Starsong
WORDS BY ANDREW STRANO
MUSIC BY ERIKA JI
STARSONG tells the story of twin stars, born in a beautiful nebula at the heart of the Milky Way. Our twin stars do everything together, growing close. But when they stray too close to a black hole, one twin is caught in the black hole’s inescapable pull, and the other is flung into the universe, alone…. Through light and puppetry, STARSONG explores how deeply we care for the people we love, how painful isolation feels, and how together, we find a way to heal and hope.
STARSONG is based on the true story of the star S5-HVS1, which astronomers discovered traveling at ultrafast speeds after being ejected by the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
- May 2023 — production at SOUND BITES X by Theatre Now New York
- June 2022 — production at Chain Theatre Play Festival
- June 2021 — Off-Broadway production at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
- March 2021 — screened at the New York University Diversity Festival
- December 2020 — screened as the finale of the inaugural Tisch Fringe Festival
- February 2020 — encore performance at the Tisch Black Box
- January 2020 — workshop & performance at the Tisch Black Box (see below)
Workshop above performed by Alex Becker, Bela Kawalec, Clare Bierman,
Earl Marrows, Joe Badore, Katie Hazdovac, Spencer Grubbe.
Narration & Direction by Andrew Strano. Piano & Music Direction by Erika Ji.
Graphic design by Brandy Hoang Collier.
Thank you to our mentors Rachel Sheinkin and Mel Marvin.
Special thanks to my brother Alex Ji,
and the international team of astronomers who discovered S5-HVS1.
Workshop above performed by Alex Becker,
Bela Kawalec, Clare Bierman, Earl Marrows,
Joe Badore, Katie Hazdovac, Spencer Grubbe.
Narration & Direction by Andrew Strano.
Piano & Music Direction by Erika Ji.
Graphic design by Brandy Hoang Collier.
Special thanks to our mentors Rachel Sheinkin and Mel Marvin.
Special thanks to my brother Alex Ji,
and the international team of astronomers who discovered S5-HVS1.
Workshop above performed by
Alex Becker, Bela Kawalec, Clare Bierman,
Earl Marrows, Joe Badore,
Katie Hazdovac, Spencer Grubbe.
Narration & Direction by Andrew Strano.
Piano & Music Direction by Erika Ji.
Graphic design by Brandy Hoang Collier.
Special thanks to our mentors Rachel Sheinkin and Mel Marvin.
Special thanks to my brother Alex Ji,
and the international team of astronomers who discovered S5-HVS1.
