Stories
- Abe Bernstein, How The First Letter Was Written
- Jeanne Lupton, My Life in Tanka
- Malcolm Grissom, Work: it’s more than just a 9 to 5 job
- Lois Sanifu Kincy, Was Enslaved and Still Feeling the Fall Out
- Laura Hedli, too old to be this young
Music
Adrian West Band, Acoustic Rock & World Styles
Kevin Goldberg & Brandon Farmer
About the Performers
Abe Bernstein is an actor, improviser, and storyteller. His most recent acting role was as Mortimer in The Fantasticks. He regularly performs in Bay Area senior centers and senior residences as a storyteller and as a member of Stagebridge’s Playback Theatre Troupe.
Jeanne Lupton is happy to be on the Tell It on Tuesday stage again. She writes tanka, a 5 line Japanese poetic form, and has hosted the poetry reading series at Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda for ten years. Many thanks to coach Jeanne Haynes.
Malcolm Grissom is a Storyteller, an Employment Counselor, a podcast host, a friend and a gentleman (sometimes). Tonight he is premiering the work-in-progress for his fourth show.
Lois Sanifu Kincy. Life is its own story. Stagebridge gives me opportunity to practice in the “telling” and I am blessed to be a part of its “telling.”
Laura Hedli is a writer and storyteller. Laura’s articles on the arts have been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer and American Theatre, and online at TDF Stages, Playbill, and SoloSundays. She also writes about science and works at Stanford University School of Medicine. This show, too old to be this young, will debut at the Maui Fringe Theater Festival in January 2018.
Blending acoustic rock and world styles, the Adrian West Band performs the most storyesque songs from its repertoire, plus a couple instrumentals. Infectious original songs and grooves featuring Adrian West on vocals, guitar, electric violin & live looping, Kevin Goldberg on bass and Brandon Farmer on drums. www.adrianwest.com