What They Said About Love

Brian Copeland presents The Best of San Francisco Solo Series 2019/20 in partnership with the Marin Cultural Association featuring the fifth solo play of the season:

What They Said About Love

Written and performed by Steve Budd

Directed by Mark Kenward
Developed with David Ford

Budd wonders why other people can—and why he can’t—tie the knot. He sheds light on how people meet and make it to the altar, the push and pull of relationships, singles who can’t seem to settle down, and more.

The Oakland-based actor captures the physical and vocal nuances of more than a dozen Bay Area characters, using their own words taken from hours of interviews, and weaves in his relentless and hilarious search for “the one.”

In What They Said About Love, audiences meet a cast of characters including a New Age couple who could swear they met before they met, a couple who met on Craigslist, and a pair of metal heads who thought it would be a hoot to get married on 6-6-6 (June 6, 2006), as well as others.

Budd’s solo show made its Marsh main stage debut in February 2018 and has been a hit with local audiences and critics alike calling it “truly a jaw-dropping audience experience” (Joint Forces Journal), “hilarious and poignant” (East Bay Express), “a sweet and bittersweet exploration” (Berkeleyside), and that What They Said About Love “sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm” (Theatrius).

Talkin’ Broadway hailed the production of What They Said About Love as “theater at its best. Funny, poignant, thoughtful, and revealing about the search for love.” This solo show was the San Francisco Fringe “Best of Fringe” winner in 2016.

Directed by Mark Kenward, developed with David Ford, John Coppola, and Slater Penney.