Unknown Soldier
- Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
- Book and Lyrics by Daniel Goldstein
- Directed by Trip Cullman
- Choreographed by Patrick McCollum
Credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway and the Public Theater) Unknown Soldier, The Fortress of Solitude, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Mr. Burns. With The Civilians: Canard Canard Goose, Gone Missing, Nobody’s Lunch, This Beautiful City, In the Footprint, The Great Immensity, Paris Commune, Pretty Filthy, and The Abominables. He was the Artist-in-Residence and Director of the Public Forum at the Public Theater and Artistic Director of City Center Encores! Off-Center. He received the 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence and was honored with a star on the Playwright’s Sidewalk at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2018.
Playwrights debut. Winner of the 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theater Librettist. His musical Row, written with Dawn Landes about Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean, was commissioned by The Public and will have its world premiere this summer at The Williamstown Theatre Festival. Daniel’s play Orange Crush, commissioned by Roundabout Theater Company, is about Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of The Art of the Deal. He is the recipient of an inaugural Calderwood Commission from the Huntington Theatre Company and The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub NY Voices Commission for New Musicals. With Michael, he is also the author of The Song Of Songs, an adaptation of the Sholem Aleichem novella. As a director, his work includes many productions on and off-Broadway and at theaters around the United States and internationally. He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Performance Studies.
Playwrights: The Pain of My Belligerence, Assistance, The Drunken City, Manic Flight Reaction, A Small Fire (Drama Desk nomination). Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, Lobby Hero, Six Degrees of Separation, Significant Other. Select off-Broadway: The Mother, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic); Days of Rage, The Layover, Lonely I’m Not, The Substance of Fire, Some Men, Bachelorette, Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage); Punk Rock (Obie Award), Yen, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit..., Moscow... (MCC); Significant Other (Roundabout); Choir Boy, Murder Ballad (MTC); The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing, The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick); Dog Sees God (Century Center); Roulette (EST); US Drag (stageFARM); and several productions with The Play Company. London: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: Geffen, Alliance, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Bay Street, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Playwrights: The Pain of My Belligerence, Assistance, The Drunken City, Manic Flight Reaction, A Small Fire (Drama Desk nomination). Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, Choir Boy, Lobby Hero, Six Degrees of Separation, Significant Other. Select off-Broadway: The Mother, I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic); Days of Rage, The Layover, Lonely I’m Not, The Substance of Fire, Some Men, Bachelorette, Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage); Punk Rock (Obie Award), Yen, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Gynecologic Oncology Unit..., Moscow... (MCC); Significant Other (Roundabout); Choir Boy, Murder Ballad (MTC); The Hallway Trilogy: Nursing, The Last Sunday in June (Rattlestick); Dog Sees God (Century Center); Roulette (EST); US Drag (stageFARM); and several productions with The Play Company. London: The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA (Tricycle). Select regional: Geffen, Alliance, Old Globe, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Bay Street, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers a mysterious photograph of an anonymous soldier, tucked away in a box of keepsakes. And so begins Daniel Goldstein and Michael Friedman’s sweeping, elegiac musical about a woman’s journey to unearth the secrets buried in her family’s past. Spanning three generations, Unknown Soldier unravels a delicate tangle of family lore, as Ellen chases the extraordinary story that unlocks her history — and charts her future.
Kerstin Anderson
Lucy LemayJames Crichton
EnsembleZoe Glick
Lucy Rabinowitz/Young EllenEmilie Kouatchou
EnsembleErik Lochtefeld
AndrewJay McKenzie
EnsembleJessica Naimy
EnsembleEstelle Parsons
Lucy AndersonMargo Seibert
Ellen RabinowitzThom Sesma
DoctorPerry Sherman
Francis
Playwrights debut. Broadway: My Fair Lady. National Tour: The Sound of Music. Educational Theatre: The Light in the Piazza, Antigone (Pace University). BFA in Musical Theater, Pace University.
Playwrights debut. Off-Broadway: Jasper in Deadland (Prospect Theater Company). National Tour: Peter and the Starcatcher. Regional: Botticelli in the Fire (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre Company), The Last Ship (Pioneer Theatre Company), and Sweeney Todd (The Rev Theater Company). Host and creator of the podcast, Actors: On Process. Education: Hofstra University (BFA).
Playwrights debut. Broadway: Frozen (Young Anna). National Tours: Les Miserables (Little Cosette/Young Eponine, original revival cast), The Sound of Music (u/s Gretl/Marta). Special thanks to Clifton Samuels, Bonnie Shumofsky Bloom (Stewart Talent), Naomi Kolstein (Bohemia Group), David Madore, Chris York, Laura Luc, Marie and Kelly. Much gratitude to the Unknown Soldier creative team and Playwrights for this opportunity. Love to my family. @zozonyc.
Playwrights debut. Credits: Oklahoma! (Broadway at Music Circus, Sacramento, CA); Merrily We Roll Along, Passing Strange, A Man of No Importance (The University Of Michigan), Sweeney Todd (Connecticut Repertory Theater). Emilie is thrilled to be making her New York City debut with Playwrights Horizons. She would like to thank her wonderful family and friends for supporting her through everything.
Playwrights Horizons debut. Broadway: Misery, Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway: A Funny Thing…of New York City (MCC), Stupid F*cking Bird (Pearl), Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova), Powerhouse (New Ohio), Tamar of the River (Prospect Theater), Row After Row (Women’s Project), Melancholy Play (13P), February House (The Public). Regional: Unknown Soldier (Williamstown), Hamlet (Yale Rep). TV: “Madame Secretary,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Law & Order.” Married to playwright Laura Eason. @eriklochtey
Playwrights debut. Broadway: Beautiful. National Tours: Beautiful, Memphis. Regional: Sister Act (Maine State Music Theater); Violet (Smithtown PAC); Smokey Joe’s Café (Fireside Theatre). TV: “American Idol” (Season Nine), “America’s Got Talent.”
Playwrights debut. Broadway: Ink (MTC), Honeymoon In Vegas. National Tours: South Pacific. Select Regional: Hartford Stage, Marriott Theatre, Pioneer Theatre, San Diego Musical Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse. BFA from Emerson College.
Playwrights debut. Broadway: Miss Margarida’s Way, August: Osage County, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, The Seven Descents of Myrtle, and more. Tours: Miss Margarida’s Way, August: Osage County, The Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya. Film: Bonnie and Clyde; Rachel, Rachel; Watermelon Man; Diane; and more. TV: “The Conners,” “Roseanne,” “All in the Family,” and more. Regional: many. The Actors Studio. Five lifetime achievement awards, Theater Hall of Fame.
Playwrights: The Thanksgiving Play. Broadway: “Jane” in In Transit, “Adrian” in Rocky (Drama League Nomination). Off-Broadway: Octet, Tamar of the River (Drama Desk nomination), The Undeniable Sound of Right Now. Select Regional: Always, Patsy Cline, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Ever After, The Last Five Years. TV: “Instinct”, “The Good Cop”, “Elementary”, “Boardwalk Empire.” Margo is the co-founder of the non-profit organization RACKET; learn more here www.weracket.com. Margo's debut album, “77 TH Street” is out now. www.margoseibert.com @margo_seibert
Playwrights debut. Broadway: The Times They Are A-Changin’, Man of La Mancha, Search & Destroy, Nick & Nora, Chu Chem, La Cage, and tours of The Lion King, Miss Saigon, and Titanic. Off-Broadway: Superhero (Second Stage), Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street), John Doyle’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Pacific Overtures (CSC), Discord (Primary Stages), Othello (The Public). Regional: Ghosts (Williamstown), Into The Woods (Barrinton). TV: “Instinct,” “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Wife,” “Gotham.” www.thomsema.com.
Broadway: Fun Home. Regional: Amelie (world premiere at Berkeley Rep), Burn All Night (ART), The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River Theater). TV: Recurring on “The Deuce” (HBO). Tours / Sit Downs: Les Misérables, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening. BFA training from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mark Wendland
Scenic DesignClint Ramos
Costume DesignJacob A. Climer
Costume DesignBen Stanton
Lighting DesignLeon Rothenberg
Sound DesignLucy Mackinnon
Projection DesignJ. Jared Janas
Hair, Wig, and Make-up DesignMichael Friedman
OrchestrationsMarco Paguia
OrchestrationsJulie McBride
Music DirectorTomoko Akaboshi
Music CoordinatorLisa Ann Chernoff
Production Stage ManagerBen Freedman
Assistant Stage ManagerPlaywrights Horizons: sets and/or costumes for Bella, After the Revolution, Bootycandy, Familiar. With Robert O’Hara: Barbecue, A Raisin in the Sun, Five Guys Named Moe, Wild With Happy. Broadway: sets and/or costumes for Once On This Island, Six Degrees…, Sunday in the Park…, In Transit, Eclipsed, The Elephant Man (also West End), Violet. Other Off-Broadway: Torch Song, Here Lies Love (also London), Sweet Charity, Kid Victory, Appropriate, many others. Over 200 regional/international credits. Encores! Off-Center series. Awards: Tony, Obie (Sustained Excellence), two ATW Henry Hewes, three Lortels, TDF Irene Sharraf Young Master, Helen Hayes. @clintramos
Playwrights Horizons debut. Broadway: Six Degrees of Separation, Spring Awakening (Outer Critics Circle nomination). Off-Broadway: Yen (MCC). Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Cleveland Play House, Goodspeed Opera House. Opera: Greek National Opera.
Playwrights: Mankind, Bella. Broadway: Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin' the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All about Me, Next to Normal. Recent Off-Broadway/Regional: Toni Stone (Roundabout), BLKS (MCC), Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center), Alice by Heart (MCC), Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.), Yours Unfaithfully (Mint Theatre, Drama Desk nomination).
Credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway and the Public Theater) Unknown Soldier, The Fortress of Solitude, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Mr. Burns. With The Civilians: Canard Canard Goose, Gone Missing, Nobody’s Lunch, This Beautiful City, In the Footprint, The Great Immensity, Paris Commune, Pretty Filthy, and The Abominables. He was the Artist-in-Residence and Director of the Public Forum at the Public Theater and Artistic Director of City Center Encores! Off-Center. He received the 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence and was honored with a star on the Playwright’s Sidewalk at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2018.
More About This Show:
A thoughtful, history-spanning portrait of elusive identities that celebrates the urge to fully know people -- in the present and the past.
A heartfelt and original chamber musical.