“A smart cabaret… an enchanting delight… there is philosophy, pathos, wit and wisdom, all of it wrapped up like saltwater taffy in wonderful music.”
- Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld
“On my friend Jean’s wedding day over thirty years ago, she asked her mother, ‘Do all brides feel this terrified when they’re about to get married?’ and her mother replied, even as she calmly buttoned up her daughter’s white dress, ‘No, dear. Only the ones who are actually thinking.’”
- Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed
For anyone who's ever had an unconventional thought about relationships and the nature of marriage... Come explore the rollercoaster journey from "I love you" to "I do"! We join the bride-to-be as she sings the bliss, beauty, wonder… terror, resistance and panic of loving and being loved, with music ranging from Kurt Weill through Stephen Sondheim to contemporary theater and pop. Skewering the mainstream culture’s notions of “bridezilla” and the pressure to be unwaveringly excited for the “best day of your life,” Katie tells it like it is in this edgy, open-hearted, honest look at love, weddings, and all the messiness in between.
Starring Katie Zaffrann
Directed by Laura Brandel
Music Direction by Tina deVaron
Originally created with Chris Clavelli and Vince Peterson
Come hear how some of America's favorite poets reflected our human nature in Mother Nature.
Pause in the winter woods with Robert Frost, glimpse Emily Dickinson communing with the sunrise (music by Alfred Heller), walk with Edna St. Vincent Millay and her lover and glory in the divine everyday with e.e. cummings (music by Ricky Ian Gordon).
Soprano Katie Zaffrann (National Sawdust, New York Musical Festival, Shakespeare & Co.) and pianist Hee Sung Kim (Alice Tully Hall, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall) give voice to these timeless expressions of love and loss, joy and grief, life and death in this intimate concert.
Opera House Arts, Stonington ME
New York Public Library (part of National Poetry month)
Sing For Hope
New York Port Authority - Rush Hour Concert Series
NYC City Artist Corps Grantwinner
a musical short film
about living life to the fullest...
au naturel
a musical short film
about living life to the fullest...
au naturel
Best Musical Short: Manhattan Film Festival, Chain NYC Film Festival
Best Song: Parma Int'l Music Film Festival
Best Original Song: Long Island Int'l Film Expo
Best Comedy: Snake Alley Festival of Film
Rhode Island Int'l Film Festival
Northampton Int'l Film Festival
New Filmmakers New York
Great Lakes Int'l Film Festival
Cine-World Film Festival
Rumschpringe Int'l Short FF
Let's All Be Free Film Festival (London)
Catskill Mountains Film Festival
FILMETS Badalona Film Festival (Barcelona)
based on Mike Pettry's "Without a Stitch On" - soundtrack available on iTunes
directed by Sean Robinson written by VP Boyle produced by Becky Froman, VP Boyle & Katie Zaffrann
director of photography Pierro Basso, AIC production design by Mehgan Janel costume design by Abbey Cook original music by Mike Pettry arranged, conducted & produced by Gates Thomas
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