Rutka's Diary
Musical with composers Jocelyn MacKenzie and Jeremy Lloyd-Styles (of Pearl and the Beard)
Dramaturg Ken Cerniglia
Commissioned by David Schwartz and Amy Langer
A musical about Jewish resistance. An epic folk-rock adaptation of the diary of fourteen year old Rutka Laskier, a Jewish girl growing up in Bedzin, Poland during World War 2.
[2023] Work-in-Progress showing at New York Library for the Performing Arts (dir. Wendy Goldberg)
Duet
Bea and Ruby have been best friends for thirty years. They have shaped eachothers’ lives and defined each others’ personalities. But when push comes to shove, who decides whose definition is definitive? Set on one wild New Year’s Eve but ricocheting across decades, Duet asks how we can tell hard truth from awesome insult, legit nostalgia from wishful thinking, actual memory from really good story. A shape-shifting tour de force for two actresses (and one actor.)
(2W, 1M)
Development History
This play is in the shop for revisions...
[2015] Honorable Mention, the Kilroys' List
[2014] P73 reading (dir. Lee Sunday Evans)
[2014] P73 Space grant (dir. Lila Neugebauer)
[2013] Closed workshop at New York Stage and Film (dir. Lila Neugebauer)
Musical with composers Jocelyn MacKenzie and Jeremy Lloyd-Styles (of Pearl and the Beard)
Dramaturg Ken Cerniglia
Commissioned by David Schwartz and Amy Langer
A musical about Jewish resistance. An epic folk-rock adaptation of the diary of fourteen year old Rutka Laskier, a Jewish girl growing up in Bedzin, Poland during World War 2.
[2023] Work-in-Progress showing at New York Library for the Performing Arts (dir. Wendy Goldberg)
Duet
Bea and Ruby have been best friends for thirty years. They have shaped eachothers’ lives and defined each others’ personalities. But when push comes to shove, who decides whose definition is definitive? Set on one wild New Year’s Eve but ricocheting across decades, Duet asks how we can tell hard truth from awesome insult, legit nostalgia from wishful thinking, actual memory from really good story. A shape-shifting tour de force for two actresses (and one actor.)
(2W, 1M)
Development History
This play is in the shop for revisions...
[2015] Honorable Mention, the Kilroys' List
[2014] P73 reading (dir. Lee Sunday Evans)
[2014] P73 Space grant (dir. Lila Neugebauer)
[2013] Closed workshop at New York Stage and Film (dir. Lila Neugebauer)