Stories
- Ericka Lutz, “A Widow’s To-Do List” (excerpt)
- Howard Petrick, “Rambo: The Missing Years” (excerpt)
- Libby Skala, “Lilia!”
- Leo Petropoulos, “Growing up Greek in America, a precursor to mental illness.”
Music
Jeff England, acoustic and electric guitar
About the Performers
Ericka Lutz, performer and author, has performed solo at Solo Sundays, City Solo, Words First, the San Francisco Theater Festival, Solohouse, and the SPW Theater Festival. A writer as well as a performer, she is a member of The Guild, the Solo Performance Workshop’s development lab. For more information on her full-length show, A Widow’s To-Do List, please visit http://erickalutz.com
Howard Petrick has studied with David Ford, Ann Randolph, James Donlon, and Leonard Pitt. He has performed at The Monday Night Marsh, Tell It On Tuesday, FronteraFest 2009/2010/2011 in Austin, Texas, Words First, City Solo, San Francisco Theater Festival, Solo Sundays, Boulder Fringe Festival, and Chicago Fringe Festival. Rambo: The Missing Years was developed with David Ford and is directed by Mark Kenward .
Libby Skala is infinitely grateful to improvisation teacher Gary Austin (founder of The Groundlings) for introducing her to solo performance as a means of finding autonomy and independence as an actor. It was in his workshop that Lilia! began its development. She’s been solo-performing internationally ever since, and has even been cast in ensemble pieces as a result of the work. Last Fall, she performed her piece, A Time to Dance, at The Marsh, where she’s been developing a new piece in David Ford’s workshop. www.LibbySkala.com
Leo Petropoulos has performed at the Improv San Jose, Rooster T Feathers, and the Brainwash Café as a comedian. As a storyteller, he has been a regular at Bawdy Storytelling and has also performed at Fireside Storytelling, Previously Secret Information and Porchlight.
Jeff England is a SF-based writer/improviser/musician who uses guitar, loop pedal, beatbox and the audience as his backing band. While his music spans genres such as blues, jazz, bluegrass, funk, rockabilly, and rock, the focus is mostly on storytelling–sometimes even in character. (http://www.youtube.com/user/TaleMeAnother)