Livestreamed Performance
Stories
- Diane Barnes, Not One of Us: Medical, an excerpt
- Jeff Raz, The Whole Megillah, abridged
About the Performers
Diane Barnes is a writer, actor, speaker and retired radiologist. A Meisner trained actor, Diane studied improvisation at BATS and with Keith Johnstone, and with Anna Deveare Smith. A graduate of Stanford, and Yale School of Medicine, she trained at UCSF and Stanford, and practiced at Kaiser before turning to the theater.
Jeff Raz has starred in many plays and circuses, from Corteo with Cirque du Soleil to Comedy of Errors on Broadway. He is a graduate of Dell’Arte International, a playwright and director of dozens of circus, dance, puppet and theater productions. He is a proud advisor to Tell It On Tuesday and has performed a number of pieces on the TIOT stage. His first book, The Secret Life of Clowns, was launched nationally at the Smithsonian, followed by The Snow Clown and now his third Love Death Circus. Along with his performing, directing and writing, Jeff is a communications consultant with the global firm Stand & Deliver.