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B’
rith Youth Organization.
Adding to his excitement and 
exhilaration involved with the stage is 
knowing that his two daughters devel-
oped community theater interests deep 
enough to move them into professional 
stage careers. 
Rachel, who holds a bachelor’
s 
degree in fine arts from New York 
University, was a 2019 Tony Award 
nominee for her work in producing 
What the Constitution Means to Me. 
Hillary, who earned a bachelor’
s degree 

in fine arts from Western Michigan 
University, is launching a comedy writ-
ing career in Chicago.
Other theater pieces in this sum-
mer’
s Playwrights@Work festival 
include One Step at a Time, written 
and directed by Penelope Calcaterra 
to capture personal indignities and 
harsh effects of dealing with demen-
tia; Decoration Day, written by Jackie 
Sue Salter and directed by Roberta 
Campion to introduce adult sisters 
learning about their dad before he was 
a dad; and Family Portrait, written by 
Barbara Schmitt and directed by Jane 
Burkey to express the feelings of a dad 
left out of a family portrait. ■

my life anymore. 
“The song is trying to process the 
fact that somebody can be in your 
life for a season and for a reason, and 
then they can be out of your life and 
you’
re left with just a couple of smiling 
photos.
” 
In a very different direction, 
“Wildfire” is what she 
describes as a “beau-
tiful, good, old-fash-
ioned love song.
” It was 
inspired by her expe-
rience of love, and the 
message is conveyed 
through voice, piano 
and string orchestra-
tion to keep the music 
as intimate and warm 
as the lyric.
 “Goodbye My Friend” is the closer 
of the collection and the most emo-
tional of the 10 songs. The idea came 
to her in a dream where a friend 
struggling with alcoholism had died. 
On the day she signed her recording 
deal with Mack Avenue, a relative had 
committed suicide, and she channeled 

heartfelt reactions into her vocalizing.
Ideas for songs can come to Palter 
at any time, and she transforms them 
into full-fledged expressions at a piano. 
As this former University of 
Michigan student plans her Detroit 
visit, she can think back about being a 
junior cantor for Temple Israel in West 
Bloomfield and doing 
more recent benefits for 
the Anti-Defamation 
League in California. 
She says she is grateful 
for career support from 
her husband, chiroprac-
tor Bryan Abrams.
“I write the music that 
I feel,
” says Palter, who 
goes beyond defining 
this project as pop-rock. 
“My working time is divided 
between writing music for myself, 
writing music for other artists and per-
forming. I perform mostly all over LA 
and do some road work. My sincere 
hope is that I’
m able to do a full bona 
fide tour this coming year to promote 
my recording.
” ■

Details
Jessie Palter will intro-
duce her new album at 
8 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, 
at the Magic Bag, 22920 
Woodward, Ferndale. $15. 
(248) 544-1991. 
themagicbag.com.

Details

The 2019 Festival of Plays will be 
presented at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 
July 26-27, and 2 p.m. Sunday, 
July 28, at the playhouse of The 
Village Players, 34660 Woodward, 
Birmingham. $10. (248) 664-2075. 
birminghamvillageplayers.com.

Actors Ralph Rosati playing Stavros and 

Shondra Tipler playing the reporter, Bonnie 

Burnwood, in Stavros’
 Chili by Stephen 

Sussman. 

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