Travis Edward Pike:  My Career in Brief
“How do you get to be one of America's greatest living storytellers?  Imagine 40 years of romance and high adventure!  For 40 years, I've been doing just that — imagining fabulous stories of romance and high adventure to be read, told, seen and sung.”
— Travis Edward Pike, Otherworld Cottage, January 1999
This is an official overview of the career of the independent scholar, singer, songwriter, artist, author, lyricist, poet, composer, performer, producer, director, former executive vice president of the Alameda Writers Group and now managing director of the New Playwrights Foundation.  Read excerpts from his finest works.  Compare the reality to the legend.  Learn what wonders lie in store for this new millenium!
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Performance:  The Early Years

The chronicle of the development of the independent scholar, artist, singer, songwriter and poet and his adventures performing in the US and abroad.  These are the roots of Travis Edward Pike's tradition, running deep and strong throughout his early career, the people and events that shaped his future.  Click on the PHOTO to continue.

Production:  The Middle Ages

The saga continues, with the emphasis shifting from performance to production, from singer-songwriter to writer, producer, director, composer, lyricist and poet.  Screenwriting, producing and directing were less career decisions than obvious outlets for this uniquely talented storyteller.  Explore the influences and experiences that led to the founding of Otherworld Entertainment, its first (and last) completed production, “GRUMPUSS.”  Click on the PHOTO to continue.

Development:  The Future at Present

This is where you can visit the new (2005) feature length, non-fiction comedy, "VOLUNTEERS FOR VERDI" pages.  Or explore “ODD TALES & WONDERS.”  Or visit websites for Travis' musical fantasy, “MORNINGSTONE,” and his five-part Arthurian saga, “LONG-GRIN.”  An illustrated book version of "GRUMPUSS" remains a possiblity and Travis is writing the stage play and screenplay, so that particular saga goes on.  To preview all these properties in development, click on the ILLUSTRATION!