The First and Final performance of the wild west’s greatest heroine
A New Musical comedy
Written by Lizzie Hagstedt & Lisa Helmi Johanson
Directed by Celine Rosenthal
THE CREATORS
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Lizzie Hastedt
Writer
Lizzie Hagstedt is an actor/singer/musician/composer from Sayville, New York. With Lisa Helmi Johanson she is the winner of the Muriel O'Neil American Heritage Commission. Her musical Sophie Blanchard’s High-Flyin’ Rock’n’Roll Extravaganza will debut in New York this August as part of the Moxie Arts Incubator Program. She was a recipient of a 2023 Hermitage Artist’s Retreat Cross Arts Collaborative residency and a finalist for the 2021 Jonathan Larson Grant. Her musical Hereville with collaborator Robby Sandler received concert readings in 2023 at the Old Globe and New Village Arts as part of San Diego JFest and in New York at the Center for Jewish History. www.lizziehagstedt.com
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Lisa Helmi Johanson
Writer
Lisa Helmi Johanson she/her (Co-Writer) is a multi-hyphenate who has a passion for developing new works, authentic storytelling, and intentionality in representation as a means to further the work of racial justice and social equity. Broadway: Potus, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive; Tours: Into the Woods, Avenue Q; Off Broadway: Avenue Q, Einstein’s Dreams (OC), Rescue Rue (OC), Three Sisters, Women Beware Women, Soft Butter (Ars Nova AntFest). Select Regional: The Chinese Lady (Milwaukee Rep; Best Actress in a Play, Broadwayworld), Anything Goes (Arena Stage), Vietgone (Denver Center), Amadeus (Syracuse Stage), The Drowning Girls (Drama League, NYC). TV/Film: Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, A Holiday Spectacular (Hallmark); Playwright: The Porch on Windy Hill; Kim Loo Gets a Redo. Lisa and her husband are close to launching a sitcom podcast called Preschool in which she co-directs, acts, and sound designs. She is represented by The Katz Company and HCKR and family to her life's joy, Junho and Jake.