Primary Stages Presents 'Inner Voices: Solo Musicals'

PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director/Producer), in association with Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced a special 4-week celebration of events including Inner Voices: Solo Musicals, with the premieres of two one-act solo musicals: Mosaic with Book & Lyrics by Cheri Steinkellner and Music & Lyrics by Georgia Stitt, and Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle with Book & Lyrics by David Simpatico and Music by Josh Schmidt.

Performances begin Friday, April 2, 2010 for a limited engagement through Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues).

In 2008, PREMIERES embarked on a new initiative in keeping with its mission to support creative talent, and produced Inner Voices: Solo Musicals at The Zipper Factory Theater. Three new pieces by Ellen Fitzhugh & Michael John LaChiusa, Laura Harrington & Jenny Giering and Michele Lowe & Scott Davenport Richards were presented, featuring Victoria Clark, Jennifer Damiano and Barbara Walsh. Inner Voices: Solo Musicals, inspired by Alan Bennett's ‘Talking Heads,' introduced a new genre of theater that unites the spoken monologue into a tapestry of lyrics and music.

Mosaic, by Cheri Steinkellner & Georgia Stitt, is a multi-media, real-time half hour in the life -and on the MacBook - of Ruth, a woman vlogging at the crossroads of birth, death, love and Diet Coke.

Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle, by David Simpatico & Josh Schmidt, brings us into the chambers of a very special creature, as she is forced to evaluate the quality of life, death and what lies in between for her.

Jonathan Butterell directs both new works. Casting and artistic staff will be disclosed shortly in a second announcement.

Inner Voices: Solo Musicals will play a sixteen-performance schedule between April 2 and 24.

Single tickets are priced at $30 with $20 tickets available to Primary Stages subscribers and 59E59 Members and may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200, online at www.ticketcentral.com, or in person at the 59E59 Theaters Box Office. Please visit the website at www.primarystages.org, or call (212) 840-9705 for additional information.

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