Joyful Raven Studios
Class Performance Showcase

In Person at The Marsh Berkeley Theater
Tuesday, June 17 & Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 7:30 pm

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Tickets: $10 – $35 General Seating sliding scale | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating

Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance,
and additional tickets may be available for purchase at the door.

70 minutes | No Intermission | Ages 16+
Please do not bring infants to the show

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Tuesday, June 17

Randall Denham
Excerpt from Hedging the Edge: Surviving the 1970’s
Denham –  a performer with the iconic angels of light in the 1970s –  tells his survival story set against the colorful background of drag queens, pansexuality and post hippie culture.With humor and bravery, he openly examines his fraught sexual past. His stories help us work towards healing our collective sexual wounds.

Benjie Lasseau
The Semi-reluctant Grandmother
I’m going to be a grandmother to a little girl. I don’t have a clue what it will be like. 

David Steinore
Growing up
My Dad falls down: with himself, mom, me and my brother. Years later I become aware of unconscious decisions I made at the moment and their cost. Where is my thrive? 

Katie Macks
Upside Down Perspectives
From her unbound joyous self-expression, to the confines of being fractured by societal and family conditioning, Katie found herself with many unredeemable diagnoses. After working with psychiatrists early on in her life, she decided to never work with one again.

Robyn DeGuzman
Whatever, I’m Gonna Go Talk to My Ancestors
Robyn has had it up to here with talking about how old we’re all getting, your kids and their boring sports, and how expensive everything is in the Bay Area. She’d much rather be listening to her ancestors!

Wednesday, June 18

Kate Kranenburg
From Chaos to Stillness: A Coming of Age Story
From cocktail chatter to motorcycle trips, Kate mastered the art of the dazzling escape—until the world hit pause. In the stillness of lockdown and loss, she discovered that the real thrill wasn’t in the bop, the buzz, or the brunch banter, but in learning to stay. This is a story of glittering chaos, quiet grief, and the unexpected beauty of slowing down just long enough to hear your own heartbeat.

Johnny Ray
BIG. FAT. LOVE.
From fat kid to caregiver, from heartbreak to head-over-heels—this is a true story of longing, loss, and late-blooming love. Sweet, raw, and deeply human…Big, Fat, Love proves that the heart doesn’t care about timing, size, or neat endings. Love shows up. Messy and miraculous.

Karen Larson
Coincidence
When she arrived she was not expected, but welcomed. The day certainly wasn’t what she expected. But was it welcomed?

Claire Elliott
Inner Child Work
Break Ups. Therapy. Career. Acting. Having a kid? Directing a middle school musical? An actress moves from LA to the Bay Area in order to “grow up” when she accepts a full time teaching position at an elite private school… She wants to stop behaving childishly in life and in relationships… But teaching kids full time reveals there might be a lot more to this whole loving your inner child thing than therapy and instagram suggest… 

Liz Fox
Comedy – Time = Tragedy (Do. Not. Laugh.)
Liz Fox took parenting waaaay too seriously until a shitty situation revealed strategic failures and personal weakness.