
Since 2005, Tell it on Tuesday has been the home of solo performance and storytelling in the East Bay. Typically held the last Tuesday of almost every month, this showcase of local storytellers, solo performers and musicians makes for a festive and rich evening.
Producers

Rebecca Fisher, Founding Producer has directed critically acclaimed shows in national and international fringe festivals, regional theaters, as well as several full-length runs at The Marsh. She began her solo works as a writer and performer in a David Ford class in 2005. Her first show, The Magnificence of the Disaster, was described as “smart, challenging, and unmistakably affecting” by the SF Chronicle, and her second piece, Memphis on my Mind, won a San Francisco Best of Fringe award. Before working in the solo world, she directed many youth theater camps with Julia Morgan Center for the Arts and The Marsh Youth Theater. When she isn’t involved in solo work, Rebecca is a para-educator at Wildwood Elementary and involved in family life with her husband and two teen sons.

Bridget Frederick, Founding Producer has been a part of the solo performance community since 2004, co-founding Tell it on Tuesday in 2005. She started grad school in the fall of 2024, and hopes to emerge from that experience with some good stories!

Tim Ereneta is a long-time fixture in the Bay Area oral storytelling community as a workshop leader, producer, and storyteller. As a performer, he’s brought his storytelling to Fringe Festivals and storytelling events across the country.

Wayne Harris is an award-winning solo performer, writer, educator, curriculum innovator, and musician. He has written and starred in five full-length solo plays, including Train Stories, The May Day Parade, and Tyrone “Shortleg” Johnson and Some White Boys.

Mark McGoldrick 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 number of solo performance shows at Bay Area venues. He is a retired public defender.

Natacha Ruck is a storyteller, media producer and educator. Her documentary work has appeared at the MoMA, the JCM, NBC NY, and on NPR affiliates. She teaches multimedia storytelling at the University of San Francisco and explores the boundaries between French and English in two solo shows, You’re Good for Nothing… I’ll Milk the Cow Myself and Interpret This.
Advisors
David Ford – Director, Writer, Teacher; Artist in Resident at The Marsh
Jeff Raz – Teacher, Director, Playwright; Founder of the SF Clown Conservatory
Charlie Varon – Performer, Writer, and Teacher; Artist in Resident at The Marsh
Bruce Pachtman – Solo Performer, Producer/Publicist, Co-founder of the Solo Performance Workshop
Kirk Waller – Performer, Teacher; former Storytelling Director at Stagebridge, past Chair of the Storytelling Association of California