On Saturday, April 25 at 7:30pm, The Dance Hall in Kittery will present the next in the Desert Island Live! series. Featuring Stu Dias (Soggy Po Boys, Mother Superior and the Sliding Royals, Shango), with an impressive ensemble of local musicians and dancers, Desert Island Live! will celebrate the music of Tom Waits by performing two of his studio albums in their entirety.

Waits’ 1985 album “Rain Dogs” is an incredibly diverse collection of songs, with influences ranging from Kurt Weil to New Orleans brass bands, proving he can comfortably write for almost any genre and capture any sound he wants. It is a favorite among Tom Waits fans.

The hauntingly beautiful 2002 release “Alice” is a fever dream loosely based on the Lewis Carroll stories and comprises many pieces from a collaboration with Anton Wilson on a theatrical production of the same name. It is a heartbreakingly gorgeous record.

The orchestra amassed for the evening includes:

Stu Dias - vocals

Jonny Peiffer - arranger, percussion, keys

Mike Effenberger - arranger, organ, accordion, keys

Eric Klaxton - arranger, alto sax

Jon McCormack - guitar

Nick Phaneuf - guitar

Steve Roy - bass

Eric von Oeyen - drums

Nihco Gallo - mallets, percussion

Zach Lange - trumpet

Claude Fried - trombone and various low brass

Matt Langley - saxes and bass clarinet

Emily Bowes - violin

Taylor Blenkenship - viola

Lucy Fillery-Murphy - cello

Nate Moyer & Elyssa Bigos - dance

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and can be purchased at www.thedancehallkittery.org and at www.brownpapertickets.com.