Four Seasons Theatre is proud to present two events as part of World Premiere Wisconsin, a statewide festival celebrating new plays and musicals.
Tickets ($20, $25) available at Overture Center Box Office in person, online, or by phone at (608) 258-4141.
Steady She GoesWelcome to the Golden Age of Sail in this world premiere reading filled with sea shanties, danger and, ultimately, triumph. Steady She Goes is the unbelievably true tale of gale force winds around Cape Horn, an ailing captain, a mutinous mate and Mary Ann Brown Patten, the woman who made history trying to save them all. Four Seasons Theatre is partnering with Playwright Erica Berman and Music Director Scott McKenna Campbell to develop this new musical play and present a reading with a talented cast of local actors and musicians.
Erica Berman is a playwright, director, and theater educator. Her plays have been produced at Milwaukee Chamber Theater, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Four Seasons Theater, Interlochen Arts Camp, and Kent Place School. She was also commissioned to write an original musical for Kohl’s Wild Theater’s 2019-2020 season at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Her plays have been developed at the Wisconsin Wrights Festival (Forward Theater), Montgomery Davis Play Development Series (Milwaukee Chamber Theater), Words and Music Series (Four Seasons Theater), Protostar Series (Children’s Theater of Madison), and a finalist for the Br!NK Residency Award (Renaissance Theaterworks) and New Plays for Young Audiences (NYU). She was awarded residency to the 2018 & 2019 National Winter Playwrights Retreat with the HBMG Foundation in Colorado. Erica received her BA Mount Holyoke College, MA Emerson College. Her theses at both institutions focused on playwriting.
Image: “Mary Ann Brown Patten” by an unidentified artist, c. 1857. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dorthy Knouse Koepke
Dan Seavey: Confessions of a Great Lakes PirateWere there pirates on the Great Lakes? Join actor, musician and tall ships captain Tom Kastle for a look at the life and times of “Roaring” Dan Seavey, the Great Lakes most famous, and infamous, pirate. The performance will be followed by a moderated Audience Talkback.
Runtime: 80 minutes including Audience Talkback
Playwright Tom Kastle wears many hats, within his one man play and beyond. He is a tall ship captain, singer-songwriter, maritime music storyteller, and an actor in theatre, film, and voiceover mediums. Kastle’s knowledge of and fondness for the Great Lakes runs as deep as Superior itself, bringing the tales of Dan Seavey to life in a way only a tall ship captain could.
Image Credit: Dan Seavey, Pirate of the Great Lakes. Image Credit: Unknown.
