Faucon blends song and story for new show
"I'm looking to change the world, really," Susan Faucon said, explaining her goals for her original theatrical jazz concert, which will be performed Saturday at the Chesapeake Arts Center.
According to Faucon, her theatrical jazz concert, The Hole in My Heart is Filled With Ice Cream, is "a tangible illustration on stage of the struggle that we have between the ego and the spirit, the material obsession and the spiritual seeking. Through music and dialogue it shows us one woman and that struggle between the 'I want it now' ego and the consciousness that generally seeks to connect with another human being on a spiritual level."
For something that is essentially a musical, Hole in My Heart possesses something much deeper than current Broadway musicals such as The Spelling Bee or Mamma Mia! And, although Faucon mentions her plans for pitching it in New York, she added, "Ultimately, I just want people to see it, however that may be."
The creation of Hole in My Heart did not begin with treble clefs and 16th notes.
"I wrote an autobiographical piece," Faucon said. "I didn't know what it was going to be. It was just hundreds of pages of my life's story. It was sort of a cathartic process; I was reassessing my life.
"It started out as a stage play drama without the music and then I rewrote it and it turned into a theatrical concert, which was mostly a concert with a little bit of theater in there. I was taught years ago to write what you know, of course.
"So, it's a blend of my story - my musical story, my personal story, my spiritual story - and the observation of those around me. It is a blend of the personal and the stimuli around me, the observation of all of that put to jazz and blues.
"I have rewritten it over the last three years, and it is finally done. What we are premiering for the first time in Baltimore is the finished product. It's been a three year process of performing and rewriting and, of course, 47 years of experience. I guess I started it the day I exited the womb."
According to Faucon, her theatrical jazz concert, The Hole in My Heart is Filled With Ice Cream, is "a tangible illustration on stage of the struggle that we have between the ego and the spirit, the material obsession and the spiritual seeking. Through music and dialogue it shows us one woman and that struggle between the 'I want it now' ego and the consciousness that generally seeks to connect with another human being on a spiritual level."
For something that is essentially a musical, Hole in My Heart possesses something much deeper than current Broadway musicals such as The Spelling Bee or Mamma Mia! And, although Faucon mentions her plans for pitching it in New York, she added, "Ultimately, I just want people to see it, however that may be."
The creation of Hole in My Heart did not begin with treble clefs and 16th notes.
"I wrote an autobiographical piece," Faucon said. "I didn't know what it was going to be. It was just hundreds of pages of my life's story. It was sort of a cathartic process; I was reassessing my life.
"It started out as a stage play drama without the music and then I rewrote it and it turned into a theatrical concert, which was mostly a concert with a little bit of theater in there. I was taught years ago to write what you know, of course.
"So, it's a blend of my story - my musical story, my personal story, my spiritual story - and the observation of those around me. It is a blend of the personal and the stimuli around me, the observation of all of that put to jazz and blues.
"I have rewritten it over the last three years, and it is finally done. What we are premiering for the first time in Baltimore is the finished product. It's been a three year process of performing and rewriting and, of course, 47 years of experience. I guess I started it the day I exited the womb."
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