Tell It On Tuesday

June 30, 2026

Music

Doug McKechnie
piano stories

Artist Biography: Doug McKechnie has been an active participant in the Bay Area’s creative community for over four decades. A pioneer in live performance with the Moog synthesizer, McKechnie began creating scores for film, television and theater, creating soundtracks in 1974 with partner John A. Lewis. Also in the 1980s he created the San Francisco Synthesizer Ensemble creating the Golden Gate Bridge Anniversary Suite in 1987 for the bridge’s 50th Anniversary. Doug can be seen and heard often at the Wednesday Night Marsh Cabaret singing with the Craig and McGregor Band.

Stories 

Albertina Zarazúa Padilla’s
In the Shadows

Show Description: Who or what are you living under the shadow of?

Artist Biography: Albertina Zarazúa Padilla tells stories and dances to avenge her own silence, invisibility, and erasure as a living, breathing mujer luchadora. Albertina is the Co-founder and Director of Storytelling for MiHistoria and curator for its online story archive and workshop facilitator.

Dev Cuny’s
Assigned at Birth: My Funeral Part 1 (excerpt)

Show Description: What if the original script needed heavy rewrites? Blending humor, faith, pop culture, gender, and spectacularly awkward 80s and 90s adolescence, Assigned at Birth is a funny and deeply personal solo show about the exhausting art of performing “normal.”

Artist Biography: Dev Cuny (they/them) is a writer, performer, facilitator, and former hospice and hospital chaplain whose work explores gender, faith, belonging, and resilience through storytelling and humor. As an openly trans person who previously worked in ministry and spiritual care, Dev’s work bridges trauma-informed systems, restorative justice, and the power of personal narrative to create connection and healing. They have spoken nationally through conferences, media appearances, advocacy with the Born Perfect campaign, and a TEDx talk focused on identity, shame, and healing. Tonight, they share the first act of their solo show, Assigned at Birth.

MaryClare McCauley’s
Dancing Thru the Decades:
From the Kerl to the Dance to Shiva

Show Description: It was in this child’s nature to move her body, but the adults in her life were always asking her to stop, which seemed like an impossible request. This is a story of how music and movement not only provided a young girl with a fun outlet, but through the years gave her a deeper understanding of how her body was meant to move! “You gotta get up to get down!”

Artist Biography: Maryclare McCauley has written a half dozen one-woman shows that she has presented at festivals in San Francisco, Canada, and New York. Tell It On Tuesday and The Marsh were the first to give her the opportunity to try out and hone her storytelling talents. For this, she is very grateful and very honored to be sharing a new story tonight in celebration of TIOT’s 21st anniversary!

Daisy Crane’s
Modern Moral Mania

Show Description: Daisy Crane graduated with a Master’s in Peace and Justice in May of 2020. Bright-eyed and full of wonder, she entered a burning, shelter-in place world with no jobs, barely any coral reefs, and an onslaught of social upheaval that hasn’t stopped. Now that she’s bid farewell to her 20s, turned 30, and found the ground beneath her feet, she’s got a lot to say.

Artist Biography: Daisy Crane was born and raised in Columbia, Missouri and now lives in Berkeley, California. Since graduating from college, she has been on an enthralling journey of exploring the connections between peacebuilding and the arts. Daisy is a professional oil painter, a performer, and she currently works for the Jewish Studio Project, a national nonprofit that builds creative capacity across the Jewish community.