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August 26, 2008

Music 7:00 pm
Stories: 7:30 pm

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510.845.8542

STORYTELLERS

• Pidge Meade, an excerpt from “P.I.D.G.E.: My Life as an Acronym”
• David Moss, “Cracked Clown”
• Terri Tate, “Another Kind of Muscle Man
• Frank Turco, “Homo sapiens TODAY with Sir Kensington Longbottom”

Music
Goat Family: Original songs on traditional (and homemade) instruments, generating an infectious, chugging dance beat. Thad Povey, Rock Ross, Dan Janos, Chris Santeramo, Todd Curtis

A B O U T   T H E   S T O R Y T E L L E R S

Pidge Meade has been acting as long as she can remember -- in professional, academic, and community theatres from Pacifica, CA to Pittsburgh, PA playing wacky musical theatre nuns, comic Shakespearean heroines, high-minded WASPy matriarchs, and much much more.  This is her first foray into writing her own work (other than subversive school skits) and solo performance. Many thanks to Charlie Varon and the Wool Street Gang for learning and inspiration to last a lifetime.

David Moss recently played the title role in Othello, performed in two short films he wrote and can be seen in A.C.T.'s production of August Wilson's Two Trains Running in the fall of 2009.

Terri Tate is a keynote speaker, performer and storytelling coach. Her solo show, "Shopping as a Spiritual Path," has played to packed houses and standing ovations from Berkeley to Boca Raton, was voted "Best of the Fringe" at the 2007 Fringe Festival and is now out on DVD! In September, Terri and actress Annan Paterson will premiere "An Inconvenient Tumor," a show that looks at facing global warming with humor and stories. www.territate.com

Frank Turco studied theatre in college and at The Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre. He is delighted to be returning to TIOT with, "Homo Sapiens Today" and of course, Sir Kensington. You can also see him, (without a mustache) playing in Tony and Tina's wedding on Pier 39 through September. Then it's off to swinging London to begin his MFA in Lecoq based Physical Theatre ~ Weeee!

TIOT Workshop
Thursdays, September 18 - November 13
7:00pm – 10:00pm

This 9-week workshop is for solo performers and storytellers interested in developing stories and preparing them for the stage. Class time will consist of individual working time in a supportive environment and exercises designed to explore character, setting, voice and movement. Workshop culminates in a final performance on the Julia Morgan stage on Monday, November 17. Facilitated by Rebecca Fisher and Bridget Frederick.

Cost: $195

If you are interested in registering, please download application.

September 23, 2008

Music 7:00 pm
Stories: 7:30 pm

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510.845.8542

STORYTELLERS

• Randy Rutherford, “Singing at the Edge of the World” - excerpts
• Sigal Shoham, "Sure to Cure Head, Body and All"
• Summer Shapiro, “In The Boudoir” - excerpts
• Mina Morita, “Underella” (performed by Charisse Loriaux and Florentino Macalma Jr.)

Music:
Original Folk/Indie Style Music, Lisa Safran & Chris Faust

A B O U T   T H E   S T O R Y T E L L E R S

Randy Rutherford is an award winning writer/solo performer who has created five critically acclaimed solo shows.  He lives in the Oakland/Berkeley Hills with Lovely Linda and Jake the Cat.

Sigal Shoham has been a performer and theater-maker for over 10 years.  This is her first solo creation.  Recent works include two original ensemble pieces with A Traveling Jewish Theater, one that toured nationally.  Sigal is also a mediator and teaches conflict resolution with Bay Area Nonviolent Communication.

Summer Shapiro, a physical comedienne, has just returned from performing her original duo-clown show PANTS! The Best Show Ever in the 3rd Annual New York Clown Theater Festival and this past July premiered her original solo show, In The Boudoir, along side Cirque Du Soleil veteran, John Gilkey.  Summer has performed in the SF WOW Festival, special evenings at The Magic Theater, and been a core company member with Rhodessa Jones in The Medea Project - Theater for incarcerated women.  She completed her training at the UCLA School of Drama, Samuel Beckett Schoolo of Drama - Dublin, Ireland, and The Clown Conservatory here in San Francisco. www.summershapiro.com

Mina Morita is a theatre artist who has produced, directed, and designed theatre in New York City and in the San Francisco Bay Area with companies including, but not limited to: HERE Center for the Arts: The American Living Room Program, FringeNYC, Shotgun Players, Active Arts Theatre, and Brava. She has served on the board of Active Arts Theatre and is the Board Treasurer of Shotgun Players. For 7 years, she has worked at Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Programs (ETP) as a Director and Theatre Business Manager. She received her B.F.A. at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in Theatre Direction and is the 2008 recipient of the Bret C. Harte Directing Internship at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

Future Dates for Tell It on Tuesday

October 21
November 18
December 16