Stairway to Stardom

September 12 – 23, 2017

With crackling wit and startling honesty, the women of cakeface serve up a silver-sequined dissection of the American Dream. Synthesizing razor-sharp choreography and a poker-faced delivery of original text, the cast shatters the facade of “making it.” Featuring live-mixed sound and visuals from electronic duo Prism House and clips from the 80s cult public access tv show of the same name, Stairway to Stardom honors the contributions of the wildly passionate but questionably talented among us.

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Press Quotes

“Szeglowski’s cast members, for their part, are nothing but talented, and are capable of getting into the minds of their audience with bitterly truthful life stories. Even better, they make you laugh along the way.” – Village Voice

“Vastly entertaining and ridiculously clever” – This Week In New York

“Absorbing and suggestive” – Time Out New York

“Indeed the brilliance of this piece of dance-theatre…is that the dignity of each of the participants of the original Stairway to Stardom is lovingly maintained, all while the deadpan delivery of the text is flawlessly executed.” – Stagebuddy

Additional Information

The development of Stairway to Stardom is supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation’s Women Playwrights Commissioning program. Stairway to Stardom has been supported in part by Marble House Project, a not-for-profit organization.

Stairway to Stardom ran in the Mainstage Theatre from September 12-23, 2017.

Playwright & Director
Amanda Szeglowski
Choreographer
Amanda Szeglowski in collaboration with the company
Performers
Ali Castro, Jade Daugherty, Ayesha Jordan, Nola Sporn Smith, & Amanda Szeglowski
Set Designer
Aviva Novick
Lighting Designer
Amanda K. Ringger
Live Music + Video Designers
Prism House (Brian Wenner & Matt O'Hare)
Costume Designer
Oana Botez
Stage Manager
Alex B. West