When I heard Laurelyn Dossett's Leaving Eden performed by Polecat Creek, I knew I had found a songwriter and a singer with whom I wanted to explore the ways in which music and theatre can come together to make a populist form of storytelling. Laurelyn's music is the soul of this play.
Playwright Preston Lane, on the writing of Brother Wolf
Bloody Blackbeard An Adventure by Preston Lane
with Original Music by Laurelyn Dossett
Premiering at Triad Stage June 8 – July 6, 2008
From England to the Caribbean to the Carolina Coast, Edward Teach forged a blazing career as the most dreaded pirate of all time. North Carolina’s infamous adopted son was a daring blend of terror and gallantry. To his victims, he presented an image of the devil incarnate; but he was putty in the hands of a beautiful woman. His high seas adventures, port city romances and deep buried treasure are the stuff of legend. The creators of Brother Wolf and Beautiful Star turn their attention eastward, weaving tunes and tales together and uncovering the mostly true and totally thrilling history of the pirate called Blackbeard.
Beautiful Star:
An Appalachian Nativity.
Premiering at Triad Stage December 3 - 23, 2006.
Beautiful Star is the second in what is hoped to be a long line of collaborations with playwright Preston Lane. Laurelyn has written 8 new songs; the Beautiful Star band is Rhiannon Giddens, Eric Robertson, and Bennett Sullivan. The CD is available at Triad Stage Dec. 1st.! Contact Triad Stage for tickets
An Appalachian re-telling of Beowulf. By Preston Lane, with original music by Laurelyn Dossett. Brother Wolf received its world premiere at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, in March of 2006. It went on to be Triad Stage’s most attended play to date, with near capacity attendance for the run. Laurelyn Dossett and Riley Baugus performed the music live each night.
