Monday Night Marsh & Stream

Program Director: Alexa Almira
House Manager: Arnie Warshaw
Light/Soundboard Operator: Alexa Almira

About Monday Night Marsh

Stephanie Weisman, our theater’s founder and artistic director, started The Marsh because she wanted a place for writers and performers like herself to easily develop their work. IN 1989, she planted a see by starting a Monday night performance series at The Hotel Utah on Bryant Street. Monday Night Marsh is the seed that sprouted into what is now The Marsh Theater: A Breeding Ground for New Performance. The program prides itself in sharing personal stories and unique experiences of all types, with a goal of amplifying the voices of our community. It is crucial, now more than ever, to share your story. Local celebrities like Josh Kornbluth, Marga Gomez, Irma Herrera, Diane Barnes, and so many others got their start on Monday Night Marsh.

Every Monday (unless it’s a holiday), we feature 3 people who perform up to 20 minutes of their (work-in-progress) piece. Each group performs twice in a month. After each show, we do a Q&A with the audience and performers, which allows for the opportunity to give and receive any feedback. You can watch in person, or stream via zoom for free.

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You truly never know what you’re going to see at a MNM.
Join us. Wonderful things can happen.

Mondays at 7pm
Two Ways to Watch!

IN-PERSON

In Person at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Doors open at 6:30pm | Show starts at 7pm

*STREAMING


*Streaming tickets are pay-what-you-can
Virtual doors open at 6:50pm | Show starts at 7pm

Submit Your Piece!

Are you a monologuist, solo performer, movement artist, solo musician, comedian, etc.? Whether you are in the very beginning stages of your piece, or have a polished piece on which you’re putting the final touches, MNM wants you! The submission period for the July-December (fall) 2026 series has closed. But fear not! We will soon be accepting submissions for the spring 2027 series. More information on how to submit and what to include in your submission will be made available the week before the next round of submissions opens.

January  – June (Spring) 2027 Series
Submission Period Opens: October 5, 2026
Submission Deadline: December 7, 2026

July – December (Fall) 2027 Series
Submission Period Opens: April 5, 2027
Submission Deadline: June 7, 2027

If you have any questions, please email our program director at mondaynight@themarsh.org

Happy writing!

Spring 2026 Upcoming Performances

June 15

Emil Guillermo’s
My Memory of Scott Pelley

Show Description: On the media’s road to propaganda; Taking my shows on the road; And the end of the road for my gallbladder?

Artist Biography: Emil Amok is the stage name for Emil Guillermo, the  award-winning journalist and former host of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He has written a column on culture and politics from an Asian American perspective since 1991.  See his micro-talk show on YouTube.com/@emilamok1.

Timothy Flanagan’s
To the Moon and the Other Things…

Show Description: On a fateful day in 1962, a young boy is confronted with some life-changing truths about his siblings, his family, and a deeper truth unfolding within him, which he is only just beginning to comprehend.
Artist Biography: Timothy was an active player in local theater here in the Bay Area throughout the 1980s and 90s, appearing in productions at Shakespeare in the Park, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Marin Shakespeare Company where he played Macduff in their production of Macbeth. He starred as Max in Theatre Rhinoceroses acclaimed production of Bent in the early 90s and has had major roles in shows at The Magic Theater, The Aurora Theater and The Z Collective. He toured to Washington DC in More Than Names, a story of the making of the AIDs Memorial Quilt. After an extended hiatus from theater he returned to the stage in 2023, acting in their production of Reciprocating Pumps by Dirk Alphin, here at the Marsh. In 2024 he returned to The Marsh to play Gramps in Dirk Alphin’s play, Axis. This will be Timothy’s third appearance at Monday Night Marsh. His last two solo works were “Werner Herzog Said That” and “Waiting Lists.”

Satellite Campus’
What’s Our Vibe?

Show Description: Satellite Campus improvises comedic one-act plays based on an audience suggestion. We incorporate both grounded humanity and heightened absurdity into our performance as we explore the world of our characters—whether they’re a family on a road trip or a team of ghost hunters.

Artist Biographies: Satellite Campus is a 4-person improv team that formed after meeting during an improv summer intensive in LA. The team consists of Adam Williams, Elliott Jin, Harmony Johnson-Wicker, and Tyler Ross:

Adam has studied improv and sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. His sketches have accumulated over 200k views online. He’s also studied clowning at the Church of Clown in San Francisco.

Elliott is a member of the house team at the Endgames Improv Theater. He’s also performed as an accompanist for several local musical improv teams including Knockoff Broadway, Sonic Boom, and The Fledglings.

Harmony is a member of the main stage cast at the All Out Comedy Theater, as well as RiOt: The Improvised Rock Opera.

June 22

Emil Guillermo’s
My Memory of Scott Pelley

Show Description: On the media’s road to propaganda; Taking my shows on the road; And the end of the road for my gallbladder?

Artist Biography: Emil Amok is the stage name for Emil Guillermo, the  award-winning journalist and former host of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He has written a column on culture and politics from an Asian American perspective since 1991.  See his micro-talk show on YouTube.com/@emilamok1.

Shayla Kerr’s
A BART Train to Heaven

Show Description: During October 2025, an educator at a creative writing and education nonprofit in San Francisco fluctuates between frenetic moments of mania, chaos, and her childhood memories while grappling with the threat of ICE agents, the longest government shutdown in history, food insecurity, and grasping onto her dreams in a society under collapse, all while nurturing the imagination of San Francisco’s youth.

Artist Biography: Shayla L. Kerr is a Congolese Jamaican-American multidisciplinary writer who was born and raised in Albany and Schenectady, NY by her mother, uncles, and cousins in a diverse, working-class inner-city community. She recently moved to the Bay Area in August of 2024 to serve as an AmeriCorps member in East Oakland, managing a reading center at an elementary school. She is a storyteller specializing in curating narratives through poetry and personal essays that combat the erasure of vulnerable communities as well as preserve and work with memory. From time to time, she shares her experimental work in theater, dance, and spoken word and performs burlesque under the name Sultry Solana.

Theresa Donahoe’s
All the Great New Things to Come

Show Description: “December 2019: My sister and I are having our annual holiday visit in Union Square in San Francisco. All of a sudden, a guy on a bike, speeds past me, practically knocks me over and yells, ‘watch where you’re going….TOURIST!’   Me? A tourist? Triggered!!”

Artist Biography: Theresa Donahoe is an actor who mainly performed theater in her youth. Deciding to take a break from theater, she started working in movies (such as SCREAM and RENT) while working in television and movie casting for many years as well. After a 17-year hiatus, she returned to the stage and decided to merge her love for writing with her love for acting. Once she discovered the art form of solo performance, she created and debuted her first solo show, “Late Bloomer” at the 2017 Rogue Fringe Festival in Fresno, California. “Born Again in Berkeley”, her second full length show, made its world premiere at the 2022 Rogue Fringe Festival and was performed at various Bay Area venues throughout 2024. “All the Great New Things to Come”, a story about being a fourth-generation SF Bay Area native, is her latest work-in-progress solo show.

June 29

Rana Mookherjee’s
Missed Acid Sesh

Show Description: This is a true story of me as a newly-arrived New Yorker to SF in the late 90’s, a random stroll to an iconic Mission Bar, a chanced encounter, a missed experience and conflicted cultural responsibilities.

Artist Biography: “Rana Mookherjee is a cocktail-party storyteller and chit-chatter.” He can best be described as the Indian Larry David where he is known for chronicling situationally-specific, mostly ridiculous, real-life stories that unconsciously unveils his very particular character, personality and idiosyncrasies.

Timothy Flanagan’s
Werner Herzog Said That

Show Description: An aging actor brings his childhood ventriloquist doll to an intensive therapy session, at the request of his therapist.  What follows is a gradual unravelling of the man’s sense of identity, leading to a total meltdown of reality itself.  Who is the puppet here, and who is the puppeteer?
Artist Biography: The actor enters the stage with a small suitcase and begins his session. He is late and a bit frazzled as he talks about a video he saw online wherein Werner Herzog has said something that sparks something deep in the actor’s consciousness. He attempts to unpack that Herzog statement in his mind, then his therapist asks him to bring out the puppet.  He hasn’t brought the dummy out of its bag in decades but he does so, reluctantly. During the contentious conversation between him and the dummy that follows the session devolves into madness and a near total breakdown. In the end, a fusing of the personalities seems to have occurred and the session ends.

Satellite Campus’
What’s Our Vibe?

Show Description: Satellite Campus improvises comedic one-act plays based on an audience suggestion. We incorporate both grounded humanity and heightened absurdity into our performance as we explore the world of our characters—whether they’re a family on a road trip or a team of ghost hunters.

Artist Biographies: Satellite Campus is a 4-person improv team that formed after meeting during an improv summer intensive in LA. The team consists of Adam Williams, Elliott Jin, Harmony Johnson-Wicker, and Tyler Ross:

Adam has studied improv and sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. His sketches have accumulated over 200k views online. He’s also studied clowning at the Church of Clown in San Francisco.

Elliott is a member of the house team at the Endgames Improv Theater. He’s also performed as an accompanist for several local musical improv teams including Knockoff Broadway, Sonic Boom, and The Fledglings.

Harmony is a member of the main stage cast at the All Out Comedy Theater, as well as RiOt: The Improvised Rock Opera.

Fall 2026 Performances Coming Soon!

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