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The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 1
CAPRICHO
Episode Notes: This episode features a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz, performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane. In 2003, Cruz was the first Latino to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play “Anna and the Tropics.” Signature music in this episode features Markus Rutz’s modern vision and Latin jazz arrangements of the iconic melody RHAPSODY IN BLUE, by the great American Songbook composer, George Gershwin.
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The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 2
CHEKHOV IN REHAB
Episode Notes: This episode features the glories of Chekhov and the tale of CHEKHOV IN REHAB, a new short story by Sean Enright rendered in a solo performance by Rick Foucheux, multiple winner of DC’s Helen Hayes Award, recognized nationally for theatrical achievement. Signature music in this episode features Markus Rutz’s “Killer Joe” style arrangement of RHAPSODY IN BLUE, in homage to the great jazz tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson.
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The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 3
IN CHARACTER
Episode Notes: Comedic voices rule IN CHARACTER with dynamic performances by audience favorites Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Rick Foucheux, Luz Nicolás and Chris Stezin. Signature music in this episode features Markus Rutz’s stride and Latin jazz trio arrangements of melodies and vignettes from RHAPSODY IN BLUE, by the great American Songbook composer, George Gershwin.
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The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 4
WOMEN ON THE VERSE
Episode Notes: Women’s voices through the iconic lens of Edith Wharton, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson. Also featuring GERTRUDE, performance prose by DC playwright Richard C. Washer.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 7
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS
Episode Notes: Season 1, Ep. 1 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The debut of a hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Ray Ficca and Sheri S. Herren.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 10
IN CHARACTER II
Episode Notes: Entertaining voices populate IN CHARACTER II with dynamic performances by audience favorites Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Rick Foucheux, and Sheri S. Herren. Signature music in this episode features the new jazz standard BURGUNDY LEAVES by Richard C. Washer in the fabulous hands of Adrian Ruiz at the keys and the big bluesy horn of Markus Rutz.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 13
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep. 4
Episode Notes: Season 1, Ep. 4 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Raven Bonniwell, Trevor Cochran, Ray Ficca, Sheri S. Herren, Leslie Kobylinski, Susan Rhea, Richard C. Washer and the author himself.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 16
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep.5
Episode Notes: Season 1, Ep. 5 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Rick Foucheux, Sheri S. Herren, Susan Marie Rhea, Ava Clare Stezin, Sally Stezin, Richard C. Washer and the author himself.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 19
FROSTED
Episode Notes: Four of American poet Robert Frost’s best-loved verses, including his iconic masterpiece “The Road Not Taken,” rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, with musical soundscape by Richard C. Washer.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 22
THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 2 & 3
Episode Notes: Ch. 2 & 3 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Recorded by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music created by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz. Want more? Stay tuned. The story continues each month at The Rose Rhapsody.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 25
TOM’S TRYPTIC TRIFECTA
Episode Notes: The transporting poetry of award-winning journalist, war correspondent, and published poet, Tom Squitieri. A prodigious writer and journalist for over 30 years, Tom has been on all seven continents and more than two thirds of the nations on earth. Poems featured in this episode include: “2 Deer Morning” “Night Sight” and “Just a Few Butterflies.” Musical vignettes from “Rhapsody in Blue” were performed, arranged and composed by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz, alongside his longtime collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 5
CLUB SODA | Live from Chicago Vol. 1
Episode Notes: Short-listed for a Grammy in 2020, jazz trumpeter Markus Rutz delivers tracks from his most recent albums live from The Sanctuary at The Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago. “…a tuneful rhythmically sly twist on mainstream jazz…”
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 8
CLUB SODA | Live from Chicago Vol. 2
Episode Notes: Jazz trumpeter Markus Rutz and his quintet perform THE RHAPSODY SUITE, a dazzling new arrangement of Gershwin’s iconic melody RHAPSODY IN BLUE live from The Epiphany Center for the Arts in Chicago featuring Jarrard Harris - saxophone, Adrian Ruiz - piano, Samuel Peters - bass and Kyle Swan - drums.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 11
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep. 3
Episode Notes: Season 1, Ep. 3 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Sheri S. Herren, Leslie Kobylinski and Richard C. Washer.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 14
OBSERVATIONS
Episode Notes: The “view from here” begins on a park bench in New York City before joining Oscar Wilde’s ride through America, resting finally at Dorothy Parker’s inimitable mirror of self reflection. Featuring new writing by playwright Leigh Flayton with performances by Chris Stezin, David Bryan Jackson and Leslie Kobylinski.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 17
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
Episode Notes: A new rendering of Danish poet and author Hans Christian Anderson’s iconic tale of a dying child’s hopes and dreams performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane. Featuring soundscape design and music by Richard C. Washer & The Gamut.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 20
THE SUN ALSO RISES
Episode Notes: The first chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Recorded by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music created by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz. Want more? Stay tuned. The story continues each month at The Rose Rhapsody.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 23
… ON WOULD BE ACTORS
Episode Notes: The delightful observations of John Henry, fictional Man-about-Town, from the prolific pen of Hugh McHugh aka George V. Hobart, the Canadian-American playwright and humorist. At the time of his death in 1926, Hobart was one of America’s most popular sketch writers, and satirists. This episode features the vocal artistry of Christopher Lane as John Henry alongside signature musical themes created especially for The Rose Rhapsody by acclaimed composer and Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 26
THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 5
Episode Notes: Chapter 5 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Recorded by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music created by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz. Want more? Stay tuned. The story continues each month at The Rose Rhapsody.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 6
BURGUNDY LEAVES
Episode Notes: A ballad of fathers and sons, lost heroes and Ernest Hemingway’s exquisite rumination on both in his short story classic: INDIAN CAMP - Plus new jazz single BURGUNDY LEAVES by composer Richard C. Washer with performances by Adrian Ruiz (piano) and Markus Rutz (trumpet) and the composer on guitar.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 9
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep.2
Episode Notes: S1, Episode 2 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The debut of a hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Raven Bonniwell, Sheri S. Herren, Ray Ficca and Richard C. Washer.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 12
DUBLINERS IN EXILE
Episode Notes: Step into the world of James Joyce as Richard C. Washer weaves the places, people and ideas from the literary giant’s life and times into scenes for a new play. Plus, one of Joyce’s most famous short stories about love, loss and the wounds of memory, movingly performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane.
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The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 15
CLUB SODA | HOLIDAY JAZZ Live from Chicago Vol. 3
Episode Notes: A special holiday edition, recorded live in Chicago, featuring The Markus Rutz Jazz Trio - trumpeter and composer Markus Rutz, pianist Adrian Ruiz with Chris Nolte on bass.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 18
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep.6
Episode Notes: Season 1, Ep. 6 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by acclaimed writer Chris Stezin, featuring performances by Raven Bonniwell, Rick Foucheux, Sheri S. Herren, Kiernan McGowan, Ava Clare Stezin, and the author himself.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 21
DEATH AND TAXES
Episode Notes: The inimitable sparkling wit of Dorothy Parker infuses the first seven poems from her 1931 collection “Death and Taxes” rendered by The Rose Theatre Co’s artistic director Leslie Kobylinski.
The Rose Rhapsody - Episode 24
THE SUN ALSO RISES CH. 4
Episode Notes: Chapter 4 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights. Recorded by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music created by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz. Want more? Stay tuned. The story continues each month at The Rose Rhapsody.