Tell It On Tuesday

Upcoming Shows

March 25, 2025
Hosted by Natacha Ruck

~ Music ~

VICTORIA SOL
Acoustic Duo

Acoustic duo set of original singer songwriter music influenced by love for Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, the American Songbook, and experimental music making techniques. Victoria Sol is a Cuban-American artist and musician based in San Francisco, CA. Her first EP explores themes of place, ancestry, climate catastrophe, grief, limerence, and the loss of her two brothers. She studied humanities at UC Berkeley and design at the GSD. Algorithms have described her music as ‘melancholic romantic idm adjacent pop that features a dreamy vocal and a grooving beat.’ Other AIs have called it downtempo electronica for when you’re feeling sexy, sad, idk.

~ Stories ~

HOLLY SHAW
Roar!

Show Description: After her boyfriend dies, Holly makes an unexpected discovery about his true feelings. With help from all sides of herself she explores the nature of secrets, the crazy way people react to death, and what it costs to have someone believe in you.

Artist Biography: Holly Shaw is a stand-up comedian and storyteller who regularly performs at comedy clubs and showcases all over Northern CA and competed in the 2024 San Francisco Int’l Comedy Competition. Shaw has spent a lifetime on stage, T.V. and film as an actor, professional dancer and later as a speaker and coach. She’s currently working on publishing her third book, Queen Lessons: What Stand-Up Comedy Taught Me About Courage. www.HollyShawComedy.com

ALLAN PLEANER
What Could be Easier? (Excerpt)

Show Description: I simply need to fill out the form, the key to my getting Social Security. For heaven’s sake, what could be easier?

Artist Biography: Allan Pleaner is originally from a small town in South Africa. He has lived with his family in San Francisco for over 40 years. When he’s not writing or on picket lines, he does wood turning, dabbles in magic illusions, builds depression-era model buildings and works as a psychotherapist.

ALGIIN FORD
The Silent Assassin

Show Description: An examination of both the positive and negative impact of addictive tendencies on the collective consciousness, and their use and misuse through conscious and unconscious mind sets.

Artist Biography: Algiin Ford is a writer/performer/poet/storyteller passionate about the craft of artistic expression and its transform of power to reshape the tone of the collective consciousness into a more vibrationally inclusive present. He recently completed a run of his first full length show, Tobacco, Zig-Zags & Gum at The Marsh.

JANET THORNBURG
Showdown (Excerpt)

Show Description: One way to view the psyche is as a family of sub-personalities, with inner children, inner parents, inner rebels, and inner creators. What happens if the internal family members can’t agree on adventure versus security? Showdown!

Artist Biography: Janet Thornburg has written and performed eight solo shows in San Francisco. In August 2024, her solo piece, “The Bequest,” was voted Audience Choice Short at the In Front of Your Eyes Festival at the Marsh in San Francisco. “Showdown,” her current piece, has been developed with David Ford as part of her new full-length show in progress.

~ Host ~

NATACHA RUCK
Host and Producer

Natacha wants to do it all. She was the managing editor of the beloved podcast Duolingo French and just returned to San Francisco from her first international tour of her solo show: “You’re good for nothing… I’ll milk the cow myself,” a coming-of-age-war-epic-love-story developed with David Ford and directed by Kenny Yun. She is currently working on a series of essays and a new solo show: “Confessions of a French Interpreter,” an exploration of multicultural mayhem and gender at film festivals.