Finger Lakes New Works Festival To Present Second Season

The Finger Lakes New Works Festival (FLNWF) will present their second season of shows.

The season begins with two fully staged musical productions of Daughters (Hijas): A New Musical by Saviana Stanescu, Julián Mesri, and Courtney Young Socher which is being co-produced with Walking on Water Productions, and Lilies: The Musical, adapted and directed by Gavin Mayer with music and lyrics by Eric Leigh. The fully realized musical productions are accompanied by a workshop sharing of a new musical called Flourish with the book and lyrics by Lauren Tazlitz and music by Danny Ursetti, as well as Stepping Into Her Shoes: excerpts from a one woman show written by and starring Kathleen Mulligan. There will also be a presentation of two films: Framing Ménerbes by Daniel Gwirtzman and In My Own Little Corner: The Film by Chrissie Whitehead.

Daughters will run June 4th-7th and 11th-14th and Lillies will run June 18th-21st and 25th-28th. Both performances will take place at Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 West MLK/State Street, Ithaca, NY, as part of their Kitchen Sink Series, a program that supports a diverse community of local artists and performing groups. Tickets can be purchased at the Kitchen Theatre's website or by calling (607) 272-0570.

Stepping Into Her Shoes will be presented on June 9th from 7:00-8:30pm in Ithaca College's Theatre. The Flourish workshop sharing will take place on June 13th at 3pm in Ithaca College's Clark Theatre, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY. Tickets can be purchased at their respective Eventbrite websites. 

In My Own Little Corner: The Film (June 10th from 7-9pm) and Framing Ménerbes (June 17th from 7-8:30pm) will be presented at the Park Auditorium, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, 953 Danby Rd., Ithaca, NY. Tickets can be purchased at their Eventbrite website. 

Their season includes shows with themes about four generations of women shaping histories/her-stories; love, secrecy, and what it costs to live as your true self; treating plants as companions to help heal the world, bold and entertaining conversations around mental health, and the way dance can shape our perception of a place we love and ourselves in relation to it.

More Information on the Production Teams

Finger Lakes New Works Festival Production Team: Courtney Young Socher (Executive Artistic Director), Mia Jumbo (Managing Director), Riley J. Israel (General Manager), Grant Crowson (Producer), Abigail Reagan (Writing and Marketing Intern), Colby Murphy (Marketing Intern).

Daughters (Hijas): Courtney Young Socher (Co-Producer/Co-Creator/Director), Priscilla Hummel (Co-Producer/Choreographer), Saviana Stanescu (Bookwriter), Julian Mesri (Composer/Lyricist), Amanda Morton (Music Director), Oliver Canales Greenwood (Scenic Designer), Elena Lindeman (Assistant Carpenter/Assistant Scenic Artist), Andrea Mejuto (Costume Designer), Finn Maras-Ronan (Assistant Costume Designer/Wardrobe Supervisor), Madden McLeod (Head Electrician), Noelle Whipple (Lighting Designer), Luke Klingensmith (Audio Engineer), Jack Cecere (Assistant Audio Engineer), Sonora Cohen-Rider (Production Dramaturg), Lucas Hibbert (Production Stage Manager), Miles Ward (Assistant Stage Manager), Abigail Reagan (Assistant Director), Andrew Woodruff (Assistant Music Director), Noah Schuster (Assistant Choreographer). The cast features Francisa Muñoz (Mariana), Sabina Lueras, (Andrea), Erica Reyes (Clara), Ísis Jarnicki de Carvalho (Claudia/Beatrice), and Josh Totora (Bogdan), with Ensemble members Sana Sarr (Sergio, Guitar, Ensemble) Lola Cate Bradley, Melissa Hecker, Jilayne Kistner, Ashton Showers, and Gaby Robino (Swing/Trumpet).

Lilies The Musical: Gavin Mayer (Adaption/Director), Eric Leigh (Composer/Lyricist/Orchestrator/PianoCopyist), Christopher Zemliauskas (Music Director/Piano), Grant Crowson (Production Stage Manager), Riley J. Israel (Assistant Stage Manager/Props Manager), Catherine Weidner (Intimacy Director/Fight Coordinator), Colby Murphy (Assistant Director), Nico Padilla (Costume Designer), Kerby Roenke (Wardrobe Supervisor), Oliver Canales-Greenwood (Scenic Designer), Michael Socher (Carpenter), Elena Lindeman (Assistant Carpenter/Scenic Artist), Noelle Whipple (Lighting Designer), Madden McLeod (Head Electrician/Light Board Programmer), Zachary Smith (Audio Engineer) Tommy Grant (Young Simon Doucet), Cade Helms (Count Vallier De Tilly), Tristan Rightsell (Father Saint-Michel/Baron De Hüe), Jason Soranno (Young Jean Bilodeau), Noah Schuster (Countess De Tilly), Logan LaPierre (Mademoiselle Lydie-Anne De Rozier), Josh Tortora (Timothée Doucet/Simon Doucet), Seth Soulstein (Bishop Jean Bilodeau).

Stepping Into Her Shoes: Kathleen Mulligan (Writer/Performer).

In My Own Little Corner: Chrissie Whitehead (Writer/Performer), Kristen Wrinkle (Executive Producer), Noah Lands (Executive Producer), Bryan Knowlton (Direction and Choreography), Joy Kilpatrick (Film Direction), Nick Wilders (Music Supervisor/Orchestrations/Arrangements), Ken Cerniglia (Dramaturg), Jasmine Way (Editor), Anant Das (Lead Producer), Chryssie Whitehead (Producer), Chris Riley (Impact Producer), Lauren Barette (Assoc. Producer)

Flourish: Lauren Taslitz Kahane (Book/Lyrics), Danny Ursetti (Music), Jen Pearcy-Edwards (Director), Jeremy Pletter (Music Director), Dominick Ronsvalle (Assistant Music Director), Amy O'Brien (Choreographer), Ellen Milcoff (Assistant Choreographer), Robin Guiver (Puppetry/Movement), Dan Jones (Designer and Fabricator), Andrew Poma (Dramaturg), Anna Riley (Production Stage Manager), Miles Ward (Assistant Stage Manager), Abigail Reagan (Assistant Director), Eden Drew Seskin (Scrub Rose/Boquila), Meghan Barton (Mimosa), Mary Mulaney (Mom), Susannah Berryman (Quercus), Jeremy Pletter (Banyan), Jada Soltau (Tabebuia), Eislinn Gracen (Maple), Michael Lazovitz (Squirt), Adamantia Hopko (Molly/Cleo), AJ Sage (Phil), Seth Koproski (Jay), Julia Wolff (Gloria), Sana Sarr (Theo/Ensemble), Ashton Showers (Cam/Ensemble), Lola Cate Bradley (Ensemble), Jilayne Kistner (Ensemble), Ellen Milcoff (Ensemble), Melissa Hecker (Ensemble), Ilana Rose Wallenstein (Ensemble), Jeremiah Jobe (Ensemble).

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