Little Matchstick Factory is the creative team of playwright/actress Sylvia Milo and composer/percussionist Nathan Davis. They make theater that connects characters, archetypes and narratives from the past with pivotal issues of our time. They research exhaustively, finding new and direct relevance in primary sources. Music is integral to their work, performing roles that flow amongst experimental composition, sound art, and abstract foley.
Formed in 2013, LMF's first project is the critically-acclaimed, "
The Other Mozart" - the forgotten story of Mozart's genius sister.
Their second project, "
I am the utterance of my name" (currently in development), explores the figure of Mary Magdalene, her archetype, and her symbolism.
THE OTHER MOZART is the true, untold story of Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus - a prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history.
"strikingly beautiful" - New York Times
“hauntingly beautiful... dazzling, original performance” - LA Times
“A gem of a show” - The Stage (London)
DRAMA DESK, Off-Broadway Alliance nominations
2 New York Innovative Theater Awards:
Outstanding Solo Performance (Sylvia Milo)
Outstanding Original Music (Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen)
Created, written and performed by Sylvia Milo, THE OTHER MOZART had an Off-Broadway run in NYC at HERE Arts Center, in London at St. James Theater, in Munich at the Pasinger Fabrik and was presented in Salzburg at the invitation of the
Mozarteum Foundation (inside the
Mozarts’ Wohnhaus apartment) and in Vienna at the
Mozarthaus Vienna (Wolfgang’s Domgasse home). The monodrama continues being presented internationally, currently in four languages, with over 280 performances to date.
Created, written and performed by Sylvia Milo
Directed by Isaac Byrne
Music composed by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen
Sound design: Nathan Davis
Period style movement directed by Janice Orlandi
Costume designed by Magdalena Dąbrowska and Miodrag Guberinic
Lighting designed by Joshua Rose
Hair design by Courtney Bednarowski
Produced by Sylvia Milo / Little Matchstick Factory
www.TheOtherMozart.com