"Spider Baby the Musical" is going up once again in San Diego, CA!

The rock musical is being reprised as part of "Terror on the 10th", a Halloween event taking place at the 10th Avenue Arts Center.  The show runs Oct. 26-28 and Nov. 2-4.

I joined "Spider Baby" in May of this year, originally as the show's guitar player, then eventually stepping up to the position of Musical Director.  I worked with an incredibly talented and dedicated cast and crew, so it's such a privilege to get to do it all over again.

We're moving the production from the Cabaret Space in the 10th Avenue Arts Center into the main theater, which will give us more room to play with/in.  Enrique Acosta, who adapted the show from the original film and composed the music, has created a crowd-sourcing page for this project, which you can access HERE.  Please check it out and give us some support!

The Jennifer Project front-woman Amy Talaska is starting a new chapter of her life in Portland, OR at the end of August.  We're sad to see her go, but wish her nothing but the best!

The band is playing one last show to send her off at 10:00 pm on Aug. 25 at the Blue Café in Long Beach, CA.  In addition to playing our usual complement of Jennifer Project tunes, we're also busting out some songs we'd been working on under the guise of a 90s cover band called the One-And-Dones.  Unfortunately, we never got to gig out as the cover band, but we're very excited to be performing some of the songs we learned.

What will become of the Jennifer Project after her departure?  That remains to be seen.  Performing is in Amy's blood, and we may yet find ourselves playing the rare set here and there, should she find herself visiting Los Angeles for a stretch of time.  I prefer to think of this not so much as "adieu", but as  more of "until the next time, whenever that may be".

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