Preview: Songs for Nobodies

Songs for Nobod­ies shares five life-chan­ging encoun­ters between five every­day women whose lives have been touched in some way by five legendary divas – Judy Gar­land, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Bil­lie Hol­i­day and Maria Callas.The show includes songs such as Patsy Cline’s Crazy, Judy Garland’s Come Rain or Come Shine and Edith Piaf’s Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, all well-loved pieces of music. There are also well-known songs from Bil­lie Hol­i­day and Maria Cal­las which are struc­tured into the play deliv­er­ing an incred­ible emo­tion­al pay-off.

“In my 25-year career, there have been a hand­ful of scripts that have come my way and have felt like a gift. Songs for Nobod­ies is one of those gifts. I love the way the show poignantly explores the uncanny influ­ence that chance encoun­ters, both dir­ectly and indir­ectly, play in our lives,” says act­ress and sing­er Ali Harp­er. Join­ing Ali for the Circa sea­son are 3 out­stand­ing loc­al musi­cians Daniel Hayles – Res­id­ent Music­al Director/Pianist, Lance Philip – Drummer/Percussionist and Johnny Lawrence on the Double Bass.

Songs for Nobod­ies boasts a stun­ning script which per­fectly mar­ries the incred­ible power of music. It will reach out and grab your heart. It will hit you on a comed­ic level, an intel­lec­tu­al level and on a spir­itu­al level.