Jovelyn Richards' Solo Play Come Home at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (1062 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Jovelyn Richards' Come Home have expired.
The last date listed for Jovelyn Richards' Come Home was Friday March 7, 2008 / 8:00pm.
Currently at The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater:
So You Can Hear Me: Solo Show From Poet & Teacher Safiya Martinez
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
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- $5.00 - $7.50
Based on playwright, performer, poet and educator Safiya Martinez's experiences as a young teacher in the South Bronx, So You Can Hear Me is a passionate and provocative one-woman show premiering at The Marsh. Thrown into the South Bronx public school system to teach special education classes to middle and high school students after only three weeks of training, Martinez rises to the challenge and proves herself an accomplished educator who can take on whatever the city throws at her. The play is written and performed by Martinez, a published poet who has conducted acting workshops at the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center. Learn More
Reviews & Ratings
Featured review from maher
view more less of this reviewIt was incredible, it was great. You really must take the time to go and watch this play. I was so grateful to have watched this wonderful performance.
star this review starred report as inappropriateShe was very powerful, and the orchestra was perfect too.
star this review starred report as inappropriateWonderful, moving performance that brought to light a number of social and cultural issues that are extremely important and need to be discussed. The characters that Jovelyn depicted came to life through her incredible acting skills and presentation.
More Information About Jovelyn Richards' Come Home
Description
The Marsh is proud to present the world premiere of Come Home, Jovelyn Richards’s new solo play about twenty-six black soldiers who leave their home in lynch-torn rural Arkansas to fight against Germany in the Second World War. There are thirteen survivors. Although the plot unfolds in the segregated South, Come Home is timeless in its evocation of how war and violence can change a community and its way of life, both for the men who return and the families who waited for them. Richards’ heroine is Donna Ray, a joyous young bride romping in the fields as the play opens, a resilient Mrs. D at its close. Despite much violence and tragedy, her optimism and love never fade.