CPAC presents David Katz in ‘Muse of Fire’

    Caribou Performing Arts Director, Joe Zubrick says, “It has been called ‘the most compelling theatrical celebration of classical music since Amadeus’ and ‘a remarkable exploration of what it means to be a conductor’.” David Katz’s acclaimed one-man play, “Muse of Fire”, will be performed at the Caribou Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 2 p.m.     The last play directed by Tony Award-winning actor and Broadway director Charles Nelson Reilly, who created “The Belle of Amherst,” for fellow Tony Award winner, Julie Harris, “Muse of Fire” is said to lift the veil on the conductor’s secret life to reveal that maestros of the baton are not born — they are forged in fire.
    According to Zubrick, “Muse of Fire,” brings the awesome and terrifying brilliance of an extraordinary teacher thrillingly to life in a play that has been called ‘absorbing,’ ‘frightening,’ ‘shockingly funny,’ and ‘ultimately deeply moving.’”
    Integral to the drama are recorded musical excerpts by more than a dozen composers, including Wagner, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Schoenberg and Ravel.
    “Since premiering at Acadia Repertory Theater in Bar Harbor, in 2005, ‘Muse of Fire,’ has played to critical raves and standing ovations throughout the Northeast and Atlantic Canada,” said Zubrick, “and in an extended engagement in Chicago. The play will tour Maine, New England and the Midwest in 2009-10 before a planned off-Broadway opening and an international tour.”
    Tickets for “Muse of Fire” are $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors; children 12 and under are admitted free.
    Admission for any Aroostook high school or middle school band or choral student is $5.
    Season tickets for CPAC’s  2009-2010 series are still available. For more information call 493-4278.