The Other Shore
This August at Classic Stage Company, SRT, in association with Dal LaMagna and Sarah Drew, and Five OHM Productions, presented The Other Shore, a new musical connecting East and West, that follows the rebellious Brahmin’s son, Siddhartha, on his journey to liberation as penned by the Nobel Prize-winning author, Hermann Hesse.
THE OTHER SHORE
a new musical
Music and Lyrics by Wade McCollum
Book by Kristin Steele & Wade McCollum
About The Other Shore
Sharing the narrative arc, like a parabolic ballet, there is a simultaneous flow between Hesse’s life in 1919 Germany and the articulated mythic India of his book, Siddhartha. Using the writing of the book as medicine to endure his own crisis, The Other Shore is the deeply personal story of Hesse’s journey of devotion, suffering, loss and transmutation while articulating a myth from which we can draw inspiration.
Siddhartha is one of the best-regarded and most widely-read books of the twentieth century, contributing to Hesse being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1946. It has been translated into dozens of languages. In the century since it’s publication, Siddhartha has sold tens of millions of copies introducing innumerable people around the world to Buddhism and Eastern philosophy.
The Other Shore illuminated the stage with this unifying story and gives modern day seekers an inspirational refuge.
About Wade McCollum
Wade is a multi-award-winning actor, composer, and writer who has been seen on Broadway in Wicked and most recently as “Ernest Shackleton” in the new musical Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, for which he garnered the prestigious Boston Norton award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also recently led the Broadway tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert as “Tick,” and guest starred as “Sydney Carton” opposite Clive Owen on Cinemax/HBO's The Knick. As a writer/composer Wade wants to tell complex stories that inspire compassion, illuminate diversity and celebrate the poetic heart of our human experience.
The Other Shore
Music and Lyrics by Wade McCollum
Book by Kristin Steele & Wade McCollum
Director: Wade McCollum*
Music Director: Mike Moise
Music Supervisor: Karl Mansfield
Lighting and Sound Design by: Five OHM Productions
Set Design: Keven Lock
Stage Manager: Katie Kavett*
Assistant Stage Manager: Kyle Largent
Percussionist: Titus Tompkins*
Guitar: Ethan Pakchar
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*Member of Actors' Equity Association.
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