I’m working hard on a new play, The ICEmen Cometh, and I’m performing a 20-minute excerpt four times in April. Three in San Francisco and once in Berkeley.   Here’s the description from The Marsh Website: tickets are available for three of the shows, either in person or from the comfort of your home, no matter where you live. Tickets here: https://themarsh.org/monday-night-marsh-stream/   I had applied to perform at the District Fringe Festival in late August in Washington, D

Who gets to be a Citizen of the United States? Protestor and Child That is the question at issue in the pending birthright citizenship case before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). On April 1, 2026, the highest court of our nation will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara  and decide this question, which is at the heart of who we are as a country. "Where are you really from, like where were you born? But your parents, where did they come from?" If YOU have

This is a short newsletter. Mostly, I want to invite my Bay Area friends to see the latest excerpt of The ICEmen Cometh, a one-woman show in development . Four other performers and I are presenting 15-20 minute excerpts of larger pieces. This will be at The Marsh Theater in Berkeley on Monday, December 8 th  @ 7:30 pm. I've titled this excerpt  "Self-Deportation"  and share the history of how this concept, which has no legal meaning, entered the national conversation on immi