The Marsh Rising Series

One-Night-Only performances of rising talent at The Marsh San Francisco.

Marsh Rising presents works in progress that may be ready for an extended run.

For information about putting on a Marsh Rising show, e-mail Sharon Eberhardt at sharon@themarsh.org

EACH AND EVERY THING
by Dan Hoyle
Wednesday, May 29 at 7:30
Thursday, June 27 2013

Each and Every Thing is a reading of Dan’s latest solo show. It is Dan’s journey to understand why he does what he does, and how do we as a culture stay actually connected in the age of hyper virtual-connectivity. From a showdown with an Aryan Brotherhood felon in small-town Nebraska, to a childhood spent in the back of the muni bus in 1980s San Francisco, from the corner boys of Chicago to the intellectual temple of Calcutta’s famed coffeehouse, from a digital detox retreat in remote Northern California to midtown Manhattan, Dan searches for true community, spontaneity and wonder amid a fractured and distracted digital age.

Bio: Dan Hoyle’s most recent solo show The Real Americans enjoyed a long run at The Marsh in San Francisco, and played Joe’s Pub in New York, The Painted Bride in Philadelphia, The Lensic in Santa Fe, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Cleveland Playhouse, Portland Centerstage and Park Hotel in Calcutta, India.His third solo show, Tings Dey Happen, won the 2007 Will Glickman Award for Best New Play before running five months Off-Broadway at Culture Project, where it was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show. In October 2009, Hoyle returned to Nigeria to perform the show in five Nigerian cities, sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Hoyle has also written two plays for multiple actors, SCRUBBED, a Facebook-era farce for SF Playhouse, and GAME ON, co-written with Tony Taccone,about venture capitalism, global warming, and baseball that will have it’s world premiere in Spring 2014 at San Jose Rep.

NANTUCKET, PART ONE
by Mark Kenward  
June 19 at 7:30pm

“When I was eight my family moved from Normal, Illinois to Nantucket Island.  We arrived with all the dreams you would expect of people moving to an island.  And then things went horribly wrong.”

Veteran Marsh performer Mark Kenward (Riding From Normal, The Yoga of Moby-Dick, Towle’s Hill) returns to the stage with his most ambitious work yet: a two-part performance piece about his years growing up on the fabled island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.  He will perform Part One on June 19 (with a New England clam chowder reception to follow). 

Nantucket is the heartbreaking tragedy of a “normal” family.  It is also a meditation on an iconic destination where the summers are beautiful but the winters are long, grey and lonely.  Kenward infuses his tale with delightful dashes of humor, history and insight.  So jump aboard the boat for a haunting journey to a place far from normal.

“a commanding storyteller”–San Francisco Weekly

“an astonishing word-slinger”–Contra Costa Times

“a warm, wonderful storyteller who establishes an instant rapport with his audience” –San Francisco Examiner

“his comic timing is as sharp as his punch lines are well honed.”–San Francisco Chronicle

“a compelling storyteller able to serve up life's dramatic moments, and arrange them meaningfully as a fiction writer might.” –Victoria Times Colonist

Mark Kenward has created seven full-length solo shows, exploring the many possibilities of the form: autobiographical monologues, character pieces, storytelling, adaptations of literature.  He has performed his work in over thirty cities throughout the US and Canada, including several runs at The Marsh.  He is also the director of several successful solo shows, including two that have had runs at The Marsh: Howard Petrick’s Rambo: The Missing Years and Kurt Bodden’s Steve Seabrook: Better Than You.  For more information visit markkenward.com

THIS SIDE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE: an Evening of Mental Mysteries and Physical Wonders
by Sebastian Boswell III
June 26 at 7:30pm

A presentation of fantastic skills of the mind and body as practiced throughout history by yogi and mystics, and performed by Sebastian Boswell III. The evening is designed to be entertaining, enlightening, and leave you amazed at the potential of all human beings. Should your experience fall short of these expectations you will have only yourself to blame. To be cynical in the presence of such wondrous demonstrations is a dull and terrible way to live. If you have ever found yourself bored in Venice, or stifled a yawn witnessing the Aurora Borealis, please do not attend the show.
Remember this: everything Sebastian does YOU could do, if, like him, you had spent your life in the singular pursuit of human perfection. Instead of spending it doing whatever it is you've done. Which is probably fulfilling. In some way.

Not a children's show, but children are welcome provided they are curious, intelligent, and precocious. Note that "precocious" and "obnoxious" are not interchangeable qualities as some parents believe. Parents must be clear on the difference and have instructed their children accordingly. If you have doubts, leaving the children at home is an excellent option. Adults should have taken such instruction to heart as well. Well behaved children are equally encouraged to leave troublesome adults behind and attend what will be an instructive and inspiring evening.

Bio: Sebastian Boswell III is considered by many to be one of the most distinctive performers in the field of mentalism, the art and entertainment of EXTRODINARY MENTAL POWERS.

Sebastian has been performing HIS AMAZING DEMONSTRATIONS for over 25 years. The determination and focus of Sebastian’s studies have taken him around the world, seeking teachers, mystics and shamans from the back alleys of Bombay to the monasteries of Ulaanbaatar. Disciplines include psychology, body-language, subconscious communication, alternative cognitive structure, neuro-synapictic transmission potentials, ancient magic, fakir disciplines, and yogi techniques.

Sebastian combines his lifetime’s worth of mysterious knowledge and extraordinary skills into A WONDROUS SHOW for the entertainment, enlightenment, and inspiration of all audiences!

Please visit his web site www.SebastianBoswell.com. There are many interesting and amusing posts, including, but limited to, his Cabinet of Curiosities.