Twin Peaks Tribute at SFSketchfest (January 13, 2018)

To say that this day of Twin Peaks celebration was mystically wonderful doesn’t quite do it justice. This particular panel of cast members was truly exceptional.

Left to right : Moderator James Roday, Ray Wise, Sherilyn Fenn, Dana Ashbrook, Madchen Amick, James Marshall, Kimmy Robertson, Harry Goaz, Michael Horse, Amy Shiels, moi, Josh Fadem – Wow!

The panel took place in the beautiful Castro Theater in San Francisco –

Of course we had to take selfies

After the afternoon panel there was an “autograph event” where VIPs came to have Twin Peaks memorabilia signed.

After the VIP event we got ready for the evenings festivities…

This ended up being a very special event with a great house band at a hot San Francisco venue called The Chapel (that used to be a church and later a mortuary).

Some highlights of the concert from the house band were a covers of “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart”, “Pink Room”, and “The Nightingale”.

The audience knew there would be surprise guests, but you can imagine the delight when Michael, Kimmy and Harry came out to introduce Ray Wise singing “Mairzy Doats” in handcuffs…

and the absolute wonder when Amy Shiels came out to introduce Sherilyn Fenn to do Audrey’s Dance(and dance contest!) with the band…

And our handsome James killed it singing and playing guitar on “Just You”

I had the great honor to sing the haunting Jimmy Scott written by David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti “Sycamore Trees”

[To see a bootleg video of this performance on YouTube go here] 

This was one for the books. I had the opportunity to form deeper bonds to cast members I had not been able to spend much time with on set. Many of us had attended Twin Peaks parties together but this was an opportunity to spend quality time that other parties don’t always afford. I’m so grateful to SFSketchfest for having me. I made many precious memories.

I’ll See You In The Trees,