A Classic Concert Series Event
Presenting Sponsorship provided by Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer, Christine Petti, and Neil and Nancy Schaffel
Principal Sponsorship provided by App State Campus Store, Broyhill Family Foundation, Catsman Foundation, and Mast General Store
The Other Mozart is an award-winning, Drama Desk nominated play telling the true, forgotten story of Nannerl Mozart, the genius sister of Amadeus — a prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history.
Set in a stunning 18-foot dress, this production by playwright Sylvia Milo ushers you into a world of opulence and delight – obscured by restriction and prejudice. The music score brings Nannerl’s musical imagination to life using clavichords, music boxes, teacups, and fluttering fans. Inspired by the Mozart family’s hilarious and heartbreaking letters, this other Mozart at last tells her story.
“strikingly beautiful” — The New York Times
“This is a gem of a show” — The Stage (London)
“fascinating and irresistibly intelligent” —- Theatermania
“dazzling, original performance … hauntingly beautiful” — LA Times
Tickets
Contact theschaefercenter@appstate.edu, call 828-262-4046, visit the box office at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, or purchase online.
TICKETS ON SALE: April 15 at 10am
$45 Standard
$40 App State Faculty/Staff
$20 student/child*
Online sales are subject to ticket fees.
Parking
Parking can be challenging, particularly for sold-out events. Please allow extra time to park and arrive at the theatre before showtime. See map for parking recommendations.
Accommodations
App State is committed to providing an inclusive experience for individuals with disabilities. If accommodations are needed in order to fully participate on the basis of a disability, contact the Office of Disability Resources (828-262-3056). It is recommended that accommodation requests be made two weeks prior to the event.
About the Playwright and Performer
Sylvia Milo (creator, playwright, original performer) is an award-winning theatre artist, actress, playwright and director originally from Poland. Milo wrote, starred in, and self-produced (crowd-funded) her one-woman play The Other Mozart, for which she received the New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and nomination for Outstanding Full-Length Script, and an Off-Broadway Alliance nomination for Best Solo Performance.
The play has had 400 performances to date, in 32 US States and 10 countries, including in London at St. James Theatre, in Munich at the Pasinger Fabrik, in Vienna and Salzburg at the Mozart apartments (at the invitation of the Mozarteum Foundation), in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Cultural Center, and in China at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center.
Milo was commissioned by The Guardian to write an article about The Other Mozart and its cultural impact, which in turn inspired the creation of a documentary film on Nannerl Mozart. Sylvia and the play are featured in the Mediastockade PBS documentary Mozart’s Sister, currently opening in movie theaters worldwide.
Her latest play, 7 MAGDALENES, was developed at her fellowships at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy and the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York, with performances at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, NY, at Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ, at Theaterlab in NYC, premiering Off-Broadway at HERE Arts.
