The One and Only Human Galaxy - Softcover

Perhaps best known for her Broadway and international smash hit RUNAWAYS, Elizabeth Swados has composed, written, and directed for over 30 years. Some of her works include the Obie Award-winning TRILOGY at La Mama, ALICE AT THE PALACE, with Meryl Streep, at the New York Shakespeare Theater Festival and GROUNDHOG, which was optioned by Milos Forman for a film. Her work has been performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, at La MaMa, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, and locations all over the world. She has also composed highly acclaimed dance scores for well-known choreographers in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ms. Swados has been creating issue-oriented theater with young people for her entire career. This work has culminated in a theatrical extravaganza for New York University, THE REALITY SHOW, about the trials, tribulations and joys of college in New York City. The piece uses rock and roll, dance and edgy humor and was performed by NYU students at Madison Square Garden. Recent productions include ATONEMENT, a theatrical oratorio presented by the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an adaptation of S. Ansky's THE DYBBUK at NYU/Tisch, Spider Operas at PS122 (with Mabou Mines), and POLITICAL SUBVERSITIES, a political revue that has been presented in two Culture Project festivals as well as at Joe's Pub. In conjunction with Forward Face, Ms. Swados recently released a children's CD, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, that has been distributed to three thousand schools around the country. Her lastest musical, KASPAR HAUSER: A FOUNDLING'S OPERA was performed at The Flea Theater in Manhattan. Ms. Swados has published novels, non-fiction books, and children's books to great acclaim and received the Ken Award as well as a New York Public Library Award for her book MY DEPRESSION. Other awards include five Tony nominations, three Obie Awards, Guggenheim Fellowship, Ford Grant, Helen Hayes Award, Lila Acheson Wallace Grant, PEN Citation and others. This is her first collection of poetry.