The Eleventh Hour (1999 play)
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The Eleventh Hour is a 1999 play by American composer Peter Dizozza
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, using as its outline a reordered track listing of the soundtrack recording of Lost Horizon
by Burt Bacharach
and Hal David
. He gave it the generic title of The Eleventh Hour to refer to 11 a.m.
For La MaMa, E.T.C.
's Experiments 1999, Dizozza adapted his recollection of that story as a play, with subsequent readings at La Tea Theatre in the Clemente Soto Velez
Cultural and Educational Center and at SideWalk Bar-Restaurant, all in New York City
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In 2002 John Seroff adapted the 1999 script and directed it in a production at The WAH Theater for the Performing Arts at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
. It tells the story of two boys, Mark and Eric; Eric is a ghost who tempts the living Mark to join him. Unbeknownst to Mark's mother Sharon, her ex-husband has in effect sent them there to fumigate the property, since the ghost only appears to boys his same age.
Peter Dizozza
Peter William Dizozza is a music composer who also produces supplemental material as a writer, pianist, performer, photographer, and filmmaker. Since 2000 he has been the director of the WAH Theater at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center.Peter William Dizozza was born on September 5, 1958 in...
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History
In 1974, Dizozza created a ghost storyGhost story
A ghost story may be any piece of fiction, or drama, or an account of an experience, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them. Colloquially, the term can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has...
, using as its outline a reordered track listing of the soundtrack recording of Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973 film)
Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer....
by Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
and Hal David
Hal David
Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
. He gave it the generic title of The Eleventh Hour to refer to 11 a.m.
For La MaMa, E.T.C.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is an off-off Broadway theatre founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, and named in reference to her. Located on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the theatre grew out of Stewart's tiny basement boutique for her fashion designs; the boutique's space acted as a theatre for...
's Experiments 1999, Dizozza adapted his recollection of that story as a play, with subsequent readings at La Tea Theatre in the Clemente Soto Velez
Clemente Soto Vélez
Clemente Soto Vélez was a Puerto Rican nationalist, poet, journalist and activist who mentored many generations of artists in Puerto Rico and New York City...
Cultural and Educational Center and at SideWalk Bar-Restaurant, all in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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In 2002 John Seroff adapted the 1999 script and directed it in a production at The WAH Theater for the Performing Arts at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Synopsis
The Eleventh Hour takes place on an estate in Glen Cove, Long IslandLong Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
. It tells the story of two boys, Mark and Eric; Eric is a ghost who tempts the living Mark to join him. Unbeknownst to Mark's mother Sharon, her ex-husband has in effect sent them there to fumigate the property, since the ghost only appears to boys his same age.
Original cast
- Jennifer Stuckert - Mark
- Zack Bonnie (Xaq) - The Narrator
- Nadja Stokes - Eric
- Beth Benjamin - Pam
- Gabrielle Maisels - Sharon
- Christina Amendolia and Helene Senechal - The Ghosts of the Imagination (choreographed mime)