Stories
- Liz Nichols, A Grimm Tale
- David Kupras, Kielbasa Blues
- C.W. Nevius, The Super Bowl of Cross Country Skiing
- Xiao Juan Shu, Ze Ren
Music
Joshua Raoul Brody & The Proverbial Special Guests
About the Performers
Liz Nichols was born in the Bronx, but she got lost in the 398.2 (Folklore & Mythology) section of the public library at age ten, and hasn’t found her way out yet! Besides telling stories, her passion is to share the value of play and creative expression with folks at every stage of life. She does that as an elementary school teacher, Laughter Yoga Leader, RainbowKidsYoga teacher, and TimeSlips™ Master Trainer and facilitator (a creative storytelling method for people with Alzheimers). www.liznichols.net.
David Kupras was raised in the 60s and 70s in a rust belt suburb of Buffalo, NY where the high arts were considered to be decoupage and sand candles. He has dabbled in the performing arts for years as a member of several improvisational troupes, and as an amateur standup comedian in Seattle and New York City. Kielbasa Blues is an evolving attempt at reconstructing the formative episodes in his life, their effects on his relationship to money, family, work, and an effort to answer those deep imponderable questions we all have, like: “Who the hell am I, and just how exactly did I get here?”
C.W. Nevius is a metro columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle, covering topics that range from the Board of Supervisors to the nude guys — and the surprising connections between them. For over 20 years he was a sports columnist at the Chron where he went to eight Olympic Games, nine Super Bowls and a crawdad dinner in Beaumont, Texas. He is the author of Crouching Father, Hidden Toddler, based on his marriage to the lovely Mary and their life raising the two best kids in the world.
Born and raised in Eastern China, Xiao Juan Shu now enjoys living in the San Francisco Bay Area and telling stories. She performed her first solo show Ze Ren at the 2012 San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Joshou Raoul Brody is best known as an accompanist for improvisational theater, and is music director for BATS Improv, True Fiction Magazine, and many other groups. He also plays with Tango No. 9 (who is working on their 5th CD), the Nino Rota cover band Orchestra Nostalgico (who is working on their 2nd), and Merle “Don’t Call Me ‘Merle “Ian Shoales” Kessler’!” Kessler (who is working), as well as the ever-popular Too Many Others To List Here.