Steve Budd’s
Oy, What They Said About Love
The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage
May 2 – June 6, 2026
Saturdays at 8pm
Written & Performed by Steve Budd
Directed by Mark Kenward & Kenny Yun
Ticket Information
Tickets: $25 – $35 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating
60 minutes | No Intermission | Ages 15+
(Please do not bring infants to the show)
Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance.
Additional tickets may be available for purchase at the door.
Show Description
Steve Budd wonders why other people can tie the knot and he can’t. Oy, does he wonder! So he asked a bunch of couples what brought them together and keeps them from pulling apart. Meet a Jewish couple who met on Craigslist, an interfaith pair who met at a Halloween party, and more. Budd plays close to a dozen characters, using their own words taken from hours of interviews, and weaves in his relentless, heartfelt, and hilarious search for “the one.” Oy, What They Said About Love (Best of the 2024 SF Fringe) is the newest mashup of personal storytelling and documentary theater from an award-winning solo performer who “sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm” (Theatrius).
Artist Biography
Steve Budd (Writer & Performer) has performed with such Bay Area theaters as the San Francisco Playhouse, New Conservatory, Custom Made, Central Works, and Marin Shakespeare. Budd’s previous solo show, Seeing Stars, enjoyed a 6-week run at The Marsh in 2024 and delighted audiences in San Diego and Fresno. What They Said About Sex, created from interviews, proved a crowd-pleaser in Washington, DC; San Diego; and Kansas City. His award-winning solo show What They Said About Love (Best of the 2016 SF Fringe, among other accolades), also built from interviews, has performed to packed houses in San Francisco, LA, Indianapolis, New York, Boston, Ottawa, and London.
Since Oy, What They Said About Love ran at The Marsh in Sept. and Oct. 2025, it has played to packed houses in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Israel; Santa Monica; and New York City.
Mark Kenward (Co-Director) is an award-winning director, producer, writer, and performer of solo theater. He is the producer and co-director of The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, which helps formerly incarcerated people develop and perform their true stories on stage.
Kenny Yun (Co-Director) is an award-winning solo performer, director, and teacher who holds a BA in English Literature from U.C.-Berkeley.
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