Stories
- Miriam Mills, “It Takes a Lot to Shock an Old Girl”
- Sharon Eberhardt, “Second-Hand Muse” (excerpt)
- Victoria Doggett, “Phantom Limb”
- Michael Brown, “Memories and Dreams of the Twentieth Century” (excerpt)
Music
Jeremy Rourke & Vanessa VerLee, Guitars & Vocals
Lyrically rich songs, many sung over original stop motion animated videos
About the Performers
Miriam Mills is grateful to have a husband who tells her: “Never let the truth interfere with a good story.” Miriam is surprised she takes the stage because sometimes she has to take 3 Pepto-Bismol and 3 Advil before she does. Most often, Miriam can be heard telling stories to visitors of all ages at the Asian Art Museum.
Sharon Eberhardt performed her play, Savage Arts, at Fringe Festivals in Regina,Saskatchewan and London Ontario, and at The Marsh, San Francisco. Her plays have been performed by other people at The Shee Theatre, San Francisco, Playground and Best of Playground, SF, And How!, New Georges and Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC. Second-Hand Muse is a work in progress.
Victoria Doggett has been writing and performing in the Bay Area since 1992. She performed “Phantom Limb” as part of the Fresno Rogue Festival last March. If you would like to see her full length piece, she will be performing at Exit Theatre on October 28th and 29th. She has worked collaboratively with The Wool Street Gang (David Caggiano, David Jacobson, Pidge Meade, Angela Neff, and Mary Samson), for the past four years, and has developed pieces with David Ford since the beginning. Phantom Limb was directed by Mark Kenward.
Michael Brown has created and performed original theater since the mid-Sixties, first in street theater in New York and New England, followed by the critically acclaimed Moving Men Theater Company of Berkeley. In recent years his work has had staged readings at the Magic Theater and he has written and performed in several full-length productions including his current solo show, Memories and Dreams of the Twentieth Century, which received a CA$H Grant Award from Theater Bay Area.
Jeremy Rourke & Vanessa VerLee, married on stage and off, have been active in the Bay Area music scene for over a decade. Just this summer, the SFWeekly named Jeremy the “Best Musician/Animator in SF,” and Vanessa produced and played in all day Women’s Music festival for over 500 people. They will share their story rich songs, many played along with Jeremy’s stop-motion animated videos. www.jeremyrourke.com www.vanessaverlee.com