HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
3W, 4M.
The Hilltown Community Choir is back, and they’re preparing for their first concert in months (years? years). Everything has changed and nothing has changed as these old friends (friends? friends) return to the old place where they used to sing but with new songs that are harder than anyone thought they’d be. Joined by newcomer Henry, and cheered on by their single audience member Jan, the HCC want to find themselves in music again, but find something perhaps more difficult and more beautiful than they expected. HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING is a story about survival in the face of unspeakable strangeness, and the need to sing together, even when it might be impossible.
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING was produced as part of the Gallery Series at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop in November 2021, directed by Sarah Gazdowicz.
Iowa Playwrights Workshop
Gallery Series
dir. Sarah Gazdowicz
December 2021
Jannie..............................................................Valerie Davine
Jan..................................................................Mike Torkelson
Meg.....................................................................Jessie Shaw
Gayle.......................................................…....Mary Denmead
Henry...........................................................Derek Donnellan
Craig.............................................................Lorenzo Roberts
Ken...........................................................…....Kolton Stremler
Dramaturgy from Rob Ascher
Assistant Direction & Dramaturgy from Meg Mechelke
Music Direction & Composition by Jeremy Geragotelis
Lighting Design by Jackson Kopesky
Costume Design by Jill Klinkefus
Photos by Jenna Galligan
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING was read virtually as part of New Play Festival at the Iowa Playwrights in May 2021, directed by Molly Clifford.
Iowa Playwrights Workshop
New Play Festival
dir. Molly Clifford
May 2021
Jannie..............................................................Helen Coxe
Jan...................................................……...............Bob Jaffe
Meg.....................................................................Rachel Lin
Gayle...............................................................Cathy Curtin
Henry.........................................................Brendan Dalton
Craig............................................................Quinn Franzen
Ken.........................................................……....Bob Mussett