“Let Me Touch Your Mind” Interview Archive 2016

December 19, 2016 Lisa Geduldig, Kung Pao Kosher Comedy at the New Asia Restaurant; Terrie Odabi, holiday party and blues jam at Fox Blues; Marga Gomez, New Year's Eve Comedy Fiesta at the Brava Theatre

December 12, 2016 Jan Etre, Craneway Crafts Fair at the Craneway Pavilion; Faye Carol, “Carolizing Christmas” at the SF Jazz Festival; Sherri Young and Jeffrey Hyche, “Cinderella” at the Herbst Theatre

December 5, 2016 Summerlea Kashar, Cartoon Art Museum; John Fisher, “Equus” at the Eureka Theatre

November 28, 2016 Heklina, “The Golden Girls” at the Victoria Theatre (note: audio difficulties for the 2 minutes); Vonn Scott Bair, Bridgette Portman, and Amanda Lee, “PlayOffs” at Exit Left; Ken Henderson, “Help Is on the Way for the Holidays” at the Marine's Memorial; Katrina Bruton and Aaron Grizzell, SFPL an Black Comix Arts Festival

November 21, 2016 Anita Monga, “A Day of Silents” at the Castro Theatre; Steven Anthony Jones and Yvonne Cobbs, “Soulful Christmas” at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre; Gretchen Feyer, “Beauty and the Beast” at the Berkeley Playhouse; AJ Baker, “Entanglement” at Z Below; James Kopp and John Morrison, “Geeks vs. Zombies” at Pear Theatre

November 14, 2016 Kevin Clarke, Shotgun Theatre's reading series; Paige Clem, Bazaar Café Songwriters Residency; Khary L. Moye, “All Aunt Hagar's Children” at Z Space; Dezi Soléy , “Safe House” at the Aurora Theatre

November 7, 2016 Celia Fushille, Smuin's “The Christmas Ballet”; Lisa Vollendorf and Tandy Beal, “Nutz RE-Mixed” at Hammer Theatre Center; Christopher Coppola, “Hole in the Head” film festival; Will Durst, “Elect to Laugh 2016” at The Marsh; Tom Ammiano, “Mincing Words” at The Marsh; Don Reed, “Nutz RE-Mixed” at The Marsh

Octber 31, 2016 Darlene Popovic, “Weapons of Mass Distraction” at Feinstein's; Don Malcolm, “The French Had a Name for It 3” at the Roxie; Janine Moganam and Eve Ekker, San Francisco Public Library

Octber 24, 2016 Michael Phillis, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” at the Oasis; Nick Ishimaru and Norm Muñoz, “The Red Demon” at Theatre of Yugen

Octber 17, 2016 Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, “Company Town” at the Roxie Theater; Steven Anthony Jones, Skyler Cooper, Cheri Miller, and Adrian Deane, “Every 28 Hours” at PianoFight

Octber 10, 2016 Russell Blackwood, “Shocktoberfest” by the Thrillpeddlers; Deborah Vaughan, “Project Panther” by Dimensions Dance Theatre; Tofu, “Time Travel Photos” at the Glamarama;

Octber 3, 2016 Tim Orr, “The Naked Stage” at the Aurora Theatre; Kelly Sicat, “Romeo and Juliet” at Montalvo Arts Center; Neva Hutchinson, Michael Angelo Gonzalez, and Bruce Bierman, “By the Waters of Babylon” at the Phoenix Theatre

September 26, 2016 Darryl V., “The Brothers Size” at the Eureka Theatre; Eric Paquette, “Odysseo” under the White Big Top in San Jose; Fudgie Frottage, “Drag King Contest” at the Oasis; Janine Moganam and Kate Eppler, San Francisco Public Library

September 19, 2016 Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe and Rotimi Agbabiaka, “Type/Caste” at Brava Theatre; Sara Moore, Circus Center Cabaret at the Clown Conservatory; “Dance Series 101” with Smuin Ballet; Jarrel Phillips, “I Am San Francisco: Black Past and Presence” reception at City College of San Francisco

August 29, 2016 Ronit Widmann-Levy, Oshman Family JCC; Udi Adar, San Francisco Public Library

August 22, 2016 A.J. Baker, 5th Annual New Works Festival, “Women and the Body Politic in 2016” at Thick House; Thomas Robert Simpson, Afro Solo Arts Festival 2016, “Black Matters” at African-American Arts and Culture Complex;

August 15, 2016 Carly Ozard, “More Shift Happens ” at Feinsteins; Marc Capelle and Jordan Glasgow, live music at The Chapel; Joe Louis Walker, live music at Yoshi's in Oakland

August 8, 2016 Ava Roy, “Romeo and Juliet” at Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park; Peaches Christ, “Showgirls: The Musical” at the Victoria Theatre; Samson Koletkar and Abhay Nadkarni, 3rd Annual Zee TV Desi Comedy Fest August 11-21

July 25, 2016 Katie Rubin, “Stand Up & Get Down” at Piano Fight; James Jeske and Mary, San Francisco Public Library; Sean Owens, “Stale Magnolias” at the Oasis

July 18, 2016 Zigaboo Modaliste, The Chapel; Carolina Quintanilla and Melorra Green, “Night Light” at SOMArts; Dan Hoyle, “The Real Americans” at The Marsh Brent Dana, Guitarfish Festival

July 11, 2016 Robin Bradford, “Low-Hanging Fruit” at Z Below; Jarrel Phillips, “I Am San Francisco, Black Past & Presence” at the Rosenberg Library, City College of San Francisco

July 4, 2016 (note: first 5 miniutes missing) Star Finch,“H.O.M.E. (Hookers On Mars Eventually)” at the Strand; Rory Davis & Michael Phillis, “Baloney” at the Oasis; the Kinsey Sicks, “Electile Dysfunction 2016”

June 27, 2016 Richard Lonsdorf, Summer with the Symphony; Velina Brown, “Schooled” by the San Francisco Mime Troupe; Susanne Sakai, Brian Castagne, Donya Drummond, and James Jeske, San Francisco Public Library

June 20, 2016 (note: first 2 miniutes missing) Corey Fischer, “Lightning in the Brain” at The Marsh; Ady Lady, “From P*** to Bliss” at The Marsh; Cate Hayman & Mari Kojima, winners of the Beach Blanket Babylon Scholarship for the Arts

June 13, 2016 Craig Marker, Jason Kapoor, & Barzin Akhavan, “The Invisible Hand” at the Marin Theatre; Peter Stein, Frameline 40 SF LGBTQ Film Festival; Scott Levkoff, “Midwayville” at the SOMA food court; D'Arcy Drollinger and Steven LeMay, “Sex and the City” at the Oasis

June 6, 2016 Irene Roberts, “Carmen” at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House John Walker, “The Empty Nesters” at the Eureka Theatre; Janine Moganam and James Jeske, San Francisco Public Library;

May 23, 2016 Sasha Soprano, “Drag Queens of Comedy” at the Castro; Russell Blackwood, “The Untamed Stage,” “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit,” Creepshow Camp, and Shocktoberfest

May 16, 2016 Anita Monga, San Francisco Silent Film Festival at the Castro (note: due to operator error, there is no audio of this portion); John Fisher, “Present Laughter” at Theatre Rhino; Ava Roy, “Romeo and Juliet” and party with the Capulets

May 2, 2016 Jennifer Kloetzel, “Beethoven in the City” by the Cypress String Quartet; Andrew Young, San Francisco International Arts Festival at Fort Mason; Jason Mecier, “Celebrity Trash” at 111 Minna Gallery; Cindy Goldfield, “The Most Happy Fella” at 42nd Street Moon

April 25, 2016 Kevin Clarke, “Hamlet” by the Shotgun Players; Ruth Nott, SF Opera Education's ARIA Festival; Janine Moganam, Shauna Sherwin, and James Jeske, San Francisco Public Library; music by JJGunn

April 18, 2016 Nancy French and D'Arcy Drollinger, “Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls” at the Oasis; Katie Rubin, “The Heir Apparent” at the Aurora Theatre; Graham Lustig and Nona Brown, “Accapella” with the Oakland Ballet

April 11, 2016 Elkhanah Pulitzer, “Triplets of Belleville” with SF Opera Lab; Lori Holt, “Colette Uncensored” at The Marsh; Marc Capelle, Marc & the Casuals at the Chapel

April 4, 2016 Dyan McBride, “The Boys from Syracuse” at the Eureka Theatre; Alex Rodriguez, “The Addams Family” at the Berkeley Playhouse; Michael Cavanagh, “Svadba-Wedding” at the Traube Atrium; Viera Whye, National Coalition of 100 Black Women's Silicon Valley Jazz Brunch

March 28, 2016 Robert Kelley, “Cyrano”TheatreWorks; Jodi Lomask, “When We Were Small” at Gallery 308 in Fort Mason; James Jeske, San Francisco Public Library anniversary

March 21, 2016 Martha Brigham, “The How and the Why” at the Aurora Theatre; Charlie Varon, “Second Time Around” at The Marsh

March 14, 2016 Tucker Hiatt, Wonderfest; Geananne Walsh, Rick May, and Wayne Goodman, Perfectly Queer Reading Series (note: due to an error, the second interview is not included)

March 7, 2016 Matthew McCoy, “Hair”at the Victoria Theatre; Masashi Niwano, CAAMFest 2916; Daniel Levenstein, “Chamber Music San Francisco presents Sarah Chang” at the Herbst Theatre; Marc Heustis, David Bowie Tribute at the Castro Theatre; Gina Yashere, “Women in Comedy Month” at the Punchline

February 29, 2016 Maureen McVerry, “Love Will Kick Your Ass” at the Oasis; Tanya Barfield, “The Call” at the Eureka Theatre; Kendrell Bowman and Anthony Wayne, “Mighty Real” at the Brava Theatre; James Jeske, Janine Mogannam, and Emmie Chang, San Francisco Public Library

February 22, 2016 Roberta Goodman and Lupe Taylor, Homeless Prenatal Program benefit at Nourse Theatre; Elliot Lavine, “Hollywood before the Code” at the Castro Theatre; Michael Doppe, “ She Loves Me” at the Foothill Theatre; Cheri Note Anderson at Angelica's

February 15, 2016 Rene Capone, ₊The Zebra Boy Chronicles” Brian Adam CcCune, “Green Day's 'Dookie'” at the Fox Theatre; Kendra Barnes, Chris Evans, and David Boyce, Black Choreographers Festival

February 8, 2016 L. Peter Callender and Aejay Mitchell, “The Colored Museum” at the African-American Shakespeare Company; Cheryl L. Davis, Karen Altree Piemme, and Anthony Rollins-Mullens, “Bridges” at the Berkeley Playhouse Jennifer Junkyard, IndieFest in San Francisco

February 1, 2016 Joanna Mahaffy and Louis Campbell, “A Shakespeare Valentine” and “The Harlem Renaissance” at the Gough Street Playhouse; Julie Phelps; “Yellow Towel” at CounterPulse; James Jeske and Leah Hillman, San Francisco Public Library;

January 25, 2016 Loretta Janca and Amy Meyers, Musical Cafe Winter Showcase at PianoFight; Seth Eisen, “Simple Magic: The Art of Remy Charlip and Reclaiming Gay Jewish Ancestry” at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav

January 11, 2016 Mike Gaines, Edwardian Ball at the Regency Theatre; Bill Martinez, Septeto Nacional de Cuba at the Brava Theatre; Stacey Hoffman, “In the Name of Love”

January 4, 2016 Dr. Aliza Norwood, Bridge HIV

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