Photo Flash: La MaMa Presents POOR BABY BREE, 4/13-29

La MaMa presents Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away, a one-woman musical conceived and performed by Bree Benton, with an original book written by Bree Benton and fifteen archival songs from the golden age of vaudeville (1890s-1930s). I Am Going to Run Away is directed by David Schweizer, with musical direction by Franklin Bruno (on piano), and featuring Karen Waltuch (on viola) and Jacob Garchik (on tuba and trombone).

Check out the production photos below!

The production runs from April 13 – 29, 2012 in a limited engagement at The Club at La MaMa, located at 74A East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery in New York City. Previews begin April 13 for an April 14 opening. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 10pm, and Sundays at 5:30pm. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students/seniors and can be purchased online at http://LaMaMa.org, in person at the box office or by calling 212-475-7710. The running time is 60 minutes. La MaMa is accessible from the F train to 2nd Ave. or the #6 train to Bleecker St. For more information on the show visit http://www.PoorBabyBree.com.

Bree Benton stars as archetypal waif Poor Baby Bree in this tragicomic story, inspired by Victorian melodrama and early cinema, of a child tempted from Home and Mother by dreams of the circus, only to face disillusionment, homesickness, and her own lost innocence in the Big City.

Bree Benton (creator) has been performing as “Poor Baby Bree” since 2005.

Photo Credit: Carol Lipnik and Tamaralee Shutt