Songs from the new musical More Than All the Sky, penned by Lori Ada Jaroslow and Morgan Hollingsworth, are presented March 11 at The Green Room 42 at 9:30 PM. The evening is also being live streamed.
Also directed by Jaroslow, the concert features 14 songs performed by Cailen Fu (Mean Girls), Fernell Hogan (Kimberly Akimbo), Karen Mason (Sunset Boulevard), Andrea Prestinario (Fun Home), Sydney Torin Shepherd (Jasper In Deadland), Maria Cristina Posada Slye (Evita), and Becca Suskauer (Pretty Woman). Nissa Kahle is the musical director.
More Than All the Sky, which has book and lyrics by Jaroslow and music and additional lyrics by Hollingsworth, follows a young woman's internal battle toward recovery and how an entire family is impacted by drugs and alcohol.
Jaroslow said in an earlier statement, “Addiction and recovery have been a big part of my life. Interestingly, not because of the family I grew up in. I was born in a trunk and got the show biz gene on both sides, not the addiction gene. Regardless, I did start drinking and using at a young age. It took my life becoming unmanageable for me to realize that I had the disease of addiction. I have now been sober for 30 years! When I see people close to me struggling or hear of another overdose, I become more galvanized to move this show forward to raise awareness of the alcohol use disorder and opioid crisis in this nation. And most importantly to shine a light on the fact that we can get help and recover. We are resilient.”
Ella Smith is the production stage manager. Mara Jill Herman produces.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Path To Peace, a non-profit organization that provides services and resources to empower women to walk the path towards emotional, mental, physical, and sexual integrity, defined by them, and to help heal their past.
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