Steve Budd wonders why other people can tie the knot and he can’t. Oy, does he wonder! So he asked a bunch of couples what brought them together and keeps them from pulling apart. Meet a Jewish couple who met on Craigslist, an interfaith pair who hooked up at a Halloween party, and more. Budd plays close to a dozen characters and weaves in his relentless search for "the one." Check out the newest mashup of personal storytelling and documentary theater from an award-winning solo performer who "sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm" (Theatrius). A heartfelt and hilarious solo show from one of the Bay Area’s premier solo performers.
Come celebrate Valentine's Day with Steve on Feb. 14 and Singles Awareness Day on Feb. 15!
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Steve Budd, writer and award-winning solo performer, has performed with such Bay Area theaters as the San Francisco Playhouse, New Conservatory, Custom Made, Central Works, and Marin Shakespeare. "Oy, What They Said About Love" (Best of the 2024 San Francisco Fringe), ran for six weeks at The Marsh, the Bay Area's top venue for solo performance, and performed to packed houses in Canada and Mexico. Budd’s previous solo show, “Seeing Stars,” enjoyed a 6-week run at The Marsh in 2024 and has delighted audiences up and down the coast of California. “What They Said About Sex” has been a crowd-pleaser in San Diego, Kansas City, and Washington, D.C. His award-winning solo show “What They Said About Love” (Best of the 2016 SF Fringe, among other accolades), enjoyed sold-out houses in San Francisco, LA, Indianapolis, New York, Boston, Ottawa, and London. “Oy, What They Said About Love” is the newest mashup of personal storytelling and documentary theater from an award-winning solo performer who "sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm" (Theatrius).
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Mark Kenward, Co-Director, is an award-winning solo performer, director, writer, and producer. A Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominee and two-time Best of San Francisco Solo Series honoree, he has performed his work in over 40 cities across the U.S. and Canada, including multiple runs at The Marsh and a reception for the U.S. House of Representatives. Kenward has directed more than 30 full-length solo shows, including acclaimed works at The Marsh such as Hey, Hey, LBJ!, Steve Seabrook: Better Than You, and A Fatal Step. His productions have earned “Best of San Francisco Fringe” honors and widespread critical praise. He is also the producer and co-director of The Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project (FIPPP), which supports formerly incarcerated individuals in sharing their stories on stage.
Kenny Yun, Co-Director, is a solo show performer, director, and teacher. His first work, Lettuce Town Lies, about growing up in Salinas, California, was seen at The Marsh in San Francisco and won “Best Solo Show.” His dark dada comedy The Kim Jong-IL Experience and dramedy Mom Spilled Guts on My Tater Tots were also workshopped at The Marsh. His subsequent full-length shows Couch Potato Panda Bear Ritual and De-Possession premiered at Stage Werx in San Francisco. He is developing his sixth show in collaboration with longtime director Charlie Varon, Artist in Residence at The Marsh. In 2024, Kenny was accepted into the international playwrighting program with La Mama Experimental Theatre New York.
Joyful Raven, coach and developer, is an award-winning actor, director, and “story midwife” known for her powerful and thought-provoking solo shows. Born into an iconic political theater family, she has been devising theater for over 20 years. Her last solo comedy, Tales of a Sexual Tomboy, was dubbed “…one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages” by the SF Chronicle, won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival 2016, and enjoyed an Off-Broadway run in 2017. Her current show, Breed or Bust, is hot off a critically acclaimed run at The Marsh and at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it was nominated for an Offey. Joyful studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in dramatic art from UC-Davis. She teaches storytelling and solo theater classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater and her own studio in Oakland, CA.
OY! WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT LOVE
Valentine's Day, Saturday, February 14 at 8:00 pm
Singles Awareness Day, Sunday, February 15 at 3:00 pm
Singles Awareness Day, Sunday, February 15 at 3:00 pm
General Admission: $25
Discounts for seniors, military, teachers, students, and couples
who have been married more than 30 years or less than 30 days
who have been married more than 30 years or less than 30 days
Post-show champagne, wine and chocolate reception!
Call the Box Office at 310-394-9779 ext 1
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