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MULTISTAGES 2009 NEW WORKS CONTEST RESULTS
MultiStages is very excited to announce the results of its 2009 New Works Contest >>>.
2009 New Works Finalists:
Ain't Ethiopia by Michael Bettencourt
Empire of the Trees by Adam Kraar
Dancing with Abandon by Karen Hartman and Phil Lebovits
2009 New Works Winner:
Hell and High Water: Or Sixteen Lessons for When the Sky Falls
by Jamuna Yvette Sirker
We thank all the exceptional writers who submitted their work to us, and Congratulate the winner and finalists.
The New Works Finalist Festival will be presented in October (details to be posted soon), and the winner will be produced in New York City in Spring 2010.
The next New Works Contest guidelines will be posted in 2010, and we will begin accepting submissions in September 2010.
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MultiStages 2007 New Works Winner
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The Judas Tree
by Mary Fengar Gail
directed by Lorca Peress
2007 New Works Winner
Thursday, April 24, through Sunday, May 11, 2008
Dark secrets are unearthed in this tale of murder, magic, and seduction, based loosely on the crimes of serial killer Dorothea Puente. "The Judas Tree" is a mythical play of operatic proportion with poetic songs, a turbulent garden of dancing corpses, and the 1958 murder trial of Elena Fiero. Arturo Salvia, a retired detective, is sent to investigate a missing girl and enters the erotic and dangerous world of Elena's Madreguerra. This extraordinary world-premiere is a multidisciplinary feast for the senses!
THE JUDAS TREE COMPANY:
ROSEANNE MEDINA as Elena Fiero
JOHN HAGGERTY as Detective Arturo Salvia
with JOSÉ FEBUS, COLLEEN COSGROVE, DANIEL HICKS, LILY MERCER, TANYA PEREZ, & an international company of exceptional singer/dancers
ANIKA PARIS (Musical Score/Songs)
JAMES SCHEVILL (Lyrics)
JENNIFER CHIN (Choreographer)
Design Team:
ALEX MOORE, Lighting Design
PETER JANIS, Costume Design
LORCA PERESS, Visual Design [Biography]
BRUCE BAUMER, Music Director
CHRISTOPHER McCARDELL, Costume Assistant
JESSICA V. URTECHO, AEA Production Stage Manager
MELISSA KRAUS, Producer's Assistant
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..ROSEANNE MEDINA......... JOHN HAGGERTY ...... ......JOSÉ FEBUS ..............DANIEL HICKS ...............LILY MERCER ...............TANYA PEREZ ...........COLLEEN COSGROVE
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 MARY FENGAR GAIL’s plays include Drink Me, Opaline, The Storms of Dolphina, and Devil Dog Six (2008 Craig Noel Award for outstanding new play by San Diego Theatre Critics Circle). She has worked with the following companies: Utah Shakespearean Festival, New York Stage and Film Company, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, InterAct, New Jersey Repertory Company, Chicago’s Seanachai Theatre, and Theatre Conspiracy of Florida. Awards: New Dramatists Arnold Weissberger, National Children’s Theatre, Playwrights First, 2003 and 2007 MultiStages Finalist. She has received numerous commissions, and a California Arts Council fellowship. |
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 COLLABORATING ARTISTS:
ANIKA PARIS (Musical Score/Songs) singer/songwriter, recipient of Songwriters Hall of Fame's Abe Oleman Scholarship, Nashville’s City Song Festival, and ASCAP Pop Award. Songs placed in Film include: Miramax’s Bounce (Gwyneth Paltrow/Ben Affleck), Wise Girls (Mira Sorvino/ Mariah Carey), and numerous others; TV: WB's Related, Sex in the City, MTV Road Rules, Tyra, Ellen, Extra, The Bachelor, Showtime at the Apollo and more. Anika writes for recording artists, works with notable producers, and recently performed with Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, and John Legend in a 2007 Christmas Benefit. Anika and partner Dean Landon composed music for MultiStages’ production of Novel. |
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 JENNIFER CHIN (Choreographer) is a native New Yorker who has danced for and been inspired by Arthur Aviles, Yin Mei, Michael Mao, Kristin Jackson, and Alan Danielson. Her work has been presented at Joyce Soho, Danspace, Goose Route Arts Festival in West Virginia, the dance series SWEAT at DeBaun Auditorium, et al. Jennifer received her BA from Queens College and MFA from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts. Faculty positions: University of Quebec, Dance Space Center, Peridance Center, and José Limon Institute. Jennifer collaborated on MultiStages’ The Palace of Loneliness and Moving Targets: 3 Interpretations of Murder. |
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