Excerpts, Connecting Dot: A Kindred Revue (2024)

Connecting Dot is an absurdist cabaret musical that contemplates: who preceded us, and how did their past relationships shape our present reality? Amy “Dot” Iaccarino is a twenty-something performer living in NYC. One night, she is visited by a divine presence, and the encounter flourishes into a miraculous vaudeville revue starring her ancestors. This work addresses generational trauma and existentialism by way of kitschy musical numbers sung by her family’s ghostly matriarchs, among them a grandiose narcissist, a jazz-singing mafiosa, and a rebellious immigrant from the Old World. Amy begins to see herself in their stories and mannerisms, and comes to terms with the centuries-long conflicts that live on through her.

Split the Lark New Music Ensemble, fall recital. An Emily Dickinson setting for a Dickinson program. Shabnam Abedi, soprano Melissa Lisbao, violin Jake Shur, viola Brianna Tagliaferro, cello

“She’s Calling” is a playful tribute to motherhood. Much like the plight of Mother Ginger from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, or Ponyo’s Granmamare, the piece is meant to evoke the radiant and graceful mother attempting to wrangle her rowdy, boisterous brood. Chui Ling Tan, vibraphone

“Representations in Motion: Reflections on When Men Were Men”
Companion featurette

performed by knox trio, september 2018 joshua weinberg, flute erin snedecor, cello daniel schreiner, piano