The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater
1062 Valencia St. San Francisco CA 94110- Phone:
- 415-826-5750
- Website:
- http://www.themarsh.org/
- Capacity:
- 110
For questions about a purchase, please contact Goldstar.
Current Events on Goldstar
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The World's Funniest Bubble Show, a Delightful Show for All Ages
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $11.00
- Our Price:
- $5.50
The World's Funniest Bubble Show is an enchanting brew of breathtaking bubbles and bubbly music that will appeal to everyone, no matter their age. The audience will witness all kinds of extraordinary bubble-... Learn More.
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So You Can Hear Me: Solo Show From Poet & Teacher Safiya Martinez
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- COMP - $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... Learn More.
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Can You Dig It? -- Comedic Solo Show by Don Reed (The Tonight Show)
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- COMP - $10.00
This brand new one-man show from Don Reed is a prequel to the actor-playwright-comedian's hilarious coming of age story East 14th, one of the longest running solo shows in the Bay Area. In Can You Dig It?... Learn More.
Past Events on Goldstar
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Brian Copeland's New Solo Show The Waiting Period at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $30.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $15.00
The Marsh presents Brian Copeland's new solo show, The Waiting Period. Copeland, a multi-talented actor, playwright, author and talk-show host, has basked in the glow of both public and critical acclaim for... Learn More.
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Not a Genuine Black Man: Longest-Running Show in Bay Area History
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $12.50
Brian Copeland returns to The Marsh with his hit show Not a Genuine Black Man. The longest running solo show in San Francisco history, Not a Genuine Black Man is a hilarious and poignant autobiographical... Learn More.
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The Listener: Charlie Varon's Comic, Poignant Story Cycle
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Accalimed playwright/actor Charlie Varon returns to The Marsh with this new cycle of original short stories, which center around the residents of a retirement home in San Francisco. The Listener's stories... Learn More.
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Fun Travel Stories Abound in Jeff Greenwald's Strange Travel Suggestions
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $11.00
"Strange travel suggestions," Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. wrote, "are dancing lessons from God." It's those sudden inspirations and unpredictable encounters that make world travel so wild and illuminating. Travel... Learn More.
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Geezer, Geoff Hoyle's One-Man Show at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $30.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $15.00
The Marsh presents Geoff Hoyle's one-man show Geezer, a look at growing old filled with Hoyle's trademark comic physicality. Geoff Hoyle trained with Marcel Marceau's teacher, Etienne Decroux, in Paris,... Learn More.
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FWD: Life Gone Viral - A Comedy About Living Life on the Internet
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50
Charlie Varon and Jeri Lynn Cohen's FWD: Life Gone Viral is a comedy about life in the modern age, where privacy is an idea from the past, and people let it all hang out on the internet. Cohen and Varon each... Learn More.
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Don Reed's Latest Solo Show: The Kipling Hotel
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $10.00
The Kipling Hotel hotel picks up where Don Reed's lauded hit East 14th leaves off and details his misadventures of the '80s. As the awkward son of an Oakland pimp who is struggling to work his way through... Learn More.
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Bay Area Clown Unique Derique and Friends in Fun-derful Holidaze
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Fun-derful Holidaze is a joyful holiday extravaganza for kids of all ages, courtesy of talented Bay Area clown Unique Derique. He'll be joined by Oakland's Prescott Clown Circus theater alumni, a body... Learn More.
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Philosophy Talk: Live Public Radio Tapings Explore Philosophical Topics at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $10.00
The Marsh presents live tapings of public radio's Philosophy Talk. Ken Taylor and John Perry host this show, syndicated from KALW 91.7 FM to radio stations across America. They welcome top academics and... Learn More.
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Ann Randolph's Loveland: Award-Winning Solo Performer in Funny New Show
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $12.50
The Marsh presents Ann Randolph's Loveland. The award-winning solo performer (Squeeze Box) has been compared to the late Gilda Radner by Mel Brooks. In this hilarious, deeply moving show, Randolph plays a... Learn More.
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Dan Hoyle's Solo Show The Real Americans Explores Small Town America at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $30.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $15.00
After the successes of his previous plays Circumnavigator and Tings Dey Happen, Dan Hoyle turns his sights on America's culture wars, exploring middle America and the urban/rural political divide. Hoyle... Learn More.
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Holly Hughes' Solo Show The Dog and Pony Show at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh San Francisco presents The Dog and Pony Show, a new solo show by Holly Hughes that blends autobiography, animal behavior and bald faced lies. After years as a professional lesbian, Hughes gives up... Learn More.
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Ann Randolph's Loveland and SNL Original Cast Member, Laraine Newman in a Benefit Performance
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
This special evening to benefit The Marsh includes a performance of Ann Randolph's critically-acclaimed Loveland and a special appearance by Saturday Night Live alum Laraine Newman. Loveland, in which... Learn More.
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Marsh Youth Theater's Musical Siddhartha, The Bright Path
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $11.50
Siddhartha, The Bright Path recounts Prince Siddhartha's journey to become the Buddha, and is told in parallel with that of Chandra, a modern-day San Francisco girl who finds herself posing similar questions... Learn More.
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Marilyn Pittman's It's All the Rage: Darkly Funny Story of Family Tragedy
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $10.00
The Marsh presents Marilyn Pittman's It's All the Rage. Comedian Marilyn Pittman's parents died of a murder-suicide in 1997. Poring through her mother's journals and her father's love letters, she asks: Did... Learn More.
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Reading My Dad's Porn: Comedian Cherry Zonkowski Tackles Burning Questions
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $0.00 - $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
Sex, marzipan pigs, boogers, tequila, monkeys, dildos, and grammar... writer/performer Cherry Zonkowski covers it all as well as the "burning question" of how someone ends up with a name like Cherry. Also on... Learn More.
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Uncle Sam's Children in Africa, a Solo Show from Sia Amma at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Stand-up comedian, dancer and actress Sia Amma remembers walking through her town in Africa as a child, buying monkey meat and ceremonial white cloth from the local women. Returning 20 years later after a... Learn More.
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Sigal Shoham's Solo Show Squeeze the Dollar, Change Your Life
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh presents Sigal Shoham's Squeeze the Dollar, Change Your Life as part of its Festival of New Voices. In this solo work, Dr. Amelia offers salves for all of life's ailments. Part snake-oil huckster,... Learn More.
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Cracked Clown: David A. Moss's Solo Journey from Comedian to Drug Addict
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh presents David A. Moss' solo show, Cracked Clown, the story of his descent from the world of standup comedy into the depths of drug abuse. As a comedian, Moss appeared on HBO and Showtime and... Learn More.
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Kenny Yun's The Dream, Part of The Marsh's Festival of New Voices
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh presents Kenny Yun's The Dream as part of its Performance Initiative Series Festival of New Voices. There's a new immigrant story being played out in Silicon Valley. Success is not what it used to... Learn More.
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Marsh Youth Theater Presents The Magic Flute
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $14.00
- Our Price:
- $7.00
Marsh Youth Theater presents their musical theater version of Mozart's fairy tale opera. This family-friendly version of the classic opera was designed especially for the MYT MainStage Ensemble. The... Learn More.
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Nina Wise's What Just Happened?: Improvised Show Inspired By the Day at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
In What Just Happened?, Nina Wise builds an improvised performance from the personal and political events if the previous 24 hours. She's performed this unique work across the country to wild praise. What... Learn More.
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Don Reed's East 14th: Tales of a Reluctant Player
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00 - $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
The Marsh presents Don Reed in East 14th: Tales of a Reluctant Player. This hilarious and poignant solo show is the story of Reed's boyhood in 1970s Oakland, torn between his strict, churchgoing mother's... Learn More.
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Lucky Dog Theatre: Unique Improvised Drama at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
The Marsh welcomes Lucky Dog Theatre. A four-person cast of veteran improvisers performed fully spontaneous plays, ranging from humor to poignant emotion and political drama. The acclaimed group is... Learn More.
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Penny Arcade's One-Woman Show New York Values at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Internationally renowned performance artist Penny Arcade presents her show New York Values at the Marsh. A former member of Andy Warhol's Factory and innovator of performance art in the '80s, Arcade takes on... Learn More.
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Rabbi Sam: Charlie Varon's New Solo Show at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $18.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $9.00 - $12.50
The Marsh is proud to present accalimed playwright/actor Charlie Varon's Rabbi Sam. The new show is Varon's first in nine years; he plays all twelve characters in the hilarious story of an ambitious rabbi... Learn More.
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Flush at the International Czech Theater Festival
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Flush is a premiere USA/Czech collaboration of physical theater, created and presented by award-winning actors and designers. A subversive, imprisoned comic actor and his jailer/interrogator explore a... Learn More.
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Brick Circk, the International Czech Theater Festival
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Brick Circk features a green clown with bricks everywhere and everything for the whole family. This is classic European clowning from the heart of the rich Prague tradition, created and performed by Stevo... Learn More.
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One-Man Show Albert's Fear, Part of The International Czech Theater Festival at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
As part of The International Czech Theater Festival, The Marsh presents Albert's Fear, a celebrated one-man show by noted young Czech actor Vojta Svejda. Albert's Fear examines the triumphs of a small boy... Learn More.
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The Marsh Presents Polaris, part of the International Czech Theater Festival
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Two 19th-century arctic explorers test reality vs. the imagination in the unendurable cold. Polaris is a rare romance about consciousness, values and the close ones, created and performed by Vojta Svejda and... Learn More.
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Dan Hoyle's One-Man Show Tings Dey Happen
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $12.50
Dan Hoyle portrays warlords, militants, oil workers, prostitutes and the American ambassador to Nigeria in his hit one-man play about Nigerian oil politics, based on his year there as a Fulbright scholar. ... Learn More.
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Rick Reynolds' Only the Truth Is Funny: Mid-Life at the Oasis
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
The Marsh is proud to welcome acclaimed comedian Rick Reynolds in his latest autobiographical solo show, Only the Truth Is Funny: Mid-Life at the Oasis. Rick's first show, Only the Truth Is Funny, was... Learn More.
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Lettuce Town Lies: A Solo Show About the Only Gay Asian Teen in Salinas
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Actor-comedian Kenny Yun brings his autobiographical one-man show to The Marsh. In the funny and poignant Lettuce Town Lies, Yun recounts his adolescence in Salinas, where the culture shock of moving to an... Learn More.
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Penny Arcade in Old Queen at The Marsh San Francisco
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Playwright and performance artist Penny Arcade weaves together spot-on impersonations and trenchant wit as she revisits New York City neighborhoods from her childhood through the perspective of the teenage... Learn More.
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Marsh Youth Theater's Ciribiribin, a Swing Musical
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $6.00
The musical Ciribiribin is set to the infectious swing music and dance of the 1930s and 40s. As the US gets drawn into World War II, an Italian family's language and customs are outlawed, and they begin to... Learn More.
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Lunatique Fantastique's E.O. 9066, a Story Told Through Live 3D Animation
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
Sixty-seven years after President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, this show follows the journey of one Japanese family's forced evacuation from their Berkeley home during WWII to the Topaz Camp in... Learn More.
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Confessions of a Refrigerator Mother: Solo Play About Autistic Boy
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
A one-woman play written and performed by Carolyn Doyle, Confessions of a Refrigerator Mother explores a day in the life of a nine-year-old boy and his family as they navigate the mysterious world of autism... Learn More.
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Scott Capurro Goes Deeper: Controversial Comic at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh welcomes Scott Capurro. The London-based comedian is known for his taboo-breaking, controversial performances. In his latest show, Scott Capurro Goes Deeper, he ponders a number of unspoken... Learn More.
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Marsh Youth Theatre's Teen Troupe: Fears Of Your Life
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00
Marsh Youth Theatre's new Teen Troupe presents their first production: Fears Of Your Life. Based on the works of Michael Bernard Loggins, an artist with developmental disabilities, this whimsical and vibrant... Learn More.
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Carlo D'Amore's Solo Show, No Parole, at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
No Parole takes audiences on a journey through the life of a flamboyant, live-for-the-moment con artist mother. From Peru to the Hollywood Hills to an NYC walk-up, No Parole provides a funny, but gut-... Learn More.
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Long Island Iced Latina: Actress/Comedian Marga Gomez's New One-Woman Show
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- n/a
- Our Price:
- n/a
Drama Desk nominee, national headlining comedian, and GLAAD Award-winning solo performer Marga Gomez presents her latest one-woman show, Long Island Iced Latina, at The Marsh. Recently named '2008 Best... Learn More.
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Lunatique Fantastique's Wrapping Paper Caper: The Puppetry of Everyday Objects
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00
Liebe Wetzel has the packing materials taking matters into their own "hands" in her show, Wrapping Paper Caper. In true private eye guise, our Bogart-esque "detective" follows a trail of styrofoam packing-... Learn More.
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David Hirata and Friends in Magic Holiday at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00
Along with magician Kim Silverman and juggler Stefan Fisher, David Hirata has crafted a show that brings wonder directly to the audience on the intimate space Marsh stage. The magicians mingle with the crowd... Learn More.
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Ann Randolph's Wickedly Funny One-Woman Show Squeeze Box at the Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $11.00
Originally produced by Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, Ann Randolph's one-woman show Squeeze Box was an off-Broadway hit. This is her strange and wonderful tale of working at a woman's shelter while pursuing... Learn More.
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Wayne Harris's Musical One-Man Show A May Day Parade at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $7.50
Award-winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite Wayne Harris stars in A May Day Parade, a tale centered on his lifelong love of marching bands. Harris portrays a Baptist preacher, three... Learn More.
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One-Man Show Towle's Hill at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $35.00
- Our Price:
- $17.50
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... Learn More.
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Philosophy Talk: Nationally Syndicated Public Radio Show Comes to The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
Recently named the "Best Local Public Radio Show" by San Francisco Weekly, Philosophy Talk is the only interactive radio show where listeners can discuss philosophic issues ranging from Socrates and Plato to... Learn More.
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Lunatique Fantastique's Chicken Stock: Innovative Puppet Troupe Tells Story of Avian Flu
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50
The Marsh presents Liebe Wetzel's Lunatique Fantastique. The acclaimed puppet troupe, known for their ingenious use of everyday found objects, presents a workshop performance of their new show Chicken Stock... Learn More.
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American Joe, a Funny and Moving Play about Soldiers at War
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $15.00 - $22.00
- Our Price:
- $7.50 - $11.00
The Marsh presents the return of Liza Reynal's American Joe, a funny and frightening story about the effect one life en-route to battle has had on the lives around him. Last November, Liza's nineteen year... Learn More.
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Victoria Doggett's One-Woman Show Kiss My Booth at The Marsh
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage Theater (San Francisco, CA)
- Full Price:
- $20.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00
Every year, Victoria Doggett participates in Fancy Food Shows in San Francisco and New York, a surreal environment offering strange and quirky personalities, including booth "babes" and buyers with a variety... Learn More.
Map and Directions
The Marsh is located at 1062 Valencia Street (near 22nd street in the Mission).
Parking in the area is scarce, so be sure to allow plenty of time to arrive and find a space. There is a parking lot on 21st Street between Mission and Valencia.
Handicap Information
Handicap seating may be available.
Please contact us before buying tickets to make arrangements.




















































