Stories
- Michael Brown, “A Tale From Another Time”
- Catherine Goerz, “The Light That Never Goes Out”
- Jeanne Haynes, “The Stove Is White – Part IV”
- Ruth Fraser, “The Finer Points of Needlework”
Music
Stuart Rosh, vocals, guitar and harmonica
About the Performers
Michael Brown has been creating and performing original theater since the mid-Sixties, first in street theater in New York, followed by The Moving Men Theater Company in Berkeley. In the last ten years he has written and produced several full-length plays, including his current solo show, Memories and Dreams of the Twentieth Century: stories and a couple of songs, which just received a CA$H Grant award from Theatre Bay Area for expanded performances.
Catherine Goerz is a San Francisco-based writer and solo performer.She has been dressing up in outlandish costumes, speaking in strange accents and conducting social experiments since she was a little girl in New Jersey. Catherine has studied with Christine McHugh and Ann Randolph and is currently developing a new show under the guidance of Charlie Varon. She has performed at the Marsh Theater, in the Thursday Night Combo at EXIT Theater, and at the Noh Space at Theater of Yugen.
Jeanne Haynes, inspired by a Stagebridge storytelling seminar 12 years ago, abandoned her media consulting career of 30+ years to become a full time storyteller, Bay Area schools artist in residence, and teacher of Stagebridge’s adult classes. Originally created with David Ford at The Marsh, “The Stove” is a personal story about crossing the racial divide. Now in its 4th year in the making, Haynes says, “My motivation to further develop this piece increases with each performance.”
Born into a household rich in language, literature and oral history is it any wonder Ruth Fraser became a storyteller! For 12 years, she has told stories of wit and wisdom from around the world and her own adventurous life, sharing them in gatherings large and small, including parties, conferences and the Asian Art Museum. Offering workshops and coaching she shows others that they too have stories to offer the world.
Stuart Rosh, tells stories and happens to set them to music. Elements of blues, R&B, jazz, and swing provide the backdrop to tales of grown men and women grappling with love, children, politics, and a funny and tragic world that sometimes just plain doesn’t make sense.