Details

Crowned the "Love Goddess" by her adoring fans, Rita Hayworth thrilled studio executives, servicemen, and movie audiences alike, generating big box office in 1940s/50s Hollywood. Yet she struggled to identify with the bombshell image projected of her, marrying and divorcing five different men in her search for a partner who loved her for who she truly was. As Hayworth's story unfolds, we meet Orson Welles, Fred Astaire, Harry Cohn and other extraordinary figures in her life, all presented through the fractured prism of her deteriorating memory due to a then unknown cause: Alzheimer's. Featuring gorgeous original music by Broadway pianist Logan Medland, and thrilling jazz, tap, and Flamenco dance sequences by award-winning choreographer Lorna Ventura.

Cast/Performers

Almog Pail (Rita Hayworth), Simon Kane (Orson Welles / Harry Cohen), Imogen Kinglsey-Smith (young Rita), Jane Quinn (Jules Graham / Volga Cansino), Joey Simon (Fred Astaire / Eduardo Cansino)

Creatives/Company

Author: Almog Pail
Book by(s): Almog Pail, Stephen Garvey
Music: Logan Medland
Lyrics: Logan Medland
Producer: Laura Lundy (Blue Panther Productions - in collaboration with The Cockpit)
Director(s): Steve North, Danielle Tarento (casting)
Musical Director: Archie Combe
Choreographer: Jacqui Jameson
Design: Mayou Trikerioti
Lighting: Danny Vavrecka
Costume: Alice McNicholas
Sound: Nick Burkinyoung (Yerk Audio)