MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally

Karen Weber stars as opera diva Maria Callas, a glamorous, commanding, larger-than-life, caustic, and surprisingly drop-dead funny pedagogue who is holding a voice master class at the Juilliard School. Alternately dismayed and impressed by the students who parade before her, she retreats into recollections about the glories of her own life and career. Included in her musings are her younger years as an ugly duckling, her fierce hatred of her rivals, the unforgiving press that savaged her early performances, her triumphs at La Scala, and her affair with Aristotle Onassis. McNally's play explores the complexity of a singing actor's experience, the journey of being an assertive woman in a world run by men, and the raw vulnerability it requires to be an artist.

CAST:
MARIA CALLAS: Karen Weber
MANNY WEINSTOCK: Kenny Kiser
STAGEHAND: Michael Terrell Brown
SOPHIE DE PALMA: Rachel Perry
SHARON GRAHAM: Claudia Finsaas
TONY CANDOLINO: Dominique Wooten