JUDY BARRAT

Sat., Nov. 8.  JUDY BARRAT presents “Ooh, ooh, ooh,  have I got stories for you…and some poems, too!”   Nearly forty years ago, Andrea Marcovicci surprised and delighted Gardenia audiences by introducing readings from poets Edna St. Vincent Millay and Dorothy Parker into a musical cabaret act—forcing Tom Rolla to eat virtual crow (and maybe even humble pie) after predicting emphatically that “that’ll never work!,” then having to acknowledge how affecting the spoken word can be.

Judy Barrat is a poet and writer of creative fiction (and non-fiction,) who has performed and been featured at many spoken word venues around Los Angeles, including The Cobalt Café, Beyond Baroque, Story, Salon, Expressions, and others.  Her stories and poems have been published in magazines, anthologies, and in on-line journals…but she likes nothing more than alloying her creations with instrumental and vocal accompaniment, (which she has done spectacularly at The Gardenia over the years,) and she never fails to impress Gardenia audiences with her talents.  Bob Remstein supplies musical accompaniment, and Jody Jaress guests.  Ms Barrat’s work, The Oak Tree Diaries and Other Stories, is available at Amazon.com.