The Eliza Effect
a 10 min musical- written for the BMI workshop
book and lyrics by Pauline David-Sax
music by Andrew G. Levine
In the mid-60s AI pioneer Joseph Weizenbaum, creates Eliza, an early language model that lets users converse with a computer.
Vienna, 1905
Lyrics by MaryAnn Frank.
A story of three extraordinary women at an equally extraordinary moment in time: Alma Schindler, Emma Goldman, and Ida Bauer circle each other in seemingly unrelated stories only to find their paths intersecting again and again. This song is Emmas response to a letter from her lover in America.
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Spinning
Book and lyrics by MaryAnn Frank. written and produced in 2019 by Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT.
Spinning tells of the harrowing and often hilarious autobiographical journey of MaryAnn as she seeks healing from profound loss and grief. Containing original songs and arrangements of existing songs.
Dora Dreams of Fire
Excerpt of a work produced by Prospect Theater in NYC as part of their development workshop, "Movemeants", in Feb. 2020.
A session between Sigmund Freud and the woman he called 'Dora' in his classic book, The Interpretation of Dreams.