05/31/2020
CREDITS - the production would not be what it is without those who composed, wrote and performed. I am very proud to say that over 50 people participated, and here they are:
"MorningStar a Play as Musical Audio Book" Performers:
Stephen Fowler as “Lou”
Jonathan Van Nuys as “Ramon”
Gloria Strasborg as “Gina”
Theresa Abalo as “Near”
Erin Lee Anderson as “Dolly”
Brian Skinner as “John Butler”
Joe Winkler as “Professor Harold Dogsley”
Cristian Caetano as “Pamona Paste”
Len Improta as “D A Ramsey”
Tom McIntyre as “The Judge”
Jeremy Sharpe as “the Narrator”
The following Performers performed several, or many, character rolls:
Kelly Ann Walton; Nadja Masura; Art Kopecky; Robin Temple; Dom Lyons; Claudia Larsen;
Daniel Alva; Ryan Madden; David Sloves; Gardner Rust; Zachary Alva; Lilly Hourigan;
Andrea Van D**e; Margaret McIntyre; Michael Escobel; Theo Yardley; Rich Sanders;
Tanya Boone-Alva; Cyrus Alva; Petri Alva; and Nicholas Alva;
Special Guest Appearance by Edward McCloud
Jeffree Whitebear Domagalski sang “the Hippy Chanter”
Almost all of the cast members sang
Musical Groups:
The Round; The Peerless Wonders; The Morning Star Folkharmonic Orchestra; Jeremy Sharpe and his Associates; Joe Dolce performed “Hey Lout Gottlieb”; and Zachary Alva was the Piano soloist.
Musicians, vocalists and instrumentalists:
Alicia Bay Laurel, Ramon Sender, Joe Dolce, Carrie Krueger, Linton Hale, Radical Ron Ransford, Mark Petrella, Mark Escalera, Uwe Lueth, Ken Dutcher, Brian Skinner, Cyrus Alva, Petri Alva, Tanya Boone-Alva, Rachel Tree,
Alanna Weatherby, Ezra Hernandez, Alex Sterling, Brett Mollard, Rich Sanders, and Nicholas Alva
MorningStar a Play as Musical Audio Book Composers:
Alicia Bay Laurel
Ramon Sender
Lou and Mother Mira
Joe Dolce
Brian Skinner
Tanya Boone Alva
Kelly Ann Walton
Linton Hale
Nicholas Alva
Johann Sebastian Bach
Modest Mussorgsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Blues Trip Jam by Jeremy Sharpe and His Associates
And anonymous for some traditional style pieces
(copyrights held by composers)
An Alva Sound Art Studio Production
Produced and Directed by Nicholas Alva
Written by Nicholas Alva, with source information from “The Morning Star Scrapbook”; “Home Free Home Journal”; The Press Democrat Archives and many living history interviews and oral tradition
Sound Recorded, Engineered, Edited and Mixed by: Jeremy Sharpe, Rich Sanders and Nicholas Alva
Production work done at The Coop on Star Mountain; S2ads; and Alva Sound Art Studio
Final mix by Nicholas Alva
The Morning Star Collage created by Phil Morningstar
Additional Art and Calligraphy by Tanya Boone-Alva
Photos by Cyrus and Petri Alva
Nicholas Alva, Alva Sound Art Studio, holds the copyright for the overall and completed project, as well as to the compositions that he composed. All composers hold copyrights for their material and dates are held by them. Alicia Bay Laurel copyright Indigo with Stars. For information on particular copyright information email [email protected]
Hippy E.'s poem "but mr can you maybe listen there's" is by
e e cummings copyright 1931 (c) 159, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trus. Copyright (c) 1979 by George Jame Firmage, form Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E.E Cummings, edited by George J Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation (okay, good thing that it is a great poem, and yes I did get it from that book. The copyright info is enough to be it's own work!)
I thank everyone involved, especially Ramon, Kelly (for always being available to help in whatever way) and of course Tanya!
