Team Jockamo

Wayne HarrisCo-Creator, Co-Playwright and LyricistWayne Harris is an award-winning solo performer, writer, educator, musician and curriculum innovator that was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He has accumulated an impressive body of work that includes five full-length plays including Mother’s Milk, which ran in San Francisco for 14 weeks, and The Letter: Martin Luther King at the Crossroads, which he was invited by the U.S. State Department to perform in Palestine. Wayne has also been involved with some of the country’s best pageantry groups and has pioneered the implementation of theatrical techniques in Winter Guard and Drum Corps since the 1970’s, winning many awards. Wayne is a teaching artist with Marsh Youth Theater and The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project.

Wayne Harris

Co-Creator, Co-Playwright and Lyricist

Wayne Harris is an award-winning solo performer, writer, educator, musician and curriculum innovator that was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He has accumulated an impressive body of work that includes five full-length plays including Mother’s Milk, which ran in San Francisco for 14 weeks, and The Letter: Martin Luther King at the Crossroads, which he was invited by the U.S. State Department to perform in Palestine. Wayne has also been involved with some of the country’s best pageantry groups and has pioneered the implementation of theatrical techniques in Winter Guard and Drum Corps since the 1970’s, winning many awards. Wayne is a teaching artist with Marsh Youth Theater and The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project.

Maggie WilsonCo-Creator and Co-Playwright Maggie Wilson is a playwright from Cayucos, California that currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Plays of hers have been performed in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City at PianoFight, 3Girls Theatre, The Tank, Co-op Theater East, The Kraine, Cherry Lane and more. Her play From the Bath was just named as a finalist for the Jane Chambers Excellence in Feminist Playwriting Award. In October she, along with playwright Kevin Renn, will have a public reading in NYC of new work in partnership with The Manhattan School of Music, The Gooby Collective and funded through a City Arts Corps Grant. Maggie is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Protagonists Union and The Artist Co-op. See more on her website: www.MaggieWil5on.co

Maggie Wilson

Co-Creator and Co-Playwright
Maggie Wilson is a playwright from Cayucos, California that currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Plays of hers have been performed in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City at PianoFight, 3Girls Theatre, The Tank, Co-op Theater East, The Kraine, Cherry Lane and more. Her play From the Bath was just named as a finalist for the Jane Chambers Excellence in Feminist Playwriting Award. In October she, along with playwright Kevin Renn, will have a public reading in NYC of new work in partnership with The Manhattan School of Music, The Gooby Collective and funded through a City Arts Corps Grant. Maggie is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Protagonists Union and The Artist Co-op. See more on her website: www.MaggieWil5on.co

The following team joined Maggie & Wayne for
The Marsh’s Festival of New Musical Voices performances in October, 2021

David Ford, DirectorDavid Ford has been collaborating on new and unusual theatre for three decades and has been an artist-in-residence at The Marsh for most of that time. The San Francisco press has variously called him “the solo performer maven“, “the monologue maestro”, “the dean of solo performance”, and “the solo performer’s best friend” and a week rarely goes by when residents of the Bay Area can not enjoy one of his productions.

David Ford, Director

David Ford has been collaborating on new and unusual theatre for three decades and has been an artist-in-residence at The Marsh for most of that time. The San Francisco press has variously called him “the solo performer maven“, “the monologue maestro”, “the dean of solo performance”, and “the solo performer’s best friend” and a week rarely goes by when residents of the Bay Area can not enjoy one of his productions.

Frank T Williams, Musical Historian Frank T. Williams, III (Musical Historian) currently serves as the Coordinator of Jazz Education for Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Marcia P. Hoffman Fine Arts Institute. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. degree in Music Education from Florida A & M University and a Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia. Frank Williams was the Band Director at Boca Ciega High School from 1981 until 2011.

Frank T Williams, Musical Historian

Frank T. Williams, III (Musical Historian) currently serves as the Coordinator of Jazz Education for Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Marcia P. Hoffman Fine Arts Institute. Mr. Williams holds a B.S. degree in Music Education from Florida A & M University and a Master of Music degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia. Frank Williams was the Band Director at Boca Ciega High School from 1981 until 2011.

Starring…

Adrian Deane as Charlie DeBlancAdrian Deane is a Berkeley born-and-raised actor. Please see www.AdrianDeane.com for an overload of (her) art history and samels of film, dance, theater and other work, including pre-pandemic productions at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Unholy Trinity (A Lovecraft Tryptic) at The Exit Theater in San Francisco, and Black Comedy at Douglas Morrison Theatre in Hayward. Deane is grateful to Maggie Wilson and Wayne Harris for throwing at her material in Jockamo that’s brought her acting soul back to life in the most beautifully challenging ways.

Adrian Deane as Charlie DeBlanc

Adrian Deane is a Berkeley born-and-raised actor. Please see www.AdrianDeane.com for an overload of (her) art history and samels of film, dance, theater and other work, including pre-pandemic productions at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Unholy Trinity (A Lovecraft Tryptic) at The Exit Theater in San Francisco, and Black Comedy at Douglas Morrison Theatre in Hayward. Deane is grateful to Maggie Wilson and Wayne Harris for throwing at her material in Jockamo that’s brought her acting soul back to life in the most beautifully challenging ways.

Wayne Harris as Tyrone “Shortleg” JohnsonSee above!

Wayne Harris as Tyrone “Shortleg” Johnson

See above!

Tyrone’s studio band aka “some white boys”

Ken Owen, percussionKen Owen is a Bay Area native and has been professionally creating music since the late 70’s. Ken served as musical co-director for The Rick Slyter Band for more than 20 years through the 80’s and 90’s and later became part of the award winning country-jazz quartet The Ten Gallon Cats featuring guitarist Jim Campilongo that toured with folk legend Peter Rowan. Recently Ken has shared the stage with such luminaries as Emmy Lou Harris, Peter Rowan, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller and more.

Ken Owen, percussion

Ken Owen is a Bay Area native and has been professionally creating music since the late 70’s. Ken served as musical co-director for The Rick Slyter Band for more than 20 years through the 80’s and 90’s and later became part of the award winning country-jazz quartet The Ten Gallon Cats featuring guitarist Jim Campilongo that toured with folk legend Peter Rowan. Recently Ken has shared the stage with such luminaries as Emmy Lou Harris, Peter Rowan, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller and more.

Robbie MacGregor, Guitar & Musical DirectorRobbie MacGregor Soper studied jazz and composition at the Berklee College of Music. Moving to the Bay Area in the late 70’s, he has been played in local clubs as a solo act, leader, writer/arranger and accompanist in genres ranging from jazz to funk, R & B and blues to improv trance. As a headliner or a sideman he has appeared in many of the great area venues including Lou’s, Kimball’s, the Sweetwater, Yoshi’s and the Great American Music Hall.

Robbie MacGregor, Guitar & Musical Director

Robbie MacGregor Soper studied jazz and composition at the Berklee College of Music. Moving to the Bay Area in the late 70’s, he has been played in local clubs as a solo act, leader, writer/arranger and accompanist in genres ranging from jazz to funk, R & B and blues to improv trance. As a headliner or a sideman he has appeared in many of the great area venues including Lou’s, Kimball’s, the Sweetwater, Yoshi’s and the Great American Music Hall.

Jordan Feinstein, keyboardJordan Feinstein is one of SF’s go-to Keyboard player – (pre-pandemic) he was a regular in 30 or so bands as well as leading his own: Jordan and the RituaL. He regularly plays with La Gente, Matt Hartle, Lebo, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel and has recently played with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. Jordan is the Band Leader and Musical Director for A Real Purpose – an SF based Charity organization that helps through music and education.

Jordan Feinstein, keyboard

Jordan Feinstein is one of SF’s go-to Keyboard player – (pre-pandemic) he was a regular in 30 or so bands as well as leading his own: Jordan and the RituaL. He regularly plays with La Gente, Matt Hartle, Lebo, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel and has recently played with Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead. Jordan is the Band Leader and Musical Director for A Real Purpose – an SF based Charity organization that helps through music and education.

Behind the scenes!

Candace Johnson, vocal coachPraised by Opera Wire for her vocal clarity, dramatic presence, and expressive interpretation, soprano Candace Johnson has concertized at Carnegie Hall, The Manhattan Center and more. In 2018, Johnson premiered her one-woman show, VOX in a BOX at UC Berkeley, followed by “Marsh Rising”. The show is a musical biography of how she fused her black music heritage and classical training to find her “voice”. A professor at UC Berkeley, Johnson specializes in the research and performance of classical works by African-American composers.

Candace Johnson, vocal coach

Praised by Opera Wire for her vocal clarity, dramatic presence, and expressive interpretation, soprano Candace Johnson has concertized at Carnegie Hall, The Manhattan Center and more. In 2018, Johnson premiered her one-woman show, VOX in a BOX at UC Berkeley, followed by “Marsh Rising”. The show is a musical biography of how she fused her black music heritage and classical training to find her “voice”. A professor at UC Berkeley, Johnson specializes in the research and performance of classical works by African-American composers.

Em Woods, Production AssistantEm Woods is so excited to see how Jockamo has grown after stage managing the workshop production in June 2021. They now act as a production assistant in further development. Performing since age five, they have a deep love of all aspects of theatre, onstage and off. They assisted Wayne Harris in putting on many showcases for Marsh Youth Theater and are eager to work with him again, now with an amazing creative team. They're honored to be a part of such an impactful and captivating show.

Em Woods, Production Assistant

Em Woods is so excited to see how Jockamo has grown after stage managing the workshop production in June 2021. They now act as a production assistant in further development. Performing since age five, they have a deep love of all aspects of theatre, onstage and off. They assisted Wayne Harris in putting on many showcases for Marsh Youth Theater and are eager to work with him again, now with an amazing creative team. They're honored to be a part of such an impactful and captivating show.

Christian Figueroa, workshop filmmaker

Christian Figueroa, workshop filmmaker

Dianne Woods, photographer and marketing support

Dianne Woods, photographer and marketing support

Special shoutouts!

Estefanía Fadul - Script Consulting

David Hirata - Workshop COVID Officer

The Marsh’s Performance Musical Workshop: Candace, Stephanie, Kathryn

The Marsh

Thank you Creative Costuming for supplying part of our set!

Thank you Creative Costuming for supplying part of our set!