Tell it on Tuesday celebrates the expression of individual storytelling and solo performance. Coming together as a community to share works crafted by theater artists and storytellers, we provide an East Bay home to the solo performer.

The last Tuesday of almost every month!

Producers:
Bridget Frederick, Rebecca Fisher

Advisory Committee:
 
Charlie Varon, David Ford, Jeff Raz, Bruce Pachtman

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December 20, 2005, 7:30 pm

Special Encore performance - come see audience favorites returning from June - October performances

STORYTELLERS
• Randy Rutherford
• Sandra Niman
• Gay Ducey
• Marijo
• Terri Tate
• Erica Lann-Clark

MUSIC - starts at 7 PM
Henry Klyce and Ken Goldman
Viola and Cello Duet

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

Randy Rutherford is a musician, humorist, writer, and an award-winning solo performer who has been performing and teaching for over 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked extensively with Goldie Award-winning playwright David Ford at The Marsh, Nina Wise and Cory Fischer at A Travelling Jewish Theater, Ruth Zaporah of Action Theater and Arina Issacson at the San Francisco Clown School.

Sandra Niman was born in East Africa to medical missionaries, and has lived in many countries and played many roles. Currently she is the director of a program serving the academic, social, physical and emotional needs of homeless middle school children in San Francisco. Sandra's story today reflects her dedication to finding common ground among people of all races and persuasions.

Gay Ducey is a nationally recognized storyteller who learned an appreciation for stories in the best way possible: from family. Descended from generations of Southern women who treasured independence and a sassy mouth, she grew up in New Orleans with its endless parade of ritual, ceremony and play. She still can't resist stepping into any parade that passes by.

     

Marijo is an actor, storyteller, writer, director, and arts educator. She trained at A.C.T; has performed in theatre, stand-up comedy and storytelling. Marijo has toured her solo works throughout the U.S.,Germany, London and Zimbabwe. Marijo is known as a Griot and Truth-Teller!

Terri Tate is a down-to-earth inspirational comedienne. Her unique brand of humor shines hilarious light into the darkest corners of the human experience. She has visited those dark places, most notably during two near-fatal bouts of disfiguring oral cancer. Terri has re-emerged, committed to illuminating the way for others as they find their way to aliveness, laughter and passion. Terri shops for healing, husbands and happiness and discovers the life-giving power of discount shopping!

Erica Lann-Clark is a former New Yorker, a storyteller, an actor, an award-winning playwright, a published poet and an alternative healer. She'd thought she'd stay in Greenwich Village forever, but then the '60's happened and Erica joined the migration of those who came west to find Paradise. She's also a Viennese Jew whose family escaped to Brooklyn's cultural hotbed where she grew up listening to the tales of a vanished world.

 


 

October 25, 2005, 7:30 pm
Music 7 pm

STORYTELLERS
Terri Varela,  "To Dye A Thousand Cuts"
Ron Jones, "Three Stories that Start with B"
Teresa Walsh, "Body Revolution  (an excerpt)"
Randy Rutherford, "One Frigid Shiny Knight" (an excerpt)

MUSIC - starts at 7 PM
Joseph Leonard, instrumental acoustic guitar

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

Terri Varela has played numerous roles throughout the East Bay and Los Angeles areas, recently performing a solo show in Canada for the Vancouver Fringe Festival.  She has also performed her solo story with the Marsh San Francisco.  This is her first time working with the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts.

Ron Jones is a San Francisco Original.  He is a Bird watcher, has a Granddaughter named Breanna and likes to hang out in Buddhist coffee shops.  Hence, three stories that start with B.

Teresa Walsh is a writer and performer living and working in San
Francisco. She worked with Canyon Sam and Anne Galjour in developing
Body Revolution, which is her first play.

Randy Rutherford is a musician, humorist, writer, and an award-winning solo performer who has been performing and teaching for over 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked extensively with Goldie Award-winning playwright David Ford at The Marsh, Nina Wise and Cory Fischer at A Travelling Jewish Theater, Ruth Zaporah of Action Theater and Arina Issacson at the San Francisco Clown School.


 

September 27, 2005, 7:30 pm
(Music starts at 7 pm)


STORYTELLERS
Marjorie Mann,
"Serafina's Unveiling"
Maiyah Hirano, "Power Drink"
Jessica Ferris, "Speechless"
Sandra Niman, "Deep Skin"

MUSIC - starts at 7 PM
Natalie Taylor, Piano

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

Marjorie Mann has performed all over the U.S. and Europe in National Tours and Theater Productions. Her television credits include General Hospital, Disney Specials, and the children's show, Mrs. Twizzleton's Garden (she plays a miniature genie). Marjorie's first love is musical theater, and her favorite musical is Starlight Express, which she performed in Germany, sang in German, while roller-skating a mammoth set! She also enjoys performing with the belly dance troupe Desert Jade.

Maiyah Hirano has been creative most of her life ( writing, painting, dance, music)...but, since she started taking David Ford's Solo Performance class at The Marsh a year ago, her life has totally changed. The art form and her life are one now, and she's very grateful.

Jessica Ferris teaches voice and movement for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Her piece "Speechless" was self-written and performed and has been developed with and directed by David Ford.

Sandra Niman was born in East Africa to medical missionaries, and has lived in many countries and played many roles. Currently she is the director of a program serving the academic, social, physical and emotional needs of homeless middle school children in San Francisco. Sandra's story today reflects her dedication to finding common ground among people of all races and persuasions.

 


Tuesday, August 30, 7:30 pm
(music 7 pm)

STORYTELLERS
Ruth Halpern, "Grandma Elsie Loves Lists"
Wayne Harris,
"The May Day Parade"
Marijo,
An excerpt from "Colored Secrits from a Blak Quilt"
Gay Ducey,
"It's Only a Paper Moon: Stories About Perception"

MUSIC - starts 7 PM
French Toast Trio
Starring
Olivier Zyngier
Laura Wingerd
Steven Friedland

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

Ruth Halpern performs and teaches storytelling and writing workshops for all ages in schools, libraries, storytelling festivals, and river rafts. She has participated in grants from the California Arts Council and the NEA. The LA Times calls her "a spellbinding master storyteller." Her recording, She Set Out to Seek Her Fortune-Tales of Adventures Heroines, was voted one of the top 25 children's recordings of the past 25 years by the Parents' Choice Foundation.




Wayne Harris is an up and coming Bay Area storyteller. Coming off the success of his last play "Train Stories", Wayne is embarking on a new journey / project in conjunction with renown director David Ford. Wayne is also the manager of an East Bay school district transportation department and in what little time is left works with various youth organization.

 

Marijo is an actor, storyteller, writer, director, and arts educator. She trained at A.C.T; has performed in theatre, stand-up comedy and storytelling. Marijo has toured her solo works throughout the U.S.,Germany, London and Zimbabwe. Marijo is known as a Griot and Truth-Teller!

Gay Ducey is a nationally recognized storyteller who learned an appreciation for stories in the best way possible: from family. Descended from generations of Southern women who treasured independence and a sassy mouth, she grew up in New Orleans with its endless parade of ritual, ceremony and play. A Berkeley resident since 1967, the Bay Area's constantly changing social landscape and New Orleans' timeless enchantments have formed an artist who relishes diverse experience yet reveres the traditional place of stories in family and community. She still can't resist stepping into any parade that passes by.


Tuesday, July 26, 7:30 pm

Featuring...
Seth Leonard
, "North American Rail Pass"
Sameer Siruguri, "What Am I Doing Here?"
Gillian Summers, "Crush - ed"
Terri Tate, "Shopping as a Spiritual Path"


About the Performers

Seth Leonard likes to have many irons in the fire. In addition to his recent venture into theatre, he is a screenwriter, traveller, poet, model train enthusiast, a computer programmer, and the creator of MatchFlick.com, an online film community. He resides in San Francisco, where he was born.




Sameer Siruguri is a computer scientist by training, who stumbled upon the world of acting while wandering about Silicon Valley in a confused and disillusioned way. He has been in a couple of musicals and a serious play, and has written two solo pieces. While his primary creative focus is on writing, he finds the performance aspect to be pretty exhilarating too.

 

Gillian Summers grew up in Liverpool in UK. She lived in Australia for 13 years, where she studied writing for performance at the University of Technology, Sydney.  She has lived in the bay area for three years and has recently been studying solo performace with David Ford at the Marsh, where this current piece was born.

Terri Tate is a down-to-earth inspirational comedienne. Her unique brand of humor shines hilarious light into the darkest corners of the human experience. She has visited those dark places, most notably during two near-fatal bouts of disfiguring oral cancer. Terri has re-emerged, committed to illuminating the way for others as they find their way to aliveness, laughter and passion. Terri shops for healing, husbands and happiness and discovers the life-giving power of discount shopping!

 


Tuesday, June 28, 7:30 PM

Featuring...
Randy Rutherford
, "One Frigid Shiny Knight"
Todd Lejeune, "6th Grade Angel"
Dan McHale, "Will Draw For Food"
Erica Lann-Clark, "Shopping For God"


About the Performers

Randy Rutherford is a musician, humorist, writer, and an award-winning solo performer who has been performing and teaching for over 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has worked extensively with Goldie Award-winning playwright David Ford at The Marsh, Nina Wise and Cory Fischer at A Travelling Jewish Theater, Ruth Zaporah of Action Theater and Arina Issacson at the San Francisco Clown School.

Todd LeJeune was born and raised in New Iberia. He moved to S.F. in 1995 with 500 bucks and a beat up truck in search of …well…he’s still trying to figure that out. Currently he is working on a one man show under the direction of David Ford at THE MARSH THEATRE. What influenced his work? Making lemonade out of lemons.

Dan McHale is a Berkeley native who has worked in animation in San Francisco, Paris and Trivandrum (India!)  He also does illustration and song writing. His solo play Meet John W.T.O. made best of Fringe in San Francisco 2001.

Erica Lann-Clark is a former New Yorker, a storyteller, an actor, an award-winning playwright, a published poet and an alternative healer. She'd thought she'd stay in Greenwich Village forever, but then the '60's happened and Erica joined the migration of those who came west to find Paradise. She's also a Viennese Jew whose family escaped to Brooklyn's cultural hotbed where she grew up listening to the tales of a vanished world.


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Bridget Frederick and Rebecca Fisher

bridget.frederick@gmail.com and rebecca@rebeccamfisher.com

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