STELLA RISING

is a one woman musical theater piece performed by
Napua Davoy based on her mother''s life and her eventual struggle with Alzheimer's. As a young Chinese-Hawaiian woman working in Japan after World War 2, she met a young serviceman from Oklahoma who married her and brought her home to the states. A typical dysfunctional family life followed. The father drank. The children hid from beatings, and then everything began to change. Stella Rising is a powerful and personal tale. Napua Davoy uses drama, humor, music and dance to introduce us to her mother,

the unforgetttable Stella.
 

It is extremely important to watch this play if you are experiencing or have experienced a parent with Alzheimer's or such related memory impairments.
 

Napua Davoy has recorded 4 albums and appeared in top venues such as Birdland and Yoshi's. She has performed the worldover and has toured frequently in Europe and Russia.

This run at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the YMCA, 5 West 63rd Street on the West Side is the first extended run of the play. It's a beautiful 150 seat recently renovated venue.
 

It plays to March 29th. Mon. & Wed. - Sat. 7:30PM. Friday March 20 - 9:30PM. Wed. & Sunday matinee - 2PM. Sunday -7PM. 
 

The play is directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser ( Leaves of Glass, Long Day's Journey into Night, Coram Boy, The Countess). Book & Lyrics by Napua Davoy. Music by Andrei Kondakov & Napua Davoy. Lighting: Joyce Liao, Choreography: Andrea Andresakis.