Steve Budd: Oy, What They Said About Love at Don't Tell Mama
Dates: 1/17/2026
343 W 46th St.
New York City, NY 10036
Phone: 212-757-0788
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Don't Tell Mama NYC will host acclaimed playwright and performer Steve Budd for his hit show Oy, What They Said About Love, a Jewish take on love, romance, and marriage--and the search for "the one." In this love-addled solo show, Steve kvetches and kvells on why other people can—and can’t—tie the knot. Through a dozen characters developed from hours of interviews, audiences are ferried through the tunnel of love as Budd sheds light on how people meet, navigate the push and pull of relationships, and make it to the chuppah—or not.
Oy, What They Said About Love received Best of the Fringe honors at the 2024 San Francisco Fringe Festival. The show will run in New York City for one night only, on Jan. 17 at 8pm, at Don't Tell Mama (343 W 46th St.).
Steve Budd's Oy, What They Said About Love premiered at the San Francisco Fringe Festival on July 28, 2024, at the Exit Theatre. It continued with a performance at the Binge Fringe Festival in Santa Monica in March 2025, followed by a featured presentation at The Marsh in Berkeley on April 22 as part of its Marsh Risings series. In May, Budd brought the piece to San Diego for a live and Zoom hybrid event hosted by Yiddishland California and also participated in the San Diego International Fringe Festival. The show continued its tour with performances at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in June 2025 at the Atelier Theatre, where Apt 613 hailed it as “a sharp and insightful, polished show.” Oy, What They Said About Love ran for six weeks in Sept. and Oct. 2025 at The Marsh in Berkeley, where For All Events called it "amusing and heartbreaking."
Cast and Creative Team for Steve Budd: Oy, What They Said About Love at Don't Tell Mama
Cast
Steve Budd
Actor/Comedian
Steve Budd is an actor, writer, and comedian with award-winning solo shows “Oy, What They Said About Love,” “What They Said About Sex,” and "Seeing Stars." Steve holds a B.A. in Psychology-Sociology from Wesleyan University, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University, and has trained at The Marsh and with The Groundlings in L.A. Originally from Boston, Steve has performed with the San Francisco Playhouse, Custom Made Theatre Company, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Central Works, Impact Theatre, Marin Shakespeare Company, Wheelock Family Theater, The Theater at Monmouth, and The English Theatre Company of Israel.
Creative Team
Mark Kenward
Director
Mark Kenward is a director, producer, and performer. He has directed over 100 one-person shows, including ten that have had runs at The Marsh, and dozens more that have won awards at international fringe festivals and from Bay Area theater groups. Additional work as a producer includes a four-year stint as Managing Director and Director of Artist Relations at The Marsh, one of the premier venues in the world for solo theater. He is the producer and co-director of The Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project, which helps formerly incarcerated people develop and perform their true stories on stage. FIPPP is the first-ever company-in-residence at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. markkenward.com
Kenny Yun
Director
Kenny Yun is a director, coach, and performer. He has spent most of his life in healing, recovery, and spiritual communities. He is one of the long time solo performer teachers in the bay area and as of 2025 started teaching in New York. Many of his students and collaborators have performed all over the world. He has performed in standup comedy, plays, solo theatre, TV commercials, and short films. He was mentored in poetry and writing by Karen Finley, acclaimed performance artist and NYU Tisch political arts professor. kennyyun.com
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