An updated version of Blue Jay Singing in the Dead of Night was presented on Aug. 2021 as an online reading through the University of California at Santa Barbara Theatre and Dance Dept. with the following key cast:

JAY JARRELL: Irwin Appel
ALESSA STORM: Jane Hajduk
DAN "THE MAN" RIVERS: Peter VanNorden

Rest of the cast were juniors and seniors in the BFA Theatre program at UCSB.