{"id":175914,"date":"2026-02-13T02:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/175914\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T02:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:21:50","slug":"the-marsh-berkeley-will-present-pass-the-nails-and-shame-the-devil-by-pearl-louise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/175914\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marsh Berkeley Will Present PASS THE NAILS AND SHAME THE DEVIL by Pearl Louise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            \ud83c\udfad NEW! San Francisco Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-subtitle\" style=\"color: #cccccc; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            Get all the top news &amp; discounts for San Francisco &amp; beyond.\n        <\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n<p>The Marsh Berkeley will present PASS THE NAILS AND SHAME THE DEVIL, written and performed by Pearl Louise and directed by <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/David-Ford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Ford<\/a>, from March 7 through April 18, 2026. Performances will take place Saturdays at 5:00 p.m., with a press opening scheduled for March 21. There will be no performance on March 28.<\/p>\n<p>            \ud83c\udfad NEW! San Francisco Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-subtitle\" style=\"color: #cccccc; font-size: 16px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;\">\n            Get all the top news &amp; discounts for San Francisco &amp; beyond.\n        <\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n<p>The solo work follows Louise\u2019s childhood move from Louisiana to Oakland, where her parents set out to build a duplex in a neighborhood impacted by the crack epidemic. Through the perspective of young Pearl, the play explores how her family sought to create stability and belonging amid economic and social challenges. The story centers on her parents\u2019 determination and the community members who helped transform a construction site into a home.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Weisman, Founder and Artistic Director of The Marsh, said the production continues the theater\u2019s tradition of presenting personal narratives that illuminate broader social themes.<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Louise is a Bay Area performance artist whose previous work has been presented at Fresno Fringe, Stage Werx Theatre, and The Marsh. She has also performed with The Formerly Incarcerated People\u2019s Performance Project, with appearances at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Director <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/David-Ford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Ford<\/a> has developed and directed solo performance for more than three decades and has been closely associated with The Marsh throughout that time.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets range from $25\u2013$35 general admission, with $50 and $100 reserved seating options, plus a $3 convenience fee per ticket.<\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t ]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! San Francisco Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news &amp; discounts for San Francisco &amp; beyond.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-175914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}