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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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