Sunday, September 5 at 6pm: Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom St, San Francisco CA 94103 (with Bill Rupell)

Thursday, October 14 at 6pm: Gay And Lesbian Artists present Billy’s Showcase, Billy DeFrank Community Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose 95126

Pictured are Michael Navarra as Valentine, Jeremy Vick as Speed, Emily Jordan as Sylvia, Gary Martinez as the Duke and Alex Moggridge as Proteus.

The Dark Sister by Vonn Scott Bair, directed by Aine Donnelly. Sonoma County, 1875. The dark-haired Moira Bannon fights her fair sister Mary for the love of James London, who loves Moira but who is contractually bound to marry the younger sister. The tensions between the sisters grow until Moira, in a crime of passion, drowns her sister in the river. She gets away with the murder and will now marry James. But if Mary is dead, then who–or what–is that young woman staring at Moira through the kitchen window? Adapted from and English 17th Century folk tale, The Dark Sister is Bair’s newest play and his first good old-fashioned ghost story.

Also, on May 18 I’ll be doing a staged reading of a new play called The Dark Sister at Playwrights Center SF. Details to follow…

Set list included my songs, “Election Day,” “Chasing Hurricanes,” “Honesty Gets Me In Trouble,” “Bartholomew,” “Valley of Heart’s Delight,” “Thick of It All,” two old ones, “Gypsy Roses” and “Azusa,” and two new songs, “Here’s The Thing” and “Poor Drifter.” The audience liked the new ones, so I think they’re keepers!

I love doing theatre for audiences in this age group. Many of them are experiencing live theatre for the first time. Judging by the laughter and enthusiasm we’ve heard during the show, it’s a big hit.What I love particularly about this show is getting to play my guitar again onstage during The Owl and the Pussycat. I even composed the music for this song and wrote some music for the sound design of the play.