The reading of We Foxes is produced by Grove Entertainment, hosted by Playwrights Horizons and is closed to the public.
Directed by Silverman with music direction by Rich Silverstein, the piece features a book, music and lyrics by Oliver, whose acclaimed Jasper in Deadland was seen Off-Broadway.
Emily Rogers stars as Willa opposite a cast that includes , , , Cory Jeacoma, , Tori Huston-Elem, Will Erat, , , Jen Perry, and .
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We Foxes is described as "a southern Gothic thriller set in small-town Missouri, 1945. It's the story of Willa, a tough and unmannered orphan girl, and her adoption by the crafty Sheriff鈥檚 wife, Vesta Quimby. When Willa discovers the dark secrets beneath the floorboards, a war cuts them apart and Willa must fight to survive. After all, Vesta Quimby is the most beloved and powerful woman in town 鈥� Yet she's less humanitarian socialite than she is Machiavellian sociopath鈥� Can Willa discover her own salvation, deliver herself into courage, and sacrifice everything to escape Vesta? It is a story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and the great salvation found only through oneself." The creative team includes music director Silverstein, music assistant Kailey Marshall, stage manager David Lurie and production assistant Nessie Nankivell.
We Foxes was commissioned by Broadway Across America and has been in residence at the 5th Avenue in Seattle, Goodspeed, TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley's Writer's Retreat, Pace New Musicals, CAP 21 and the Weston Playhouse. The presented the New York premiere Sept. 12, 2014, as part of its Developmental Reading Series.
Oliver has written eight musicals and is a 2011 Lucille Lortel Award nominee, a 2009 Jonathan Larson grant recipient, the 2008 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre recipient, a 2007 Dramatists Guild Fellow and, most recently, the recipient of residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Weston Playhouse and Cap 21 for We Foxes. His work has been featured at , Off-Broadway and on television.
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