I recently returned from New York City where I performed RACHEL CALOF in the New York Internation Fringe Festival. Julie Congress of Backstage said,”Actress Kate Fuglei gives a tour-de-force performance in RACHEL CALOF, a one woman show with music adapted from Calof’s memoirs. Fuglei’s portrayl of Calof is commpletely believeable from her Yiddish accent to her stoic physicality Not only is it excellently realized and a testament to minimalist theater, but it does put our own lives very much in perspective. Michael Gilitz of the Huffinton Post said,”She shines particularly in the (Yiddiish) song BEYOND THE LAST HILL and the show’s highpoint AMERICA, which captures the frightening thrill of heading to a new life and now continent.”
RACHEL CALOF AT PEPPERDINE
I will be performing my one woman show, RACHEL CALOF, at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, February 23, and 7:30 pm Thursday, February 24, in the Raitt Recital Hall, the Pepperdine University Library sponsors a performance of Rachel Calof, a one-woman show with music based on the real-life story of a Jewish pioneer to American in 1894.
The production’s book is written by Ken LaZebnik; music and lyrics by Leslie Steinweiss, and is directed by Emmy-Award winning director Ellen S. Pressman. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Pepperdine Center For the Arts box office, 310-506-4522, or on-line at arts.pepperdine.edu.
I began 2009 with the National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING and the above photo is a rehearsal with the lovely Krystina Alabado with Marques Walls, our amazing drummer, in the background. In August, I did a reading of RACHEL CALOF, a one woman play with original music adapted by Ken LaZebnik and composed by Leslie Steinweiss. In September, I did a featured role as secretary to Seth Rogen in THE GREEN HORNET directed by Michel Gondry. In October I played a grieving mother on Wisteria Lane in an episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and in November I was Delores Bromsted, the grumpy human resources administrator, in the holiday episode of N.C.I.S. To round out the year, in December I was honored to be cast in AMISH GRACE a Lifetime film based on the book by the same title. The film chronicles the amazing acts of love and forgiveness that followed the horrific shooting of Amish schoolchildren at Nickels Mines several years ago. It was a powerful experience and an incredible way to end my work year in 2009.
