A WORLD NOT SO WIDE
new one-act musical
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, January 2019
Playground Festival of Independent Student Work XVI
"Eileen travels to Paris to attend a highly-selective composition festival. Here, she meets people from all across the world that are reflective of different races, cultures, ideologies, genders, and nations. Though she is immersed in a unique, diverse community of people, each and every character is connected by sharing the same passion: writing music. Through creative struggles, dark secrets coming to light, and the emergence of life-long friendships, Eileen's perspective on the world is completely altered; her life forever changed."
This new musical was staged in 10 hours for CMU's annual festival of student work.
Book by Katie Sabel
Music & Lyrics by Matthew Zwiebel
Directed by Samantha Toy Ozeas
Asst. Director - Jacob Musgrove
Dramaturgy - Sabrina Zanello Jackson
Choreography - Cassiel Eatock-Winnik
Set & Costume Design - Briana Green & Davine Byon
Lighting Design - Kenny Cohen
Stage Management - Annika Evens
Ensemble:
LUQMAN - Laughton Royce Berry
SOFIA - Cassiel Eatock-Winnik
MARIE - Hannah Cornish
IVAN - Joshua Isaiah Foster
EILEEN - Sunday Manisto-Saari
BRIDGET - Riley Noland
EOGHAN - Atticus Shaindlin
MIKA - Nicklaus Smith
Piano - Matthew Zwiebel
Percussion - Josiah Handelman
Poster Design - Richard Zhou
Photography - Iana Dobreva
Video Footage by Matthew Zwiebel