SOLO STORIES CLASS PERFORMANCES
Join us for two intimate evenings of original stories and solo performance pieces from the heart. These stellar stories were birthed in the Winter 2026 Solo Stories Class with Joyful Raven at the Marsh in Berkeley.
Wednesday, April 8th at 7:30PM
Thursday, April 9th at 7:30PM
The Marsh in Berkeley
2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
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Wednesday, April 8th
The Third Third
Jessica Rothhaar (she/her)
How do you respond to a midlife crisis? Try hauling rocks up a mountain, fasting for four days… and realizing that’s just the beginning.
Mummy and Me
Benjie Lasseau (she/her)
A story about Mummy , me, dogs, and death. Did I make the wrong call?
I’ve Been a Dancer All My life
Destiny Kinal (she/her)
I was raised in a magical household. Will an incurable case of PAD that turns my feet to insensitive blocks mean I can’t dance again? Or do certain fairytales pave the way back home?
Mirror Image
Cynthia Matzger (she/her)
What happens when your appearance changes overnight and makes you question reality?
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Thursday, April 9th
It’s the Small Things
Allan Pleaner (he/him)
When ICE Watch, teeth and Johannesburg meet in a Home Depot parking lot…. it’s the small things that matter!
If I Could Fly
Reba Rose (she/her)
What does it take to soar beyond a small town midwest mindset? Do we stay small or break out?
Get Out of Jail Free
Jess Clarke (they/them)
Arrested for their first time (May 1986) at an anti war protest, Jess is locked up in the San Francisco County Jail with 25 other civil resistors. What will it take to get all of them out together when some are charged with felonies with heavy sentences? Will Jess bail out, sell out or cop out or learn what solidarity actually means?
A BART Train to Heaven
Shayla Kerr (she/her)
During October 2025, an educator at a creative writing and education nonprofit in San Francisco fluctuates between frenetic moments of mania, chaos, and her childhood memories while grappling with the threat of ICE agents, the longest government shutdown in history, food insecurity, and grappling onto her dreams in a society under collapse, all while nurturing the imagination of San Francisco’s youth.
WHAT AUDIENCES ARE SAYING
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"I cannot say enough how wonderfully impressed I was. I was absolutely captivated by each performance and am thankful I had the opportunity to hear and see these wonderful stories." - Jody Zacharkiw
I cannot begin to tell you how powerful and engaging the stories/performance were. Each one unique, honest and so well written. The layers all woven together to show the picture of a whole human being." - Sandra Tillis
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"Thank you for a powerful, inspiring, passionate, moving, intimate evening of personal stories. Transformative." - Jill Stephens
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