subtitled: Off Our Chests
musical with texts by Sydney Ross Singer & composer
on the link between bras & breast cancer
for 2 men, 2 women, and a piano (and optional cello),
based on A Little Breast Play
by Singer & Soma Grismaijer, Dec. 2000-Jan. 2001;
asterisked numbers* added, 2005;
written for & performed by Helene Williams, Cary Bair,
Peter Kacalanos/Leonard Lehrman,
Sarvamangala/Susan Blake/Kathryn Wieckhorst
Excerpts:
Overture*
Doctors*
Think Pink*
Barbie Blues
Baby Breasts
The Boobs Blues
Pusher Bra*
Fiji*
Silicone Sal
Breast Play
Quartet: Pillow Talk
It’s Tough Bein’ a Tittie Today*
A Break*
The Trouble with Breasts*
The Test
Bras, Not Genes*
Working It Out
Stuffed Bras (Off Our Chests)
concert prem. (of 8 numbers) Golden Fleece Ltd., Theater 22, 5/13/01
full concert prem. Eastover, Lenox, Mass. 8/23/01
performances with additional numbers:
8/11/05 Empire Haven, Moravia NY
5/19/06 PeaceSmiths, United Methodist Church,,Amityville NY [SB]
5/19/07 United Methodist Church, Islip NY [SB]
8/10/07 Eastern Naturist Festival, Empire Haven, Moravia NY
8/12/07 Ithaca Commons, NY Green Fest [SB]
8/25/07 Custer Institute, Southold NY [SB]
5/17/08 WomanSpace, Great Neck Senior Center [KW]
10/20/08 Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck NJ [KW]
—during Breast Cancer Awareness Month