What Do All These Composers Have In Common?

Think about the great composers across time. Mozart, Sebastian Bach, Handel, Strauss, Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Haydn, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gershwin… and the list goes on.

What do each of these composers have in common? Is it the way they use harmony in their symphonies, their use of phrasing, the way they interweave melodic lines, the use of syncopated rhythms, their use of instrumentation? No. The single common factor is simply this: They are all men!

So you can see why young Amanda, played by Erika Cuenca, is struggling to make it in a man’s world. She dreams of being a famous composer, but in her master’s level classes, not only is she the only woman in class, she is treated with a definitive lack of respect for her talents. Add to this her diminished role as the fiancé of an almost-famous musician and you can understand why the music in her head is a cacophony of irregular rhythms and dissonant half-steps.
“Nothing makes sense to me except music.”
Amanda in A Feminine Ending, played by Erika Cuenca.

What will Amanda choose to do at this twisted intersection in her life? Will Amanda choose to follow her dreams, against all odds, or will she choose to continue down the road of ‘normality’ as the fiancé of her almost-famous boyfriend, Jack?

A Feminine Ending, written by Sarah Treem, plays February 28th through March 15th at Off The Wall Theater. To learn more about this bitter-sweet comedy or to purchase tickets, click here. 



A Feminine Ending
Written by Sarah Treem.  Directed by: Matt M. Morrow
February 28 to March 15, 2014

Starring: Erika Cuenca, Ingrid Sonnichsen, Andrew Wind,
Shaun Cameron Hall, and Weston Blakesley

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Enjoy a beverage from The Carnegie Coffee Company before the show.



About Erika Cuenca (Amanda): Erika is so very happy to be back at Off The Wall, working with such an awesome group of people.  Her OTW credits include The Zero Hour, Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Other Place, Shaken & Stirred, The House of Yes, Stop Kiss, The Club, Agnes of God, Four Dogs and a Bone, and How I learned to Drive. Locally, she has also worked with The Pittsburgh Playhouse Repertory Co., City Theatre, Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh Playwrights, and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre.  Erika is a graduate of The Conservatory of Performing Arts of Point Park College, and serves as Assistant Artistic Director of Off The Wall Productions.


About Andrew Wind (Jack): Andrew is thrilled to be working with such a fantastic cast, crew, and director in his debut at Off The Wall Theater.  A recent arrival to Pittsburgh, Andrew holds a B.F.A in Theatre from Marietta College, and recently finished working with City Theatre on the Young Playwrights Festival.  Before moving to Pittsburgh, Andrew worked in South Florida in such shows as the World Premiere production of A Measure of Cruelty by Joe Calarco (Mosaic Theatre), The Unseen (Promethean Theatre), The Tempest (New Theatre), As Bees in Honey Drown, The 24-Hour Theatre Project (Naked Stage) and Clybourne Park (Caldwell Theatre).  Recent Film/TV credits: Burn Notice, America’s Most Wanted, Charlie’s Angels, and indie films such as The Things You’ll Always Remember and The First Night.

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