The Award Winning Musical
Mother Eve’s
Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood
Book by Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen, Kirk McGee
Music Composed by Christian Pedersen; Lyrics by Uma Incrocci
Choreography by Ashley Wren Collins
Musical Direction by Jason Wynn
Directed by Erica Jensen
Will play this year’s
New York International Fringe Festival
August 15-26, 2012
Mother
Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood appeared at the 2011 Midtown
International Theatre Festival, where it was nominated for seven awards
including Outstanding Production of a Musical, and won three, including
Outstanding Leading Actress, Outstanding Costume Design and a special
Producers Award. Most recently it was nominated for “Best of The Fest”
at the 2012 L.A. Comedy Festival. Show Business Weekly hailed it as, “High Energy.” Short and Sweet NYC called it “Refreshing, inventive, original and creative…nothing short of a fun night of girl power at the theatre.”
Mother
Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood tells the tale of a sassy
self-help guru who strives to transform the lives of six women, whom she
calls the “Divine Petals.” Encouraging them to celebrate and release
their inner flower power, she helps each of the women transform, but a
deep dark secret plagues the Garden that could destroy the Sisterhood
forever.
The cast of the musical includes: Alena Acker (TV: “Killer Voices”, Theatre: LMAO, The Ryan Case) Brittany Bradford (Regional: Ragtime, Avenue Q), Elena Bossler (Regional: Dividing the Estate, The Lt. of Inishmore), Ashley Wren Collins (Film: Pound of Flesh; TV: “Z Rock,” “All My Children;” Theatre: Born Yesterday, La Dispute), Amy Dannenmuller (Theatre: Dracula, Distracted. Film: Saturday Night Butch, Game Night – Best Actress, First Run Film Fest), Uma Incrocci (TV:
“Pan Am,” “Bored to Death,” Theatre: Fairytales of the Absurd, Proof),
Kirk McGee (Off-Broadway- Summer '69, Daughter of the Regiment,
Mindfreak; TV: “Are We There Yet?,” “Law & Order,” “Sesame
Street”), Danielle Montezinos (Film: Stand By - Outfest & Slamdance
Winner, Best Short; Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, Tony and Tina’s Wedding), and Christian Pedersen (Theatre: Vieux Carré. Regional: The 39 Steps, Dividing the Estate, A View From the Bridge. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Fringe,” “Damages”) The creative team includes: Erica Jensen (book; director), Jenny Mercein (assistant director), Kirk McGee (book),
Uma Incrocci (book and lyrics), Jason Wynn (musical director),
Christian Pedersen (composer), Ashley Wren Collins (choreography), Megan
Hill (costume designer), and Kate Ashton (lighting designer).
New York International Fringe Festival presents
MOTHER EVE’S SECRET GARDEN OF SENSUAL SISTERHOOD
Book by Uma Incrocci, Erica Jensen, Kirk McGee
Music Composed by Christian Pedersen; Lyrics by Uma Incrocci
Choreography by Ashley Wren Collins
Musical Direction by Jason Wynn
Directed by Erica Jensen
The Players Theatre is located at 115 MacDougal Street
Tickets are available at www.FringeNYC.org for $15 in advance, $18 at the door. (Beginning July 20)
Performance Dates:
Wednesday, August 15th at 2:30pm
Sunday, August 19th at 8:00pm
Tuesday, August 21st at 9:00pm
Thursday, August 23rd at 4:30pm
Sunday, August 26th at 2:00pm
Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood is 90 minutes in length with no intermission.
For more information on Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood please visit www.MotherEves.com.
The
cast and creative team are available for interviews. For arrange
interviews or press seats please contact Springer Associates PR at 212
354 4660 or joe@springerassociatespr.com
ASHLEY WREN COLLINS (co-producer, choreographer) won “Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical” and received a nomination for “Outstanding Choreography” for Mother Eve at the MITF. She produced the feature film, Chasing Taste, and is the author of Produce Your Own Damn Movie! (Focal Press) with Lloyd Kaufman and The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Los Angeles (Globe Pequot Press). Ashley also writes for Moviemaker and The Huffington Post and is the choreographer of the musical Honestly Abe, currently running off-Broadway. www.ashleywrencollins.com
UMA INCROCCI
(co-producer and co-writer) co-wrote the award winning pilot Living in
Captivity, Season 1 of Mother Eve’s Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood,
and Five by Three, a collection of short plays that includes 28 Years
Later, winner of the MITF’s award for best short play in 2007. Uma’s
acting credits include: 365 Days/365 Plays at the Public, Fairytales of
the Absurd (off-Broadway), Catherine in Proof at Barnstormers Theater,
New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. TV Credits: Bored to Death,
Louie, Pan Am, Lipstick Jungle, Chappelle’s Show and Guiding Light.
ERICA JENSEN
(co-producer, director, and co-writer) works at one of the city’s
busiest casting offices, Calleri Casting, and has written several award
winning plays with her writing partners Uma Incrocci and Nicole Greevy.
Her directing credits include: TV pilot Living In Captivity; For Better
or Worse at American Globe Theater’s 15 Minute Play Festival (winner-
best director); and The Vagina Monologues at Galapagos Art Space.
KIRK MCGEE (associate producer, co-writer) is an award winning published writer and actor. In addition to Mother Eve
, his most notable original works are his full-length play, I’m with
Stupid/Stupid’s with Me (Best Stage Scenes of 1999), his one act play,
For Better or Worse (American Globe Theater’s 15 Minute Play Festival
Honorable Mention: Best Play), and screenplay, Activity Placemats (2008
BlueCat Screenplay Competition Quarterfinals). His Acting Theater
Credits include: (Off-Broadway) Summer ’69, Mindfreak, The Daughter of
the Regiment; (Regional Theater) Wild Duck at the SummerScape, Twelfth
Night at Philly Shakespeare, Lebensraum and Drawer Boy at StageWorks
Hudson. (NY Theater) Loves Labour’s Lost at Cherry Lane Theatre, I’m
With Stupid at Manhattan Playhouse. TV: Are We There Yet? (recurring),
Guiding Light, and Sesame Street. He was also a company member of the
American Mime Theater. www.mcgee4me.com
CHRISTIAN PEDERSEN
(composer) created and performed his music for the world premiere of
Walking the Volcano at The Vineyard Playhouse, and for the film Sent,
directed by Alex Feldman. He was nominated for Best Music (and Lyrics)
for his composition in the full-length musical, Mother Eve’s Secret
Garden of Sensual Sisterhood, which premiered at the 2011 Midtown
International Theatre Festival. In 2011, Christian appeared as Hannay
in The 39 Steps (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Son in Dividing the Estate
(People's Light & Theatre), Rodolpho in A View From the Bridge
(Gulfshore Playhouse) and Scott Bauer in The Good Wife (CBS). He also
writes, performs and records with the blues trio The Local Seven and the
acoustic-rock duo The Bolton Brothers. www.christianpedersen.com
The
New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest
multi-arts festival in North America, will present the 16th Annual
Festival from August 10th - 26th, 2012. FringeNYC offers programming by
200 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies in
20 venues in Lower Manhattan. With attendance topping 75,000 people,
FringeNYC is New York City’s fifth largest cultural event (just behind
New York International Auto Show, Tribeca Film Festival, New York City
Marathon, and New York Comic Con). FringeNYC is a production of The
Present Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director
Elena K. Holy. FringeNYC shows run 2pm - midnight weekdays and noon -
midnight on weekends. Tickets are $15 in advance (beginning July 20),
$18 at the door available at www.FringeNYC.org or 866-468.7619. Discount passes for multiple shows will also available. For more information visit www.FringeNYC.org.
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