FIPPP STORYTELLING
September 6, 2026

Join us for powerful solo performances from members of the Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project (FIPPP) sharing their personal experiences with the justice system and incarceration. Through their stories, they give an insight into life behind bars, systemic obstacles, personal revelations, and the injustices entrenched within the carceral system they have learned first-hand.

TERESA DONAHOE: ALL GREAT NEW THINGS TO COME
September 13, 2026

December 2019: Theresa and her sister are enjoying their annual holiday visit at Union Square in San Francisco. Suddenly, a cyclist speeds past her, nearly knocking her over, and yells, “TOURIST!” Theresa, a fourth-generation San Francisco Bay Area native, is stunned. A tourist? Triggered!

WAYNE HARRIS: AMERICA… A DREAM DEFERRED
October 4, 2026

TINA D’ELIA: THE BREAKUP: A LATINA QUEER TORCH SONG
November 1, 2026

Trina Maria, miserable in Heartbreak-ville after she loses the Movie Butch of her dreams, stumbles into a mystical queer misfits “break-up” support group.

BONUS SHOW: BRIAN COPELAND: THE JEWELRY BOX
December 7, 2026

In this hilarious and heartwarming prequel to his hit show “Not a Genuine Black Man,” beloved actor-playwright Brian Copeland recounts two memorable weeks in his youth when he took to the “mean streets” of Oakland to buy his mom the perfect Christmas gift. Rife with references to 1970s Oakland, “The Jewelry Box” follows six-year-old Brian’s adventures as he scours the help-wanted ads, applies for jobs and collects bottles, inching his way toward the coveted present, a jewelry box at the Hegenberger White Front store.

KRISTEN COSBY PRESENTS A NEW YEAR, A NEW YOU: STORIES OF FRESH STARTS
January 3, 2027

Four Bay Area storytellers delve into past regrets, new mistakes and poor choices. Were they forgiven? Come find out!

ADAM STRAUSS: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
January 10, 2027