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By Glen Nelson
New York's Mormon Artist Group Plans Benefit for Handcart Ensemble
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Mormon Artists Group, a cooperative of fifty
creative artists from a wide range of disciplines who live in New
York City will host a gala benefit on behalf of Handcart Ensemble,
Saturday May 5 in New York City. Handcart Ensemble is an LDS theater
company now in it's third year producing works Off-Broadway.
The event will feature an evening of "Sneak Peeks," that is, first
performances of new works-in-progress, by LDS Artists, and a benefit
sale of visual artworks. The new works include a concert song cycle
by David Fletcher and Glen Nelson, "Joseph Smith's Letters from
Prison," to be performed by Darrell Babidge and David Skouson, and
"Goblin Market", an adaptation of the Christina Rossetti poem
performed by Handcart Ensemble.
Three new works will be presented in excerpts: "Hold the Door," a
feature film by Mark E. Johnson; "A Very Good Impression," a new play
by Eric Samuelsen, performed by Veronique Enos and Ian Gonzalez; and
"The Singer's Romance," an opera by Murray Boren and Glen Nelson,
performed by Jennifer Welch-Babidge, Sarah Asplund, Adam Russell,
Darrell Babidge &David Skouson.
Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by calling 212.726.8054
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