Cursed

Cursed is a brand new jazz play written by Italian playwright Argia Coppola, based on the novel Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, starring Annie Hägg and her band, The High Kicks. In Cursed, Annie portrays the triptych of the iconic Marilyn Monroe, her alter ego Norma Jeane Baker and her mother Gladys. The story also explores her absent father and the men in Monroe’s life through music and text. Cursed is a bold, breathless, tragic and timely play for an actress and a four-man jazz band, in which music becomes a character in and of itself. It’s a unique, fast-paced piece that depicts the life of the Blond Actress as never seen before.

Playwright: Argia Coppola

Performer: Annie Hägg

Dramaturg: Shari Perkins

Director: Arseniy Fariatiev

Producer: Hilarie Spangler

Seth Myers- The Director on Bass

Izaak Mills- Arthur Miller on Clarinet

Pat Brennan- JFK on Guitar

Also starring Michael Pallas as Joe DiMaggio on Trombone.

CURSED is a piece in development of the larger work “Love is Blonde” by Argia Coppola.