Ann Randolph's
SQUEEZEBOX

May 17 thru June 29, 2008
saturdays at 5pm & sundays at 7pm

SPECIAL BENEFIT EVENT SUNDAY, MAY 18 at 7pm! Performance of Squeezebox followed by Ann Randolph & Charlie Varon in conversation and a wine and dessert reception Tickets $50-200 benefiting The Marsh elevator and performance development fund.

Workshop on Developing a Solo Performance - 7 week workshop with Ann Randolph

"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

75 minutes
one intermission

All seating for this performance is first-come, first-served. 
Though a limited number (10) of Reserved Seat tickets is available, at $50 each.

This show is 16 and over.

Please do not bring infants to the show.

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 of her dreams, are beautifully drawn in this poignant tale about finding dignity and grace in unusual places.

Randolph, who has been compared to the late Gilda Radner, uses her elastic face, acrobatic voice, and attuned body language to play male and female, young and old characters. With just a chair, banjo, guitar and lights, she brings to immediate, pulsing life her tragicomic journey of discovery and self-acceptance with remarkable freshness and vibrancy.

Randolph began working with the chronic mentally ill while attending college, where she received room and board from a state mental hospital in exchange for writing original comedies with schizophrenics.

The show will be followed by a fifteen minute workshop performance of Anne’s newest show – a work in progress about the outrageous tenants in a low-end Santa Monica apartment building and its challenged owner.

Saturdays, May 17, 2008 - June 28, 2008
10am to 1pm at the Marsh in San Francisco
Tuition: $250
To register, click here.
No class May 24

Ann Randolph's 7-week (6 class) course in how to develop a solo performance piece. The workshop runs from May 17th through June 28. Classes will be held at The Marsh on Saturdays, from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

The workshop is limited to 15 people, so early registration is encouraged. Questions can be directed to marsh@themarsh.org, or phone (415) 641-0235.

To register, click here.