1999 | VARIATIONS ON CHRISTOPHER STREET: Four Short Works for Five Tall Women

In Spring 1999, MultiStages produced a quartet of Dance/Theatre/Poetry pieces with choreographer Joan Murray at the Lark Studio Theatre.

Three pieces written by Lorca Peress: Broadway Bound, a spoken word piece on the IRT featuring dramatic percussive dance accompaniment and rhythmic verse; Sound Off, a comedic duet for tap dancer and opera singer vying for the stage; and Rock-A-Bye (Winner of the La Mia Ink! One-Page Play Contest), a solo dance with song where a woman abandons her baby. The fourth piece was a dance interpretation w/ text from the one-act Eugene O’Neill play, Before Breakfast.

Variations On Christopher Street was chosen for the Artists Embassy International Festival in San Francisco.

The Company featured actor/dancers Alison Courtney, Karen Millard, Zazel O’Garra and Lorca Peress, and opera singer Becky Holbrook. Joan Murray, Choreography, Amanda Ellis, Assistant Choreographer and Tap Director.