"Buy Out and Be Gone" - The Picher Project @ Feinstein's/54 Below
THE PICHER PROJECT at Feinstein’s/54 Below
October 23rd, 2019
“Buy Out and Be Gone”
Music and Lyrics by Lauren Pelaia and Quentin Madia
Orchestrations by Alex Knezevic
CAST:
THE MAN - James Hunsaker
WILMA STONE - Megan Dwinell
LENNA SANDERS - Madelyn Monaghan
CAYDEN SANDERS - Joseph Fiordaliso-Riahi
DUSTY - Brett Parker Dixon
SUSANNA - Cat Patterson
REBECCA JIM - Lauren Pelaia
VICK CHARLES - Ryan Victor “Little Eagle” Pierce
HOPPY RAY - Jack Boyd
ENSEMBLE -
Mae Roney (Violin)
Michael Shofi (Guitar)
Mili Diaz
BAND:
Jake Sinsky, Piano/Conductor
Meg Doyle, Bass
Caty Butler, Cello
Joe Scardino, Drums
Alex Knezevic, Banjo
Videographers:
Dane Giuffre
Victoria Pizzo
Audio Courtesy of Feinstein’s/54 Below
Editing by Alex Knezevic
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THE PICHER PROJECT
thepicherproject.com
Created by
Quentin Madia (Book, Lyrics)
Lauren Pelaia (Music, Lyrics)
Alex Knezevic (Music, Lyrics)
The Picher Project is a new musical that explores the rise, boom, destruction, and fall of the now-abandoned mining town of Picher, Oklahoma. The town that once was the largest producer of lead and zinc in the world became the EPA’s #1 Superfund site, deeming Picher the most toxic place in the US. After a devastating tornado destroyed most of what was left of the town, Picher was officially dissolved in 2013, making it a ghost town.
The Picher Project, based on interviews and stories from people who used to live there, follows the ups and downs of different points in the town’s 100 year history, through town politics, involvement with the native Quapaw tribe, disease and illness, natural disasters, and the earth literally falling apart underneath them.
