The Marsh Rising Presents:
Rachel Garlin’s
The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese

The Marsh Berkeley Mainstage

June 23, 2026
Tuesday at 7:30pm

Written  & Performed by Rachel Garlin
Directed by Charlie Varon

Ticket Information

Tickets: $15 – $25 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating

65 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.

About the Show

We are well beyond a cure, but we’re alive.

Despite being married to men, Madelyne and Therese share a fleeting romantic connection during the summer of 1939. When they re-encounter each other a year later in Manhattan, they find ways to communicate using code words, sewing machines, and switchboards, often hiding in plain sight.

Written and performed by Rachel Garlin, The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese is a new song cycle that brings to life queer possibility in oppressive times.

Artist Biographies

Rachel Garlin (Writer & Lead Performer) is a singer and songwriter who has been making music professionally for more than twenty years. Garlin has toured internationally, released nine independent albums, and been hailed by critics at the San Francisco Chronicle, Americana Highways, and Country Queer. She lives in San Francisco with her wife and kids.

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