Next Guild meeting is Saturday, October 22 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Gate House in Fort Mason. (As you come into the Fort Mason complex, the Gate House is immediately to the right.)

'Tis an October theme. The theme be pirates. Come dressed as one, or bring a puppet and dress it as a pirate, or a parrot, or skull-and-crossbones. Come say, "Aargh" to Janaki Ranpura's "Lovesick Sea Play" at 5:30!

Janaki re-creates the atmosphere of 19th-century Atlantic piracy through shadow puppets, manipulated objects, and the sounds of the audience. Follow Sue as she drowns in pursuit of Billy the Pyrate and then resurfaces as an Island in the Sea. Track Billy as he jumps ship to avoid love and washes ashore a Strange Island pocked with treacherous holes where he finds unexpected treasure. And there's more!

The SFBAPG business meeting will take place before the show, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Items on the agenda are Alan Cook's airline ticket reimbursement, state of groups, and a dramatic reading by the guild president. Who'd want to miss that?