HOLLER, AN APPALACHIAN TRAGEDY
Written and composed by Jay Eddy
Holler, an Appalachian Tragedy is a punishing fairy tale set in the Appalachia of the American imagination. Through the banjo-picking, bass-thumping, mandolin-trilling, guitar-strumming, fiddle-shrieking ballads that have echoed through the mountains for centuries, Holler asks: how far would you go to leave your mark on the world? and what happens when you can't turn back?
Holler has been workshopped twice under the direction of Sam Plattus: at the PortFringe Theater Festival in June 2014 in the Portland Stage Company Storefront Space (photos below, credit: Sarah Barlow) and at Lyric Hall in New Haven, CT in December 2014 (photos above, credit: Maridee Slater)
PRAISE FOR WORKSHOPS & RECORDING OF HOLLER
“Following in the vein of A Thousand Acres or Ran, Holler makes a fleet and strong argument for Shakespeare’s enduring relevance…Holler compels us to pay attention—to the past and the present.” - Brian Slattery, New Haven Independent
“It’s a joy to listen to…beautifully arranged and performed by talented players. The string work is diverse and works together well to set a scaffold over which vocals and less prominent instruments fill out a beautiful tapestry of sound…You’re in for a delight.” Lisa Regula Meyer, Ear to the Ground Music
PORTFRINGE CAST RECORDING
Jillie Mae Eddy - Lead vocals, mandolin, kick drum, tambourine
Nate Houran - Lead vocals, washboard
Nick Buonaiuto - Background vocals, guitar, banjo
Andrew Patterson - Background vocals, upright bass
Sam Schuth - Fiddle