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The Marsh

1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Upcoming Shows

In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival

Aug 12 – Aug 30, 2026

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...

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre

by AJ Jaffari · August 24, 2026

Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor. …

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 22, 2026

Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm. When the sardonic writing of a genius playwright meets the witty interpretation of a theater, it produces a night full of laughs and insights. …

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Oakland Theater Project

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 12, 2026

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…

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

Review: THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · August 10, 2026

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…

Past Shows

202 total · showing 131–140

Not a Genuine Black Man

"Not a Genuine Black Man"

Sep 5 – Sep 26, 2019

The Marsh San Francisco announces additional performances of "Not a Genuine Black Man," the longest running solo show in San Francisco theater history. This funny, honest, and harrowing piece by award-winning actor, playwright, and talk show host Brian Copeland recounts the...

Great American Sh*t Show

Great American Sh*t Show

Aug 31

Brian Copeland (NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, WAITING PERIOD) and Charlie Varon (RUSH LIMBAUGH IN NIGHT SCHOOL, RABBI SAM) join forces to present new monologues on life in the Age of Trump for one performance only in THE GREAT AMERICAN SHIT SHOW.Join us for an evening of laughing but...

The Great American Sh*t Show

The Great American Sh*t Show

Aug 31

Monologues on life in the age of Trump. Solo performance stars Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon join forces to present new monologues on the life in the Age of Trump. An evening of laughing and thinking, covering topics including how to deal with a family member whos all in for...

Border People

Border People

Jul 19 – Aug 30, 2019

Based on conversations and interviews from the South Bronx housing projects courtyards, Refugee Safe Houses on the Northern Border with Canada, and travels along the Southwestern Border and into Mexico. Eleven monologues of people who live on or across borders both geographic...

Border People

"Border People"

May 2 – Jun 22, 2019

With its extension run virtually sold out, The Marsh San Francisco announces an additional extension of "Border People," the newest solo show by award-winning actor and playwright Dan Hoyle, into June 2019. Based on Hoyles conversations with immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers...

Who Killed Sylvia Plath

"Who Killed Sylvia Plath"

May 11 – Jun 16, 2019

The Marsh San Francisco presents the World Premiere of "Who Killed Sylvia Plath," written by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman and starring Lorri Holt. Poet Sylvia Plath returns to her burial place in West Yorkshire, England to view the fourth replacement of her tombstone...

Mother's Milk

"Mother's Milk"

Apr 26 – May 31, 2019

Wayne Harris award-winning, music-infused, spiritual, and uplifting "Mothers Milk" will return to The Marsh Berkeley. Original songs, traditional blues, and gospel classics come together to underscore an intricate and uplifting narrative on life, death, and the Baptist Church...

The Wrong Kind of Pessimism

"The Wrong Kind of Pessimism"

Apr 27 – May 18, 2019

This April, The Marsh San Francisco brings Paul Sussmans "The Wrong Kind of Pessimism" to The Marsh Discovery Series, a showcase for works under development. Humans have traded up their caves, tripled their life spans, written Ulysses, and gone to the moon. And along the way...

'Border People

'Border People"

Feb 28 – Apr 27, 2019

With its initial run virtually sold out just days after opening, The Marsh San Francisco announces that it has extended "Border People," the newest solo show by award-winning actor and playwright Dan Hoyle, into April 2019. Based on Hoyles conversations with immigrants...

Not a Genuine Black Man

"Not a Genuine Black Man"

Apr 4 – Apr 25, 2019

The Marsh San Francisco announces the return of "Not a Genuine Black Man," the longest running solo show in San Francisco theater history by award-winning actor, playwright, and talk show host Brian Copeland. This funny, honest, and harrowing piece recounts the struggles...

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Julius Caesar in San Francisco / Bay Area Julius Caesar
Marin Shakespeare Company (8/14-9/13) VIDEOS
Pickleball in San Francisco / Bay Area Pickleball
Hillbarn Theatre (8/20-9/13) PHOTOS VIDEOS
The Fantasticks in San Francisco / Bay Area The Fantasticks
San Anselmo Playhouse (9/04-9/07) PHOTOS
“Exile | Banishment | Home” in San Francisco / Bay Area “Exile | Banishment | Home”
Old First Concerts (11/15-11/15)
Much Ado About Nothing in San Francisco / Bay Area Much Ado About Nothing
Santa Cruz Shakespeare (7/11-8/30)
The 1940s Radio Hour in San Francisco / Bay Area The 1940s Radio Hour
City Lights Theater Company (11/19-12/20)
Based on a Totally True Story in San Francisco / Bay Area Based on a Totally True Story
City Lights Theater Company (1/21-2/14)
“Inspiración: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers” in San Francisco / Bay Area “Inspiración: Music by Women and Nonbinary Composers”
Center for New Music (5/15-5/15)
Divorced: The Musical!  in San Francisco / Bay Area Divorced: The Musical!
The Marsh Arts Center (8/27-8/29) PHOTOS