Commissioned by Paulette Haupt for PREMIERES (INNER VOICES) in 2010, MOSAIC is a 40-minute one-act, one-woman musical. Original production credits below.
MOSAIC
written by CHERI STEINKELLNER and GEORGIA STITT
starring HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF
directed by JONATHAN BUTTERELL
music direction and piano STEVE MARZULLO
guitar SIMON KAFKA
produced by PAULETTE HAUPT and PRIMARY STAGES at 59 East 59th Street
producing associate SUSAN ELLIOT
stage manager BOB BENNETT
assistant stage manager AARON GONZALES
costume and set design DANE LAFFREY
lighting design JENNIFER SCHRIEVER
sound design TOBY ALGYA
video design ROCCO DISANTI
Mosaic, by Cheri Steinkellner and Georgia Stitt, is a multi-media, real-time half hour in the life — and on the MacBook — of Ruth, a woman vlogging at the crossroads of birth, death, love and Diet Coke. — TheaterMania
“Ms. Stitt’s earnest, easy-listening theatrical pop is a natural match for Ms. Steinkellner’s casual, chatty book. (They collaborated on the lyrics.) … Heidi Blickenstaff, who was one of the excellent female friends in “[title of show],” is fine company. Her natural warmth and her affinity for Ruth’s deadpan, self-deprecating humor kept reminding me of Sandra Bullock. And — what’s not to love about Sandra Bullock?” — Charles Isherwood, NYTimes
“Mosaic, by Cheri Steinkeller and Georgia Stitt, is very modern musical monologue about Ruth, a blocked songwriter. Once a promising talent, now a nobody in her 30s, her career cratered after the release of one underperforming album. The disk yielded one pop hit, which inspired endless covers. The song, titled “Not Yet,” is lovely enough to make it onto any musical-theatre fan’s hit parade.” — David Barbour, Lighting and Sound America (April 9, 2010)
