Stories
- Gene Gore, “My life as I see it” (excerpt)
- Mia Paschal, Party Triptych: “You blacked out but I remember”, “The Date”, “A Diamond BBQ”
- Sia Amma, “Uncle’s Children in Africa”
- Shumit DasGupta, “Of Mice and Pants”
Music
Kikelomo Adedeji performing jazz standards
About the Performers
Gene Gore has been telling stories and entertaining since she was a young child. She loved singing the blues when younger, and did a bunch of fun independent films in San Francisco. For the last 3 years she has been immersed in solo performance at The Marsh, also in San Francisco, working with David Ford. She will perform her full length solo piece early next year there. She has been a nurse since 1955 and her piece explores the impact of that training on her life, presented with poignancy and humor.
Mia Paschal is very excited to perform again with Tell It on Tuesday. She moved to SF from Milan, Italy to study acting with Ed Hooks, and also studied with David Wheeler while she was an undergraduate at Harvard and Bill Hickey at HB Studio in NYC. She is currently part of the Performance Initiative project at the Marsh in San Francisco, which will be presented in June 2010. For more information, please visit www.miapaschal.com.
Sia Amma is out of Africa. She is a stand-up comedian, writer, dancer, and actress who is best known for making fun of African and American cultures, relationships, life experiences, sexuality and, of course, herself. Her presentations combine humor and celebration that are refreshing, honest, and very informative about the issue of female circumcision. Her newest presentation for mothers and daughters is called “What Mama Said About ‘Down There’”, for which has been a keynote speaker and guest lecturer in schools in West Africa the last 5 years.
Shumit DasGupta is a public school teacher in San Francisco, and has been teaching for over 10 years. On occasion he writes, performs both spoken word and instrumental music, and plans to move his venue to his living rooms when his first baby daughter is born.