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ReVision Theatre Producing Artistic Directors David E. Leidholdt Thomas Morrissey Stephen Bishop Seely
presents
DAYDREAMING:Channeling Doris Day A New Musical
KATHY CHRISTOPHER MORATH STEPHENS
written by Dennis Bailey and Kathy Morath
Musical direction & arrangements by Christopher Stephens
directed by Dennis Bailey
Mattison Park Restaurant 649 Mattison Avenue Asbury Park, NJ
Gay Pride Day Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Tickets $10 or call 732-455-5039
DAYDREAMING, a new musical, chronicles the soul-searching of a successful businesswoman at the crossroads of a particularly quirky midlife crisis: Much to her chagrin and consternation, - she finds she has to channel Doris Day to get through the day. In a session with her psychiatrist, she realizes she has somehow subconsciously patterned her life after the pert actress/singer, managing to capture the outer structure, while entirely missing the beloved star's inner essence - the sunny soul and the happy heart that galvanized legions of diehard fans. A rollicking musical journey through a roadmap of songs made popular by Doris Day results in the quest not only for closure and clarity, but for personal identity as well.
DENNIS BAILEY, a working Broadway, television, film and commercial actor for over 25 years, is also the co-author (with David Mixner) of the recent #1 Los Angeles Times best selling non-fiction book BRAVE JOURNEYS, as well as the author (with Stuart Stone) of the industry manual ACTING OUT: A Guide For The Commercial Actor. He collaborated with Dinah Manoff on the play TELEGRAM FROM HEAVEN, which had extended runs in Los Angeles and Chicago. His recent play FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS, as well as JACOB’S LADDER (co-written with David Mixner) were featured in The Living Room Series at The Blank Theater in Los Angeles.
KATHY MORATH has worked as an actress On and Off Broadway and in regional theatre. Her musical, MARY S., co-written with Abra Bigham and Roger Nelson, won the 1986 National Musical Theatre Institute Award. Ms. Morath and Karen Davidov created The American Project, which produced staged reading of lost American plays and was in residence at Circle-in-the Square Theatre in New York City. At the Court Theatre in Los Angeles, Ms. Morath produced Brett Rickaby’s dark comedy, ASYLUM. She is currently at work on an adaptation of the book, A LADY’S LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, by Isabella Lucy Bird.
CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS Music director and pianist for many shows including Burly-Q (Amas), Shout! the mod musical (off-Broadway; recording on Rhino Records), Screams of Kitty Genovese (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Miss Chase, Miss Lincoln (National Historic Theater), Captain Louie (off-Broadway), Was (premiere), States of Independence (premiere). Pianist for Forecast Productions, Wing and Drop Theater Company, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina . Studio pianist for Joseph Thalken, Ricky Ian Gordon, Emily Skinner, Tina Landau, Kathy Morath. Teaching credits include AMDA, NYU, Wright State University, Auburn University, HB Studio, and Judith Blazer's the Artist's Crossing. Private voice teacher and coach in New York City. A graduate of University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
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