THEBES
I am currently developing a new show called Thebes in collaboration with Emma H. Sway, Katie Hathaway, and Danilo Gambini through Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre with Music Direction by Andrea Grody. Thebes was produced in Spring 2022 at Quinnipiac University. More info coming soon! https://www.rattlestick.org/thebes
CRESCENT CITY BABY
Samples from Act 1
Journey back to 1933 and take in the music of a world eerily reminiscent of our own: new technologies (radio) were emerging, new politics were shaking up peoples' daily lives, and people were forming radical new relationships with sexual and racial identity.
Nowhere were these forces more present than in New Orleans, where music tells a history more vividly than anything else could. Crescent City Baby explores the Odyssey of New Orleans jazz in the 1930s, and what happened to the musicians who stayed behind as their music spread across the globe.
Music, Lyrics, and Libretto by Solon Snider SwayConceived by Solon Snider Sway and Joseph Roach
Samples from Act 2
THE SWALLOW AND THE TOMCAT
In a garden world full of creatures, the grumpy old tomcat is the least popular of the bunch. The flirty swallow is the only one brave enough to approach the aloof feline with some unsavory truths. Things gets personal between the swallow and the tomcat and out of conflict, love is born. Will their love survive the vicious judgments of the polite garden society? In this new adaptation of the beloved Brazilian children’s novel, a swallow and a tomcat show us how hate is a reactionary act while love is a radical one.
Based on the Story by Jorge AmadoAdaptation/Lyrics by Danilo Gambini and Emily Sorensen Music/Lyrics by Solon Snider SwayMore info here: https://summercabaret19.org/the-swallow-and-the-tomcat/
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THE TEMPEST
(Yale School of Drama, March 2019 Production)
Audio Tracks coming soon!
It has been twelve years since Prospero, the Duke of Milan, was usurped by his brother and exiled to a magic isle. There he rules over the native inhabitants and spirits with his daughter by his side. When chance brings his enemies sailing by the island’s shores, Prospero summons a great storm, causing a shipwreck and putting a plan in motion to take his revenge and reclaim his power. Full of music, magic, and mystery, The Tempest asks how we perceive others, what it means to take and wield power, and how much we can truly forgive.
By William ShakespeareSongs by Solon Snider SwayOrchestrations by Liam Bellman-Sharpe Check out some video samples of songs from the show below:
CUPIDITY
Cupidity is a musical comedy based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche (by Apuleius), but set in the 21st century in Beverly Hills, where Cupid and his movie-star mother Venus reside. What happens when a mythic tale is grafted onto a world of online dating, Hollywood internships, and talk show therapy? Cupidity!
Book/Lyrics by Terra Ziporyn SniderMusic/Lyrics by Solon Snider Sway