Dead Flowers
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Michael Finke
Directed by Aaron Simon Gross
Music Direction by David Aaron Brown
Choreographed by Sidney Erik Wright+
Stage Managed by Krissy Delahanty
+indicates members of Stage Directors and Choregraphers Society
At age 82, Polly Patolsky believes she is meant to spend the rest of her days with her unfaithful and manipulative husband, Charlie. But on the worst day of her life (and her marriage), Polly reaches a breaking point and finds strength and courage in a strange place with an unlikely new friend.
Setting
Polly’s House in Boca Raton / The Raging Bull - Modern Day
Cast
Polly Patolsky……………………………………………… Jo Walker
Charlie Patolsky……………………………………………… Jim Brochu*
Ethel Weinblatt………………….……….………………… Sheilagh Weymouth*
Javier Delarosa……………………………………………… Robbie Torres*
Gaggle of Gays……………………………………………… Ben Yahr*, Corey Desjardins*,
.............................................................................................Andrew Lee, Daniel Bender Stern
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association
Scenes & Songs
“Home From the Grocery Store” - Polly, Charlie & Ethel
“Polly Gets a Drink” - Polly
“Loud and Clear” - Javier, Polly & the Gaggle of Gays
“The Plan” - Polly
“Dead Flowers” - Polly and Company
Musicians
David Aaron Brown (Keyboard)
Michael Finke (Bookwriter/Lyricist/Composer, Dead Flowers) Michael is a New York based musical theatre writer. He's had songs, concerts, and full productions of his work performed at Lincoln Center, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Feinstein's/54 Below, Joe's Pub, the Christmas Day telecast on ABC, NYMF, The Laurie Beechman Theater, NYU, the Bowery Poetry Club, Off Broadway at St. Luke's, and many more. He’s a member of ASCAP, the Dramatist Guild, and is a winner of the 2015 New Voices Project with Disney Imagineering and New Musicals Inc. He’s been a musical director for the Lovewell Institute since 2007, having music directed Lovewell workshops in Ohio, New York, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Sweden, and Italy. www.michaelfinkemusic.com
