The Marsh Presents Ann Randolph’s SQUEEZE BOX The Marsh Presents Kikeloma Adedeji’s TOLULA The Marsh Presents Sharon Eberhardt’s SAVAGE ARTS

One night only!

The show plays Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22^nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $12. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

"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

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. She wrote Squeeze Box while working the graveyard shift at a homeless shelter for mentally ill women where she's worked for the past ten years.

She recently performed excerpts of Squeeze Box on NPR’s new program “Public Radio Weekend” and on PBS. Brooksfilms (Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft) have optioned the show for a feature film. In addition, Lifetime Television has bought the rights to the show and Randolph is currently writing the screenplay which will be called, "Gimme Shelter."

Squeeze Box has just finished a smashingly successful Off-Broadway run and is now touring North America

One night only!

The show plays Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22^nd Street in San Francisco.

Tickets are $8-12 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

When Rafi, her much-younger illegal immigrant boyfriend returns south of the border, a heartbroken artist seeks solace in beautiful Tolula, New Mexico, population 298.

Unable to paint in O'Keeffe country and unable to find even a minimum wage job, she visits Rafi in Mexico and falls in love all over again. But staying in Mexico is not an option for either of them and to return to the U.S. Rafi will have to cross the perilous Sonora desert mid-summer.

Kikélomo Adedeji has performed in plays, original musicals, and performance art pieces. She started writing solo plays in the workshops of Bill Talen and Anne Galjour. Tolula was first developed with David Ford at The Marsh and is her first full-length solo play.

The show plays on Friday and Saturday from, January 18 through February 16, 2008 at The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street @ 22^nd Street in San Francisco. All shows are at 8:00 pm.

Tickets are $15- 35 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit www.themarsh.org or call 415-826-5750

SAVAGE ARTS is based on the true story of an Indian witchcraft trial that took place in 1930 in New York State. A volatile mix of sexual longing, opposing cultures, art and prejudice, the play builds to its explosive denouement with a quiet yet devastating subtlety.

Sharon Eberhardt has an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University and is originally from Buffalo, NY.