Stories
- Bruce Pachtman, So When Did You Start Speaking in the 3rd Person?
- Liz Nichols, Spirited Away: Shivery Tales for Hot Summer Nights
- Stacy Andrade, Tee-Vee
- Wayne Harris, Into Palestine (excerpt)
Music
Sandra Wieder (guitar, vocals) with Richard Owen (harmonica): singer/songwriter tunes
About the Performers
Born in the Bronx, Liz Nichols got lost in the Folklore & Mythology section of the public library at age ten and hasn’t found her way out yet! Bringing her teaching and cross-cultural background to storytelling, she’s enchanted audiences of all ages from SF’s Asian Art Museum to the Washington Folklore Festival. She’s a Master Trainer in TimeSlips Creative Storytelling for people with memory loss, and former Director of Storytelling Programs at Stagebridge. www.liznichols.net.
Bruce Pachtman co-wrote So When Did You Start Speaking in the 3rd Person? with W. Kamau Bell, and Kenny Yun provided acting coaching. Bruce’s first solo show, Don’t Make Me Look Too Psychotic, was developed with Club Solo and directed by W. Kamau Bell. It ran for 300 performances in SF, Philadelphia and LA.
Stacy Andrade has been a Bay Area performer for almost thirty years of stand-up, improv, plays, and voice-overs. She’s written a book of short stories, and book two is due out next year. She’s also working on a one-woman show that will preview in 2017, and she wrote and performed a short film that’s available on her website: staceyandrade.yolasite.com.
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. Wayne is also the director of The Marsh Youth Theater.
Sandra Wieder is a prolific writer and performer of original and unique songs that delight and touch audiences with beautiful melodies and heartfelt, poetic lyrics.