Performing Saturday, March 11th @ 8pm
Conjuring Women, the Musical
By Ariel Mitchell Williams (book and lyrics), John Trent Wallace (music), and Ariann Black (concept)
Directed by Jenn Robinson
60 minutes
About the Playwright
ARIEL MITCHELL WILLIAMS (words) original works include A Second Birth (Samuel French Publication, 2019 NYC production, Harold and Mimi Steinberg National Student Playwriting Award, David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award), Give Me Moonlight (2020 Baltimore Production), and The Shower Principle (2021 Podcast Play). She has an MFA from NYU.
JOHN TRENT WALLACE (music) Composer, performer, music director, and award-winning sound engineer (We Will Rock You, Waterford International Festival for Light Opera). His musical theater compositions include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Samuel French Ltd), All 4 One (MCI, on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd) and The Great Sleigh Robbery.
ARIANN BLACK (Producer/Consultant) ICM’s 2014 Magician of the year, IDM’s Female Magician of the Decade, featured on stage (Secrets, Splash) and on screen (Steve Harvey, Pawn Stars). Ariann is from Edmonton and studied Musical Theater at MacEwan University. She compiles histories of female magicians and shares their stories.
| Play Summary |
| Magicians never reveal their secrets, but to save her magic, Carmen White must return home and disclose her secrets to her estranged twin sister. Will she manage to pull off a great vanishing act or will she disappear into history like all those female Magicians who came before her? |
| Character Name | Actor |
|---|---|
| Carmen | Susanne Hube |
| Ben | Kingsley Leung |
| Ellen | Ashley McDine |
| Lisa | Sheri Paquette |
| Adelaide | Denise Roy-Popal |
| Miss Blanche | Pat Sirant |
| Ionia | Victoria Skorobohach |
| Minerva | Eilidh Tew |
| Yan Yow | Ruth Wong-Miller |
| Setting |
| An Attic in Present-day Edmonton |
| Acknowledgements |
| Ariann Black (magician/producer) |
| Production Team |
| Vocal Coach – Sally Hunt |