In Class Act, Sara turns her sharp wit, circus skills and Jewish queer lens to her life as a working-class kid from Brooklyn. She follows the money from her grandmother’s shtetl in Poland to her childhood community in Brighton Beach to the golden streets of San Francisco. Her...
In 2020, during Shelter in Place, Theresa is stuck inside her studio apartment in Oakland having menopausal hot flashes. While cleaning and purging her clutter one day, she discovers a forgotten family photo album that her father had given her years ago. Not only does it have...
Abbey is on a quest to become the ultimate businessman. She just has to change a few things about herself, but how hard can it be? Now, on the brink of achieving everything she’s dreamed of, the facade she’s spent a decade constructing starts to fracture. Instead of enjoying the...
Once, there was a dancer who had to quit. She put all of her eggs in one new basket in a new city across the country- and the eggs broke all at once, leaving her jobless, friendless, and homeless. Now what? A search for identity, home and connection.
In Spring 2022, a middle-aged San Francisco woman decided to prove she was enough just as she was by doing less to find love. When the universe responded by offering a compelling Tinder match, international travel, and sex clubs, she perceived it as an opportunity to practice...
The show begins with Janet’s move from Colorado to San Francisco in 1972 and ends with her performance at the final Solo Sundays show at StageWerx Theatre in 2023. Along the way, her sub-personalities bring to life adventures in theatre, a closed-head injury, a right-wing coup...
When Pearl’s loved one dies, she finds a written letter asking if she would care for their special needs sibling like a mother. A story of fear, courage, and strength, trying to honor that request.
A festival uplifting new works by women and nonbinary performers, featuring 18 total new works. Joyful Raven, known as the story midwife, contributes to five of the pieces, including a new original work and directing acts like Robyn DeGuzman and Abbey Glover. Performers pressure...
ORPHEUS DESCENDING remains painfully relevant. Tennessee Williams’ southern gothic play intertwines wisps of Greek myth with the racist Mississippi of the Jim Crow era. The lines are drawn, the expectations are set, but some people will choose their own lot rather than what’s handed to them. Des…
What happens when water becomes a privilege—and rebellion comes with a price?…
THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs, groves and moves, and even poignant moments. When an everyday Joe faces his challenges with a crazy idea, friends by his side, and a whole lot of courage, audiences respond. Show up for the laughs, stay for the joy. This show is one yo…
What happens when six ordinary men decide they'll do just about anything to reclaim their confidence?…
What did our critic think of URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL at The Barbary Stage?…
Set during a Broadway audition, A Chorus Line strips away elaborate scenery and spectacle, allowing the performers—and their stories—to take center stage.…
What happens when over 60 years of cinematic espionage is celebrated through the power of a live orchestra? The San Francisco Symphony's James Bond Forever concert reminds us that some of the most iconic moments in film history begin not with dialogue, but with a song. …
The hills are indeed alive with The Sound of Music as the national touring production played to an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd at Broadway San Jose on opening night. Boasting a stellar cast and rich production values, the show tells the real-life story of Maria (the marvelous Cayleigh Capaldi), a s…
What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at SF Playhouse?…
An Evening with Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara at the San Francisco Symphony is exactly the kind of event that reminds you why live performance is so magical. Inspired by the legendary 1962 television special featuring Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews, the evening celebrates not only two extraordin…
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From the creator of Tings Dey Happen, The Real Americans, and Border People comes Takes All Kinds, a raw, funny, moving new piece of journalistic theater and embodied storytelling. Takes All Kinds channels powerful, funny and complex people caught in the social and political...
For over 35 years, Josh Kornbluth has developed his monologues through a series of improvisations — often at The Marsh. What’s currently on, and in, his mind are the related subjects of fascism and depression. For over seven months last year, he was mired in a deep depression...
Johnny Lonely, matchless torch singer, is convinced that the reason his career hasn’t taken off is because his “Unhappy Hour” isn’t gloomy enough. But since his girlfriend just dumped him, tonight’s audition at “The Nowhere to Go but Up Club,” is his perfect chance to debut The...
The Marsh San Francisco transforms into the "Nowhere to Go but Up Club" for a special series of shows featuring beloved crooner Johnny Lonely, played by Brian Lohmann, accompanied by Joshua Raoul Brody on piano. When Johnny Lonely is dumped by his girlfriend and his career...
From the creator of Tings Dey Happen, The Real Americans, and Border People comes Takes All Kinds, a raw, funny, moving new piece of journalistic theater and embodied storytelling. Takes All Kinds channels powerful, funny and complex people caught in the social and political...
Pass the Nails and Shame the Devil is an autobiographical solo performance written and performed by Pearl Louise, directed by David Ford. The work traces young Pearl's journey from the bayous of Louisiana to East Oakland in the 1980s, where her parents set out to build a duplex...
The Marsh Berkeley welcomes audiences to the pulse of 1976 with Marga Gomez ’s Spanish Stew , the acclaimed writer/performer’s 15th solo work. The comedy follows Gomez’s youthful history when, after being abruptly outed by her flamboyant mother, young Marga flees her parents in...
Nationally touring and widely acclaimed, Dan Hoyle ’s journalistic-theater triumph Takes All Kinds kicks off its next leg of performances with a strictly limited engagement at The Marsh San Francisco . Directed by Aldo Billingslea and developed with Charlie Varon and Michael...
The Marsh Berkeley will present the World Premiere engagement of acclaimed playwright and performer Wayne Harris ’s Drapetomania , an exploration of political dissent and the tools of oppression that can be employed to silence protesters. Invited by the U.S. State Department to...
Writer/performer Pearl Ong is back in the fast lane by popular demand at The Marsh San Francisco , with her solo show, Night Driver . What's a Hong Kong princess doing behind the wheel of a San Francisco cab? And how does her very proper mother react? This captivating story...
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Julius Caesar Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) |
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Pickleball Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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The Fall Show Shotgun Players Ashby Stage (9/26-10/25) |
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The Cottage Cloverdale Performing Arts Center (8/01-8/16) |
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POTUS Live Oak Theater (9/11-9/26) |
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DRACULA ORINDA STARLIGHT VILLAGE PLAYERS (9/04-9/26) |
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Robyn DeGuzman’s Enough Free The Marsh Berkeley (8/28-8/30) |
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Fugazi Funny Festival Club Fugazi (9/09-9/12) |
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Dream Hou$e City Lights Theater Company (5/13-6/06) |
