DANNY

"Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. " - Hamlet, Act V, scene ii

A great light has gone out in the world. Danny Peterson, actor and founding member of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, died of a heart attack on Tuesday.

We are all in shock.

Danny was a lovely man. He was kind and generous. When I first moved to Boise, he was one of the first people who kind of 'took me in'. One of my first friends, here. We would get together about once every couple of weeks to listen to our favorite vinyl records... Firesign Theatre, Harry Nilsson, Warren Zevon, and of course, Danny's favorite, The Beach Boys.

A few years back, Danny and I went to Stitch Marker's house to record a Pretty Youth album. Danny came with a tenor ukulele and three children's 'taptone' zylophones. He also brought a great idea for a song: "I'm a Walkin' Antenna and She's Pickin' Up My Radio Waves". We all wrote it together and it was fantastic.

Danny and I designed two theatrical productions together, for The College of Idaho. "Lysistrata" and "The Madwoman of Chaillot". Both equally weird and fun.

Danny and I also went golfing together. I'm terrible at it. He was fair. He admitted to being a very avid golfer at one time but gave it up to build his famous treehouse. We would cruise out to Warm Springs (a very forgiving course) grab a cart and coffee and give it our best shot for a few hours. We'd grab hot dogs in between 9's.

I'll miss Danny every day. He was a light in the face of darkness and a smile in the face of adversity. I am honored to have known him.