The Marsh - Don Reed's THE KIPLING HOTEL True Misadventures of the Electric Pink 80s

The Marsh presents
		Don Reed's THE KIPLING HOTEL True Misadventures of the Electric Pink 80s Extended through March 25, 2012 The Marsh Berkeley Saturday at 8:30pm Sunday at 7pm No performance: Sunday, Feb 5 Sunday, Feb 26 Marsh Berkeley Cabaret and Bar now open 1 hour before The Kipling Hotel!
Written and Performed by *Don Reed* Photo by *Ric Omphroy* 110 minutes one intermission All seating for this performance is first-come, first-served. This show is 17+ Please do not bring infants to the show. Marsh San Francisco MaintStage		"Treasure Trove of Diverse Characters... An Impressive Performance" –Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle "... a rich mine of memory and material for this physically protean and charismatic comic actor, who sails through two acts of often hilarious, sometimes touching vignettes" –Rob Avila, SF Guardian "Don Reed crawls into the faces of each character and becomes them!... You walk out laughing and repeating the jokes. 3 stars and a bangle of praise! We predict this will be a 4 star show very soon." –Doug Konecky, SF Theater Blog What the critics said about Don and East 14th: "Don plays all characters with both ease and inexhaustible energy. Hilarious." –The New Yorker "Not since John Leguizamo morphed from character to character has there been an actor quite as accomplished in such theatrical daring-do as Don Reed." –Theatermania “diverse and wildly funny - a solo powerhouse” –Mercury News Watch Don's infamous "butter moment" from East 14th Don Reed's The Kipling Hotel: True Misadventures of the Electric Pink '80s. Reed's East 14th chronicled the ‘70s and now it's his true misadventures through the ‘80s. As the awkward son of a pimp struggling through college, he tries being a stripper and a gigolo but he ends up a live-in waiter at an unforgettable retirement hotel, breakfast-sandwiched between the elderly, employee drifters and drug addicted dreamers. San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nominee NAACP Double Nominee – Best Actor & Best Playwright Don Reed is the writer/director/playwright of one of the longest running solo shows in Bay Area History – his highly successful East 14th– which chronicles his hilarious and moving escape from a deeply religious upbringing to join his real father… whom he didn’t know was a pimp in the ‘70s. His new show, The Kipling Hotel, picks up where his ‘70s tome left off. Don has performed, written and directed for film, television and theatre. His work on an HBO Special of up-and-coming comedians years ago caught the attention of the right people and led to many recurring and guest starring roles on television. Don has performed all over the country and opened for Tony Award winner Tommy Tune. You may have heard his voice on: Spiderman, The Flintstones, ER, “Frasier, Friends, Scrubs, Will & Grace, Law & Order and SNL. He has written promos for The Golden Globes, The Academy Awards and the Olympics. Additionally, he has written and developed screenplays for Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule and Maverick Filmworks. Don is also the opening act/warm up comedian for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and just closed a deal for a new FOX television comedy.