Chris Wells and Jeremy Bass: Story Songs
Obie Award winner Chris Wells and longtime collaborator Jeremy Bass perform an evening of original songs that are theatrical, wild, funny and filled with human tenderness. Their subjects range from NYC character studies to one-night stands, a harrowing run-in with an old friend, to the first night of summer camp. The pair are behind the cult-hit musical, Olsen Terror, and part of the downtown church of art, The Secret City.
CHRIS WELLS is an Obie award-winning performer, writer, teacher and arts activist who makes theater, community celebrations, songs and stories. He’s the founder and producing artistic director of the much-lauded artchurch, The Secret City. He lives in Woodstock, NY, with his husband, the painter Robert Lucy. Wells just finished his first novel, Je Suis Fatty Gay.
JEREMY BASS is a guitarist, songwriter, and poet based in Woodstock, NY. His poems and songs have won the John Lennon Award for Best Jazz Song and the UK Songwriting Contest Mozart Award. Since 2006 he has been the bandleader and Music Director for The Secret City. His latest album, Cabin Songs, comes out March 2026 on Adhyâropa Records.
“A bit of razzle dazzle to chase away the gloom.” – NY Times
“Orson Welles telling David Sedaris stories in a Taylor Mac Show.” – American Theater Magazine
“Hilarious and heartwarming.” – Broadway World
“Best of Off Off Broadway Theater in NYC.” – Time Out NY
$30 Byrdcliffe members
$35 Not-yet-members