Bittersweet Arts Co.

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

Last night's event, Scary Stories to Tell in The Park, definitely did not go as planned or expected. The weather was not on our side, although it seemed like the rain was going to spare us, the wind created unsafe conditions on the beach. We were about to cancel when two lovely people offered to open their home for us. Thank you, Jimmy Brereton and Leah Goudy, for hosting such a strange and spooky night in your home!

A huge shoutout to all the company members and artistic collaborators who worked to put on this show (Bo Kinney, Freddy-May AbiSamra, Ted Dayton, Alex Serious Fortune, Kendall Kaminsky, Addison Lewis, Jessica Smoot, Rachael Everson). Thanks to Mary Elizabeth Lumley for capturing video and photos which we'll be able to release soon. Thanks to everyone who shared their own scary stories, and thank you to everyone who came!!

Happy Spoooooooooooookoween!

Get to know Stranger on the River cast member, Alicia Kraft, who is playing the Snake! 🐍

tell us about yourself:
I am Alicia Kraft.
I am from the San Francisco Bay Area.
I am a graduate of Columbia College Chicago.
I fancy myself an actor and have definitely acted before.
Some of the most recent times I I have acted have been in shows including As You Like It, Love and Information, and Dog Sees God.
I am 5’7” and very excited.

what's your favorite memory in nature?
The nature memory I hold most dear is lying on a bridge over a river in the moonlight in the mountains, stargazing and snuggling and laughing with my sweet brothers and my best good childhood friends in the summertime in California.

what animal do you connect to?
The animal I connect to the most is the redwood tree, which is not an animal, but it is alive and it is sturdy and strong and old and wise and it feels like history and it smells like Home. 🌲🍃🌲🍃