Stories
- Jeff Byers, The Cherry Tree of the 16th Day
- Andrea Mock, The Moby Dick Diaries (excerpt)
- Malcolm Grissom, The Voices Made Me Do It
- Susan Gill, Rabbi, the Missing Bride is in Miami Beach with a Gentile Life Guard and Twenty-One Cats
Music
Seven Rains: Spencer Evans and Rana Rines, singer/songwriters
Americana, folk, rock and a splash of jazz
About the Performers
Jeff Byers began telling stories the first time his mother caught him with his hand in the cookie jar. Now he tells at the Asian Art Museum, in classrooms from first grade to UC Berkeley, and in various performance venues around the Bay Area. He’s also a story coach and a former board member of the Storytelling Association of California.
Andrea Mock, born and bred in Porterville, received a BA in Performance from UC Santa Cruz then moved to Berkeley to form Dancing Ear, Inc., a contemporary dance and music company. Andrea also served as playwright-in-residence at the Speakeasy Theatre from 1996 to 2002. The Moby Dick Diaries, directed by Leonard Pitt and David Ford, is adapted from a work-in-progress teen novel of the same name.
Malcolm Grissom enjoys exploring the creative process. His passion is helping others any way he can, even if only to bring joy and laughter to their lives for a little while.
Susan Gill is proud to have spent a thirty year career as a community college English instructor. Since retirement, she has been writing and performing solo pieces under the perceptive, creative, and gentle guidance of David Ford. She will present this show again at Solo Sundays early next year and a full-length version of the show at the Rogue Festival in Fresno in March of 2016.
Spencer Evans and Rana Rines, two independent singer/songwriters, are joining forces to bring to life a new band, which draws on the musical traditions of Americana, folk, rock, and a splash of jazz.