The Marsh Presents Hernán Ximénez’ “Talk To Me” on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. A Marsh Rising Performance

San Francisco, CA, February 11, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance, is pleased to announce a Marsh Rising performance of Hernán Ximénez’ “Talk To Me,” a funny and riveting play about a theater director called Samuel. As Samuel prepares to start rehearsals for a high profile Shakespearean production, he unexpectedly gets a peek into the lives of five amazing characters: an actor at his casting call, a Mexican dishwasher, a grocery store clerk, a TV talk show host and a postal worker. Through their stories, at once tragic and hilarious, Samuel witnesses their dreams and their hopes come vividly to life, forcing him to re-examine his own existence and make some unlikely choices.

The show plays on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm on The Marsh Main Stage, 1062 Valencia Street. For tickets, the public may call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org.

Hernán Ximénez is an actor and a filmmaker. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and is a graduate of the acting program at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montréal. He has worked in numerous plays in Montréal and in his native Costa Rica, where he directed two seasons of a hit comedy TV series and toured nationally with his critically acclaimed stand-up comedy show, “Upside Down.” Ximénez recently wrote and directed his first feature film “You and Me and Tomorrow” (http://www.aojoscerrados.com/,) which is in the last stages of post-production. He has also written and directed several shorts, which have been featured at numerous international festivals, including the Sao Paulo Int'l Short Film Festival, the Bogotá Film Festival, the Miami Int'l Short Film Festival and the New Orleans International Film Festival.

For Calendar Editors

When: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 At 7:30 Pm

Where: The Marsh Mainstage, 1062 Valencia Street (@ 22nd Street In San Francisco

Tickets: $10 - 15 Sliding Scale

For tickets, call 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org

For more information, visit the Marsh website at www.themarsh.org. For a photo, click on ‘press & media.’

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