Performance: Woman on a Ledge

By Hershey Felder
Directed by Lissa Moira
Adapted from the writings of Rita Costanzi

World Premiere of “Woman on a Ledge,” starring celebrated harpist Rita Costanzi

What happens when a sensitive artist, a woman destined to become an acclaimed world-class musician, has her journey of self discovery and liberation cruelly interrupted by old world Italian Catholic Patriarchal ideas of female place and obligation, and by her own obsessive all-consuming love for a man she meets on his one way street? You get “Woman on a Ledge,” a story of Life, Art, Love, Beauty, Devotion, Betrayal, Conflict and Loss- all told and acted through spoken word and the glorious strains of her heart and soul- her harp. Will she jump or will she break free and fly? Come see “Woman on a Ledge” and find out.

The play includes musical excerpts by: Debussy, Tournier, Bach-Gounod, Puccini, Albinoni, Liszt, Paganini/Mchedelov and Traditional Irish and Scottish Folk Songs.

CAST
Rita Costanzi and her Harp Maria

PRODUCTION
Writer: Hershey Felder
Director: Lissa Moira
Set Design: Lytza Colon
Lighting Design: Marsh Shugart
Stage Manager: Rachel Drummer
Assistant Stage Manager: Alisa Ermolaev
Light and Sound Op: Marsh Shugart

BIO
Rita Costanzi is an internationally recognized and award-winning classical harp soloist, teacher, actor and writer. Formerly Principal Harp of the Vancouver Symphony and CBC Radio Orchestra, she relocated to New York City in 2007 and worked with Hal Prince’s Associate, Arthur Masella, on a One-Woman Show with Harp that was presented in New York, Canada, Australia and Brazil. She has taught and performed at Music Festivals in North and South America and Europe. Winner of the Hershey Felder Presents Arts Prize (2020) for her Covid Documentary, her latest CD, Amoroso, (2023) streamed two million times in its inaugural year. www.ritacostanzi.com

PLAYWRIGHT BIO
Hershey Felder is a pianist, actor, producer, playwright and director. He is known to audiences for his “composer plays,” Chopin, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Bernstein, Berlin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff. He has directed and produced plays in the United States and the United Kingdom focusing on great music and musicians. In 2020, Hershey Felder established LIVE FROM FLORENCE, An Arts Broadcasting Company that broadcasts high quality musical programming throughout the world, directly from his studios in Florence, Italy.

Location: CABARET THEATER

Tickets: $18, Students & Seniors $15
Not recommended for children under 12
Run Time: 1 hour 45 minutes

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