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America’s favorite comic pairing, Dick ‘n Dubya, is returning to Berkeley, with the promise that they’ll take all questions from all comers. 

Their act will grace the stage of the city’s newest theater, The Marsh Berkeley, starting Thursday and running through Nov. 20 on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday evenings starting at 7 p.m. 

“It worked out perfectly. The show is wildly funny and we had had a window to bring them here,” said Marsh founder Stephanie Weisman. 

With two San Francisco Mime Troupe veterans starring as Berkeley’s least favorite dynamic duo, The Dick ‘N Dubya Show centers on a plot by the pair to infiltrate communities of a progressive bent until they’ve managed to convert every single American to the Grand Old Party. 

Ed Holmes, a 19-year veteran of the mime troupe, plays George Bush the Younger, while eight-year veteran Amos Glick plays Dick Cheney. 

The two have been offering their interpretations of president and vice president in San Francisco Mime Troupe shows, and in this show, they are directed by Bill Allard, a founding member of another noted Bay Area theatrical troupe, Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater. 

In an unusual twist, Dubya decides to write his own speeches, as Dick offers his guidance—and just a little bit more. 

While the real Dick ‘n Dubya have been somewhat reluctant to subject themselves to intense grillings by the press, this pair will be more open, the audience filling in for the Fourth Estate. 

What’s more, they’ll get the fumble-mouthed Texan and the wild man of Wyoming engaged in song and dance. 

Performances will be held the in The Marsh Berkeley in the Gaia Arts Center, in the Gaia Building, 2118 Allston Way. Thursday tickets are $10, and those for the Saturday and Sunday shows are on a sliding scale of $15 to $22. For tickets, call (800) 838-3006 or see www.themarsh.org. 

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