19th Anniversary Celebration!

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.
About the Performers
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.