forthcoming: After/BAAL
(a rock & roll reckoning)
play by ROSE CULLIS songs by ASTRID VAN WIEREN directed by JON MICHAELSON
Canadian Premiere
production by NOVEMBER THEATRE(Michael Scholar Jr. Artistic Producer)
& MERMAID PARADE
Live Audio Recordings from November Theatre December 2024 Toronto workshop feature co-stars Parmida Vand and JD Nicholsen, on bass and rhythm guitar, Sarah Richardson on keys, and Mike Tae Lee on drums.
“It's incredibly liberating to write songs from a fictional character’s POV. Baal’s delicious large appetites, her open sexuality and her fierce uncompromising attitude spur me on, as does Rose Cullis's playwriting. Unlike a regular musical, the songs don’t further the narrative in a conventional musical theatre sense, but they do tease out revelations, illuminate characters’ shared histories and just plain rock out!” A V W