<p>Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (Tony award winning writers of “Urinetown”) will be doing a reading of their new zombie musical at CCU next month. Mr. Hollmann was on campus my D’s freshman and sophomore years as they first did a workshop, then a full production of “Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls,” and she was thrilled with the opportunity to work with him and the Bigfoot creative team. I know the students who have been cast in this one are really excited to participate. I mean, come on, it’s a musical about ZOMBIES!!</p>
NEW WORKS READING SERIES 2016!
Piece #1: Beautiful Dreamer (musical)
When a high school is placed on lockdown, imaginations run wild. Anything is possible as a group of seven sophomores spin out of control, becoming a ticking time bomb itching to go off. Beautiful Dreamer, an original pop-rock musical, is having a reading in the Edwards Theatre May 13 and May 14th at 7:30p.m. Admission is free.
Beautiful Dreamer
Music by Brett Macias
Words by Caroline Murphy
Music Direction by Steven Gross
Directed by John Woodson
Featuring students from the B.F.A. performance programs at Coastal Carolina University
Piece #2: In America (play)
Based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska, her arrival in California in 1876 and her ascendency to American stardom, In America, a play by Matthew Earnest from the novel by Susan Sontag, winner of the 2000 National Book Award, is about many things: a search for self-transformation; the fate of idealism; a life in the theater; the many varieties of love; and, not least of all, stories and storytelling itself. Operatic in the scope and intensity of the emotions it depicts, richly detailed and visionary in its account of America, and peopled with unforgettable characters, In America is having a reading in the Edwards Theatre Sunday, May 15th, at 3 p.m. Admission is free.
In America
By Matthew Earnest
From the novel by Susan Sontag
Directed by Matthew Earnest
Featuring Monica Bell as Maryna Zalenska and the faculty and students from the B.F.A. performance programs at Coastal Carolina University.