| Columbia University presents 'Sally' | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:01 pm EDT 09/16/24 | |
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| SALLY Music by Jerome Kern Book by Meg Ledford Directed by Calvin Atkinson Thursday, October 3–Sunday, October 6, 2024 Lenfest Center for the Arts Columbia University School of the Arts presents Sally, a directing thesis production by current student Calvin Atkinson. Sally is a reworking and reimagining of Jerome Kern's forgotten 1921 gem that queries the iconic "rags to riches" story and examines the early American musical itself. Featuring a new book by playwriting student Meg Ledford and new orchestrations by New School MM composer Calvin Hitchcock, the show interrogates the American Dream as it seemed to be in the 1920s, from today's vantage point, as envisioned by directing student Calvin Atkinson. Tickets FEATURING Ember Rice, Eli Neslund, Zofia Weretka, Ty McQuiston, Maximilian Tapogna, Maxwell Gregory, Grace Rundberg, Valentine d'Arabian, Walter Higginbotham, Sarah Nandola, and Jackson Poulin. PRODUCTION TEAM Director Calvin Atkinson Producer Joel Edwards Producer Melissa d'Arabian PSM Zoe Feng ASM Sam Grocock Dramaturg Mo Holmes Music Director Calvin Hitchcock Book / Adaptation Meg Ledford Scenic Designer Emily Tucker Costume Designer Dezi Tibbs Lighting Designer Annie Garrett-Larsen Company Manager Seth Pecore Operations Manager Zachary Hedner Music Jerome Kern Lyrics Clifford Grey Original Book Guy Bolton Additional Lyrics Buddy De Sylva, Anne Caldwell, P. G. Wodehouse Calvin Atkinson's Directing Thesis will be presented at the Lenfest Center for the Arts PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Thursday, October 3 at 8pm Friday, October 4 at 8pm Saturday, October 5 at 2pm Saturday, October 5 at 8pm Sunday, October 6 at 2pm ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Calvin Atkinson (he/him | Director-Choreographer) is a freelancer in New York City currently completing his MFA in stage directing at Columbia. Formative past projects include Perish in the Flood (CU), Troilus and Cressida (Under St. Marks), Rosencrantz... Are Dead (Hampshire Shakespeare), Bat Boy: The Musical (U Penn). Up next: assistant directing with Anne Bogart on Carousel at Boston Lyrics Opera. @calvinatk on IG If advance registration for this event has closed, tickets are often available at the door. An in-person stand-by line will form one hour before the event. There is no charge for the tickets to this event. |
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