Sundog Theatre Presents IF YOU COULD SEE: THE ALICE AUSTEN STORY
By: Gabrielle Sierra
Sundog Theatre is producing an original play, based on the life of the pioneering American photographer and iconic feminist hero - whose images of immigrants, world's fairs, and her elite New York society powerfully capture America's transformation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The musical will debut off-off-Broadway in Alice's hometown, Staten Island, Friday, November 4th, at Veterans Memorial Hall situated on the scenic grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and will continue its run in Manhattan at Five Angels Theater beginning November 16.
Alice Austen lived an astonishing life - one powerfully relevant and meaningful to us today. In addition to her photography, she was one of the first women tennis players in America, a sailor, a musician, a horseback rider, one of the first American women to own a car, a sheriff in Staten Island, an ambulance driver in the first World War, a world traveler - and late in life a pauper, seemingly forgotten - except to Gertrude Tate, Alice's life partner of 50 years. Her life experience was broad and profound, rich in love and in loss and, finally, redemption. Alice Austen's photographs tell a story of America, and her own life is a story of freedom. Her journey - to live a true, vigorous and rich life at whatever cost - is the story of our musical - the story of a true American icon - who lived life on her own terms, who was willing to the pay the price for her choices - and left a legacy of greatness.IF YOU COULD SEE: THE ALICE AUSTEN STORY produced by Sundog Theatre, Susan Fenley, Executive and Artistic Director; Book & Lyrics by Jeffrey Harper, Music by Louis Tucci; directed by Cynthia Cahill.
Award winning Jeffrey Harper and his writing partner Louis Tucci are a creative team represented by Marta Praeger at the Robert Freedman Dramatic Agency.Be the first to see this thrilling new musical!STATEN ISLAND (Veteran's Memorial Hall @Snug Harbor)
Friday-Sunday, November 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/204851MANHATTAN (Five Angels Theatre at 52nd Street)
Wednesday - Sunday, November 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Evening Performances, Wed-Sat, 8 pm, Saturday & Sunday 2 pm Matinee
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/204901To order tickets by phone call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006 Ext. #1
Sundog Theatre, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit performing arts organization based in Staten
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