Music
Andrew Potter: Finger-style guitar on 6 and 12 string guitars, playing an
eclectic mix of old jazz tunes, instrumentals, originals and covers
Stories
- Janet Thornburg, Self Improvement Junkie
- Jane Gire, Bless me Doctor for I have sinned
- Bill Zarchy, Shanghai Lunch
- Tracy Vernon, We’re Going to Marine World?!?
About the Performers
Andrew Potter began his performing career as a music director for children’s theatre. He morphed his career into an award winning, internationally acclaimed juggling act who got their start as buskers in San Francisco in the 1980’s. He has since retired from juggling, and settled into all things musical, as it is his first love, and is much more sustainable.
Janet Thornburg has written and performed seven solo shows. Her fiction has been widely published in literary journals, and Rhubarb Pie, a collection of her short stories, was published in 2005.
Jane Gire, originally from Michigan, studied theater at the U of M, moved to Chicago to “make it big” in comedy—where she was side-tracked by her involvement in Greenpeace and falling in love—and ended up in San Francisco in the early 90’s. She has recently come back to performance after a (I know this is really cliche) a trip to the Black Rock Desert to Burning Man, where she re-committed herself to some promises she made to herself.
Bill Zarchy worked all over the globe during his 40 years as a cinematographer, as captured in his memoir, Showdown at Shinagawa: Tales of Filming from Bombay to Brazil. Now he writes novels, shoots photos, and tells stories. He is a graduate of the EPIC Storytelling Program at Stagebridge in Oakland.
Tracy Vernon is an award winning public school teacher in the East Bay. She enjoys sharing her stories from the classroom and beyond, including how her childhood experiences influence and guide her as a teacher.