John Shea (4/04 Max Cat)
Max Cat Opera 4/04: John Shea
Glue presents Max Cat: A Jazz Opera
Characters
Max Cat at large
Winnie Warbler 4 1/4" chiffchaff
human friend
Nightingale jailbird wannabe
Mechanical nightingale
Narrator
Synopsis
Max Cat is a free player. But when he meets a song bird from another part of the world, he wonders. Nothing he does seems quite it until rain dries, fog lifts, winds drop. Rainbow sails its colors.
Time Now
Place Empire
Cast Bios
S Again (Artist)
John Shea (Max Cat/Voice)
Denaro Coleman (Max Cat/Percussion)
Jill Geddes (Winnie Warbler)
Seymour Shifrin (Composer "Concert Piece for Solo Violin," performed by Fielding)
Gina Leishman (Human/Voice)
Arthur Baron (Human/Music)
Karen Kuykendall (Nightingale/Voice)
Joseph Jarman (Nightingale/Assorted Instrumentals)
Fred Tumas (Narrator)
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JOHN SHEA (Max Cat)
John Shea has appeared on Broadway in End of the World, Romeo and Juliet, and Yentl, and in London in The Normal Heart. He starred Off-Broadway in The Director, How I Learned to Drive, The Dining Room, Rosmersholm, and Down the Garden Paths. Among his 40 films are the Oscar-winner Missing, Windy City, Stealing Home, and A New Life, and he directed and co-wrote the independent film Southie. Mr . Shea provided narration for S Again's film gilt and almond oil. His TV credits include the international hits Lois and Clark (Lex Luthor) and Mutant X. Mr. Shea also reads regularly for Selected Shorts on National Public Radio. Hawke, a novel by Ted Bell, is currently read by John Shea on audio CD. Visit JOHN SHEA at the Internet Movie Database.
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