Back in 1974, at Oberlin College, Herbert Blau led a group of students in developing a production about the ill-fated Donner Party. The cast was a promising one, including Bill Irwin and Michael O’Connor, with whom I toured for years in The Regard of Flight. I was a composition student at the time, and contributed three songs. Now, all these years later, Jim Eigo and Marjorie Hayes are resurrecting it at the University of North Texas. You can find more info here.
ADDENDUM: A video of the production has been posted on YouTube. My songs are at 19:36, 42:49, and 1:32:00.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Mamie // Apr 14, 2024 at 3:05 pm
The song I heard was beautiful.
2 Doug // Apr 14, 2024 at 3:28 pm
Thank you!
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