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Taylor Mac wears a colorful costume smiles while pianist Matt Ray plays beside them.
Mondavi Center Presents
Taylor Mac & Matt Ray
An Evening from the Queer Songbook
Vanderhoef Studio Theatre

MacArthur Award–winning icon Taylor Mac reunites with Obie Award–winning composer Matt Ray, “the musical nexus of New York’s alt-cabaret scene” (The New York Times), for an evening that invites reflection on queer lineage and futures. 

Following their much-heralded durational performance A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Mac and Ray come together to celebrate the release of Bark of Millions, an original, illustrated songbook. Electrifying, provocative and disarming, this duet evening is an open call to community and celebration. In Mac’s own words, “If you’re not invited to the party, throw a better one.”  

"If you’re not invited to the party, throw a better one.” 

Taylor Mac   

The Bark of Millions book will be published by Black Dog & Leventhal in Fall 2026 and is available for preorder wherever you purchase books. 

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The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund

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