Mark Kenward’s TOWLE’S HILL & Grundlach Bunschu Wine Tasting Fridays at The Marsh The Marsh presents Wayne Harris’ MAY DAY PARADE

The show plays Fridays at 8:00 pm followed by a tasting of Grundlach Bunschu wines from October 3 – November 21, 2008 at The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street.

Tickets are $35-50 Sliding Scale. To buy tickets call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

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 creation of Towle’s Hill, an original, one-man play performed by Mark Kenward and directed by David Ford.

Towle’s Hill chronicles the history of Gundlach Bundschu, while offering insight into California history from the earthquake to prohibition. The dynamics of family businesses, the complexities of father-son relationships and the desire to create something meaningful from a lifetime of work form the heart of the show.

Towle’s Hill will be followed by a tasting of Gundlach Bundschu wines—a multi-sense event!

The show plays Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm from October 4 – November 9, 2008 on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street.

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

“Wayne Harris skillfully interweaves deft character sketches…..gripping!” – SF Chronicle

“Harris takes his audience on a joyful ride” – SF Bay Guardian

“Just the sight of them big butt girls in short skirts doing the “dirty dog” down Newstead Blvd. put the crowd into a frenzy…I mean, folks were following the band down the street. Ain’t seen nothing like it before or since.”

There’s a parade coming! ….so, get a seat on the curb with a snow cone and watch as Wayne Harris portrays 1 Baptist preacher, 3 generations on a porch, a 4 man bass drum ensemble, 12 rather large “letter” girls bumping and grinding down a mid-town boulevard and the 100 member Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church Drum & Bugle Corps.

Award winning performer and San Francisco Bay Area favorite, Wayne Harris, takes us on a road less traveled…(or maybe less marched) as he prepares at 8 years old, for his first parade maneuvering between a jealous big brother, a drunken deacon, a foul mouthed banner partner, new shoes and a grandmother of biblical proportions…. all while learning the value of family, history and the importance of staying in step!