Founding Producers:
Bridget Frederick, Rebecca Fisher
Producers:
Tim Ereneta, Wayne Harris, Mark McGoldrick, Natacha Ruck
Advisory Committee: David Ford, Jeff Raz, Charlie Varon, Bruce Pachtman, Kirk Waller
TELL IT ON TUESDAY ARCHIVES
TELL IT ON TUESDAY ARCHIVES - 2024
September 24, 2024
MUSIC
Bekah Barnett, Lemondrop Love Songs
How is it that love can inspire both the sweet and the sour? Bekah explores the tender and bittersweet aspects of human connection through her songs that are heartfelt anthems born out of healing, growth, and love. bekahbarnettmusic.com
STORIES
Joan Bernier, The Captain (excerpt)
What is passed down? How do we navigate in a starless sky? Inspired by the final voyages of Captain Joseph Elzéar Bernier (1852-1934).
Joanne Green, You Come From a Long Line of Shallow People (excerpt)
My mom, Winnie Green, as she was known to most, was 94 when she died last year of lung cancer. She was brilliant, beautiful and brutal. As I grieve the loss of a mother, whose rejection I felt my entire life, I find myself remembering those moments of love between us that I couldn't recognize while she was alive.
Ben Tucker, The Wedding
A father/son road trip to a family reunion in Louisiana brings back bittersweet memories, and from this adventure comes another one, in the form of a wedding invitation—to a wedding in China! iambentucker.com
Noemi Zeigler, You've Been Booked (excerpt)
Recently divorced and looking to launch her music career, Noemi flies to Vegas for a meeting with Rama, a record label producer slash spiritual guru. Though the meeting never happens, Noemi undergoes a mind-bending transformation as Rama transfers energy fields with her, guides her through an ayahuasca-induced breakdown, and baptizes her in a swimming pool—ultimately reprogramming her to join his mysterious cult. But after mysticism turns to mayhem, instead of finding herself, Noemi finds herself in jail.
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Bekah Barnett’s songs are smart, thoughtful and heartfelt anthems born out of healing, growth and love. Imagine the piano skills of Tori Amos combined with the vocal depth of Fiona Apple. This evening will focus on songs that reflect the tender and bittersweet aspects of love and connection.
Joan Bernier is a theater maker who has performed with Berkeley Rep, Shotgun Players & beyond. She is grateful to have collaborated on this story with David Ford, directed by Rebecca Fisher & performance coaching by Tina D'Elia.
Joanne Green is thrilled to be performing again at TIOT! Her first one-person show was nominated for "Best Solo Show" by The LA Weekly and she's had several short plays produced both here and in Los Angles. A former member of the LA based improv troupe, The Groundlings, Joanne is currently teaching improvisation to middle schoolers and groups of corporate executives, both of whom help keep her on her toes. This show is dedicated to her daughter, Olivia Levine.
Ben Tucker is a storyteller, author, and podcaster. He specializes in personal and historical stories, fairytales and folktales. He is a board member of the Storytellers Association of California (SAC) and the Prescott Circus Theatre.
Noemi Zeigler earned her MFA in Film Directing from the American Film Institute. Her films and music videos have screened at South By Southwest, Ann Arbor Film Fest, Jewish Film Institute, SF Documentary, Caostica (Bilbao, Spain), Euro Underground and the Student Academy Awards. Her screenplays have won awards at Broad Humor and Female Eye film festivals and have been finalists in the Sundance Screenwriter Lab, Austin Film Festival, Cinestory TV, BlueCat Screenplay Competition, Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards and more.
August 27, 2024
MUSIC
Lewis Santer and Caroline Testard, Hard to Leave, Harder to Stay
Why did millions of Irish leave their lives and country? Lewis and Caroline present songs in the Irish tradition about love and heartache, famine and opportunity, adventure and longing for a lost home.
STORIES
Al Sasser, Suitable Placement
I have never met anyone who was born a criminal. Something has to happen for a person to think, “Maybe I was dealt a bad hand. But, I can trust people.”
Annamarie MacLeod, Medusa Reflects (excerpt)
Medusa is tired of men telling you what happened to her. She's not dead, she's not a villain, and she wants to look you in the eyes.
Scott Cohen, Always Start With A Joke
Why do people laugh when someone tells a joke? Scott thought he knew the answer to this question. It’s because the joke is over. Scott had heard and retold thousands of jokes before his seventh birthday. He was intimately familiar with the pattern: Step 1: Say some words; Step 2: Pause; Step 3: Say some more words; Step 4: Everyone laughs. Every joke was the same, until he heard the one about the elephant and the naked man. What the elephant said changed his world, forever.
Rachel Garlin, The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese (excerpt)
When was the last time you saw a show about 1940’s lesbians hiding in plain sight?
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Lewis Santer is a luthier and plays in a number of Traditional Irish Music bands. Caroline Testard is a European emigrant with a love for modern and traditional songwriting.
Al Sasser is a veteran performer with FIPPP, the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project. He has traveled far -- all the way from South-Central L.A.
Annamarie MacLeod is a local creator of several solo shows. Her first show, Full Fathom Five, about post-partum depression and mermaids, was accepted into the SF Fringe Festival in 2020. Someday, she wants to write something funny.
Scott Cohen is a storyteller and comedian, but only at night. By day, he is a mild-mannered accountant and no one knows how funny he is.
Berkeley-born Rachel Garlin is a songwriter and playwright who recently produced her first one-person show, The Ballad of Madelyne & Therese. Performed to critical acclaim at The Lost Church in San Francisco, it’s now on the move, with upcoming performances in Colorado and New York.
July 30, 2024
MUSIC
Kenji Costantini, Isn't It Romantic?
Looking for true love at all the wrong times in all the wrong places? Get the lowdown on the downlow from Cabaret artist Kenji Costantini in his delightful new show “Isn’t It Romantic?” … Not!
STORIES
Jeremy Greco, The Big Snap!
On March 17th, 2020, a lockdown was announced in San Francisco, Jeremy Greco decided to document each day by taking a picture. From these pictures, Greco conducted a series of interviews of people from all walks of life: head of the SF Republican party, John Dennis, author Nicole Galland, and many others. All of whom discussed their year of COVID, Trump and their hopes for the future—without Snapping.
jeremygreco.com
Marion Lovinger, How to Change a Changeling
How do you become a changeling? A substitute. A fraud. A fake baby who replaced the real baby, the good one.
When you are a fairytale character, you have to embark on an imaginary quest. Will there be a happy ending? Can you change a changeling?
Anthony Michael, Threat to Public Safety
A poignant exploration of resilience, the struggle for normalcy, and the complex emotions tied to freedom and reintegration.
Beau Davis, Bat Out of Hell
As a small child Beau never felt like he fit in as "one of the guys". One day he has a chance to prove his manhood when a bat flies into the house, terrorizing the family.
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Kenji Costantini studied classical voice for 3 semesters at SF State. He has performed both in school operas and professionally at Woodminster Summer Musicals for 3 seasons in musicals such as South Pacific and Oklahoma. He is a proud graduate of Saint Mary’s College and now holds a bachelor's degree in Theater Performance.
Jeremy Greco’s first solo show, With Held, directed by Mark Kenward, was based on six months of interviews with San Francisco mail artist and writer John Held, Jr. Greco performed his most recent solo work, Keeping Up with the Jorgensons—also directed by Mark Kenward—throughout the US, including the 2017 San Francisco Fringe Festival (where it won a “Best of” award honors), and a Discovery Run at The Marsh Theater.
Beau Ryder Davis is a comedian and storyteller based in Oakland, California. He is an 8-time Moth Story Slam winner, most recent Bay Area Moth GrandSLAM winner, and has appeared on the nationally syndicated Moth Radio Hour. He's currently working on a show about growing up in the rural mountain town of Hazard, Kentucky, which was rated "the least happy town in America" in 2008 by the esteemed Dr. Oz television show. He promises this show is funny and not as sad as Hazard.
Marion Lovinger started writing solos 10 years ago, developing them with David Ford. She performed many times at the Marsh and Stage Werx. Trying to make sense of memories and experiences with humor and critical hindsight proved to be the most enlightening journey that can be.
Anthony Michael is a multifaceted professional dedicated to personal growth and empowering others. Anthony’s journey is one of resilience and transformation. Through his diverse roles and relentless pursuit of improvement, Anthony strives to create a lasting, positive impact on the lives of those he encounters.
19th Anniversary Celebration!
June 25, 2024
MUSIC
Wayne Harris and Alex Baum
STORIES
Beth McLaughlin, 34 Steps
On the second floor of her apartment building is a door that leads out to the back steps, with variegated panes of glass in yellows, whites and reds. The light that falls through there is gentle and calming. Just not today.
Algiin Ford, The Silent Assassin: My Addictive Mind
An examination of both the positive and negative impact of addictive tendencies on the collective consciousness, and both their use and misuse through conscious and unconscious mind sets.
Paul Sussman, Did She Really Say “Tantrum Yoga”?! (Excerpt)
"Why?” is not a party question - we just met!
“Why the two of us... right here... right now?” Now this is starting to get interesting...
"Is it already... too late?" She's grabbed my hand, but I'd sure like to get over to the desserts before they're all gone.
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Wayne Harris is an award-winning solo performer, writer, educator, curriculum innovator and musician. A gifted artist with wide ranging interests, he has accumulated an impressive body of work over the years that includes 5 full length plays, presentations for schools, directing and designing for pageantry groups as well as various musical projects. wayneharris.net
Alex Baum is a renowned bass player, composer and recording artist. He resides in the East Bay and runs one of the premier recording studios in the country. Alex has performed with Melissa Manchester, Dan Hicks and many others.
Beth McLaughlin is a San Francisco-based writer and performer whose work has been seen at the Frigid, Rogue, Boulder, Vancouver and San Francisco Fringe Festivals, as well as at StageWerx, the Marsh and Tell It On Tuesday. Her full-length solo pieces are Here to See the World, The Readiness is All and Cocky, and she is currently working on a fourth, Silenced.
Algiin Ford is a writer/performer and a TV/film/stage actor. A member of the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, Algiin also recently completed a run of his first full length show, Tobacco, Zig-Zags & Gum at The Marsh.
Paul Sussman has written and performed a series of solo pieces through the eyes of Neanderthals, Anabaptists, cannibals, spores and others who persist in the search for meaning. He’s entertained and provoked audiences from Fundy to Fresno.
May 28, 2024
MUSIC
Stuart Rojstaczer, American Mutt Music
STORIES
Anthony Michael Jefferson, The Bumpy Road Less Traveled
The Bumpy Road Less Traveled is AJ's journey through the harsh and at times deadly world of incarceration. He spent twenty three years navigating the roads of being a non-gang member in prison, while yearning for his freedom, oatmeal cookies, and surfing at his break in Hermosa Beach California.
Barbara Pastorello, Long White Socks
This is a story of how a special relationship was cut affected by the repressive values of 1970's New England.
Lauren Mayer, Don't Mind Me, I'll Just Sit Here In The Dark: Reclaiming and Reframing the Jewish Mother
Comedy has evolved past most ethnic humor, but Jewish Mothers are still stuck in a Borscht Belt caricature of a nagging, intrusive monster. Lauren takes a look at the history of the caricature and why it's important to update it. How do we find ways to laugh that celebrate our heritage while moving past an inaccurate and harmful stereotype?
Albertina Zarazúa Padilla, Not a whole lot of people…
Sometimes we all need a "little story" medicine.
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Stuart Rojstaczer gets bored easily and has done lots of different stuff: geophysics prof (Duke), bestselling novelist (Mathematician’s Shiva, Penguin), memoirist (Gone for Good, Oxford) and librettist (Fordlandia, Fort Worth Opera). With his band, Stuart Rosh & The Geniuses, he’s put out four albums and has charted on the Americana Music Association Top 40. He has lectured around the world, has appeared on CNN, ESPN and NPR, and tries to be a decent husband.
Anthony Michael Jefferson (AJ), is a Le Cordon Bleu trained Chef, actor, and activist. He has been performing locally for the past four years. The first role he landed was in The Box, which toured nationally. The Box depicts the persistence of humanity despite the torture of solitary confinement. He has performed at the Marsh SF, with the Marin Shakespeare Company, and at the Monkey House Theater in Berkeley where he is featured regularly as a storyteller. AJ is also a Fellow in the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project.
Barbara Pastorello was born in New England and has been living in San Francisco since the early nineties. She has long wanted to be a storyteller. As a child, she kept a notebook of life events she could someday talk about. Now, after retiring from a career in finance, she has that chance.
Lauren Mayer is a prolific songwriter, teaching artist, performer, and political satirist whose weekly topical comedy songs have attracted millions of views (and almost as many trolls). She teaches Musical Theatre at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and is a regular panelist on Brian Copeland's podcast, Copeland's Corner. Lauren is a 5-time recipient of the San Francisco Cabaret Gold Award and has released over 20 albums of award-winning comedy songs and educational music. In her spare time, she teaches tap dancing. Despite all the awards and accomplishments, Lauren's mother still doesn't understand why she didn't go to law school. laurenmayer.com
Albertina Zarazúa Padilla is an educator and the Co-Founder of www.MiHistoria.net where she facilitates workshops and curates the online archive. She is on the board of Luna Dance and Creativity and dances with the Elders Project of Destiny Arts Center.
April 30th, 2024
MUSIC
Sara Glaser, Americana/Folk, Acoustic guitar
STORIES
Laura Jane Bailey, Super Secret Super Power
The origin story of how one average, ordinary girl realizes she has a mind-blowing new power. What an unbelievable gift! Or is it? Learning to live with the super secret forces her to deal with the big, weighty issues of life—sex, violence and margaritas.
Tim Ereneta, Long Ago and Far Away
There was a time, long ago and far away, before ubiquitous information and digital bliss, when we could focus. Sink into our own imaginations. Do you remember? I can get you there in four words.
Jody Yeary, Drink ‘til He Drowns
When Jody gets fired, she takes the first job she can get—at a liquor store, with a drivethru window. Located outside of Tallahassee on the way to the Georgia State line, she finds herself surrounded by fascinating southern characters and bears witness to their quirky and sometimes tragic lives. Jody brings to life several memorable characters with humor punctuating the story, with poignant original songs in her BlueBilly Kentucky style.
Mark McGoldrick, Nothing Happened
So much to sort out as a kid, from botched robberies to shifted bikini tops—in times of big feelings, how do you make sense of what it means, or if nothing happened?
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Sara Glaser began writing songs in earnest at the turn of the century after decades of performing covers. Her debut album Cinders in the Wind, includes story songs about the California fires, a burned-out Nashville writer, a spooked singer of murder ballads, and a besotted firebug.
Laura Jane Bailey is a Bay Area actress, originally from Chicago. Bay Area productions include: The Roommate at Capital Stage in Sacramento, Luna Gale and Mud Blue Sky at Aurora Theatre, Crimes of the Heart at Theatreworks, and Equus at Boxcar Theater. LJ is also a solo artist and will be performing her award winning solo play The Paris Effect at Marin Shakespeare this May and her new work Super Secret Super Power at a fringe festival near you! laurajbailey.com
Tim Ereneta realized, after years immersed in the spontaneous stories of improvisational theatre, that his greatest inspiration came from the folk and fairy tales that have been passed down for thousands of years. He is delighted to be sharing stories from the oral tradition with you—these tales are too juicy to be reserved for children. timereneta.info
Jody Yeary, a singer-songwriter from Kentucky, Jody studied music at Florida State University and stand-up comedy in San Francisco. Her album, Fast Horses and Beautiful Women, is available on her website drjody.com. She specializes in treating addictions and helping people recover from the bad things that can happen. She is currently writing a book on stress.
Mark McGoldrick is a retired public defender. He is a co-director of the Formerly Incarcerated People's Performance Project (FIPPP.org), where he helps bring stories from formerly-incarcerated people to stage. Mark has written and performed a couple full-length solo shows, The Golden Hammer and Countercoup, as well as several shorter pieces.
March 26, 2024
MUSIC
Andrew Potter, singer/songwriter, guitar
STORIES
Janet Thornburg, Plum Ascending
Have you ever heard the voice of your mom or dad inside your head, saying something like, “You really should do your taxes before you continue binge-watching The Great British Bake-Off”? Some call it the voice of the superego, but others consider it the voice of one of your sub-personalities. Enter the colorful inner world of Hannah, Raisin, Plum, Mauve, Rosie, and Wild Child, and see how a group of sub-personalities navigates the challenges of aging and how they reach a temporary resolution on Halloween.
Elaine Magree, OTHER
Elaine sets out with an ex- nun and a box of ashes to untangle the story of her mixed heritage. From the museums of Portland to The Columbia River Basin homeland, she journeys into outrage, irreverence and, finally, forgiveness.
Barbara Saunders, You and I While We Can
How do you keep your schooling from getting in the way of your education? You find the teachers hidden in plain sight, write your own lessons, and take the kinds of risks you know you shouldn't.
Bennet Caffee, The Catacombs (excerpt)
When twenty-one year old Bennet Caffee is admitted to a psych ward they have his name wrong as Dayle Bennet and he’s sure it’s a sign. From now on he’s just “Bennet” and he knows why he’s there. He just can’t talk about it.
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Andrew Potter hails from Jamestown, Rhode Island, and delivers great syncopated finger-style guitar work in blues, jazz, and folk genres. His latest album, "I Haunt My Own House” is co-written with his long-time cohort, Mr. Wheeler Cole. Potter's driving syncopated guitar style and Cole's snarky and sublime lyrics create vivid musings on family, love, hope, fate and regret.
Janet Thornburg has written and performed eight full-length solo shows in San Francisco. Most recently, she presented two new pieces, How’d You Get That Baby? (2022) and The Worry-O-Meter (2023) at The Marsh and at StageWerx Theatre in San Francisco. janetthornburg.com
Elaine Magree is a Founder’s Fellow at ThreeGirlsTheatre. She has acted and directed at Bay Area Theatres, up and down the west coast and in New York City. Her solo shows were twice nominated for Theatre Bay Area Awards. Her first solo show, OTHER, will be presented at Marin Shakespeare Company on April 5. elainemagree.com
Barbara Saunders writes about the intersection of (auto)biography, history, and myth. She has featured at Monday Night Marsh, poetry readings, and storytelling events in the Bay Area. Barbara's writing a memoir about her youth in the hopes of accelerating the journey to her second childhood.
Bennet Caffee’s storytelling highlights his experiences with bipolar disorder. He has performed his full length show “My First Miracle – adventures in bipolar disorder” to critical acclaim at numerous Fringe Festivals across the US and Canada. Presently he plans to continue touring festivals with his new show “Orange you glad to be in Miami?” which premiered last August at the Nanaimo Fringe Festival.
February 27th, 2024
MUSIC
Duncan Carling, Instrumental Jazz and BluesSTORIES:
- Bill Zarchy, Ecstasy at the Altar
- Natacha Ruck, Surprise Movie Night
- Brian Leonard, Therapist Zero
A B O U T T H E P E R F O R M E R S
Duncan Carling is a lawyer, guitarist, and exasperated parent of teenagers. In his spare time, he enjoys carbohydrates and looking at his phone. He lives in Oakland.
Bill Zarchy circumnavigated the globe many times during his 40 years as a cinematographer, as captured in his memoir, Showdown at Shinagawa: Tales of Filming from Bombay to Brazil. Now he likes to write novels and tell tales about his work and travels across six continents. Bill's debut novel is Finding George Washington: A Time Travel Tale. He is a graduate of the EPIC Storytelling Program at Stagebridge in Oakland.
Natacha Ruck's solo show “You're good for nothing... I’ll milk the cow myself,” was developed at the Marsh and StageWerx and is headed to Fresno and Montreal this Spring. She’s developing a new hour-long show based on her experiences as an interpreter at international film festivals.
Brian Leonard is an actor, writer, and director who lives in Oakland with his much more talented wife and much, much smarter daughter. He’s written comedy for BBC Radio, was a story consultant for Pixar, and had a long career in stand-up, appearing on numerous brick-wall shows (the San Jose Mercury says that Brian is “… one of San Francisco’s most intelligent and funniest comedians.”) His stage work includes SF Shakespeare, Center Repertory, Theaterworks, and George Coates Performance Works, among others. You can see Brian in the films “Bottle Shock,” “Bee Season,” and “The Bachelor.”
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