F e l i c i t a s
A one-woman show by Libby Skala
Music by Steven May
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
Video Design by Stephen Stevo Arnoczy
Photo by Shirin Tinati Photography
The true story of an Austrian nurse who escapes the Third Reich to nurture order in American society one baby at a time. Featuring live mandolin music.
Creative Team
Libby Skala
Playwright / Actress
LIBBY SKALA has charmed audiences internationally with her two critically-acclaimed solo plays: Lilia!, about her Oscar-nominated actress grandmother Lilia Skala, and A Time to Dance, about her great aunt Elizabeth Polk, an award-winning dance therapy pioneer. Libby performed Lilia! in a successful Off-Broadway run at The Arclight Theatre, and won “Best Solo Performer Award” at The London Fringe Festival for A Time to Dance. Both shows have toured North America and Europe. Felicitas, about Libby’s great aunt the baby nurse, completes the trilogy and was presented by Emerging Artists Theatre One Woman Standing Festival in NYC. Libby is a graduate of Oberlin College and is an award recipient of the Pandella Cultural Fund in Switzerland. www.LibbySkala.com
Steven May
Composer / Musician
STEVE MAY has been playing music since the tender age of three, when he made his first make‐shift violin out of a ruler taped to a cereal box in his native Kentucky. His background includes classical, country, Celtic, bluegrass, folk, jazz, and Brazilian music. On fiddle, he alternates between an acoustic and an electric 7‐string with the range of violin, viola and cello. On the mandolin, he alternates between an acoustic and baritone electric. That versatility allows him to switch seamlessly between traditional sounds and crunchy rock and hip hop grooves. His interest in various musical traditions has led him to a variety of recording and performing projects. Credits include: Erica Sunshine Lee; Beltaine’s Fire; Steve Ferguson and Midwest Creole Ensemble; The Clearing; Three at Last; and Lisa Redfern. www.SMay.net
Janice L. Goldberg
Director
JANICE L. GOLDBERG was recently awarded The Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Award for her work with new plays. She has directed over 75 new works, uptown and down, across the country, from university to Off-Broadway. Recent work includes The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska, The Stop Gun Violence Now Theater Festival, Speedball at the Kennedy Center, Autumn Run (also co-author) and These Shining Lives at Adelphi University. For FringeNYC she directed That Dorothy Parker and After Anne Frank (both award winners and selected for Fringe Encores) and The Gathering Room. She directed the Off-Broadway premiere of Rose Colored Glass, which she co-authored and is published by Samuel French, Inc. For Artistic New Directions she has directed Gary Garrison & Roland Tec’s The Rubber Room, Kristine Niven’s Human Resources, numerous Eclectic Shorts and Go Solos! Janice is co-author of 8 plays with Susan Bigelow and directed each in Northern California, as well as Bindlestiff’s Dance Hall, commissioned for the National Eco-Drama Festival & featured in American Theater Magazine. Janice is the recipient of the Pilgrim Project Grant, and a Writer/Director Residency at the Dorset Writers' Colony, VT. Her work ranges in scope from mime to musical, from contemporary farce to courtroom drama, from plays for women to plays full of testosterone. She serves as Artistic Co-Director of Artistic New Directions in New York and leads her Nail-the-Job workshops in Cold Readings and Auditions for students all over the country. www.JaniceLGoldberg.com
Stephen Stevo Arnoczy
Video Design
STEPHEN STEVO ARNOCZY is a freelance media designer native to New York City. He attended NYU (TSOA ‘04-‘08) He is an associate video designer at Imaginary Media Artists and the company video designer for The Dance Cartel. Recently he’s worked with: Stein|Holum Project, Fresh Ground Pepper, Ping Chong Company, Liz Lerman, Sleep No More, and Maya Ciarrocchi. His work has been seen in NYMF (New York Musical Festival), and at 3LD, Theater Row, XL Nightclub, Kent 285, The Living Theater, The Bushwick Starr, and Ars Nova. His video design for BIO-HAZARD: A Relative Comedy starring Sarah Elizabeth Greer won the 2013 United Solo Festival Award for BEST MULTIMEDIA.