Bernarda Alba
-A Musical-
By Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Elizabeth Margolius
Produced by Thomas J. Samorian
Playing at BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
October 10, 2008 through November 16, 2008
CHICAGO PREMIERE!
This stirring musical by Michael John LaChiusa based on
Federico García Lorca's 1936 play The House of Bernarda
Alba, tells the story of a controlling, newly-widowed mother
who is challenged by her three rebellious daughters.
The musical premiered Off Broadway at Lincoln Center's
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in a production starring
Phylicia Rashad and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
The “house” is led by its matriarch, who assumes the
role with tight lipped determination immediately after her
husband’s funeral. She locks the door against the outside
world imprisoning seven daughters within. They will live and die
as virgins, she announces. The natural inclination should be for
Alba to try and conquer death, whereas she conspires with it.
Thus the play’s modernist irony. The simple symbolism in Lorca’s
Catholic Spain, added to the bare action, at once both enfranchise
woman, and present a terrifying result of liberation.
This stirring musical by the creator of the musicals The Wild Party,
Marie Christine, and See What I Wanna See allows BoHo to
continue to push the creative and artistic boundaries, while
bringing another outstanding musical piece to the
BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio space.
Auditions for Bernarda Alba -A Musical
are June 6, and 7, 2008,
with callbacks on June 8, 2008.
Click HERE for more details
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