Green The Musical
Trickery. Secrets. Temptation.
Yet one man strives to be true to his word.
Inspired by the humor, fun and fantasy
in
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
At a New Year’s Day feast, a mysterious Green Knight challenges any knight of Camelot to strike him in return for a promise to take a similar blow from the Green Knight the next year.
Young Gawain, true to his knightly code of honor, accepts and beheads the Green Knight, who then picks up his head and reminds Gawain of his commitment.
A year later, Gawain embarks on his quest for The Green Knight, but becomes entangled with a forest lord who engages Gawain in a playful, but sly, game of exchanges,while Gawain fends off amorous advances from the lord’s wife and quietly becomes interested in a young lady of the house.
Gawain extricates himself and proceeds to his destiny with the Green Knight amid revelations and enlightenments that we can all embrace.
The Music
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Lord Bercilak
Affable lord of a forest lodge
with a twinkle in his eye.
Lady Bercilak
A beautiful, enchanting seductress who
sets her eye on Gawain.
A Milestone
Concert Version---May 2023
The Creative Team
Kathryn Komsa Schmidt
Book & Lyrics
A former Fortune 250 Financial Services Human Resources Executive who was inspired to create Green while studying for her master’s degree in English. Theatrical credits are slim but include being an Associate Producer for the independent film A Case of Blue. She is a member of the Theatermakers Mentorship Program, CTI Alumni and The Dramatist Guild and has been a long time community volunteer, including Board President of Passaic County Habitat for Humanity (NJ).
Dante DiMicco
Lyrics & Music
Singer, songwriter and musician who worked with Academy Award Winner Joe Renzetti (The Buddy Holly Story), Apple artist Lon Van Eaton (Van Eaton Brothers) and England’s Screaming Lord Sutch. Among the first Radio DJs to introduce Americana, he has composed for NJ Green Acres and Rescuing Aging Greyhounds and his work has been published by Robbins, Feist & Miller and CAM USA.
Music
Composer, sound designer, and producer whose work as a composer includes Seneca Falls (Open Eye Theater), Icarus Rising (dance) and over 100 Sesame Street animations and has scored The Restless Conscience (Oscar nominee), Kings Park: Stories from An American Mental Institution, Broadway Damage, Roughneck, Michael Joseph Jason John, Retractions, Nova, Nature, National Geographic Explorer, Monsters. Elliot is a US National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Recipient and was a longtime member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
Justin Schmidt
Music
Music industry professional who has written and recorded film soundtracks, indie rock albums and podcasts, led several bands, served as Art Director for multimedia products and events and founded the music startup collective Post-Echo, which released conceptual multi-media works such as the comic book DRIFT, and the experimental music video web-series Passage. He is currently on hiatus as Director of Publicity for music PR company Missing Piece Group while traveling the world for a year with his wife and three young children.
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