Alice by Heart - August 09 - August 17, 2024
City of Dublin - Abbey Theater of Dublin
About the Authors
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Jessie Nelson
Jessie wrote the musical Waitress with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. The show played on Broadway for 4 years and moved to the West End in London. Sara and Jessie went on to create the show Little Voice which they Executive Produced with JJ Abrams for Apple TV. Jessie wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam staring Sean Penn. Among her other directing credits are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love, the Coopers with Diane Keaton. Her writing credits include Step Mom and The Story of Us . She produced Fred Claus and Danny Collins . In London, Jessie directed Alice By Heart at the National Theater Connections Program and again at MCC in NYC. She began her career as an actress at the Public Theater working with the award-winning experimental theater Mabou Mines and at the New York Shakespeare Festival. She wrote the children's book Labracadabra. She has been the artistic Director of the Sundance Screen Writers Lab.
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Steven Sater
Sater won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, as well as the Grammy Award, both the NY and UK Drama Critics’ Circle, and the Olivier Award for Best New Musical for Spring Awakening. The revival by Deaf West Theatre was Tony-nominated for Best Musical Revival. The Almeida Theatre revival received the London Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical. In November 2021, the original Broadway cast reunited for a one-night benefit, which is the subject of the HBO documentary, Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known. His other musicals include Alice by Heart (National Theatre of London, MCC Theater, novel version from Razorbill/Penguin Random House); The Nightingale (La Jolla Playhouse); Prometheus Bound (A.R.T.); Nero (Magic Theatre, NYSAF, in London); and Some Lovers (music by Burt Bacharach, The Old Globe). His pop songs have been recorded by artists such as Michael Bublé, Dionne Warwick, and Leslie Odom Jr. TikTok: @steven_sater. Instagram: @stevensater
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