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FREE TIX, two performances only, serious solo comedy
Friday 2/22, Saturday 2/23
8:00
FREE
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Friday 2/22 and Saturday 2/23 are press nights for THE YOGA OF MOBY-DICK
and the producers of the show are offering theatergoers free tix to
guarantee that we have full houses on these nights.The theater will fill up
so please send a note to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
with this info
1. Your Name
2. Which date you'd like to attend
3. If you'd like 1 or 2 tickets
4 include the phrase FREE TIX
Here's the scope on this terrific new show:
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God or no God? If a whale ate your leg could you still do tree pose? Mark
Kenward asks the essential questions in his provocative comic solo
performance which won effusive praise in its initial outings at The Winnipeg
and San Francisco Fringe Festivals and was then awarded a mainstage run at
San Francisco's most prestigious venue for solo performance: The Marsh.
Developed with and directed by SF solo performance guru David Ford, THE
YOGA OF MOBY-DICK is the fourth in a quartet of innovative works that
originated with Kenward's stunning one man adaptation of Moby-Dick. This
recreation of Melville's classic text was nominated by the Bay Area Theater
Critics Association for best solo performance in 1995 and toured eleven
cities, drawing praise in each one.
Now, as a new dad and nascent Yoga teacher, Kenward once again wrestles
with Melville's ideas but in a contemporary context that has electrified
audiences. With the fervor of a mad Ahab, Kenward pursues an improbable and
surprisingly personal connection between Hatha Yoga and the great American
novel as he struggles with the legacy of a literate yet violent parent.
During the course of the show, he restlessly prowls a vast landscape from
Nantucket to the Mill Valley Yoga Studio to the deck of the Pequod in search
of meditative redemption that may be no further than his own back yard.
Kenward allows this tale to unfold in his inimitably, self-effacing, comic
manner while bravely welcoming us into the darkest parts of a mysterious
past that still haunts him today.
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REVIEWS:
"In this powerful solo performance he will make you laugh hard, think hard,
feel hard, and at the same time he will achieve a total participation from
the audience. It is highly recommended!"
- SF Tribune
"Mark Kenward has a whale of a tale in THE YOGA OF MOBY-DICK, a sharp,
well-deconstructed meditation on the parallels between Herman Melville's
epic novel, yoga, and Kenward's own life and quest for enlightenment."
- Winnipeg Sun
"The subtle way in which he allows the verse and chapter of his literary
scripture to inform us about the whirling sea of his personal life is
wonderful to observe. Yoga may be about non-attachment, but it would be easy
to be un-yogmatic about this imaginative and entertaining play. You can get
attached to it."
- CBC Radio Winnipeg
"(A) strange merger of a book report, yoga class, theological discussion,
and
personal journey that takes you through the gamut of emotions. Often
hilarious, Mr. Kenward gives a stellar performance. You may be laughing one
breath, and deadly silent the next I highly recommend THE YOGA OF MOBYDICK."
- UMFM Radio Winnipeg
"(A)s details of his own life creep into the narrative and wrap themselves
around this classic whaling tale, we suddenly find ourselves squeezed into
the vortex of Kenward's own spiritual journey, a journey into an underworld
populated by truly American characters I heartily recommend it."
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Lanky and handsome, he weaves these disparate elements into a fascinating
comic monologue Kenward has real stage presence: Imagine Bruce Dern crossed
with Woody Harrelson."
- Winnipeg Free Press
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SPECIFICS:
WHAT
The Yoga of Moby-Dick
written and performed by Mark Kenward
directed and developed by David Ford
WHERE
The Marsh
1062 Valencia
near 22nd
WHEN
FREE TIX ONLY ON
Friday, 2/22 (8:00)
Saturday, 2/23 (8:00)
ENTIRE RUN
Through March 16
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00
and on Sundays at 3:00
TICKETS & ADDITIONAL INFO
Ticketweb.com
Markkenward
415/826-5750
Thurs (8:00) & Sun (3:00) $9-$18
Fri (8:00) & Sat (8:00) $12-$18
Cost with a Yoga class ($18 including show)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Twist and Spout: Yoga Class and show
Class at 1:30 in The March Yoga Studio, performance downstairs in The Marsh
theater at 3:00.
American Yogi: Perspectives on Eastern Mythology and our National Mythology
Thursday, Feb. 28.
A panel discussion following the Thursday, February 28th performance
with moderator Barbara Lane, Mark Kenwa
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The Marsh
1062 Valencia
San Francisco
on Valencia near 22nd
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