Sausalito director helps bring renowned circus show to life

Stefan Haves, of Sausalito, is a guest writer and director for The Soiled Dove, an immersive dinner theater experience set in San Francisco in the 1890s. The show, created by Mike and Shannon Gaines and produced by the Vau de Vire Society, continues on Saturday and Nov. 6 and 7 under the Tortona Big Top at the Radium Runway at 2151 Ferry Point in Alameda. The show features legendary folk singer Joan Baez in a role created specifically for her. Haves’ credits include six Cirque du Soleil productions and collaborations with Teatro ZinZanni, Katy Perry and the Blue Man Group. This is his third collaboration with the Vau de Vire Society. Sausalito resident Stefan Haves, right, pictured with Joan Baez and Frank Ferrante. (Courtesy of Stefan Haves) “ The Soiled Dove is unlike anything else I’ve ever worked on,” Haves said in a press release. “Mike and Shannon Gaines have created an extraordinary world where circus, theater, music, comedy and fine dining come together in the most unexpecte