Abbey's Box
Tue - Jul 25, 2023 - 7:00pm EDT
Abbey Glover's debut solo show "Abbey's Box" is about a young woman's determination to break free from the box she has lived in for 30 years (literally), be herself, and find love. Uniquely blending theatre, storytelling, comedy, and clown, "Abbey's Box" is a funny, moving, and thought-provoking quest for self-acceptance that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like a bit of an odd duck.

“Incredible! So beautiful and moving and funny and strange in the best way…we have been talking about it nonstop.” - Jon

Written & Performed by Abbey Glover. Directed by Joyful Raven. Developed with David Ford & Joyful Raven.

Abbey Glover is a San Francisco-based writer, storyteller, and solo performer. Her work is anchored in a desire to say things that she thinks and feels but has been scared to say out loud for fear of shame, embarrassment, or rejection. Abbey’s Box is her first solo show, which she recently previewed in San Francisco to three sold-out audiences and is premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this August.

Joyful Raven is an accomplished actor, director, and story midwife. Her most recent solo show Breed or Bust won the Producers Encore Award and was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Her previous show Tales of a Sexual Tomboy won Best of the Fringe at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival and had an Off-Broadway run. She has directed and mentored hundreds of storytellers, co-founded award-winning theater company Rococo Risqué, and co-authored 4 plays for Prize of Hope-winning company Human Nature. Joyful studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in dramatic art from UC Davis. She holds regular storytelling and solo theater classes at the Berkeley Rep School of Theater and her own studio in Oakland, CA.

David Ford has been collaborating on new and unusual theatre for three decades and has been associated with The Marsh for most of that time. The San Francisco press has variously called him the solo performer maven, the monologue maestro, and the dean of solo performance. Recent work includes Echo Brown's long-running Black Girls Are Not For Hipsters, Charlie Varon's extraordinary collaboration with cellist Joan Jeanrenaud Second Time Around (the latest in Charlie and David's twenty-five year partnership), Geoff Hoyle's Lear's Shadow and Geezer, all of Brian Copeland's solo shows including the longest running solo show in the Bay Area Not A Genuine Black Man.