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THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN YOUR BACKYARD
2014-2015
SEASON
The Other Mozart
TUESDAY • JANUARY 27 • 2015
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theatre at rvcc • branchburg, nj • box office 908-725-3420
The Other Mozart
written and performed by Sylvia Milo
directed by Isaac Byrne
The Other Mozart is a play about Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus. It
tells the true story of this prodigy, a keyboard virtuoso and composer, who
as a child toured through all of Europe performing with her brother, to equal
acclaim, but who faded away and left behind nothing of her own. The show
is set in, on and underneath its costume: a stunning dress some eighteen
feet in diameter, which spills over the entire stage. Original music was
composed for instruments Nannerl knew intimately, such as clavichords,
music boxes, and bells, as well as teacups, fans, and other ordinary objects
that might have captured her imagination. With the opulent beauty of the
dress, the sweet smells of perfume, and the clouds of dusting powder
rising from the stage, the performance creates a multi-sensual experience
and transports the audience into a world of outsized beauty and delight —
but also of overwhelming restrictions and prejudice. There, in communion
with the audience, this other Mozart at last tells her story
SYLVIA MILO (Nannerl Mozart)
Originally from Warsaw, Poland, Sylvia is a graduate of New York University
and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (assistant to Robert Castle). Former
member of the BATS Repertory Company at the Flea Theater in NYC.
In New York she has performed at such theaters as the Flea, La Mama,
Ontological-Hysteric, Theatre For the New City, and Dixon Place. Among
her favorite stage roles: Hamlet in Hamlet – an all-female version of the play,
which she adapted and directed herself; Sylvia in Seating Arrangements co-written by Sylvia, directed by Eric Pold of Gob Squad for the Flea Theatre;
Ophelia in The Ophelia Landscape - an experimental production with Mira
Furlan at the Mark Morris Center; and Bob Dylan on the streets of New York,
in The West Village Fragments by Peculiar Works. Sylvia is also a violinist
(playing acoustic and electric violins) and a composer, and she often uses
her music skills in acting. She studied classical music in Poland, then jazz at
Milton Academy, and at NYU with Mike Richmond, and studied composition
with Klaus Sinfelt. Playing in various rock, jazz, avant garde bands, she
has performed at NYC venues including Irving Plaza, The Knitting Factory,
Galapagos, Webster Hall, CBGB’s and Joe’s Pub. She composed scores
for Natasa Trifan dance company at the Merce Cunningham Studio as well
as other dance and theater productions, and her solo electric violin score
for the play, Cinnamon Moths, was acclaimed in Backstage as “stunning, to
say the least.”
The Other Mozart was presented by ALL FOR ONE THEATER FESTIVAL in
New York City 2013, from there it has toured in Europe (including Mozart
Wohnhaus in Salzburg, Austria), and in the US, including a critically
acclaimed off-broadway run at HERE Arts Center in NYC.
ISAAC BYRNE (DIRECTOR)
In New York City, Isaac has directed the premieres of Green, To Nineveh
(both at American Place Theatre), Something True (Samuel French Short
Play Festival), and co-directed I Used To Write On Walls (Gene Frankel
Theater), Diane and The Jessica (The OHIO Theatre as part of SHORT
LOVE), and the staged reading of Miss Lily Gets Boned (The LARK)—all
by Bekah Brunstetter, Many Worlds by William Borden (The Red Room),
Arms and the Octopus by Casey Wimpee (The OHIO Theater), Fresh
Kills by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (at 59E59), Inter Course by Brandon
Koebernick (American Place Theatre), Playoff Picture by Paul John
Desena (American Place Theatre), and The Cowboy is Dying… (June
Havoc), The New Normal by Donnetta Lavinia Grays (June Havoc).
He has also directed True West by Sam Sheperd for Curious Frog
Company which was performed in an East Village Apt. He developed
and directed Desiree Burch’s solo shows, 52 Man Pick Up (Joe’s Pub,
Ars Nova, Edinburg Fringe Festival-Scotland, OHIO Theatre, 59E59, NY
Int. Fringe, New Orleans Fringe, Brava Theater-San Francisco) and Tar
Baby (Daryl Roth Theater 2, PS122, New Orleans Fringe). To Nineveh
was nominated for 9 NY IT Awards and won 6 including Outstanding
Direction, Outstanding Production, and Outstanding Original Full Length.
A founding member of Working Man’s Clothes Productions, where he
served as Artistic Director for four years, Isaac is currently serving as
the Artistic Director for the newly formed THEATRE 4 the PEOPLE. With
T4TP he has directed A GRIMM REALITY (Co-production with Bryant
Park), the shakespeare project (WTD SPLAT) and To Be or Not To Be
Canon in D (WTD SPLAT performance) created by Jessica Doherty.
Suggested reading:
Mozart’s Sister
by Rita Charbonnier
2 0 1 4 THEATRE 2 0 1 5
A Couple of Blaguards
Wednesday, Mar. 11 at 2 & 7PM
A rollicking Irish comedy
originally created by the
brothers Frank and Malachy
McCourt. Growing up, times
were tough, but the tales
spun by the McCourts simmer
with bittersweet recollections,
ferocious humor and a parade
of colorful characters.
Notes to the Motherland
Written by Paul Rajeckas
and George L. Chieffet
Performed by Paul Rajeckas
April 7 at 12 & 7PM
Do you know the stories of
how your ancestors came to
this country? What about the
stories left behind? Notes to the
Motherland is a transformative
tale of one son’s search for his
immigrant family’s history that
brings the audience center stage
into this compelling journey.
Unsinkable Women
Stories and Songs from the Titanic
Deborah Jean Templin
May 5 at 12 & 7PM
Based on actual diaries, letters
and interviews, Unsinkable Women
brings to life nine famous figures
including Madeline Astor and
Margaret Tobin Brown – the
Unsinkable Molly herself! Unsinkable
Women has been called “the most
affecting and truthful version of the
Titanic story today.”
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