Donna

New York Festival of Song

Rick sings again.  rick

This from Allan Kozinn in the Wall Street Journal.

“a stirring baritone aria with neo-Romantic heroics and monumentalism at its core from Christopher Theofanidis’s “Heart of a Soldier,” an opera about Rick Rescorla, a retired Army officer who died saving others in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

 

Full review:http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-newest-of-the-new-on-the-new-york-festival-of-song-next-series-1424298710

STAG production stills

"They were all handsome back then."

“They were all handsome back then.”

STAG

Coming to a big screen.  Stay tuned for details….Sarah Steele schemes.  #STAG
Sarah Steele schemes. #STAG

STAG

stag screenshot

 

We’ve just wrapped our movie, STAG, filmed on location in New London, Connecticut.

A teenage girl in the early Sixties, investigates the mystery of her Father’s basement.  An homage to the black and white movies of the era, STAG looks at how we steal pleasure, any way we can.

Produced by Electric Roots, LLC and Principe Productions.  Going into post-production.  Stay tuned for rough cut and production stills.

STAG (lo stupore della notte)

A new short film Directed by Kevin Newbury Screenplay by D. Di Novelli

Starring: Sarah Steele, Peter Rini and Rachel Jett

Director of Photography: James Daniel

Production Design: Vita Tzykun

Costume Design: Paul Carey

Art Director: Clark Parkan

Camera Assistant: David Adam Moore

Gaffer: Nick Perron-Siegel

Sound Designer: Cary Daniels

Hair and Make-up Designer: Liz Printz

Co-Producer/Production Photographer: Jill Steinberg

Grip: Randy Valdres

Costume Intern: Isabelle Parzygnat

Assistant Director: J. Eric Fisher

Location manager and Prop master: Donna Vendetto –

Donationst: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=10656#sthash.yb2VjvXP.dpuf

Electric Roots

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STAG

We’re making a short film this summer in Southeastern Connecticut.  Home of Electric Boat. Home of Eugene O’Neill.  Home for a new group of film makers.  The film is called STAG and it’s about how we change when we sit together in the dark and watch films.  It’s written by me; directed by Kevin Newbury and starring Sarah Steele and introducing Rachel Jett.  STAG is produced by Electric Roots in association with Principe Dynamics.

And we could use your help.  Please join our family of supporters and make a tax-deductible donation at

Grazie.

DISTANCE

Distance

 

Christopher Burchett is in the House:

BAM’s Liederabend this weekend.

THE GOOD SWIMMER

Having been given a ‘safe harbor for risky work’ [created by Kristy Edmunds at UCLA], Heidi and I are rewriting THE GOOD SWIMMER.

UCLA

–diving back in with Kevin Newbury sitting on that lifeguard chair.

A tribe of librettists interviewed by Michael Korie

Playwrights at the Opera

Michael Korie interviews librettists for the latest edition of The Dramatist

The 15 second play

How much drama can you accomplish in 15 seconds? The Debate Society asked. We responded.

Medici tv

So lovely to hear Thomas Hampson and Francesca Zambello on Medici tv….
http://www.medici.tv/#!/9-11-opera-musica-euronews

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