The Marsh Presents IT'S ALL THE RAGE, 11/6-12/5
By: Nicole Rosky Oct. 28, 2010
The Marsh is proud to present Marilyn Pittman's IT'S ALL THE RAGE. Pittman developed IT'S ALL THE RAGE as one of six artists invited to join The Marsh's second Performance Initiative in 2009. She performed the show to sold-out houses and standing ovations as part of the Festival of New Voices II in June of this year.
In 1997, Pittman's identity as a stand-up comic, UC Berkeley educator and NPR talent consultant was shattered by the sudden murder-suicide of her parents. The Pittmans were a normal mid-western family. Dad was a World War II hero, Mom was a poet and editor of her college yearbook and they had been married for almost fifty years before their shocking deaths. It was a family of big personalities doing daring things and laughing a lot, from penny carnivals in the backyard to wild rides on mountain passes. As her mom would say, "We had a lot of fun!" And they did. Hard as it was to reconcile this tragedy with her family memories, Pittman, a well-known Bay Area comic, has a knack for mining humor out of dark truths. The show, at once murder mystery and survival tale, is both uproariously funny and heartbreakingly sad.Or call 1-800-838-3006.
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