Jess Martin, Abby Hanna and Amy West joined me on the Town Crier to preview their multi-sensory show offering a fresh perspective to the works of Poe, Shelley, Irving, Dickinson and Ann Rice. Drawing Board Brewery in Florence will host the Incubator Performance and Fundraiser on May 10 at 7PM.

We began our segment with a live in-studio version of Martin’s “Bride of Frankenstein” and finish with “Every Quiet Night” dedicated to Emily Dickinson. In between these live performances we chat about Puppetry with Amy West; they have designed a “crankie” of puppet images to these songs. The trio transform these literary monsters into icons of resistance, complexity and queer power. We discuss “Monsters as Metaphor” with Martin and Hanna. Writers of horror allow readers to explore and understand their deepest fears and anxieties. They represent the unknown, the dangerous and “the other”.

Check out this trio’s immersive genre-defying performance throughout the year but certainly catch their May 10th incubator/fundraiser at Florence’s Drawing Board Brewery.

Details at Jess Martin-Music.com