A 29 Hour Reading of The New Folk Musical
About
1692.
New England.
To Cry Witch follows a family struggling to rebuild itself, even as the world outside works to tear it apart....
When the Salem Witch Trials come for her mother, Sarah Carrier must reconcile the world’s evils-and the evils of her own community.
Through the evocative sounds of a haunting folk score, an intimate portrait of womanhood in a world gone mad against it.
Act I:
Prologue: The Giant and the Witch….…..………………………………..Ensemble
Opening……………..……………………….…….……………….SARAH, MARY, Ensemble
Family Hymn………………...MARTHA, THOMAS, RICHARD, SARAH
When It Was Before…….……………………..………………………………….…………SARAH
Those Who Deserve……………………………….…..……………………....MARY, ALLEN
Family Hymn (Reprise)…………..….…….MARTHA, THOMAS, MARY, ALLEN, RICHARD, SARAH
Man of the House……………………………………………..……….RICHARD, SARAH
The Giant and the Witch (Reprise)……………………………ALLEN, ROGER
Part of Me………………………………………………………...…………….MARTHA, SARAH
Wrath of GOD ……………………………………………………………………………...Ensemble
Act II:
On and On………………………………………………..……………………..………………THOMAS
Winding Sheet………………………………………BENJAMIN, ALLEN, Ensemble
Part of Me (Reprise)……………………..……………….……………………………..MARTHA
Choosing…………………………………………..………………………..MARTHA, THOMAS
The Testimony……………….……………………..………………………………………..MARTHA
Finale……………………………….…………..…………………………………..SARAH, Ensemble
Cast
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Shannon McCarren
MARTHA CARRIER
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Gabrielle Filloux
SARAH CARRIER
THE Z TEAM (Tiffany) at Theatre Row, MORE THAN THIS WORLD (Diane) at The York Theatre Company, THE OFFICE! A MUSICAL PARODY (Angela & Others, dance capt.) at The Jerry Orbach, DOUBLE CROSSED (Rachel) at AMT Theater Nat’l Tour/Cruise: HAIRSPRAY (Penny) & FLIGHT (Katie) at RCCL, THE OFFICE! A MUSICAL PARODY Regional: Goodspeed Musicals DEVOTION (Wanda Lee), Hartford Stage A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Cobweb), Cabrillo Stage THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Wednesday) Workshops: SUNDAY BRUNCH (Willow Anne a.k.a. Cult Girl), THE WOLVES (#8), FIVE: THE MUSICAL PARODY (Marla Maples), WHITE ROSE: THE MUSICAL (Sophie Scholl), WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER (Rebecca), FACE TO FACE (Alice), additional with TNNY, TRW, BMI, NETC. IG: @gabrielle_filloux, www.gabriellefilloux.com, very concerned about climate change.
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Erik Abrahamsen
THOMAS CARRIER
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Jordan Dell Harris
RICHARD CARRIER
Creative
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Jessica DeMaria
BOOK WRITER
Jessica is a NYC based performer and writer. Jessica's first co-written musical, The Last Time We Were Here, appeared at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2015 and received a workshop production at Synchronicity Theatre in 2016. Her original arrangements of American Folk Music have appeared in productions of The Sleepy Hollow Experience all over the country and she was featured on the Spotify Original Podcast "You Heard Me Write" during its inaugural season. Jessica has also co-written three musicals with Chase Peacock, including The Pretty Pants Bandit which had its world premiere in Atlanta in 2022. Her music has appeared in the holiday feature "Christmas with Jerks" and the short films "The Name"and "Order for Ben.” Jessica currently has several new projects in development including the screenplay This Lollipop is Poison and composing the score for an upcoming documentary on urban wildlife in NYC.
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Sophia DeLeo
COMPOSER & LYRICIST
Sophia is a New York City based folk singer and songwriter. She has written, co-produced and released several solo records, including her 2023 concept EP Drama Queen which was heralded for its “captivating storytelling and emotional candidness” by UK based music blog Right Chord Music. She has toured her original music all over the country, most notably playing Meadowlark Music Festival alongside headliner Fruit Bats, and performing as a semi-finalist in Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriting Competition in Texas. Sophia is an alumni of the Johnny Mercer Songwriter Project and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Hartt School. When she’s not performing or writing music, she works as a preschool teacher.
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Sara Norton
CREATOR
Sara is a New York-based writer, and producer, and a proud descendant of Martha Carrier. Performing credits include the world premiere of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence (Hartford Stage, McCarter Theater Center) and Passing Through (Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals). Both of these experiences were integral to fostering her love of creating new works. Apart from performing, Sara produced and directed the reading of Heidi: The Musical based on the book by Johanna Spyri at The University of Hartford and worked as a production intern at The Goodspeed Opera House. She is a proud alumnus of The Hartt School of Music, where she holds a BFA in Musical Theater and is currently employed at Grey House PR.
