written and performed by Mark Kenward
directed by Rebecca Fisher
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS is the first installment of a multi-part solo performance entitled NANTUCKET to be presented over four separate nights. The true story of how a family moved from Normal, Illinois to Nantucket, Massachusetts with all the dreams one would expect of people moving to a resort island, and how the whole thing fell apart in an isolated & edgy community that loves gossip and tragedy.
Mark Kenward is a writer, performer, and director based in Oakland. He has written seven full-length one-man shows and performed them in over thirty cities throughout the US and Canada, including several main stage runs at The Marsh in San Francisco.
"Kenward is a commanding storyteller" -- SF Weekly... show more

written and performed by Mark Kenward
directed by Rebecca Fisher
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS is the first installment of a multi-part solo performance entitled NANTUCKET to be presented over four separate nights. The true story of how a family moved from Normal, Illinois to Nantucket, Massachusetts with all the dreams one would expect of people moving to a resort island, and how the whole thing fell apart in an isolated & edgy community that loves gossip and tragedy.
Mark Kenward is a writer, performer, and director based in Oakland. He has written seven full-length one-man shows and performed them in over thirty cities throughout the US and Canada, including several main stage runs at The Marsh in San Francisco.
"Kenward is a commanding storyteller" -- SF Weekly
"An astonishing word-slinger with a real talent for creating vivid pictures and delightful images with his prose" -- Contra Costa Times
"His comic timing is as sharp as his punch lines are well-honed" -- SF Chronicle
"Kenward is a warm, wonderful storyteller who establishes an instant rapport with his audience" -- SF Examiner
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