Ken Bachtold

Ken Bachtold graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. & M.A. in acting and directing and a minor in Art. Passing up a great teaching job and surrendering to the “lure of the big time” he came to New York. After pounding the pavement, as it were, and found it wanting he decided to shape his own destiny and founded “A Company Of Players Repertory Theatre, then producing and directing five plays, including J.M. Barrie’s Dear Brutus. For The Drama Committee he directed several plays including Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and A Woman Of No Importance. He wrote and directed the musical Saloon, based loosely on The Drunkard which opened a brand new dinner theatre in New Jersey and received rave reviews. Being accepted at the BMI Musical Comedy Class he wrote The Facts Of Life. Two other original musicals include, Boo! and Dilemma! He acted in and directed many shows for the Frank Calo’s ongoing Spotlight On Festivals, Inc., including Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. More recently he wrote and directed the gay-themed original play, Starting Over, accepted for the Ninth Annual Fresh Fruit Festival. Always an avid reader, his two year old Kindle currently stores 400 books, mostly MM Romance. Often frustrated at finding exactly the type of story he favored, he thought, what the hell, I should write one. And so he did! It was titled Seeing The Same Blue. Naturally, he was profoundly delighted when it was accepted for publication by Dreamspinner Press. Then, also with Dreamspinner, came Blue Valentine Blues, All By Myself and Mood Indigo. My cup runneth over!!!!!