How can it be five years since Beloved Uncle Ken passed away. I remember BUK , everyday when I look at his oil painting of St. Ignatius Church on the wall above my TV. 

BUK influence me in many ways, in appreciation of the arts and especially humor. We had such fun together. He would make up stuff and I would laugh.

When Kenny and I went to Europe in ‘78 he made up Barbara e Sandra. Barbara was “tres Chic “and wore  “a  Jacketta Mao”.

Recently, I heard my grown up son ask his girlfriend to retrieve his”Jacketta Mao” from the car. BUK lives on !

Love to all

Ken was such a huge part of my early life and likewise in recent years before his passing. Always loved by so many of us and remembered by each of us ever so fondly with so many wonderful memories!

It is time to listen to one of our shows!! Hard to believe I have four of them on my phone! Never could have imagined that in the mid 60’s!!

I sewed the costumes for Mr. B’s plays in the late 60”s. I went to Mercy HS and SF City college.

He taught me how to work with a very talented man who was busy with many activities. 

Ken was such a huge part of my early life and likewise in recent years before his passing. 

He is always remembered by each of us ever so fondly with so many wonderful memories!

It is time to listen to one of our shows!! Hard to believe I have four of them on my phone! Never could have imagined that technology in the 60’s!!

Mr. B’s spirit lives on in all of us!!

SIXTY years for me and so many memories are still as vivid and fresh as though they were yesterday. Remembering MR B as we all respectfully and lovingly called him gives a deep meaning to the word SPECIAL! Truly gifted on so many levels, he is deeply missed and I think of him so frequently…like show people - the production never stops in memory!💕 it’s there to see over and over - his lasting gift to us! 💕 

So thankful for Sue McQuirk for “finding” me and putting Ken back in my life for his last six or so years…truly so SPECIAL, words cannot describe…

And my heart is constantly warmed seeing the Oliver Ice Bucket - with tongs - and book  on my display shelf every day - thank you Chris Peeples for procuring it back in 1966 and to Eric Halsing for passing it on to me in Ken’s memory at his memorial. Forever cherished!❤️ 

SHOW TIME IN HEAVEN -  I think we’ll have a larger theatre so tickets should not be an issue. More room for makeup, costumes and upgraded lighting! Stage crew will have an unlimited budget! Will check if cast parties will be allowed! 

Memories pressed between the pages of our lives💕

What fun we all had with dearest Mr. Barbieri and how sorry I was to hear he has left us.

"Oliver!", "QUACK!", "West Side Story" at Riordan.  I was cast as Maria and remember struggling when rehearsing "I Feel Pretty", telling him I should have been cast as Anita. I felt "silly, oh so silly". I remember Ken taking me e aside and telling me "Your challenge is you are more like Maria than you'd like to admit."  He was right, of course.  I was a square little ingenue, masquerading in false eyelashes and a black leather jacket.  He was excellent at casting - seeing the potential beneath the surface.  The girl who played Anita was wonderful.  

In around 1976  we resurrected "QUACK"  in a mortuary somewhere in the Mission District (!?!) Ken had reinterpreted Moliere's "The Doctor In Spite of Himself" with music by Cole Porter and the chorus were all dressed as clowns.  There was a big pie-in-the-face finale with whip cream pies being thrown at one another by the ensemble as we all sang "Be a Clown".

And of course there was an unforgettable production of "Candide" in the theater up at USF.  Positively stellar cast with Ken as Dr. Pangloss and Bernstein's astonishing complex score performed on a snare drum, piano and kazoo, as I recall, as we didn't have a budget for a full orchestra.

Ken was wonderful in the show! It was the only time I'd seen him tread the boards. 

I loved and admired that man - so talented, such a wicked sense of mischief and wonderful wit. 

He set me on a course that has brought me such joy, working with a British professional company in Hong Kong in the early '80's and then running my own small theater company here after that. 

 I used to see him every time I came back to the Bay Area for a family visit.  On one trip we went together to watch a production of "Greater Tuna" downtown so that we could talk with the actors backstage and learn how the costumes were rigged for quick-change.  I was in a production of the show in Hong Kong and who else would I want to go to investigate props and costumes with rather than Ken??? 

Apologies for taking up so much space here. I am overwhelmed with happy memories.  

 How fortunate we all were to have had him to guide us during our "salad days". 

 Belated condolences sent to his family.  Thank you for sharing him with us.