In Front of Your Eyes Festival – Laura Jane Bailey

In Front of Your Eyes 2024
Performance Festival Presents:

Laura Jane Bailey’s
Super Secret Super Power

at The Marsh San Francisco Studio

Written & Performed by Laura Jane Bailey
Directed by David Ford

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Friday, August 2 at 7pm

Opener: Abbey Glover

Sunday, August 4 at 7pm

Opener: Joan Bernier

Saturday, August 10 at 1pm

Opener: Stacey Winn


About the Festival

In Front of Your Eyes Performance Festival will feature developing works from women and nonbinary performers and playwrights. The festival will take place in both San Francisco and Berkeley. San Francisco will feature solo shows, and Berkeley will feature ensemble shows.


About the Show

Super Secret Super Power follows the heartbreaking yet hilarious origin story of an average, ordinary girl who suddenly realizes she has a mind-blowing new power. Is it an unbelievable gift? Or something else entirely? As she grapples with this super-secret, she’s forced to confront life’s big, weighty issues—sex, violence, and margaritas. This captivating journey is filled with unexpected twists, laughter, and profound moments.


Ticket Information

Tickets: $15 – $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.

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

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About the Artistic Crew

Laura Jane Bailey (Playwright & Performer) is an accomplished Bay Area actress. Her performances include roles in The Roommate at Capital Stage in Sacramento, Luna Gale and Mud, Blue, Sky at Aurora Theatre, Crimes of the Heart at Theatreworks, Equus at Boxcar Theater, Man of La Mancha at San Francisco Playhouse, and Fiction, Les Liaison Dangereuses, Bad Dates, and Smell of the Kill at Dragon Productions Theatre. In Chicago, she has appeared in productions including The Cider House Rules, Tattoo Girl, Raised in Captivity, and I Am Yours.

David Ford (Director) has been collaborating on new and unusual theater for three decades and has been associated with The Marsh for most of that time. The San Francisco press has variously called him “the solo performer maven,” “the monologue maestro,” “the dean of solo performance,” and “the solo performer’s best friend.” A week rarely goes by when residents of the Bay Area cannot enjoy one of his productions. Collaborators include Geoff Hoyle, Brian Copeland, Charlie Varon, Echo Brown, Marilyn Pittman, Rebecca FisherWayne Harris, Jill Vice, and Marga Gomez. Ford’s work has been seen regionally at The Public TheaterSecond Stage Theater, Theatre at St. Clement’s, Dixon Place, Theatre for the New City (New York), Highways Performance Space (Los Angeles), and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co. (Washington, D.C.). His work has also been featured in most of the fringe festivals in North America, and at theaters around the Bay Area including Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Magic Theatre, and Marin Theatre Company. Ford’s directing has garnered several “Best of Fringe” Awards and a Goldie Award.


Openers

August 2 –Abbey Glover’s A Work in Progress
In a society that glorifies striving and achievement, Abbey, an insecure perfectionist, doesn’t know when to stop. Even after obtaining her dream job, her relentless drive continues. As she sacrifices everything to quell her insecurities and prove that she belongs, Abbey wrestles with a crucial question: amidst the pursuit of success, what’s it all for?

August 4 – Joan Bernier’s The Capitan
The Captain explores lineage, what is passed down and how we navigate in a starless sky. A Captain is confronted with the dangerous effects of colonization on the deck of his ship, The Arctic. Inspired by the final voyages of Captain Joseph Elzéar Bernier (1852-1934).

August 10 – Stacey Winn’s Terroir
It’s hard to make friends when you’re in the Lord’s Army! As part of a full-length autobiographical play currently under development, Terroir explores the fantastical inner world of a child born into fundamentalist Christianity.