UniSon

UniSon is a Musical by UNIVERSES Theater (Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Steven Sapp, William Ruiz), inspired by the unreleased poetry of August Wilson; Commissioned and Premiering at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival a.k.a OSF (2017).

UniSon is a musical by UNIVERSES, inspired by the, as of yet, unreleased Poetry of August Wilson in association with Constanza Romero. As it is a fusion of both Wilson's (Son) poetry and UNIVERSES'(Uni) lyrics, poetry and text, the musical's is named for both. UniSon was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) and premieres at OSF in April 2017. Robert O'Hara, directs; at the helm of his design team which consists of: Choreographer, Byron Easley; Scenic Designer, Christopher Acebo; Lighting Designer, Alex Jainchill; Video Designer, Kaitlyn Pietras; Composers, UNIVERSES, with Broken Chord and Toshi Reagon. Dramaturgy by Joan Herrington.

Production Cast/Design Team[edit]

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Original Cast: Steven Sapp, Asia Mark, Christiana Clark, William Ruiz, Kevin Kenerly, Rodney Gardiner, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, Yvette Clark, Johnathan Luke Stevens].
Artistic Team: UNIVERSES - Steven Sapp, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, William Ruiz (Playwrights); Robert O'Hara (director); Byron Easley (Choreographer); Universes with Broken Chord and Toshi Reagon (Composers); Christopher Acebo (Scenic Design); Alex Jainchill (Lighting Design); Kaitlyn Pietras (Video Designer); Dede M. Ayite (Costume Designer).

References

"A new musical based on August Wilson's poetry will debut in Oregon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
Desk, BWW News. "SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, New Musical UNISON and More Set for Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 Season". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Editors, American Theatre (2016-03-19). "OSF's 2017 Season to Feature Disney-Affiliated Shows, New August Wilson". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2017-03-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)