Photo Flash: THE OTHER MOZART To Tell the Untold

- The name Nannerl Mozart has been a footnote in classical music history, but Sylvia Milo's award-winning play THE OTHER MOZART reveals the extraordinary talents and rich inner life of Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart's sister, whose artistry was stifled and whose compositions were ultimately lost to the world because of her gender. Previews begin May 31 for Rubicon Theatre Company presentation of the acclaimed Off-Broadway drama. The monodrama is set in a stunning 18-foot dress (designed by Magdalena Dabrowska from the National Theater of Poland). Directed by Isaac Byrne, THE OTHER MOZART is based on facts, stories and thoughts culled from the Mozart family's humorous and heartbreaking letters. This poetic and poignant production features music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Marianna Martines, (a female composer who inspired Nannerl), along with original music written for the play by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen (featured composers of the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center). The modern-styled music created for the play utilizes clavichords, music boxes, bells, teacups, fans and other objets d'art that might have captured Nannerl's imagination.

A prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, Nannerl performed alongside her brother throughout Europe as children to great acclaim, but was forced to give up her artistic passion in her youth due to the societal expectations she experienced as a woman. Her brother would rise to become one of the preeminent composers in history; while Nannerl's own works were all but lost with the only indications of her talent expressed in exchanges between her brother, father and mother. THE OTHER MOZART is a multi-sensual experience that transports the audience into a surreal world of oversized beauty and delight - but also one of overwhelming restriction and prejudice where, finally, this other Mozart tells her story.

THE OTHER MOZART opens on Saturday, June 3 at 7:00 p.m. at Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura's Downtown Cultural District, with low-priced previews Wednesday, May 31, at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 1 at 8 p.m. and Friday, June 2 at 8 p.m. The production continues Wednesdays through Sundays through June 18, 2017. For tickets, go to www.rubicontheatre.org or call (805) 667-2900.

Photo Courtesy "The Other Mozart"

Sylvia Milo has written and stars in "THE OTHER MOZART" - Directed by Isaac Byrne and now playing at the RUBICON THEATRE in Ventura.
Sylvia Milo has written and stars in "THE OTHER MOZART" - Directed by Isaac Byrne and now playing at the RUBICON THEATRE in Ventura.