Day 6 - Some BreadcrumbsSo where am I with making my musical, Oneida, happen on-stage by the end of 2020? Finding my way...day by day...making a meal out of little scraps of joy. Ho...
Day #5 - Trusting the UniverseI'm a little nervous. Because I'm not doing much today to move my musical "Oneida" forward. I'm experimenting with living in the land of Trust. Which is far,...
Day #4 - ReFraming TODAY'S TIP I'd like to share a DAILY OFFERING so these posts can be of value to you, not just an accountability checklist from me. This one comes courtesy o...
Day 3 - What Now?My Miraculous Day 2 offered two paths to getting what I want: a development possibility that is the next step towards a production by the end of the year for...
Day 2 - It can't be this easy!Yesterday morning I started my blog about birthing my musical "Oneida" by the end of the year - in ten months. Just like a pregnancy. I know the first step i...
Day 1 - Commitment, a/k/a Time to Have That Baby!I'm terrified. Which is a good sign. Scary = growth. This blog announces a non-negotiable VOW to myself. I have been saying every day for a year now - ok, fo...
Stargazer"Stargazer" Pantoum #2 – July 19, 2019 The stargazer lilies are about to bloom - Just as I'm going out of town
The Pantoum Project The pantoum is a type of poem that originated in Malaysia. It features quatrains with an ABAB rhyme pattern. Lines 2 and 4 of each quatrain become lines 1 an...
One-A-Days: One-Minute Plays!It's 2am and they can't remember which hotel room they're in. Ever happen to you?
Rex Reed - on the song Lovely LiesREX REED - 5/29/2006 edition of The New York Observer Finally, it is with great regret that space limitations in last week’s issue forced my review of the de...
The Mistress Cycle - DC Theatre SceneBeth Blatt and Jenny Giering have collaborated over the years and the ease and flow of the music and lyrics reflect the neat simpatico of how their minds wor...
The Mistress Cycle - DC Metro Theatre Arts...a delicately rendered musical about the harsh realities women have faced over the centuries when viewed as the "other" woman. View full article HERE.
Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended"... The superb all-woman cast (including the marvelous Susie McMonagle) plays such real-life characters as Anais Nin, 19th-century New Orleans madam Lulu Wh...
Chicago Edge - Highly Recommended"...A sensuous delight in every connotation of the word, it is no surprise that the production received a Jeff nomination for Best Revue pursuant to the 2007...
Chicago Free Press - Highly Recommended"...Kurt Johns’ staging of this Apple Tree Theatre hit is itself performed on the stage of the Auditorium Theatre, sacred ground for its own famous ghosts. T...
Chicago Tribune - Recommended"...due to Giering’s gorgeous music and Blatt’s richly textured lyrics, “The Mistress Cycle” is quite a moving and provocative affair that manages to pack a ...
The Mistress Cycle in ChicagoPlaywright: music by Jenny Giering, lyrics by Beth Blatt. At: Apple Tree Theatre at the Auditorium, 50 E. Congress. Phone: 1-800-982-2787; $49. Runs through:...
Giering and Blatt's Mistress Cycle Workshopped at WilliamstownThe latest cycle in the development of The Mistress Cycle, the musical by Beth Blatt (book and lyrics) and Jenny Giering (music), will take place at the Will...
