With synopsis and archival footage and photography, this short video is a preview for theatre producers for two one-acts. My aim is for these two jazz plays, exploring the legacy of legend Chet Baker in 1955 and 1959, to be excitedly received by knowing eyes, and produced at a 50-99 seat theatre for its first run, opening up at a bigger venue thereafter.

Stephen Delbos, poet laureate of Plymouth Massachusetts and professor of English at Charles University in Prague, wrote "Chetty's Lullaby", and we presented it at the legendary San Francisco venue Viracocha, and then moved it down the street to StageWerx, running from 2012-2015. He and I prepared 'Sittin' Pretty' for the 2018 Paris Fringe Festival, and Delbos has now expanded the play to a cast of six.

Barry Eitel, a recent graduate in playwriting from NYU's Tisch, wrote "The Cool" which we took to NYC in 2015. He then wrote an entirely different play but retained the name, and we mounted it at Viracocha (then called Amado's), in San Francisco, in 2017. Chet Baker's legacy is ripe for scrutiny and the live element of professional musicians makes these plays really special for audiences.