Ann Randolph’s
SQUEEZE BOX


Marsh Main Stage
Saturday at 5pm
Sunday at 7pm


Ann Randolph, One Woman Wonder — SF Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com

She's a bit of a genius— Mel Brooks

“See the show… You really should. "Squeezebox" is the Marsh at its best: understated and brilliant.”
— Doug Konecky, SF Theater Blog

“Superb solo show squeezes out laughs, drama.”
—Chad Jones, Theater Dogs Blog and SF Examiner

“Hilarious and generally outrageous... a natural-born performer with a veteran's chops... a quiet sense of the miraculous— Bay Guardian

"When I first saw [Squeeze Box], I was deeply moved. Ann Randolph's amazing work, both as a writer and fellow performer, touched my heart and my mind so profoundly that I felt it belonged on the New York stage." — Anne Bancroft

"She goes in and out of these characters. She's a bit of a genius. I've been around, and I haven't seen so much talent in one person since I married Anne Bancroft. I've got to say that these are two great Anns, and I am glad that they hooked up together." — Mel Brooks

"Rubber faced Randolph is wickedly hysterical."
— Los Angeles Times

"Randolph allows us to see ourselves in and among people who seem utterly removed from our urban existence." — LA Weekly

With pathos and humor, Randolph skillfully weaves together stories about working in a women's homeless shelter and the pursuit of true love. Her painfully funny portraits of the shelter's residents, and hilarious account of her hiking trip with Harold the accordionist, man of her dreams, are beautifully drawn in this poignant tale about finding dignity and grace in unusual places.

Wayne Harris'
THE MAY DAY PARADE


Marsh Main Stage
Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm

“He is such a musical force on stage that it is hard to stay seated in your little red chair. This viewer wanted to stand up and form a Second Line right behind him.”
Doug Konecky, SF Theater Blog

“Wayne Harris skillfully interweaves deft character sketches…..gripping!”
- San Francisco Chronicle

“A brilliant performance by a uniquely talented artist.”  George Haymont, MyCultural Landscape Blog.

“Harris takes his audience on a joyful ride”
– SF Bay Guardian

“Moving….a play full of memorable characters and delightful stories”
– San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Wayne is a wonderful storyteller, insightful, funny and soulful….his work both startles me and touches me.”
– Charlie Varon (actor/producer)

“Just the sight of them big butt girls in short skirts doing the “dirty dog” down Newstead Blvd. put the crowd into a frenzy…I mean, folks were following the band down the street. Ain’t seen nothing like it before or since”

There’s a parade coming! ….so, get a seat on the curb with a snow cone and watch as Wayne Harris portrays 1 Baptist  preacher, 3 generations on a porch, a 4 man  bass drum ensemble, 12 rather large “letter” girls bumping and grinding down a mid-town boulevard and the 100 member Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Drum & Bugle Corps.

Award winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite, Wayne Harris, takes us on a road less traveled…(or maybe less marched) as he prepares at 8 years old, for his first parade maneuvering between a jealous big brother, a drunken deacon, a foul mouthed banner partner, new shoes and a grandmother of biblical proportions…. all while learning the value of family, history and the importance of staying in step!

TOWLE'S HILL
written and performed by Mark Kenward

Followed by a wine tasting of Gundlach Bundschu’s wines

Marsh Main Stage
Fridays at 8pm

Towle’s Hill does something we always want theater to do and that is make us more conscious. When we sip the wine, we do it with knowledge and with appreciation, so it’s that much tastier. And it is quite tasty…….Like the play itself, the wines were crisp, rich and eminently satisfying.” Chad Jones, Theater Dogs Blog

Gundlach Bundschu, California’s oldest family-owned and operated winery, is celebrating its sesquicentennial throughout 2008 at the winery and across the nation by putting wine on center stage with the creation of Towle’s Hill, an original, one-man play performed by Mark Kenward and directed by David Ford.

Towle’s Hill chronicles the history of Gundlach Bundschu, while offering insight into California history from the earthquake to prohibition. The dynamics of family businesses, the complexities of father-son relationships and the desire to create something meaningful from a lifetime of work form the heart of the show.

Towle’s Hill will be followed by a tasting of Gundlach Bundschu wines—a multi-sense event!

Carlo D'Amore's
NO PAROLE


Marsh Main Stage
Thurs/Fri/Sat at 8pm
(no show Thurs. Nov 27, Dec 4 & 5)


“…deftly conjured by the skillful and charismatic D'Amore …. comes over in great cinematic images like a black-box blend of Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almodóvar.”
- San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Enchanting…Wry…Quirky sense of humor… conjures up Eddie Izzard with a lille bit of Pee Wee Herman… Expert storytelling both on the page and on the stage!”
- Richard Dodds, Bay Area Reporter

“D’Amore takes us on a dark engrossing roller-coaster ride with his tour-de-force acting.” - Kedar Adour,TheatreWorld

“A Latino Eddie Izzard with a little bit of Pee Wee Herman. Expert storytelling… enchanting; a funny and poignant ride.” - Bay Area Reporter

In this wry, energetic adventure play, No Parole takes you on a kaleidoscopic journey through the life a flamboyant, live-for-the-moment con artist mother, who has no trouble posing as an attorney, professor, daycare worker, or nun. From Peru to the Hollywood Hills to an illegal New York City walk-up, No Parole provides a hilarious and gut-wrenching look into the life of an extraordinary woman who saw the world as her playground.

Judy Juanita’s COUNTER-TERRORISM was a Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2004 winner. Her plays include “Theodicy” (1st runner up in the 2007 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Play Contest at Ohio State);  “Heaven’s Hold,” (Brava Theatre and 2001 National Black Theater Festival); ‘Knocked Up”, a commedia dell’Arte she co-wrote about RU-486 which tours periodically with the SF Mime Troupe; and farces “Famine,” “The History of Sweat” and “Samaritan-ism” (Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley). She received an MFA from San Francisco State University.

Cathleen Riddley, an alumna of The Juilliard School Drama Division, stars in “The America Play” at Thick Description this November. She has also appeared at Magic Theatre, TheatreWorks, MTC, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, A.C.T., Willows Theatre Company and Center Rep. As vocalist for Sweetie Pie And The Doughboys, she belts out Blues, Rock & Roll and R&B.