AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborate every 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal!
Are you ready for a jam packed show full of storytelling, life advice, laughter, and tears? Well, Geneva Norman will bring it to you.
Geneva is a Chicago-based storyteller and has been a student and actor at The Goodman Theatre, 2nd Story, Free Street Theater, About Face Theatre, The Looking Glass Theatre, and many others. The Goodman Theatre recruited her to be in their first cohort of storyteller teaching artists. She is also a vocalist, songwriter, musician, and music arranger. She has performed throughout Europe, including, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Poland, France, Spain, etc. She has performed with musicians along the west coast of Africa, traveling south along the Atlantic coast to South Africa, and in 47 of the 50 United States. She wrote the locally popular “Obama Vote Song” in 2007. She is the lead vocalist of the Geneva Convention Band and the G2 band. She has arranged many pieces of work throughout her career and is currently the creator and executive producer/director of “The Aretha Project- Chicago Tour”. Geneva comes from a musical family, notably the late Betty Wright, John Legend, and Kool and the Gang.
In her professional life, Geneva has served in progressive roles in clinical healthcare as a nurse, a nurse practitioner, and as a physician. She has survived her own serious health care issues and been a caregiver within her own family. She studied with Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, who developed the theory of the five stages of grief. At Northwestern University, Geneva serves as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion vice chair for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She is also a proud mother and grandmother.
Geneva told the story of how she, an upper middle class, non-user of recreational drugs, became a pharmaceutical product development chemist/chef for her unsuspecting, streetwise husband.
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