Update: ISLAND OF NO TOMORROWS

Rehearsals have been going super well for this new piece! The cast is so talented and the creative team is amazing- I'm so excited for our opening on November 2nd!

If you have a few minutes to spare, please watch our Indiegogo Campaign video. A lot of the team is on it and they talk about how important it is to support women in theatre:

http://www.indiegogo.com/TheIslandOfNoTomorrows?c=home


Here's our postcard!!

NOVEMBER 2-18, 2012

INTERART Theatre Development Series and MULTISTAGES
Present
THE ISLAND OF NO TOMORROWS
MultiStages New Works Contest Winner



DARE TO BEHOLD THIS EROTIC QUIXOTIC MUSICAL FANTASIA!

THE ISLAND OF NO TOMORROWS by Fengar Gael is not your traditional musical. The infant Esperanza's mother dies in childbirth, and Esperanza is given an artificial heart but not expected to live. Her father, Don Hilardo, sequesters Esperanza at Villa Leche, his ideal of heaven on earth, filled with a bevy of voluptuous nursing mothers to care for her until the dreaded day arrives. But Esperanza defies the odds in this madcap exploration of sexual subjugation, political oppression, and the challenges of parenting in the electronic age.

Written by Fengar Gael; Directed by Lorca Peress, MultiStages Artistic Director; Original Music by Anika Paris and Nancy Binns Reed; Bruce Baumer, Music Director; Theresa Burns, Choreographer; OBIE Winner Jan Hartley, Projection Design; Mark Richard Caswell and Jessa-Raye Court, Costume Design; Joyce Liao, Lighting Design; Jessica V. Urtecho* Production Stage Manager; Postcard Illustration by Fengar Gael

Cast: Richarda Abrams* Jen Anaya* Debra Cardona* Pedro Carmo, Veronica Cruz* Alexis Lauren Kinney* Lina Sarrello* Alexis Sweeney

* members of AEA; AEA Showcase

TICKETS: www.smarttix.com or call 212-868-4444

Production Dates:
November 2-18, 2012 (Tuesday through Saturday at 8PM; Sunday at 3PM)
No Performances Mondays or Election Day Tues., Nov. 6
Sunday Matinee Talk Backs:
Nov. 4 – “Meet the Artists”
Nov. 8 - Benefit: Reception, Performance and After-Party
Nov. 11 - “Women in Contemporary Theatre,” this matinee performance is a Special Production in collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women 30 Plays Series celebrating its 30th anniversary

Enter the Raffle to Win "THE ISLAND NO TOMORROWS" Original Painting by Fenger Gael!
Details: 36 x 48 inches Signed and Framed
Purchase a $10 raffle ticket at the door for the chance to win this fabulous original artwork. The winner will be announced at the final performance of the show.

This world premiere is a co-production between Women’s Interart Center and MultiStages

CHOREOGRAPHING AGAIN!!

I am so excited to announce that I will be choreographing a brand new play with music called The Island of No Tomorrows, with Lorca Peress' MultiStages theatre company (who I last worked with on Temple of the Souls)!

This piece is written by Fengar Gael and will be directed by Lorca Peress and music directed by Bruce Baumer. We are currently casting and rehearsals start in 2 weeks. Can't wait!!

MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM

I'm super excited to be playing Kate Shelley- an AMAZING  historical figure who saved 200 people's lives by crawling along crumbling train tracks over a raging river, in the middle of the night, during an epic storm- in the Travel Channels Mysteries at the Museum. Here's her amazing story:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Shelley

Check back in a few months for the actual footage. Shooting this was SO much fun and I can't wait to see it.

More good GRIMM Feedback!

Here's a link to another great review!

http://thehappiestmedium.com/2012/08/grimm-a-new-musical-two-sisters-one-necklace-fringe-festival-2012/

Here's the short form/section involving myself:

"...she (Olivia Hartle) teams well with Burns and Cucci who both do a remarkable job embracing both the good as well as the evil with one hundred percent commitment - casting off the vestiges of their previous roles as thoroughly as they do their costumes.  They are both devoted and believable as the dark as well as the light sides of humanity, so when the switch happens it is as if you can see their souls jump from one to the other.  For this to happen in a small theatre is a remarkable feat."

Tomorrow is our last performance- hope to see you there!!!

TEMPLE OF THE SOULS Awarded!!

Wonderful news! Temple of the Souls, the musical I was in at the West End Theatre this past December, has won 4 HOLA Awards for Excellence in Theatre including Outstanding Production!

Here's the link with all of the awards listed:
http://elblogdehola.blogspot.com/2012/08/2012-hola-awards-gala-press-release.html

After working on this piece for 3 years, from its original reading back in 2008, to its recording, and to the first production, I couldn't be happier or more excited!

Temple of the Souls was developed and directed by Lorca Peress of MultiStages, written by Anita Velez-Mitchell, with music by Anika Paris, Dean Landon, and Anita Velez Mitchell.

GRIMM's First Review!

Here's a link to our first review!

http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatrenow/review/fringenyc2012-grimm-a-new-musical

The bit about me (and my "twin" Gina!):

"Our leading ladies, Theresa Burns and Gina Cucci, the true Catherine and the true Angelica —the billing is kind of difficult with all the body-swapping— do a good job of making their characters distinct and both have nice sets of pipes with which to relay the, at times, clumsy morals."

WOW!

Grimm has started to sell out and is one of the first shows in the Fringe Festival to do so! Here's the article:

http://broadwayworld.com/article/FringeNYC-Announces-Sold-Out-Shows-TAIL-SPIN-INDEPENDENTS-and-More-20120803

And here's the link to get your tickets before they're all gone!

http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=G