About this project
The writers of WARSAW have created a theatrical event with true vitality and excitement. As we've seen in films such as SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE PIANIST, it is human connection that turns a history lesson into a transformative event that keeps hold of an audience long after they leave the theater. Response from our audiences confirms that WARSAW is just such a show.
This is a story that must be told and retold to inspire future generations to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. WARSAW will encourage a new generation to learn from the Holocaust and condemn the anti-Semitism, racism, and genocide that is still so prevalent in today’s world. Educational Broadway student matinees are a primary goal of the WARSAW creative team.
At the present time, we are looking to raise money that will allow us to move the show forward. We have work that must be done by our designers, writers, attorney, and general manager. We need to compensate them for their work. We are also raising money for possible upcoming (Venues and Dates TBA) workshops, and readings as well as benefit performances for various non-profit organizations in NYC and around the USA, which will help us to further develop and perfect the show.
FAQ
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
64
Backers
$4,135
pledged of $4,000 goal
0
seconds to go
Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 10, 2011.
Pledge $5 or more Pledge $5 or more
Your name listed in the "special thanks" section of the program for WARSAW's next performance or event.
Pledge $100 or more Pledge $100 or more
Your name listed in the "special thanks" section of the program for WARSAW's next performance or event and you will receive a copy of the CD of the music to WARSAW signed by WARSAW's composer, William Wade. (Note: International backers must pay their own shipping).
Pledge $200 or more Pledge $200 or more
Your name listed in the "special thanks" section of the program for WARSAW's next performance or event and you will receive a copy of the CD of the music to WARSAW signed by WARSAW's composer, William Wade as well as a copy of the historical guide and press kit for the show featuring a sneak peek of the what the Broadway production will look like (set designs, etc.) (Note: International backers must pay their own shipping)
Pledge $1,000 or more Pledge $1,000 or more
Your name listed in the "special thanks" section of the program for WARSAW's next performance or event and you will receive a copy of the CD of the music to WARSAW signed by WARSAW's composer, William Wade as well as a copy of the historical guide and press kit for the show featuring a sneak peek of the what the Broadway production will look like (set designs, etc.) (Note: International backers must pay their own shipping). At this level or greater, you will also be invited to a small cocktail party to be given in 2011 in NYC where you will be able to hear some of the show's music performed live by the composer.
Project By
Has not connected their Facebook account.
Ira Shapiro (Book And Lyrics) produced and created theatre for over a decade. He produced Summer Of 69, The Musical, in New York City which ran at the Fairbanks 42nd Street Theater. He also created and produced Jule Styne's Broadway, the concert for orchestras that starred Howard McGillin and Judy Kuhn. His mentors include Jule Styne, who introduced him to creating Broadway Shows, The Theatre Guild and Philip Langner who showed him how to produce Broadway shows, and all the wonderful people he watched create the magic of words and music in theater, Marsha Norman, Bob Merril, Stanley Donnen, Michael Feinstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Jamibeth Margolis (Director) is incredibly honored to be directing 1812 again this winter. NYC directing credits include assistant director to Jerry Zaks on the 2006 Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and also on A Bad Friend by Jules Feiffer at Lincoln Center Theater. Jamibeth directed Plane Crazy, Warsaw, and Far From The Madding Crowd at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, as well as developmental productions and readings of Owl Creek: A New Musical, Warsaw, Dreamweavers, Berlin, Great Googley Moo, Family Dinner, Don’t Blame Me…I Voted For Helen Gahagan Douglas, 1812, and more at prominent NYC venues. Recent regional credits include directing Pirates Of Penzance and Tosca at Boheme Opera and Do I Hear A Waltz? And Jekyll and Hyde at the Arvada Center Theater in Denver and serving as assistant stage director on La Traviata at Opera NJ and as SDCF Directing Observer on Tosca at New York City Opera. Jamibeth is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and specializes in the development of new plays and musicals. She has a B.A. in Drama/Directing from Ithaca College and is a member of the SDC. Jamibeth also cast some of the longest running shows in Broadway history including Les Miserables, Cats, Miss Saigon, and The Phantom Of The Opera.
Michael Thomas Murray (Composer/Musical Director)
"Spring Awakening" (regional premiere at ReVision Theatre), "Kingdom", "Tommy", "Rocky Horror", "Dreamgirls", "Xanadu" and "The Bikinis" at ReVision Theatre. He has music directed and/or accompanied such acts as the Chantels, the Tymes, the Orioles, Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers, the Vandellas, Patty Labelle, and his mentor, Soul and R&B legend, Jimmy Guilford, who was the inspiration for Mike’s rhythm and blues musical, “Great Googley Moo”. He has a B.A. in English from Yale University.
