Marga Gomez – Swimming With Lesbians

Marga Gomez in striped shirt in front of waves

Marga Gomez’s
Swimming with Lesbians

Back for Pride Month!

In Person at The Marsh San Francisco Mainstage

Written & Performed by Marga Gomez

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

June 7 – 22, 2024
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 pm


No matter your age, gender or sexual persuasion, if you feel like laughing until you’re gasping for breath, “Swimming With Lesbians” is a must-see

—Jean Schiffman, Bay City News


Ticket Information

Tickets: $25 – $35 General Seating sliding scale | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating
Preview Night June 7 – Tickets starting at $15

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

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

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About the Show

Marga Gomez’s Swimming With Lesbians is a buoyant and bawdy romp, set aboard a fictional lesbian luxury ocean liner rolling on a sea of absurdity. Blending her past experience as a cruise ship entertainer (and lesbian) with her delight for nautical tropes and sea shanties, Gomez morphs into a boatload of lustful characters including: Isabelle, an accident prone Lacrosse player yearning for her first Lesbian affair, Captain Debbie the ship’s commander who goes strictly by the book (in this case it’s The Kama Sutra) and Pru Perez, the butch presenting but secretly meek bingo caller in hiding from her childhood bully and passenger. Lesbian mettle is tested when secrets are exposed and all must navigate through rogue waves and endless buffets . 

Gomez’s 14th one person show was hailed as having “all the makings of a great voyage, starting with scrumptious characters” by the San Francisco Chronicle.” SF Gate wrote “If you feel like laughing until you’re gasping for breath, ‘Swimming With Lesbians’ is a must-see.” 

Swimming With Lesbians returns to The Marsh for Pride Month following 2024 sold out shows at La MaMa Theatre in New York and Toronto’s “Funny That Way Festival.” 

The performance runs 65 minutes with no intermission and is recommended for immature adult audiences over 16.


About the Performer

Marga Gomez (She,Her,They) is the author and performer of 14 solo plays which include: Latin Standards; Spanking Machine; Not Getting Any Younger; lovebirds; Long Island Iced Latina; Los Big Names; A Line Around The Block; Memory Tricks. Her plays have been produced nationally, internationally, and in New York at The Public Theater, 47th Street Theatre, Performance Space 122, Dixon Place, and La Mama Experimental Theatre Company  Her acting credits include Off-Broadway and national productions of The Vagina Monologues, A.C.T’s Fefu and Her Friends, Ars Nova New York’s “Dr. Ride’s American Beachouse” and roles in Warner Bros films “Sphere” and “Batman Forever” and a guest role on Netflix “Sense8.”

Her awards include the GLAAD Media Award for Off-Broadway Theatre,The 2023 SFAC Artist Grant, The 2022 United States Artists Fellowship for Theater, The 2021 Center for Cultural Innovation Grant, The Los Angeles “Ovation Award for Best Featured Actress” and the 2010 Bay Area Critics Circle Award for “Best Performance.” Ms. Gomez is a winner of the 2023 “Best Comedian” Award from both  48 Hills and the Bay Area Reporter. She also teaches solo performance online via her website margagomez.com.  Marga is thrilled to be back at The Marsh where she has  premiered several solo shows including her first, Memory Tricks, in 1991.


Special Events

June 15 – Celebrate a Milestone Birthday with Marga! There will be cake and a disco dance party after the show!


Videos

SHOW TRAILER

NBC INTERVIEW