Beyond Me: A Song Cycle in the Key of Survival

Author(s): Suzanne Tanner
Written and performed by Tanner, this is a multimedia musical account of one woman, Rachel Goldman Miller’s triumph of spirit after enduring the loss of her family to the Holocaust and her son to AIDS. The show is the product of a ten-year artistic effort to document a survivor’s life through song, personal testimony, documentary footage and contemporary art.
Format: Multimedia solo musical
Cast Size:1F
Running Time: 90 minutes

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Original or Prominent Production:
Performed in St. Louis, IL, November 2013, to honor Miller’s 80th birthday; United Solo Festival, Theatre Row Studio, New York City, September 20, 2014.
Original Source Material: The story of Rachel Goldman Miller’s life.
Nationality of Author: U.S.
Original Language: English

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