Some of the Bay Area’s most critically-acclaimed, award-winning, and beloved solo shows are coming to San Leandro!
Note: Due to mature language and themes, this series is recommended for ages 15 and up. Schedule subject to change without notice.
All shows will be held at the San Leandro Main Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro.
Shows are Saturdays and Sundays at 2 PM. Schedule is subject to change.
Seating is General Admission.
Questions? Contact info@bestofsfsolo.com
THE SHOWS:
STEVE BUDD: OY, WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT LOVE
March 1 & 2, 2025
PEARL ONG: NIGHT DRIVER
March 29 & 30, 2025
A SPECIAL SERIES OF MONOLOGUES FROM MEMBERS OF THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE’S PERFORMANCE PROJECT
April 26 & 27, 2025
Join us for powerful solo performances from members of the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project (FIPPP) sharing their personal experiences with the justice system and incarceration. FIPPP believes in the power of storytelling and that sharing personal experiences from marginalized communities can be transformative for the storyteller and the audience. Through their stories, they give an insight into life behind bars, systemic obstacles, personal revelations, and the injustices entrenched within the carceral system they have learned first-hand.
JEFF GREENWALD: 108 BELOVED OBJECTS
May 31-June 1, 2025
What do a pink elephant, a Cuban beer bottle, and a Krishna statue have in common? All are among the “108 Beloved Objects” featured in author/journalist Jeff Greenwald’s new one-man show.
With COVID-19 squashing his travel assignments, Jeff decided to take an inward journey—around his Oakland flat. He picked out 108 objects, all of which evoked personal passages, and made a decision: He would part with the items, but hold onto their stories. For this solo performance, Jeff recreates the popular “grab bag” option from his critically acclaimed “Strange Travel Suggestions.”
DON REED: GOING OUT
September 27 & 28, 2025
TINA D’ELIA: THE BREAK UP! A LATINA QUEER TORCH SONG
October 25 & 26, 2025
MIKE GUIDO: THE MARIA EFFECT—DAD. DAUGHTER. AUTISM.
November 22 & 23, 2025
BONUS SHOW!
BRIAN COPELAND: THE JEWELRY BOX
December 13 & 14, 2025
In this hilarious and heartwarming prequel to his hit show “Not a Genuine Black Man,” beloved actor-playwright Brian Copeland recounts two memorable weeks in his youth when he took to the “mean streets” of Oakland to buy his mom the perfect Christmas gift. Rife with references to 1970s Oakland, “The Jewelry Box” follows six-year-old Brian’s adventures as he scours the help-wanted ads, applies for jobs and collects bottles, inching his way toward the coveted present, a jewelry box at the Hegenberger White Front store.
“Destined to be a holiday classic!”
—SF Examiner
“‘The Jewelry Box’ is a gift in itself… it glitters with bright comedy, sharply observed local color and deftly drawn characters as well as genuine warmth.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
