Tell It On Tuesday’s 1-year Anniversary Celebration
Stories
- Gay Ducey, “Ricochet: A Story That Goes Around and Comes Around”
- Ron Jones, “Sunset Stories”
- Jeff Raz, “The Whole Megillah, abridged”
- Enzo Lonbard-Quintero, “LOVE! HUMILIATION! KARAOKE!”
Music
Mia and Jonah, guitar and vocals
About the Performers
Gay Ducey is a nationally recognized storyteller who learned an appreciation for stories in the best way possible: from family. Descended from generations of Southern women who treasured independence and a sassy mouth, she grew up in New Orleans with its endless parade of ritual, ceremony and play. A Berkeley resident since 1967, the Bay Area’s constantly changing social landscape and New Orleans’ timeless enchantments have formed an artist who relishes diverse experience yet reveres the traditional place of stories in family and community. She still can’t resist stepping into any parade that passes by.
Jeff Raz explores the intersection of circus, theater and music from many different angles—as a clown, an actor, a teacher, a director and a playwright. His 30 year career has taken him from remote Alaskan villages to Broadway, across the continental United States and to Europe and Japan. He is the director of the Clown Conservatory, the only comprehensive professional clown training program in the United States, and a graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater.
Ron Jones is a San Francisco Original. Best known as a storyteller, he has been a high school teacher, basketball coach, and is the founder Of Zephyros Education Exchange, a network of teachers who share ideas and learning materials. Since 1978 Jones has been Director of Physical Education at the R.C.H.,Inc. (formerly the Recreation Center for the Handicapped) in San Francisco where he coaches the San Francisco Special Olympic Basketball Team, which has never lost a game.
Enzo Lombard-Quintero grew up in Baltimore’s Little Italy in a very musical and theatrical family. His (gay) Uncle Michael Merlo, was songwriter to Patti Paige, Xavier Cugat and Little Anthony and the Imperials. Enzo sang professionally from age 7, appeared on children’s television, studied acting in London and New York City, and has been a songwriter, documentary director, and travel columnist over the past 15 years. This is his first solo piece; a testament to risking everything to get to what you love, even when you aren’t sure what that is.