Join us for an unforgettable night of comedy, romance, heartbreak and hilariously awkward human connection in What They Said About Love.

🎭 ONE MAN. OVER A DOZEN CHARACTERS.

A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud funny stage show about looking for love… and sometimes actually finding it.

From Craigslist romances to soulmate sightings, metalhead weddings to dating disasters, actor Steve Budd transforms into a wildly entertaining cast of real people sharing their honest, strange and surprisingly touching stories about modern love.

Whether you're happily coupled, cautiously dating or gloriously single, this heartfelt and hilarious performance will make you laugh, cringe and maybe even believe in love again.

❤️ Come celebrate Valentine's Day with stories that are messy, funny, bizarre and beautifully human.

Written and performed by Steve Budd. Directed by Mark Kenward.

ABOUT THE SHOW

In What They Said About Love, Steve Budd dives headfirst into the wild, weird and occasionally wonderful world of modern romance—asking the question that's haunted singles everywhere: How are all these people getting married… and why can't I figure it out?

Part comedy, part documentary and part personal obsession, the show lets audiences indulge their voyeuristic curiosity about how other people search for love—and sometimes actually find it. Along the way, they'll meet an unforgettable lineup of real-life romantics, including a New Age couple convinced they knew each other in a past life, two lovers who found each other on Craigslist and a pair of metalheads who thought getting married on 6-6-06 sounded hilariously perfect.

Using the exact words gathered from hours of interviews, the Oakland-based actor transforms into more than a dozen characters, capturing their quirks, voices and physical mannerisms with uncanny precision and comic energy. As Budd weaves together stories of awkward first dates, commitment-phobes, soulmates and singles who just can't seem to settle down, he also takes audiences along on his own relentless search for "the one."

Funny, heartfelt and painfully relatable, What They Said About Love is a celebration of the strange ways humans try to connect—and the stories we tell ourselves about love along the way.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"… a charming and clever mashup of personal storytelling and verbatim theatre. A heartfelt, crowd-pleasing gem." ~ The Visitorium

“Real love stories forged into a stage hit.” ~ Mercury News

“Throughout the show, Budd, an ingenious storyteller, embodies each couple both vocally and in their mannerisms, making the audience feel as if they are watching the actual recordings…a hilarious take on how people fall in love.” ~ East Bay Express- Culture Spy Blog 

"'What They Said about Love' sparkles with manic and irrepressible charm." ~ Theatrius

“…funny, poignant, thoughtful and revealing about the search for love.” ~ Talkin' Broadway

ABOUT STEVE BUDD

Steve Budd, a Theatre Bay Area Nominee for Outstanding Solo Production, is an actor, writer, storyteller, standup comic and solo performer living in Oakland, California. He holds a B.A. in psychology-sociology from Wesleyan University, an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University, and has trained at The Marsh and with The Groundlings in L.A. Originally from Boston, Steve has performed with the San Francisco Playhouse, Custom Made Theatre Company, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Central Works, Impact Theatre, Marin Shakespeare Company, Wheelock Family Theater, The Theater at Monmouth and The English Theatre Company of Israel. 

More about Steve Budd here.

Steve Budd. Photo by Lisa Keating.

For questions, contact Tamara Thiel Prizant at  [email protected].