North & South - the Musical?

North and South, the Musical is a stage adaptation of English author Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel. A production has just been staged in Boulder, Colorado.

Music by Marcia Marchesi
Book and Lyrics by Patricia Marchesi

Marcia Marchesi was 2003 Colorado Commissioned Composer, and twice a recipient of the ASCAPLUS composition award. She studied at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna, Austria) and at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her music has been performed on NPR and music venues all over the world.

Patricia Marchesi teaches English literature at Northern Arizona University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder. They started writing musicals over 20 years ago while in high school, and this is their sixth musical collaboration.

Photo by Quade Smith

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