In Front of Your Eyes 2026
A Festival of New Performance Presents
Sherry Glaser’s
Life & Death: A Love Story
The Marsh Berkeley Theater
August 21 at 7:00 pm & August 22 at 4:00 pm
Written by Sherry Glaser
Performed by Sherry Glaser and Danny Kitchen
Composed by Lawrence Nass
Directed by Ricci Dedola
Opener: Pearl Ong
Ticket Information
Tickets: $15 – $35 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating
60 minutes | No Intermission | Ages 18+
(Please do not bring infants to the show)
Livestream on 8/22 @4pm
Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance.
Additional tickets may be available for purchase at the door.
Show Description
A very dark musical comedy. When Patience (Sherry Glaser) Wilson has a stroke she must face her mortality and the complications therein, she must make life and death choices. Funny how life changes when Death (Danny Kitchen) comes knocking.
Artist Biographies
Sherry Glaser (Writer & Performer) is the star and author of Off-Broadway’s longest running one-woman show in it’s history; FAMILY SECRETS. Her other shows include. TAKING THE HIGH ROAD; Comic confessions From Behind the cannabis Curtain, THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SLAM: Super Activist Mother, and the beloved OH MY GODDESS! A Comedy of Biblical Proportions. Sherry is also a Published Author, Her latest book: MAMA’S 1ST POCKET DICKTIONARY; Taking the Dick Out Of Dictionary.
Danny John Kitchen (Performer) is pleased to be part of the cast of Life & Death. He has performed stand-up comedy in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, experiences that helped develop his stage presence and appreciation for live audiences. Outside the theatre, Danny enjoys fitness, reading, and exploring cosmology. He extends his sincere gratitude to Sherry Glaser and director Ricci Dedola for their dedication and collaboration, and to his family and friends for their steadfast encouragement and support. He hopes you enjoy Life & Death.
Ricci Dedola (Director) has been directing theater for 34 years. She has been collaborating with Sherry Glaser since 2015 on her one-woman shows; Sherry Glaser’s Greatest Hits, Taking The High Road and they won most Avant-Garde for Oh My Goddess! A Comedy of Biblical Proportions at the United Solo Festival in NYC on Broadway. Ricci is currently directing a one-man show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Her career highlights include working with the Mendocino Theatre Company, Amuse Pictures, Bard in The Yard, Alive Theatre, Found Theatre, and the Mendocino Museum County Roadshow. She is delighted to have the show Life and Death here at the Marsh Theatre.
Lawrence Nass (Composer) is a pianist, music composer, arranger, singer, teacher, recording engineer & performer. He composed a full length soundtrack for the award winning feature-length documentary film about Harry Carey, Jr. entitled, “Dobe: In the Company of Heroes” (2001) Composed an original soundtrack for the documentary entitled,“Stanton Englehart: A Life on Canvas” (2006). Three cd recordings of his original compositions. Two are solo improvisational works on piano and the third is composed using many top studio musicians. Recording engineer, musician and producer at his Mr. Moon Music recording studio since 1991.
Opener
Pearl Ong
I do autobiographical story telling pieces, all of which have a bit of humor in them. I have done short pieces at Stage Werx (now gone, formerly on Valencia St.), and at the Marsh. I have done my full length piece ‘Night Driver’ at the Marsh, and will return in July 2026.
Piece Description – Road Trip
In 1975, I dropped out of college and started a road trip to Taos NM. My boyfriend wanted to study with an artist there, and i decided to go with him. I was still a new immigrant, still very much a city girl from Hong Kong. This was my first road trip, first time camping, all so American. At the end of it, I ended up in San Francisco.
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