The show reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Join us for an evening of laughter tears and sociology.

Marsh Youth Theater’s Teen Troupe in FEARS OF YOUR LIFE

2009-01-22T14:54:00.001-08:00

Friday, January 30 at 10:30am and1:00 pm (school shows)
Saturday, January 31 at 2:00 and 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 1 at 2:00 pm
Friday, February 6 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 7 at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm

"Fear is like this; someone like a woman that you grab a hold of her hand and going down the escalator
when of a sudden you happens to be holding a stranger hand not realizing that she isn't your mother is scary.”

What is fear? How do we cope with it? How can we express it? Based on the book by Michael Bernard Loggins, an artist with developmental disabilities working at Creativity Explored, this multi-media production features dance music, theater, aerial dance, video and huge papier-mâché puppets to explore our relationship with the sometimes serious and often humorous things that scare us — from our tear ducts to our funny bone. Monsters, speeding bus drivers and hugs from someone you don’t like are only some of the fears that stalk the stage in this exciting production.

Directed by Kim Epifano, the show is designed for audiences of all ages and, integrating young performers with and without disabilities, is performed on a stage transformed by Loggins' distinctive drawings into a vibrant and interactive world of art and animation, puppetry and song.

Tickets are $12 General Admission and $6 for students. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit email myt@themarsh.org or www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750.

This show is presented by The Marsh in association with Epiphany Productions.

The Marsh extends Charlie Varon’s Rabbi Sam

2009-01-22T14:52:00.001-08:00

Now thru June 7, 2009
Thursday at 8:00 pm, Saturday at 5:pm, Sunday at 7pm

Check www.themarsh.org for dates of post-performance discussions with Bay Area rabbis

Tickets are $18 & Up. For more information go to www.themars.org.

“Charlie Varon is very funny” – The New Yorker; “An uncannily gifted mimic” – Washington Post;
“San Francisco’s brightest satiric star” – SF Chronicle

Rabbi Sam is the spiritual genius who will bring American Judaism into the 21st century. Or he’s completely out of his mind. You decide.

The play tells the story of a rabbi who wants to reinvent American Judaism, and the congregation that hires him. Some people love the new rabbi. Some can’t stand him. And, of course, some can’t stand each other.

Varon plays all 12 characters, including the rabbi and eight contentious board members. Funny, moving, bursting with energy and ideas, RABBI SAM is a play for Jews, Gentiles and anyone who has ever attended a meeting.

The San Francisco Chronicle has credited Charlie Varon with “redefining the art form” of solo theater. He’s the creator of the hit shows Rush Limbaugh in Night School and The People’s Violin, and director of Dan Hoyle’s Tings Dey Happen. This is Charlie Varon’s first new full-length play in nine years. The Marsh is thrilled to have back on stage our edgy, comic genius!

The Marsh extends Wayne Harris’ MAY DAY PARADE

2008-11-14T13:19:00.000-08:00

The show plays Saturday at 8:00 pm through December 13, 2008 in The Marsh Studio Theater, 1074 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

Tickets are $15-35 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

“A brilliant performance by a uniquely talented artist.” My Cultural Landscape Blog: George Heymont

”The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards Division awards 'May Day Parade' three stars with a Bangle of Praise. Two of the three stars are for Harris's writing and performing, but the third is for all those drum lines. He is such a musical force on stage that it is hard to stay seated in your little red chair. This viewer wanted to stand up and form a Second Line right behind him.” SF Theater Blog: Doug Konecky
“Just the sight of them big butt girls in short skirts doing the “dirty dog” down Newstead Blvd. put the crowd into a frenzy…I mean, folks were following the band down the street. Ain’t seen nothing like it before or since.”

There’s a parade coming! ….so, get a seat on the curb with a snow cone and watch as Wayne Harris portrays 1 Baptist preacher, 3 generations on a porch, a 4 man bass drum ensemble, 12 rather large “letter” girls bumping and grinding down a mid-town boulevard and the 100 member Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Drum & Bugle Corps.

Award winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite, Wayne Harris, takes us on a road less traveled…(or maybe less marched) as he prepares at 8 years old, for his first parade maneuvering between a jealous big brother, a drunken deacon, a foul mouthed banner partner, new shoes and a grandmother of biblical proportions…. all while learning the value of family, history and the importance of staying in step!
Bay Area Theater, drum and bugle corps, solo performance, polio

The Marsh presents Lunatique Fantastique’s Wrapping Paper

2008-11-14T13:18:00.000-08:00

A Family Show For All Ages!

The show plays at 3:30 pm on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco on the following dates:
December 7 (Sun)
December 13 ,14 (Sat, Sun)
December 20, 21 (Sat, Sun)
December 22, 27 28 (Mon, Sat, Sun)
December 29 (Mon)
January 3, 4 (Sat, Sun)

Tickets are $10 (diminished view); $15 regular seating; $50 front section reserved seating with goodie bag. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

"Quick, imaginative, and delightfully funny." SF Chronicle

" A stunning tribute to creativity." Contra Costa Times

" A remarkably clever and moving form of visual poetry." San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Her work strikes an instant chord with audience members." SF Weekly

Live 3D Animatiion!

Liebe Wetzel has the packing materials taking matters into their own, er... “hands” in her show, The Wrapping Paper Caper, this year’s holiday offering for kids of all ages from Lunatique Fantastique. In true private eye guise, our Bogart-esque “detective” follows a trail of styrofoam packing-peanuts, encountering a witty and wonder-filled cast of characters along the way, including an elegant wrapping-paper damsel in “dis-dress”, a cardboard-tube horse, a packing-box Zamboni and a cast of bread rolls, cutlery, linens and dishware that display extremely unusual table manners.

The Marsh presents Carlo D’Amore’s NO PAROLE

2008-11-14T13:17:00.001-08:00

The show plays Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00 pm from November 13 – December 13, 2008 on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $15-35 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org
Anyone with a mother should see this!
No Parole is a hoot! It’s a dark engrossingly hilarious roller-coaster ride, full of crime, a Peruvian diva-like matriarch and rags-to-riches-to-rags immigrants. This autobiographical solo play explores the nature of sons and mothers while telling the tale of this extraordinary family. There truly is no parole from family.
Carlo directed the New York premiere of Voices From Guantanamo. A dramatization of poems written by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay for Actors and Poets Group. The poems were all published by the Iowa Press in conjunction with the Center For Constitutional Rights and Amnesty International and were greatly anticipated in their New York debut.

Broadway credits include the Round About Theater Company’s production of Tennessee William's "Summer and Smoke" directed by David Warren, and most recently “Latinologues” directed by Cheech Marin where he played seven different characters to sold out crowds at the Helen Hayes Theater.

Regional acting credits include three productions at the legendary Magic Theater and four productions at Theater Rhino, including solo work on the highly awarded "Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown".

Film and Television credits include being directed by Spike Lee for a project at “Forty Acres and a Mule.” His television debut was in the critically acclaimed series “OZ,” opposite Rita Moreno, directed by Tom Fontana.

Directed by Margarett Perry.

The Marsh presents Brian Copeland’s Not A Genuine Black Man

2008-11-14T13:16:00.001-08:00

Three performances only! A benefit for The Marsh! December 4 thru 6, 2008. Thursday and Friday at 8:00 pm and Saturday at 5:00 pm. On The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $25 - 50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, the longest running solo show in San Francisco history, reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Join us for an evening of laughter tears and sociology.

The Marsh presents Judy Juanita’s COUNTER-TERRORISM

2008-11-14T13:14:00.000-08:00

One Performance only! Wednesday, November 19 @ 7:30 pm

The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

Homeless, pontificating Ann (Cathleen Riddle) invades the mind of educated, shopaholic Tylea (Judy Juanita) in this two-woman play about identity, sexuality and acknowledging “the other” in troubled times.

Judy Juanita’s COUNTER-TERRORISM was a Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2004 winner. Her plays include “Theodicy” (1st runner up in the 2007 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Play Contest at Ohio State); “Heaven’s Hold,” (Brava Theatre and 2001 National Black Theater Festival); ‘Knocked Up”, a commedia dell’Arte she co-wrote about RU-486 which tours periodically with the SF Mime Troupe; and farces “Famine,” “The History of Sweat” and “Samaritan-ism” (Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley). She received an MFA from San Francisco State University.

Cathleen Riddley, an alumna of The Juilliard School Drama Division, stars in “The America Play” at Thick Description this November. She has also appeared at Magic Theatre, TheatreWorks, MTC, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, A.C.T., Willows Theatre Company and Center Rep. As vocalist for Sweetie Pie And The Doughboys, she belts out Blues, Rock & Roll and R&B.

The Marsh presents Kenny Yun’s LETTUCE TOWN LIES

2008-11-14T13:13:00.000-08:00

One Performance only! Wednesday, December 10 @ 7:30 pm

The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

He's Gay. He's Asian. He's coming of age in Lettucetown. If that’s not bad enough, he's got a crush on a hick. If that’s not bad enough, his friends think fun is blowing up lettuce. If that’s not bad enough, he has to sneak to the bathroom to buy drugs and Donna Summer records. Adolescence! It's fun, it's lies. In Lettucetown.

The Marsh presents David Hirata & Friends in Magic Holiday

2008-10-17T16:21:00.000-07:00

The show plays at 1:00 pm on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco on the following dates:
December 6 & 7 (Sat & Sun)
December 13 &14 (Sat, Sun)
December 20, 21 (Sat, Sun)
December 22, 23 27 28 (Mon, Tues, Sat, Sun)
December 29 (Mon)

Tickets are $10 ($7.50 for groups of 4 or more). To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

This hit holiday show is back with marvels old and new for its third season!

Along with magician Kim Silverman and juggler Stefan Fisher, Hirata has crafted a show that brings wonder directly to the audience on the intimate space Marsh stage. The magicians mingle with the crowd before the show, bringing the magic up close. Then, when they take to the stage, classical magic illusions are given new life — a rope takes on four dimensions, a bottle of water defies gravity, a sketch becomes animated. Water balloons, hats and rings become the media for Fisher’s feats of dexterity and balance

Magician David Hirata has been called “a master of deceit” by Kron 4’s Henry Tenenbaum. Dr. Kim Silverman, with his flowing beard, his warmth and his magic, has been mystifying and delighting audiences for thirty years. He is President of the Society of American Magicians in Palo Alto and a "Magician Member" of the Academy of Magical Arts based in the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Stefan Fisher has been juggling for nearly thirty years and has performed with the Royal Lichtenstein Circus, Roberts Brothers Circus and Big John Strong Stage Productions.
David will be at every performance; Dr. Kim will be at every performance except December 27 & 28; Stefan will be there on Dec 27, 28 and 29.

The Marsh presents Bill Santiago’s THE FUNNY OF LATIN DANCE

2008-10-17T16:19:00.000-07:00

One Performance only! Wednesday, October 29 @ 7:30 pm

The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

Calling all salsaholics, tango freaks, bachata addicts, merengue maniacs, chachaficianados, and bailamosapiens... who like a good laugh! Stand-up comic Bill Santiago riffs on his feet - about his feet and yours! - hunting for the Funny of Latin Dance, as he workshops and presents his latest show.
The Funny of (Latin) Dance explores the humor of every type of Latin dance, the actual dances, the scenes surrounding them, the personalities they attract and unleash, the instructors, the wannabes, the obsessions, the trepidations, the hang-ups, the thrills, the expressions and connections and individual dance histories that every one has in relation to their own dancing or brush with Latin dancing, and of course the music. Come hear and help shape Santiago's take on the syncopated reconquista of American dance floors by the cadera-centric body language of la raza, aka the vida loca people. Be ready to share your dance stories - about every kind of Latin dancing and to share your own dance moves to the live music from members of the newest Latin Groove sensation, Benito Cereno.

The Marsh presents Amanda Duarte’s LUCKY PINK WONDERLAND

2008-10-17T16:09:00.000-07:00

One Performance only! Wednesday, October 22 @ 7:30 pm

The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $10-15 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

“A spunky satire of fame culture”- Village Voice

“Duarte has the makings of a young Carol Burnet”- The EsoCritic

“Your grandfather laughed. I don’t think he understood it, but he always likes your little antic.” - Amanda’s Mom

“Lucky Pink Wonderland” lies at the intersection of fame and rehab, a terrible and funny fever dream of a play that chronicles the struggles of What's-her-name, remembered by the public as Pinky Peppercorn, the child lead of the popular eponymous 1980's sitcom. What's-her-name's life has since become one long "Where Are They Now" segment- she has drifted for fifteen years on a sea of booze and drugs, to find herself washed up on the banks of the Hudson, a destitute yet too-familiar face, utterly alone in the madding crowd, trying to start over. As What's-her-name soldiers on through a landscape littered with wannabes, has-beens and never-beens, she asks herself whether fame is a dream or a nightmare, and either way, why can't she wake up?

Mark Kenward’s TOWLE’S HILL & Grundlach Bunschu Wine Tasting Fridays at The Marsh

2008-09-10T15:51:00.000-07:00

The show plays Fridays at 8:00 pm followed by a tasting of Grundlach Bunschu wines from October 3 – November 21, 2008 at The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street.

Tickets are $35-50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

Gundlach Bundschu, California’s oldest family-owned and operated winery, is celebrating its sesquicentennial throughout 2008 at the winery and across the nation by putting wine on center stage with the creation of Towle’s Hill, an original, one-man play performed by Mark Kenward and directed by David Ford.

Towle’s Hill chronicles the history of Gundlach Bundschu, while offering insight into California history from the earthquake to prohibition. The dynamics of family businesses, the complexities of father-son relationships and the desire to create something meaningful from a lifetime of work form the heart of the show.

Towle’s Hill will be followed by a tasting of Gundlach Bundschu wines—a multi-sense event!

The Marsh presents Wayne Harris’ MAY DAY PARADE

2008-09-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

The show plays Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm from October 4 – November 9, 2008 on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street.

Tickets are $15-35 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

“Wayne Harris skillfully interweaves deft character sketches…..gripping!” – SF Chronicle

“Harris takes his audience on a joyful ride” – SF Bay Guardian

“Just the sight of them big butt girls in short skirts doing the “dirty dog” down Newstead Blvd. put the crowd into a frenzy…I mean, folks were following the band down the street. Ain’t seen nothing like it before or since.”

There’s a parade coming! ….so, get a seat on the curb with a snow cone and watch as Wayne Harris portrays 1 Baptist preacher, 3 generations on a porch, a 4 man bass drum ensemble, 12 rather large “letter” girls bumping and grinding down a mid-town boulevard and the 100 member Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Drum & Bugle Corps.

Award winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite, Wayne Harris, takes us on a road less traveled…(or maybe less marched) as he prepares at 8 years old, for his first parade maneuvering between a jealous big brother, a drunken deacon, a foul mouthed banner partner, new shoes and a grandmother of biblical proportions…. all while learning the value of family, history and the importance of staying in step!

PHILOSOPHY TALK Live At The Marsh

2008-08-27T12:24:00.000-07:00

Join us for two rousing shows on Sunday, September 28^th(2:30 pm and 6:30 pm) at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22^nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $20 (or $30 for both shows.) To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

Witness John, Ken, and the whole of the PHILOSOPHY TALK crew up close and personal.

Recently named the "Best Local Public Radio Show" by San Francisco Weekly.

PHILOSOPHY TALK is the only interactive radio show where listeners can discuss philosophic issues ranging from Socrates and Plato to truth and terrorism. This is the program that questions everything - except your intelligence!

Now in its fifth season, the weekly, nationally syndicated public radio show airs locally on KALW, 91.7FM and on stations around the country from New York to Oregon.

At 2:30, It's the Terror of Death -- how to overcome it -- with best selling author, Irv Yalom.

Then at 6;30, Digital Selves: Avatars, Second Life, and Virtual Reality with Jeremy Bailenson, from Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab.