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1968 Molly's Dream
First Published: Promenade and Other Plays.
Synopsis
Molly is a waitress in a modest saloon. There, she has an encounter with a stranger and this triggers an exploration of her inner life as she meets some very unusual characters.
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With music by Cosmos Savage, which is now thought to be lost, this premiered at Boston University Writers Conference, Tanglewood, Maasachusets on 23rd July 1968, directed by Ed Setrakian. It has been directed twice by Fornes. First, in December 1968 with the New Dramatists Committee, NYC when there were five readings rather than performances. Music by Cosmos Savage with accompaniment by David Tice, Lighting Design by Therese King. Cast: Molly - Julie Bovasso, Mack - Jim Cashman, Young Man - Ray Barry, John - Leonard Hicks, Alberta - Crystal Field, Hanging Women - Kay Carney, Penny Dupont, Carol Gelfand, Margaret Impert, Alice Tweedy.
Fornes directed it again, in June/July 1973, with New York Theatre Strategy, NYC for a production dedicated 'To the memory of Leonard Hicks'. Lighting Design was by Joanna Schielke, and 'Magic Touches' by Willa Kim. Cast: Molly - Kay Michaels, Jim - John Bakos, Mack - John Wyler, John - Bernard Barrow, Alberta - Lois Dengrove, Hanging Women - Margie Benzac, Lynn Bowman, Collette Dabney, Barbara Rohrer, and Muriel Gehman, who was replaced for the 23rd June performance by Beverly Jones. At the piano were David Tice and Cosmos Savage.
Molly's Dream was staged in NYC in June 2003 when it was directed by Daniel Aukin at the SoHo Rep, 46 Walker Street, NYC. www.sohorep.org Lighting was by Marcus Doshi, Set and Costumes were by Louisa Thompson, Choreography by David Neumann. The Composer was Maury Loeb and there were three musicians for piano, violin and guitar. Cast: Molly - Bo Corre, Mack - Matthew Maher, Jim - Dominic Bogart, John - Patrick Boll, Alberta - Toi Perkins, Hanging Women - Erin Farrell, Shannon Fitzgerald, Jessica Hency, Debra Wassum and Casey Wilson.
This Soho Rep production was awarded an Obie Special Citation, in May 2004.
London
A production of Molly's Dream by Goldsmiths College, was staged at Studio 2, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London from the 4th to 6th June 2004. Director - Emily Flouton, New Music - James Goldsmith.
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