from the 13in13
production
Solos during regular performance is accompanied by the music of composer/trumpeter Brian Groder. The December 9 "Solos Live" show featured the improviosational skills of La Lucha for a one-night only theater/jazz experience.
SOLOS
a play by Joseph Reed Hayes
the final show of the 13in13 series of artistic events
December 6-9, 2013
SOLOS LIVE performance Dec 9 with special guest band LA LUCHA
The Goldman Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center
812 E Rollins St Orlando
13in13: my year of living creatively
Presented by Jazz On Edge
5 years of the best of jazz in Central Florida
Michael Sapp as Ben "Blue" Miller
Desiree Perez as Eleanor Grace
Director: Paul Castaneda
Musical Director: Joseph Hayes
Stage Manager: Katrina Richards
Original Music: Brian Groder
Live Music: La Lucha (Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman, John O'Leary, Matthew Mill)
Of Mr. Sapp's performance in Superior Donuts, the Orlando Sentinel said, "Michael Sapp ... is a force of nature." Michael has performed in Macbeth and Dreamgirls for Mad Cow Theater, August Wilson's Jitney and King Hedley II at Seminole State College.
Called a "charismatic star" by the Orlando Sentinel, Ms. Perez is a veteran of the Orlando stage, starring in Rent, Aida, Nunsense, Hooked and more.
Mr. Castaneda has acted in and produced shows in New York, appeared in shows for Theatre Downtown and the Orlando Fringe Festival and has directed shows for GOAT, Theatre Downtown, Playwrights Round Table and the Orlando Fringe Festival.
International artist Brian Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create compositions critics have called "Music not only for today, but also for tomorrow".
The December 9th show features a live soundtrack in the form of La Lucha, creating a one-of-a-kind, one night only theatrical jazz experience.
With 32 productions and readings of his plays from coast to coast and in three countries since 2001, playwright, freelance writer, jazz advocate and performance artist Joseph Hayes pioneers the cause of local, sustainable art.
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