HERSHEY FELDER (George Gershwin/Playwright) Broadway, London’s West End: George Gershwin Alone (Helen Hayes Theatre, Duchess Theatre). Regional and international appearances include Monsieur Chopin, Chicago’s Royal George Theatre, American Repertory Theatre - Cambridge MA, Hartford Stage; George Gershwin Alone 2004-2005 Chicago; 1999-2004 at Ford’s Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, as well as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Florida, and others. Upcoming: George Gershwin Alone at The Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles; Monsieur Chopin in Paris and Warsaw. Compositions include Fairytale, a musical; Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano; Song Settings, poetry by Vachel Lindsay; Aliyah, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Hollywood Sweet, for piano and Orchestra; Etudes Thematiques for piano. Recordings include Love Songs of the Yiddish Theatre, Back from Broadway, and George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin for the WFMT Radio Network Recordings label. Current projects include the completion of the “Composer Trilogy” with Beethoven, as well as a Negaunee Foundation Chicago commission to complete Noah’s Ark, an opera. Mr. Felder is on the Board of Directors of the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and the Board of Directors of America’s historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC. He has also been a Scholar in Residence at Harvard University’s Department of Music. Mr. Felder is married to Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada.

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