Looking for Justice: Two for One Special

A story worth showing up for

I hope you'll join me at The Marsh San Francisco for Amy Oppenheimer's Looking For Justice (In All The Wrong Places), on December 13, 2026. I will be the Opener with a 15-minute preview of my new show, The ICEmen Cometh. Amy's full show will then follow. Amy has two other shows on Sunday, November 29 and December 6.

Amy's show asks a question many of us carry around: is real justice possible in an unjust world? It's the kind of story that stays with you, and the kind of work that only happens when people show up for local artists and local theater. I'm grateful to be a small part of this run, and I'd love for you to be part of it too.

About the show

Looking For Justice follows a hippie, activist, lesbian, feminist, lawyer, and judge on her search for identity and justice. It is at times humorous and at times deadly serious.

The story begins when Amy moves to Berkeley in the early 1970s, during second-wave feminism. She finds her identity as a lesbian feminist and goes to law school to fight for women's rights. She represents coal miners and battered women in Appalachia, then returns to California to open a lesbian feminist law practice.

At her feminist law firm, she represents women who had been sexually harassed before Anita Hill, but keeps seeing all sides of things. She becomes an administrative judge and starts a law firm that does mediation and impartial investigations of harassment and discrimination. She adopts two children, both biracial, and experiences racism up close and personal.

Through it all, Amy can't stop revisiting her first encounter with the criminal justice system. In 1970, she went with a friend to a rape trial. Her friend, who is white, had been raped by her boyfriend, who is Black. The friend wanted him to get help rather than serve a decade in prison, but that restorative justice solution was not an option. Amy still wonders about her role in the verdict, and whether real justice is possible in an unjust world.

Content advisory: This production includes topics and events that may be triggering to some people, including sexual violence and rape, sexual harassment, racism, and familial violence.

Show details and tickets

Where	The Marsh San Francisco, Main Stage
When	Sundays at 5:00 pm, November 29 – December 13, 2026
Written and performed by	Amy Oppenheimer
Director	David Ford
Performance coach	Julia McNeal
Running time	75 minutes, no intermission
Tickets	$25–$35 general seating; $50 and $100 reserved seating

Online ticket sales close 2 hours before each performance, and additional tickets may be available at the door. Please do not bring infants to the show.

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Special events during the run

Three of the performances come with something extra, each one widening the conversation the show begins.

November 30: Christina Aanestad

Christina Aanestad opens the evening with vignettes from her series Experiences of a Jailed Woman. Christina is a radio journalist, media maker and member of FIPPP, the Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, her coming-of-age story includes foster care, homelessness, violence, abuse, addiction and incarceration.

As a biracial media maker, she is committed to uplifting and humanizing the voices of people from marginalized populations. She is new to performance art, and has appeared at the SF Fringe Festival, FIPPP Fest and The Marsh's In Front of Your Eyes Festival 2026, where she won Best Short Dramedy. She also hosts the FIPPP podcast, which aired on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley.

December 6: A visioning session on justice for survivors

After the performance, Amy will lead a visioning session with Janelle White, executive director of San Francisco Women Against Rape. Together they'll explore what justice would look like for survivors of sexual violence. This is a chance not just to watch, but to think out loud together.

December 13: An excerpt from The ICEmen Cometh

On closing night, Amy's show opens with an excerpt from The ICEmen Cometh. Its message: your rights are next. The show exposes how the Trump Regime's war on immigrants is a war on all of us, because as ICE terrorizes our communities, no one is safe. It examines how everyone's rights are at risk, not just those of the immigrants who are the targets of these cruel and brutal actions.

Join the conversation

Shows like Amy's exist because audiences choose to fill the seats. Every ticket bought, every friend you bring, and every post you share helps local artists keep telling stories that matter, and helps theaters like The Marsh keep their doors open.

So pick a Sunday, bring someone you love to talk with afterward, and come ready to wonder alongside us: what does justice really look like, and how do we get there together?

I hope to see you in the audience. And if you've seen the show, or have thoughts on the questions it raises, please share them in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you.