Marsh Rising – Emil Guillermo

The Marsh Rising Presents:
Emil Amok Guillermo’s
Emil Amok, 69

In Person at The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage

November 19, 2025
Wednesday at 7:30pm

Written & Performed by Emil Amok Guillermo


Ticket Information

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

80 minutes | No intermission | Ages 13+

(Please do not bring infants to the show)

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About the Show

Emil Amok Guillermo talks about the story of our times, how everything’s flipped in a “69” world, where no one knows which way is up, morally, ethically, politically. In all aspects of his life from DEI, Harvard, NPR, and his trans daughter, when it comes to Trump, it’s personal.


Artist Biography

Emil Guillermo is an award-winning journalist who first considered monologues after interviewing Spalding Gray. He has now done 6 one-hour “Amok Monologues” performing at fringe festivals in NY, (where he won the Spirit of the Fringe Award), Orlando, SF,  Playground Solofest, NSA Fringe, San Diego, Baltimore, Washington, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. He has studied with David Ford, Charlie Varon, and Mike Daisey. A compilation of his “Amok” columns won an American Book Award. He still writes his columns on Substack, Patreon, and the Oakland Post, among others. He is the first Poet Laureate of Ripon, CA.


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