HUDSON THEATRE WORKS PRESENTS A READING OF
STARRING ELIZABETH, THE MUSICAL
BY JOANNE HOERSCH (BOOK & LYRICS)
DONALD STARK (MUSIC)
part of our PLAYWORKS SERIES OF NEW PLAY READINGS
WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 16 @7:30PM
WHERE: AT THE HISTORIC WEEHAWKEN WATER TOWER
In 2010, at the height of the recession, Carthage Financial, a prestigious Wall St. accounting firm, begins a series of layoffs and cutbacks, all supposedly done for the greater cause of saving the firm from financial ruin. But when a standard issue desk chair turns out to be a cardboard box, and the most recent hire is a blow-up doll named Charlotte, Elizabeth Bailen, the manager of the IT department, begins to wonder what hidden motives are actually driving this new reality. As the situation deteriorates, as loyalties break down and belief systems crumble, she realizes that cosmic forces and new life forms are emerging from the ruins. With Vincent Sagona, Cathy Gale, Wendy Tiburcio, Ryan Scott, Deb Bernstein, Gayle Humphries and Clifton Lewis. Joanne Hoersch is a recipient of a 2012 grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts for her first play, Jackson is Gone, which was produced by Hudson Theatre Works last fall. NJ Stages said "Hoersch has a unique voice and presents an intriguing premise that makes for an evening apt to spark conversation." Her plays have been selected for a round table readings at the Lark Theatre and her play Bunnies was read at last year's PlayWorks series. Prior to becoming a playwright, she was a fiction writer. She received a Woolrich fellowship for fiction from Columbia University, was a semi-finalist in the Heekin Foundation's national short story contest, and was a 1998 grantee from the NJ State Council on the Arts for her short story, "Josie Going Places." She is currently working on a new play about the Romantic poet Percy Shelley. | | Donald Stark composes music for stage, film, and radio, and designs sound for theater. He is resident music director/sound designer for Hudson Theatre Works, where he recently designed sound for A Steady Rain and Joanne Hoersch's Jackson Is Gone. Donald has also recently served as music director/sound designer for Garage Theatre Group's Every Christmas Story, Ubu Roi, Enron, and John Guare's Landscape of the Body. Donald has also designed sound for HTW's main stage productions, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Of Mice and Men, LaBute's Bash, & Michael Folie's 3 Men. The previous season, Donald composed music for the Fringe Festival premier of Dragon's Breath. He is currently penning tunes for the musical Dragon Empress of China. In the world of film, Donald recently completed the score for One State Films' Passions of Miss Augusta. www.donaldstark.com. FINAL WEEK! THE NEW JERSEY PREMIERE OF A STEADY RAIN BY KEITH HUFF WHEN: MAY 19 - 22 THURSDAY - SATURDAY @8:00PM SUNDAY @7:00PM WHERE: THE HISTORIC WEEHAWKEN WATER TOWER (VERY LIMITED SEATING) BOOK NOW WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM | |