The Sixth Annual Festival Of New Musicals: August 3-6, 2006 |
|
The Annual Festival of New Musicals has proven to be the starting point for some of our most popular new musicals. Girl of My Dreams, which was part of the 2005-2006 Mainstage Season, made its Village Theatre debut at the Third Annual Festival in August of 2003. The Wedding Banquet made its first public appearance at the Second Annual Festival in August of 2002 before going on to performances in Asia, New York, and the Village Theatre Mainstage. Ya Got Trouble!, which had a developmental production at First Stage in May and June of 2005, was the opening reading at the Third Annual Festival in 2003. Many recent Village Originals workshops and developmental productions, from Emma and Company, to Bonnie and Clyde, to Six Wives, all began at the Festival. Last summer's Festival celebrated five years of the most exciting new musicals event in the Puget Sound.
|
 |
"Six New Musicals, Five Parties, Four Days!"
Admission is by invitation only to Village Originals Members. For more information, call the Box Office at
(425) 392-2202, or click HERE.
All Readings and events take place at First Stage, 120 Front Street North, unless otherwise listed.
Schedule subject to change.
Last updated August 2, 2006.
|
| |
Thursday, August 3, 2006 |
|
6:00 PM: Opening Reception
Including Musical Previews
Francis J. Gaudette Theatre Lobby
303 Front Street North
Open to all members
7:30 PM: Little Women
Music by Kim Oler
Lyrics by Alison Hubbard
Book by Sean Hartley
From the novel by Louisa May Alcott
An all-new, lovingly adapted musical version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel brings the timeless tale of the March family to vivid life. In a time of war and want, Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth grow from girls into women, guided by their mother, Marmee, through romance and loss, illness and courtship, growing up, and letting go. The melodic, moving Richard Rodgers Award-winning score by Kim Oler and Alison Hubbard has an intimacy and an honesty that's matched by the wise, faithful adaptation by Sean Hartley (Cupid and Psyche). It's a Little Women like none you've seen before!
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for Little Women.
|
| |
Friday, August 4, 2006 |
|
7:30 PM: The Last Starfighter
Book by Fred Landau
Music and Lyrics by Skip Kennon
Based upon the screenplay by Jonathan Betuel
From the beloved 1980s sci-fi film comes the cosmically entertaining The Last Starfighter. Alex Rogan is eighteen and stuck in his small town with nothing much to do but master his favorite video game. Little does he know that the video game has been placed on Earth by Centauri, a con man from another galaxy desperate to save his people. And when Centauri offers Alex membership in an elite cadre of space pilots charged with protecting the universe, Alex has to reach inside himself to discover his true potential — the universe and his life depend on it!
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for The Last Starfighter.
10:30 PM: Meet the Artists Party
Circle Level Members and their guests, artists, and staff are invited.
Location Update!
at Executive Producer Robb Hunt's home
2828 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy. SE
Directions to Robb's home:
From the theatre, take I-90 West toward Seattle. Exit at Lakemont Blvd, SE toward W. Lake Sammamish. Turn right onto West Lake
Sammamish Pkwy. The house is to the right, just before you reach The Little Store.
|
| |
Saturday, August 5, 2006 |
|
2:00 PM: At the Back of the North Wind
Book by Jeffrey Haddow
Music by Thomas Tierney
Lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and Thomas Tierney
From the book by George MacDonald
Village Theatre favorite Thomas Tierney (Eleanor, Jungle Queen Debutante) returns, teamed with Jeffrey Haddow, on this stirring, magical, stunningly-scored adaptation of George MacDonald's classic tale At the Back of the North Wind. A young boy named
Diamond takes flight from his impoverished life on the back of a beautiful, ethereal spirit named the North Wind — and he returns from his magical journey forever changed, emboldened to bring the beauty and light of all he's seen to the shadowed lives of those around him. A truly unforgettable musical journey.
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for At the Back of the North Wind.
5:00 PM: Panel Discussion: Movies to Musicals
How do interstellar starfighters and baseball fields and Staten Island go from the screen to the stage? Find out in this year's panel discussion.
From Hairspray to The Producers to The Full Monty to Thoroughly Modern Millie to SPAMALOT, Broadway has been looking West for new musicals. But how is a movie made into a musical? And once a writer has picked a project, how do you make a movie sing, dance, and strut its stuff? Join us for a fun, fascinating discussion with:
- Jonathan Betuel, original screenwriter of The Last Starfighter
- Skip Kennon and Fred Landau, authors of the musical The Last Starfighter
- Roy Rogosin, author of the musical Field Of Dreams, based on the film
- Kim Oler and Alison Hubbard, composer and lyricist of Buddy's Tavern, based on
the film Two Family House.
7:30 PM: Field of Dreams
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Roy M. Rogosin
From the screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson
And the novel by W. P. Kinsella
"If you build it...he will come." Iowa farmer Roy Kinsella hears a voice in his cornfield, and takes the message to mean he's meant to build a baseball field on his farm. So he does, risking his house and home, but his adventure's only beginning — it takes a trip to see a reclusive author and a visit from the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson (and the rest of the shamed 1919 Chicago White Sox) to help Roy understand the meaning of that mysterious message and the true purpose of his glorious field.
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for Field of Dreams.
10:30 PM: Meet the Members Party
Location Update!
at Coho Cafe
6130 E Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE
All members, guests, artists and staff are invited.
Come join us for an evening of fun and food at Coho Cafe. This is your chance to meet the authors and the performers from this year's festival!
|
| |
Sunday, August 6, 2006 |
|
2:00 PM: The Big Deal
The Big Ending by Shrubshall and Free
The Big Beginning
Book and lyrics by Scott Guy
Music by Ross Kalling
It's two fast and funny musicals in one! From the acclaimed Stages Festival in Chicago comes a hilarious double-bill of intertwined one-acts about dying producers and dead playwrights. In The Big Ending, a musical theatre impresario with a brain tumor is disturbed to discover everyone around him suddenly breaking into song. In The Big Beginning, a playwright's surviving sister tries to get her brother's show produced without compromising the integrity of the work. Hah! In theatre? Good luck!
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for The Big Deal.
5:00 PM: Inside the Festival Party
Lombardi's Neighborhood Italian
695 NW Gilman Blvd.
Circle Level Members are invited to attend this exclusive party. Join co-author Colin Escott as he discusses the making of Million Dollar Quartet and the history of Rock and Roll.
Directions to Lombardi's: From Front Street, head North toward NW Dogwood Street. Turn a slight left onto Gilman Blvd. Lombardi's is to your left.
7:30 PM: Million Dollar Quartet
Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Songs by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, and many more.
This incredible true story will set your toes tapping! On December 6, 1956, at Sun Studios in Memphis, legendary record producer Sam Phillips brought together four legends-to-be in one room: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. They played, talked, played, joked, played, argued, and played all night — quickly christened the "Million Dollar Quartet," they made music history. Part jam session, part bull session, and all rock-and-roll, this one's bound for big things — you won't want to miss its debut!
See how Festival authors answered our 5 Questions for Million Dollar Quartet.
10:30 PM: Closing Night Party
FINS Bistro
301 Front Street North (Next to the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre)
|
| |
| |
|
|
