LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO Comes To The Marsh On 8/26

The Marsh is proud to present a workshop performance of Samantha Chanse's acclaimed new solo play, LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.

Asian American Theater and Bindlestiff alumna Samantha Chanse's LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO depicts a not so distant future when abortions are legal only within 28 days of conception. Apocalypse-obsessed Lydia Clark-Lin is doggedly pursuing a career in monetary units when a mysterious being claiming to be an hours-old embryo invades her dreams, announces that Lydia is both pregnant and dying, and commands her to create a video to be screened at her funeral before terminating the pregnancy.

Her unnerving mission leads her to a celebrity abortion doctor, an estranged newscasting mother, a noncommittal fiancé (not hers), and, of course, standup comedy. A sold-out production of this darkly comedic play, directed by Wilma Bonet, premiered at the Dark Room last February, followed by a sold-out production at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival.

The show plays on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street. For tickets, the public may call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org. LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO runs 110 minutes with no intermission. All seating for this performance is first-come, first-served. This show is 12+.

LYDIA'S FUNERAL VIDEO is presented as part of the Marsh Rising Series. The Marsh Rising Series presents one night only performances of rising talent at The Marsh. Marsh Rising shows works in progress that may be ready for an extended run.

Photo Credit: Derek Chung