TINY FEATS
OF COWARDICE
A one-woman musical
about one woman's life-long love affair... with worry
book/lyrics/performed by Susan Bernfield
music by Rachel Peters
developed with/directed by Daniella Topol
TINY FEATS was presented in development at Joe's Pub, read at New York Theatre Workshop, and was the work-in-progress presentation at the 2007 Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls, New York
it premiered in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
Susan performed a cabaret version at D-Lounge and Cornelia Street Cafe in 2009 and 2011
and a benefit for the LIT Fund at HERE Arts Center in February 2014
musical director: Scott Ethier with Dan Shuman on bass Aaron Russell on drums in NYC performances
On the FringeNYC production:
“An affecting piece.” – The Village Voice
“A solid Off Broadway project-in-progress. The “tiny feats” of the title are the small victories that keep the perpetually scared Bernfield—phobic of heights, planes, people—not just among the “functioning fearful” but solidly in with the “pathetically high-functioning.” She makes each fear pull its weight, emotionally and comically.” -- Time Out New York
“Susan Bernfield's latest is exactly what it claims to be: a tiny feat, for Bernfield is captivating throughout, an Everywoman who, aided by Rachel Peters' music, denounces single engine Cessnas, the constant worry of being a mother, the neverending precipices of the world and its possibilities. The end result comes across like a Sondheim chamber musical. It's a very winning performance, and a very winning play."
– New Theatre Corps
"If the show were just a list of one woman's fears, it might be good therapy but it wouldn't necessarily be good theatre. And TINY FEATS is really terrific theatre. Bernfield is still trying to work out the eternal battle between living in fear and just letting go, and that internal struggle is both funny and touching." -- nytheatre.com
photo: Dixie Sheridan
OF COWARDICE
A one-woman musical
about one woman's life-long love affair... with worry
book/lyrics/performed by Susan Bernfield
music by Rachel Peters
developed with/directed by Daniella Topol
TINY FEATS was presented in development at Joe's Pub, read at New York Theatre Workshop, and was the work-in-progress presentation at the 2007 Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls, New York
it premiered in the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival
Susan performed a cabaret version at D-Lounge and Cornelia Street Cafe in 2009 and 2011
and a benefit for the LIT Fund at HERE Arts Center in February 2014
musical director: Scott Ethier with Dan Shuman on bass Aaron Russell on drums in NYC performances
On the FringeNYC production:
“An affecting piece.” – The Village Voice
“A solid Off Broadway project-in-progress. The “tiny feats” of the title are the small victories that keep the perpetually scared Bernfield—phobic of heights, planes, people—not just among the “functioning fearful” but solidly in with the “pathetically high-functioning.” She makes each fear pull its weight, emotionally and comically.” -- Time Out New York
“Susan Bernfield's latest is exactly what it claims to be: a tiny feat, for Bernfield is captivating throughout, an Everywoman who, aided by Rachel Peters' music, denounces single engine Cessnas, the constant worry of being a mother, the neverending precipices of the world and its possibilities. The end result comes across like a Sondheim chamber musical. It's a very winning performance, and a very winning play."
– New Theatre Corps
"If the show were just a list of one woman's fears, it might be good therapy but it wouldn't necessarily be good theatre. And TINY FEATS is really terrific theatre. Bernfield is still trying to work out the eternal battle between living in fear and just letting go, and that internal struggle is both funny and touching." -- nytheatre.com
photo: Dixie Sheridan