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FWD: Life Gone Viral

Every Thu., Sat., Sun. from April 19 until April 22

“What would Jesus tweet?” “Oops, did I just click send?” “I’m going to pretend I didn’t see your nipple-piercing video.” Those lines are from FWD: ...
It's All the Rage

Daily from May 12 until May 13

Marilyn Pittman came from what she considered a normal Midwestern family. Her parents had been married 50 years. Her dad was a World War II veteran...
Monday Night Marsh

Every Mon.

Musicians, actors, performance artists, and others take the stage at this regular staging of works in progress.
Will Durst's Elect to Laugh

Every Tue. from February 7 until November 6

A comedy show chasing down the presidential election from a San Francisco comedian who once ran for mayor.
Waiting Period

February 2

It’s not easy using humor and wit to expose heavy subjects such as racism, domestic violence, or suicide, but Brian Copeland did it in his 2004 sol...

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2012 | Best Place for Solo Performances

Stephanie Weisman, the founder and artistic director of The Marsh theater, spent a few months living on a house on stilts in a marsh, watching the flora and fauna thrive in its landscape. That's why she called her theater "The Marsh." She thinks of it as a breeding ground for new performance, and a place to support writers. Since it began over 20 years ago, The Marsh has aided an impressive array of performers, including Josh Kornbluth, who did the first full-length show at The Marsh, Haiku... More »

"The Waiting Period": Brian Copeland Pushes Through Depression

By Lily Janiak | Wed, March 07, 2012

You can be forgiven for having great expectations for The Waiting Period, Brian Copeland's new solo show at the Marsh. His last play, 2004's Not a Genuine Black Man, became the longest-running solo show in Bay Area history. A chronicle of his fami... More »
Brian Copeland Stares Down Suicide in
The Waiting Period

By Emily Wilson | Thu, February 23, 2012

In his solo show at the Marsh Theater, Not a Genuine Black Man, Brian Copeland told the story of moving with his African American family in the 1970s to San Leandro, named one of the most racist subur... More »
Dan Hoyle Gets Real on the Road

By Chris Jensen | Wed, December 14, 2011

Self-absorbed coastal types have never been particularly good at understanding rural America, but the last decade seems to have intensified our bewilderment. And that bewilderment — that sense of alienation from how the other half of America think... More »
Meditation on Losing Oneself

By Chris Jensen | Wed, December 14, 2011

If you're looking for a little more humanity and a little less apocalypse on the subject of endings, Geoff Hoyle's Geezer is a very funny one-man show about aging, decline, and death. It's back for another run after a successful run in 2011. At th... More »
Don Reed Talks About Having "Serial-Killer Looking People" as Co-workers in Kipling Hotel

By Emily Wilson | Thu, October 20, 2011

Don Reed's first one-man show at the Marsh Theater was called East 14th. It was about moving away from his Jehovah's Witness stepfather to live in Oakland with his real father -- who he didn't know wa... More »
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