BURNING SLED MEDIA
and
ARIA 412
present
a NEW MERCURY COLLECTIVE production
conceived, composed, written, and directed by
DARON HAGEN
starring
ROBERT FRANKENBERRY
DESIREE SOTERES
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
♫
director of photography
TALAL JABARI
musical director
ROBERT FRANKENBERRY
executive producers
KIP SOTERES, ROBERT FRANKENBERRY, DARON HAGEN
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originally produced for the stage by
VISWA SUBBARAMANN and AMY JENSEN
SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATER
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assistant director
TEVI EBER
Sound Recordist
NIKOLA CHAPELLE
Lighting Designer, Pittsburgh
EVE BANDI
In-theater Sound Design, Pittsburgh
HOWARD PATTERSON
Stage Manager
EMILY NIEDBALA
Piano Technician
RANDY MANGUS
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Graphic Designer
ZOE SOTERES
Graphic Photography, Pittsburgh
JULIE GOETZ
Social Media Campaign Artwork
SPENCER SWENSON
Still Photographer, Pittsburgh
DOUG ESTOK
Still Photographer, Milwaukee
MARK FROHNA
Vocal Score Cover Design
CHRISTOPHER LYONS
Musical Materials Preparation
TOG Music Services, New York City
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Daron Hagen’s Representation
Encompass Arts, New York City
KAREN OLSEN
Legal Representation
Corey Field Law Group, Los Angeles
COREY FIELD
Music Publishing
Burning Sled Music, New York City
Sole Licensing Agent
Peermusic Classical, New York City
KAREN HEYMANN and TODD VUNDERINK
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I HEAR AMERICA SINGING
was commissioned and first presented by the
SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATER
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9-25 May 2014
at the Skylight Studio Theater.
starring
Robert Frankenberry, Carol Greif, Rick Penzich
Stage Director: Daron Hagen
Music Director: Robert Frankenberry
Assistant Stage Director: Kelly Bowes Turner
Artistic Director: Viswa Subbaramann
Managing Director: Amy Jensen
Costume Designer: Barry Link
Lighting Designer: Ryan Bertelson
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THE NEW MERCURY COLLECTIVE
Barbara Grecki
Carlos Jaquez Gonzalez
Carol Greif Schuele
CeCe Jude Hastreiter
Gilda Lyons
Haruka Motohashi
Omar Mulero
Rabab Haj Yahya
Robert Frankenberry
Robert Orth
Roger Zahab
Talal Jabari
Tevi Eber
Tyler Ono
William Rhoads
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The Prism Players
Jennifer Sternick, violin
Brian Curtin, violin
Roger Zahab viola
Camden Wentz, violoncello
Roger Zahab, violin performed Joe Bowers
String tracks recorded by
plus minus
Bellefield Auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA
1 December 2024
Soundtrack mixed at
Burning Sled Media, Rhinebeck, NY
4 November -17 December 2024
Stereo mastering by
Neil Erickson
TOG Music Services, New York, NY,
December 2024
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SPECIAL THANKS
Adrian Carr
Barbara Grecki
Erin Freeman
Hadley Armstrong
JoAnn Falletta
Matt Gillespie
Matthew Wright
Shane Emerich
William Rhoads
Y. Sean Cho
♫♫♫
ROBERT FRANKENBERRY
Robbie Doerfler
DESIREE SOTERES
Rose Marie Hartzell
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
Roger Tomchek
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the voices of
TALAL JABARI / Charon, a documentary filmmaker
TEVI EBER / Acheron, a documentary filmmaker
DARON HAGEN / Critics, Collaborators, Colleagues, Counselors, Confidants, Confessors, and Competitors
HOWARD PATTERSON / Stage Manager
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POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND THEIR GUESTS AT THE BACKER’S AUDITION
Andra DeVries, Howard Agenhaltz, Fabio Gentili, Sydney Kczorowski, Julia Goetz, Roger Zahab, Kathleen Mannkyan, Christine Probere, Dennis Keyes, Teresa Lacaria, Mary Davis, Bill Keyes, Mary Keyes, Sara Shar, Brienne Sharo, Sasha Schwartz, Julie Hanify, David Mahler, Frank Hamm, L. Orbach, Mary Ellen Petrisko, Nanette Solomon, Jonathan Solomon, Carol Kessler, Virginia Cassiano, Tanying Dong, Matthew Gillespie, Therese Moss
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Catherine Qureshi, Max Qureshi, Kevin King, Rachael Parsons, Tracy R. Parsons, Jennifer LaRocco, Paul William Shea, Michelle Walker, Lisa Simone, Bruce Morris, Tammy Ryan, Colleen Gallagher, Neal Binstock, Karen Woodall, Mildred S. Myers, Barbara Keller, Brenna Sellner, Maria Sensi Sellner, Kip Soteres, Daron Hagen, Ixchel Parr-Culver, John Parr-Culver, Neil Erickson
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Filmed in May 2024 at the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theater
and other locations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
℗ 2024 Burning Sled Media, All rights reserved.
© Copyright 2015, 2024 Burning Sled Music;
Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent.
This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead,
or actual events, is purely coincidental.
♫
in memory of
Diane C. Doerfler & Wallace Tomchek
ARS VITA EST
“QUESTION COLLAGE”
Music written by Daron Hagen
Lyrics by Daron Hagen and Tevi Eber
Performed by Daron Hagen
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© 2024 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“I AM ROSE”
Music by Daron Hagen
Lyrics by Gertrude Stein (1913)
Performed by Desiree Soteres
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“I HEAR AMERICA SINGING”
Music by Daron Hagen
Lyrics by Daron Hagen adapted from Walt Whitman (1860)
Performed by Robert Frankenberry, Desiree Soteres,and Christopher Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“THE VACANT CHAIR”
Original Melody by George F. Root (1861)
Original lyrics by Henry S. Washburn (1861)
Music and Lyrics adapted and arranged by Daron Hagen
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“REMEMBER HOW IT WAS?”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“LOOK IN YOUR HEART”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Music adapted from “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
by William Whiting (1860)
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“STRIPES AND STARS”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Music adapted from “Stars and Stripes Forever”
by John Philip Sousa (1897)
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“OUR LOVE’S ABSENCE”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“WE’LL HOLD ON”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Music adapted from the traditional Appalachian Folk Song “Over Yondro”
Performed by Frankenberry and Soteres
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“RYE WHISKY”
Music and Lyrics adapted from the traditional folk song by Daron Hagen
Performed by Christopher Scott
First recorded and released by Fiddlin' John Carson in 1926,
now in the public domain
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“REBEL / YOUTH”
Music by Daron Hagen based on “The Picture Graved into My Heart”
from the song cycle “Dear Youth” (1990) by Daron Hagen,
and the traditional ballad “Joe Bowers”
Lyrics adapted from a letter of Hannah Ropes, 27 December 1862,
and a lyric by Major Innes Randolph, C.S.A.
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“JOE BOWERS”
Arranged by Daron Hagen based on the traditional song
Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1949
Performed by Roger Zahab
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© 2024 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“THE LET US SONG”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2024 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“THE SICK ROSE”
Music by Daron Hagen
Lyrics by William Blake (1794)
Performed by Christopher Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“WHEN I WAS SINGLE”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen adapted from two versions
of the traditional Scottish Highlands children’s song
Recorded by Alan Lomax in 1949
Performed by Soteres and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“OH, WHEN I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU”
Music by Daron Hagen (1980)
Lyrics by A.E. Housman (1895) and Daron Hagen (2015)
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“LITTLE SNUG APARTMENT”
Music by Daron Hagen based on the traditional ballad
“I’m a Stern Old Bachelor
Lyrics adapted from the original folk lyric
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“TO BEAT TIME”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Performed by Christopher Scott
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© 2024 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“(AND THEN) I LET HIM GO”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen adapted from the traditional folk song “Liza Jane”
Performed by Soteres and Frankenberry
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“I BELIEVE IN SONG”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Performed by Robert Frankenberry
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“I NEVER WANTED ANYONE BEFORE”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen (2024) based on
the song from the musical "Together" by Hagen (1976)
Performed by Frankenberry and Soteres
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© 2023 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“I HEAR AMERICA SINGING (REPRISE)”
Music by Daron Hagen
Lyrics adapted by Hagen from Walt Whitman
Music Arranged by Robert Frankenberry
Performed by Frankenberry, Soteres, and Scott
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© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
“YOU DON’T FALL UP, YOU FALL DOWN”
Music and Lyrics by Daron Hagen
Instrumental arrangement of the tune
from the original production of "I Hear America Singing" drawn
from Hagen's "Chaplin Symphony" (2018)
performed by The Tramp Orchestra,
Erin Freeman, conductor.
Used by gracious permission of
the Wintergreen Music Festival
℗ 2015 Burning Sled Music, ASCAP
© 2015 Peermusic Classical, sole licensing agent
Production stills (c) by Doug Estok.