Stories
- Kikeloma Adedeji, “Luscious! In Love at Last”
- Victoria Doggett, “I Prefer Fur”
- Paul Sussman, “True Enough”
- Ann Riley, “Macha’s Curse”
Music
Joshua Raoul Brody on piano
About the Performers
Kikelomo Adedeji has been writing and performing her own solo plays in the Bay area for over 15 years. She is an actor, singer, writer, acting coach and solo performance director. This is her first cabaret solo play.
Victoria Doggett has been doing solo performance in the Bay Area since 1992, with a sizeable gap that ended, fortunately, three years ago. Typically, her work is a distortion of her own life experience (Kiss My Booth, performed at the 2007 SF Fringe Festival was inspired by her time as an exhibitor during fancy food shows). While the kitty in the postcard photo is actually her own cat, Angelo, this piece is a rare departure into the world of fiction, with accordion accompaniment. I Prefer Fur will be performed in its entirety during the San Francisco Fringe festival this September!
Paul Sussman developed his approach to melodrama and farce through years of work in financial management with Bay Area nonprofit organizations. He has written and performed a series of solo pieces through the eyes of road-ragers, insects, Anabaptists, cannibals, and others who persist in the search for meaning amidst the puzzling evidence.
Ann Riley first started telling stories as a kid to try and stay out of trouble. That grew into telling stories about historical figures to her class as a school teacher. Now she tells at the Asian Art Museum, for Stagebridge, and in libraries. She is on the board of the Storytelling Association of California.