EST/Sloan Project presents a Reading of
Miss Mitchell
book by Kristin Slaney
music by The Lobbyists
Miss Mitchell is a musical about Maria Mitchell, the first female professional astronomer in America, and an influential figure in women’s education on the island of Nantucket.
KRISTIN SLANEY is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screenwriter, originally from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. Selected full-length works include Hockey Messiah (Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2019 Ted Snowdon Reading Series, Kilroys 2019 Honorable Mention, Winner of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2018 Columbia@Roundabout Reading Series), Un-Utero (Semifinalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Finalist for the Columbia@Roundbabout Reading Series,), King of Berlin (Doppler Effect Productions, the 2017 Queer Acts Festival), After Eepersip Disappeared (Ship’s Company Theatre), COULD THIS MEETING HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL (Spicy Witch Productions), She Herself is a Haunted House (Fountain School of the Arts) and David For Queen (Halifax Theatre for Young People). Kristin is an alum of EST’s Youngblood playwriting group and Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab. She is also an Associate Producer on the Netflix series “The I-Land.” MFA: Columbia University.
THE LOBBYISTS (Tommy Crawford, Eloise Eonnet, Alex Grubbs, Will Turner, Tony Aidan Vo, & Douglas Waterbury-Tieman) formed in 2012, and take their name from the lobby of The Flea Theater, where the group first started playing and writing music together. Drawing on folk, roots, and a host of other influences, the band has been noted for their lush harmonies, "marvelous" songwriting (The New York Times), and "impressive musicianship" (Entertainment Weekly). The New Yorker calls their music "terrific," and The Village Voice lauded them as “undeniably talented.” One-part band and one-part theater company, the group of hybrid actor-musician-composer artists partner with playwrights to create non-traditional musicals. Their music for SeaWife, a haunted tale of the American whaling trade created with playwright Seth Moore and director Liz Carlson, was nominated for a 2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music alongside Steve Martin, Sara Bareilles, Michael John LaChiusa and Andrew Lloyd Webber. They have played some of New York's favorite concert venues, including Joe's Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, 54 Below, Pete's Candy Store, Ars Nova, Mercury Lounge, and more. Their music has been workshopped and developed with NY Stage & Film, Cape Cod Theater Project, Ars Nova, and Rhinebeck Writers’ Retreat. SeaWife was originally produced Off-Broadway by Naked Angels in partnership with the South Street Seaport, and subsequently premiered regionally at Nantucket’s White Heron Theater. Their debut full-length album, Songs from SeaWife, was released January 9th, 2017 and is available widely online. Learn more about the band, their music, and projects at www.wearethelobbyists.com.
Miss Mitchell is part of this season's First Light Festival, learn more about the festival and other plays like this here.