Musical Opens June 1st at The Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA. for more information, tickets, and show times go to http://stillsonworks.com or call 818.884.4284
Book, music and lyrics by Alan Stillson
Director: Alissa-Nicole Koblentz
Musical Director: Bonnie Janofsky
Production Manager: Patrick Rogers
Featuring: Johnny Ferretti, Todd Andrew Ball, Laura Wolfe, Deena Russo, Hisato Masuyama,Zed
akiah Koterba, Charlotte Ruiz, Ria Parody Erlich, Donald Melton, Robert Moon, Rachel Berman, Michael Segovia, Clay Dzygun and Lana Ford. Lou Goldfarb struggles to be his own person. When he was a boy, his family and rabbi encouraged him to make a good living in order to fulfill his sacred duty to keep kosher, obey the Sabbath and give to charity. Kennedy, Lou found his own sacred calling, based on the Jewish principal of repairing the world. He worked as an underpaid lawyer for the New York City Housing Authority and went after slumlords. Most young attorneys work there for a few years, abandon their idealism and move on to better paying jobs, but not Lou. Idealism aside, Lou was a good son who trekked from New York to New Jersey several times a year to visit his parents. One time, while visiting Mama and Dad, Lou met his future wife, a local Italian woman, while dancing the Purim Tarantella at the Forestville Jewish Center. Then came marriage, daughter, divorce, remarriage, and two heart attacks. We are at a tribute service for Lou Goldfarb at the Forestville Jewish Center in New Jersey in 2005. His brother Joe leads us through some key moments in Lou’s life, culminating in his epiphany that some compromises are even more important than total idealism. In the final scene, Lou’s wife Gail goes to the lectern and reveals that he is not dead. Lou has survived his second heart attack and, while in the hospital, he asked for a “living tribute” service to celebrate his recovery. He comes out to thank everyone.
