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Autographed Manuscript Page from WHY IS EARTHA KITT TRYING TO KILL ME?
- Item Number
- 126
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 150 USD to km11990d3
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
The winning bidder will receive a handwritten manuscript page from WHY IS EARTHA KITT TRYING TO KILL ME?, created and signed by composer Jeffrey Dennis Smith and librettist David Johnston.
About Jeffrey Dennis Smith
Jeffrey Dennis Smith is a composer, percussionist and conductor focusing primarily on music for the stage. He’s currently a Resident Composer with the EtM Con Edison Composer’s Residency administered by Exploring the Metropolis in New York City. From 2011-2015 he was a Resident Artist with American Lyric Theater where he wrote a one-act opera WHY IS EARTHA KITT TRYING TO KILL ME?: A LOVE STORY with librettist David Johnston.
He was selected to participate in the 2015 New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio, and in 2013 he received a scholarship to study at the European American Musical Alliance in Paris. His musical LIGHTNING MAN was presented as part of the ANT Fest 2011 at Ars Nova and was recently a semi-finalist for the 2015 Eugene O’Neill National Music Theater Conference. www.jeffreydennissmith.com
About David Johnston
David Johnston is an award-winning playwright, librettist and screenwriter. His plays have been performed and read at the New Group, Moving Arts, the Neighborhood Playhouse, HB Playwrights Foundation and Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Playwriting awards include Theater Oxford, Playwright Residency at the University of Cincinnati, a Berrilla Kerr Foundation Grant, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and the Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation. He wrote the libretto for the chamber opera, Why Is Eartha Kitt Trying to Kill Me? (American Lyric Theatre, composed by Jeffrey Dennis Smith, premieres July 2018 at Urban Arias) and Daughters of the Bloody Duke, commissioned by Washington National Opera for the American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center, composed by Jake Runestad. www.davidjohnstonplaywright.com
About WHY IS EARTHA KITT TRYING TO KILL ME?
Why is Eartha Kitt Trying to Kill Me?: A Love Story is a one-act opera, by composer Jeffrey Dennis Smith and librettist David Johnston, about a mysterious – and unlikely – murder suspect. A tour de force love story and mad scene all in one, a man shares his bizarre confession concerning the fate of a hot, young, art world star. Smith’s score blends elements of jazz with an edgy contemporary sound, creating an energy that propels the story forward.
Item Special Note
Winning bidder is responsible for additional shipping charges; or item may be picked up at American Lyric Theater's offices in midtown New York City.
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