Tidepools
The story of one woman’s journey swimming in and out of the flotsam and jetsam of life. This hour-long performance takes the audience for a ride in the waves with the story of finding and living love only to be caught in an undertow of loss and grief that eventually drifts back onto the shore in a tidepool of realized joy.
This hour-long solo show was first presented at the Fillet of Solo Story Festival in Chicago, January 2023. We are now taking Tidepools on the road and hope to be part of your Fringe Festival season.
*Performance can also include talk back and a Workshop on creating personal narrative stories. Click here to learn about workshops.
“Tidepools is a solo show that is rich in heart and spirit. It’s a love story about being reshaped, reoriented and transformed. Francesca is a beautiful writer and performer who knows how to captivate an audience”
Every wave comes with a memory, a longing, churning into another memory, another dream. Standing at the water I can’t tell the difference between then or now…
In between dread and fear there can lay jewels of delight.
Joy is what brought Pep and I together; Joy is what will feed me in his absence.
FRANCESCA SOBRER
Storyteller, writer, teacher, actor and director, Francesca enjoys working with actors and other storytellers to help them develop the story they want to tell. She has been published in Chicago Storytellers Press, from Stage to Page, True Stories About Love and recently was co-editor with Liminal Publishing, A POET'S TAROT by Josep Miquel Sobrer. (Now available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon) A multi MothStorySLAM winner, Sobrer has won story slams in Chicago, Brooklyn and Milwaukee. Other favorite Chicago storytelling venues include Back Yard Story, This Much is True, Soul Serenade, First Person Live, BackRoom and Homewood Stories.
SUE CLEMENT
Director Sue Clement has directed plays and original pieces largely at the University level, and for the Fringe Festival, and Freehold Theater in Seattle. She is most at home working on new scripts and self-scripted pieces with ensembles. After working on a few productions back in their Smith College days, Sue is thrilled to reunite with Francesca on Tidepools.
Production Requirements
The basic requirements for performance are minimal. This is a rather intimate piece so well-suited to a small space. While performing in a theatre is always optimal, it is not a requirement. The story can adjust to the shape of the space, proscenium, thrust, and so on. Having said that, the ideal:
Stage dimensions
The dimension of the space should be a minimum of 10x14feet in dimension.
Lighting
Ideally there should be lighting to delineate three areas of the stage: center stage, downstage left and upstage right. Colors would be optimal, but not required.
Sound
There are music cues and sound effects. We will need a sound system to amplify. If the space requires vocal amplification, we have a remote microphone but will need to connect to your system. We have a USB with all sound cues.
Props
A bar height stool, a side table for a book and water bottle to sit, and ideally, a small rug (To define space.)
Staffing needs
Stage manager that can operate a light and sound board and run the show.
Marketing
We can provide the necessary marketing materials.