Stories
- Greg Begin, “Ninety Nine and a Half”
- Kikelomo Adedeji, “Tolula”
- Jeanne Haynes, “The Stove is White”
- Fred Wickham, “Drop Your Pants”
Music
Miko Sloper
Drums, Winds and Strings
About the Performers
Greg Begin has been a professional storyteller since 1993. A graduate of the Dominican College Storytelling Certificate Program, Greg entertains audiences throughoutCalifornia and Oregon. Having been a musician for most of his life Greg frequently combines the two media. The stories Greg tells fall into categories as wide and varied as the art form itself, ranging from personal experience stories, folklore, legends, mythology, parables, fairytales, historical stories and just good old fashioned yarns.
Kikelomo Adedeji first came to solo performance developing pieces in classes with Bill Talen and Anne Galjour. She has performed three previous solo pieces in San Francisco and has performed in plays and original works at many theatres in the Bay Area including Theatre of Yugen’s Noh Space, Theatre Rhinoceros, Dean Lesher Center in Walnut Creek and the New Performance Gallery. Tolula is Kike’s first full-length work.
Jeanne Haynes believes that becoming a storyteller is the culmination of both her personal and professional life. A storytelling seminar 10 years ago, catapulted a new career performing in numerous venues including the Marsh Theatre, Bay Area Storytelling Festival, regional Tellabrations, and KPFA radio. She draws from her communications background as a media relations specialist and news reporter, to tell personal and traditional tales. A resident artist with Stagebridge Oakland and Young Audiences of Northern California, she has taught the art of storytelling to 1,120 students in 15 Bay Area Schools.
Fred Wickham: After 20 years of writing advertising, Fred tired of putting his best efforts into selling “overpriced crap” that can be purchased in any mall. In the mid-90s he began writing and performing satirical pieces—the kinds that can get a guy fired from an ad agency—and did.