Only in S.F.: DIY Queer Opera

By Siouxsie Q Wednesday, Mar 11, 2015

It was just after sunset when I arrived at Jay Very’s cozy East Oakland apartment filled with succulent plants and oil paintings of goats, devils, and mermaids. I was offered a cup of tea and told that sushi was on the way, along with the rest of the cast. That night was the first read-through of WildCardXFaust, a queer rock opera co-produced by Very, his partner Apaulo Hart, and burlesque-inspired performance artist Fabienne Delacroix.

The three of them had been meeting here for months, shaping the production that…