Stories
- Elana Isaacs, “Sweet Honey, Pdx”
- Howard Petrick, “Harold” – excerpt
- Jean Ellisen, “Fiji or Bust!”
- Nato Green, “Low-wage work and my ego”
Music
Vanessa Lowe, singer/songwriter/guitarist, www.vanessalowe.com
About the Performers
Since Elana Isaac‘s former life as a theater major at Syracuse University and graduate of Tamalpa Institute for Expressive Arts Education she has been focusing on solo performance and art that sparks dialogue, and delighting in her work with youth, creativity, and social justice. Two of her favorite roles are Buddha’s mom, Lisa, in a rock-musical-modern-retelling of Siddartha and “The Fun Crazy Aunt” to 3 yr old Lucian. Please sign Elana’s mailing list to stay tuned about the temporarily titled “Whiteness: Unplugged” of which Sweet Honey Pdx is an excerpt. Big thanks to Kamau, his classes, and the support of my anti-racist artists/friends!
Howard Petrick has performed at The Marsh and the San Francisco Theater Festival. He has studied with David Ford and Ann Randolph. This piece, a work-in-progress about a small- town kid with an accordion, was created with Ann Randolph at The Marsh. He is grateful to Tell It On Tuesday for providing a stage to bring this story to you.
Jean Ellisen has been telling stories all her life, but doing so on purpose for the last 17 years since her Certification In Storytelling from Dominican University in San Rafael. She has long standing tenure with the corps of storytellers at Asian Art Museum in San Francisco where she tells myths, legends and folk tales. She also draws from her life experiences (and calamities) for stories of a personal nature. She is a teller, a teacher, and mentor, who finds great delight in helping others find their voice through storytelling.
San Francisco native stand-up comedian Nato Green was featured in SF Sketchfest 2008, has been heard on KALW 91.7FM, KSRO 1350AM and Green960AM, and as the Official Comedian of Stephen Elliott’s Progressive Reading Series. Nato has established an SF comedy institution in Iron Comic®, his Iron Chef-spoofing game show, profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle. He also produces Laughing Liberally Local 415, an ongoing political comedy showcase, Laugh Out the Vote, and the New Jew Revue.