The Snow Queen

 “We think back through our mothers if we are women.”  Virginia Woolf 

The new season of Performance Space New York’s “First Mondays: Readings of New Works in Progress” launches with Act One of THE SNOW QUEEN, a new musical by DUDLEY SAUNDERS and SARAH SCHULMAN that uses the classic fairy tale to reveal how women's lives are driven by their mother's trauma.

Featuring Lacy Rose, Candace Lynn Matthews, Camila Maric, Charles Coleman, Malcolm Gold and Taylor Van Cleave under the musical direction of Michael Visceglia.  With narration by Winsome Brown.

The performance will take place Monday October 7th at 7PM in PSNY’s Neilma Sidney Theater, 150 First Avenue (corner of 9th Street).  Free with RSVP at https://ci.ovationtix.com/203/performance/11499318?performanceId=11499318

Dudley Saunders’ best known works include music albums (OutMusic Album of the Year, Mountain Stage NewSong Award), performance art collaborations (the Obie-winning “Tale of 2Cities:An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks”) and public television (Emmy and Prism Awards).  He has written for such magazines as Rolling Stone, New York and the Village Voice, and recently completed a novel, THE WHORE ARTIST.