Stories
- Jessica Ferris, “Missing”
- Newt Bailey, “The Game”
- Ismail Azeem, “Rude Boy”
Music
Sarah Dominico and Foresta Sieck-Hill
Vocal harmony, guitar and percussion
About the Performers
Jessica Ferris is a teacher and performer whose physically-based work has been described as ” Sensitive, precise, pure, hilarious, riveting.”
Newt Bailey is British but has lived in the Bay Area for eight years. Currently he’s embarking on a new career in conflict resolution, mediation and coaching people in improving their communication skills. A math teacher in London in the nineties, he took the role of the “dame” in the traditional Christmas pantomime several years in a row. Last year he took a solo performance workshop with Charlie Varon and developed this piece, “The Game,” which received a great reception at the Marsh in San Francisco.
Ismail Azeem After being named Best Hip Hop Artist in the Bay by the East Bay Express and ranking 2nd Best Slam Poet in the nation, was chosen to perform for La Casita at the Lincoln Center in New York City. His one man show, Rude Boy, is being produced by The Marsh Theater in San Francisco and will debut in the spring of ’06.