June 26, 2012

Stories

• Brian Fields, My Indian Girlfriend
• Deirdre Kennedy, Don’t Eat the Red Locusts
• Bárbara Selfridge, Zero Tolerance: Sex, Math and Seizures (excerpt #3)
• Inbal Kashtan, Let’s Fly (excerpt) 

Music

Michele Walther, violin and looper.
Jazz, World Music, and some originals (jazz/ minimal music)

Brian Fields earned a Ph.D. in computer science because it looked like a good way to get material for one-man shows. He’s dabbled in stand up comedy, performing at venues throughout the Bay Area. He was a finalist in the Battle of the Bay Comedy Competition and is co-producer and host of Trainwreck Cabaret. 

Deirdre Kennedy is a veteran broadcast journalist whose news stories and features have aired on public radio shows in the U.S. and Europe.  But she’s always been a storyteller and performer.  She trained in ballet, jazz and modern dance; studied drama at U.C. Berkeley, A.C.T. and appeared in small indie theater in Los Angeles. Deirdre developed Don’t Eat the Red Locusts in San Francsico’s Solo Performance Workshop under teacher Martha Rynberg. She sounds American, but actually emigrated from London, England decades ago with her Irish parents and now resides in San Francisco.

Bárbara Selfridge wants you to decide, each of you on your own, which you think is scarier: epilepsy or prime numbers.  Also sex.  Also people who can’t be trusted with the care of others vs those whose care you, yourself, don’t care to be entrusted with (thank you very much!).  Bárbara’s sister Margaret sings back-up with the Magic Makers, a special needs rock band; Barbara works with Theatre Unlimited, a troupe of actors, dancers and playwrights, most of them with developmental disabilities.

B.C. (Before Cancer), Inbal Kashtan taught, wrote, and inspired people about creating a world where everyone matters and people have the skills for making peace. Now she heals, loves, tells stories, and tries to live her dreams for as long as she can. Her family is an ongoing dream come true.

Michele Walther loves to play and perform a variety of music styles: jazz, world music, avantgarde, classical, tango, Balkan, Klezmer, and more. Michele graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Basel, Switzerland, and then from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.