Steve Budd’s
Oy, What They Said About Love
The Marsh Berkeley Mainstage
“Amusing and heartbreaking” -Woody Weingarten of For All Events
September 20 – October 25, 2025
Saturdays at 8pm
Opening Night: September 27
Special Sunday Matinee October 19 at 2:00 pm
No Show: October 11
Written & Performed by Steve Budd
Directed by: Mark Kenward and Kenny Yun
Special Events
Raffles at Oct 4 & 19 Performances
Oct 4 – Wine Tasting with Berkeley’s Covenant Wines in the Cabaret post-show
Oct 18 – Singles Night & Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band, – Grab a drink, mingle, and enjoy the music in the Cabaret post-show
Oct 25 – RebbeSoul Power Percussion Trio play in the Cabaret post-show
Ticket Information
Tickets: $25 – $35 General Seating | $50 & $100 Reserved Seating
70 minutes | No intermission | Ages 15+
(Please do not bring infants to the show)
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Additional tickets may be available for purchase at the door.
Show Description
Steve Budd wonders why other people can tie the knot and he can’t. Oy, does he wonder! So he asked a bunch of couples what brought them together and keeps them from pulling apart. Meet a Jewish couple who met on Craigslist, an interfaith pair who met at a Halloween party, and more. Budd plays close to a dozen characters, using their own words taken from hours of interviews, and weaves in his relentless, heartfelt, and hilarious search for “the one.” Oy, What They Said About Love (Best of the 2024 SF Fringe) is the newest mashup of personal storytelling and documentary theater from an award-winning solo performer who “sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm” (Theatrius).
Artist Biography
Steve Budd (Writer & Performer) has performed with such Bay Area theaters as the San Francisco Playhouse, New Conservatory, Custom Made, Central Works, and Marin Shakespeare. Budd’s previous solo show, Seeing Stars, enjoyed a 6-week run at The Marsh in 2024 and delighted audiences in San Diego and Fresno. What They Said About Sex, created from interviews, proved a crowd-pleaser in Washington, DC; San Diego; and Kansas City. His award-winning solo show What They Said About Love (Best of the 2016 SF Fringe, among other accolades), also built from interviews, has performed to packed houses in San Francisco, LA, Indianapolis, New York, Boston, Ottawa, and London.
Mark Kenward (Co-Director) is an award-winning director, producer, writer, and performer of solo theater. He is the producer and co-director of The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, which helps formerly incarcerated people develop and perform their true stories on stage.
Kenny Yun (Co-Director) is an award-winning solo performer, director, and teacher who holds a BA in English Literature from U.C.-Berkeley.
Special Events
Oct 18 – Singles Night & Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band
Grab a drink & mingle in the Cabaret for 30 minutes post-show with music by Saul Goodman’s Klezmer band, featuring Mike Perlmutter on clarinet, Jess Ivry on cello, and Zina Pozen on accordion.
Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band performs music for weddings, b’nei mitzvah parties, and all manner of concerts and celebrationsaround the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Our sound draws from our modern cosmopolitan surroundings while being firmly rooted in traditional Jewish folk music tracing centuries back from Eastern Europe. Our music brings people together and lifts their spirits and energies. We strive to keep it “all good man” wherever we perform. http://www.saulgoodmansklezmerband.com.
Oct 25 – RebbeSoul Power Percussion Trio
Join RebbeSoul Power Percussion Trio for a 30 minute set in the Cabaret post-show
The music of RebbeSoul is world fusion stemming from the Jewish Diaspora, a mix of ancient and modern, a blend of East and West, featuring Russian balalaika, Greek bouzouki, electric and acoustic guitars, hip-hop rhythms, Middle Eastern percussion, flamenco cajónes, and soulful vocals.
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