In the Green

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'''''In the Green''''' is a ninety minute, one-act [[Musical theatre|musical]] telling the story of medieval composer, healer, exorcist, and saint [[Hildegard of Bingen|Hildegard von Bingen]] “on her path to sainthood from childhood,” primarily depicting the thirty years she spent locked up in a cell with her mentor, the [[anchoress]] [[Jutta von Sponheim]].<ref></ref><ref></ref> [[Grace McLean]] authored the musical while Lee Sunday Evans directed.<ref> TheaterMania|url=https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/in-the-green-can-two-nuns-share-a-cell-for-30-year_89168.html|access-date=2020-10-25|website=www.theatermania.com|language=en-US}}</ref> It was an [[off-Broadway]] production “commissioned by LCT3 and received a production at the Claire Tow Theater at [the] Lincoln Center,” beginning performances on June 8; it opened on June 27 and ran through August 4, 2020.<ref></ref>

== Music ==
The lyrics of “O Virga ac Diadema” and “O Viridissima Virga” were originally written by Hildegard van Bingen.

=== Musical numbers ===
“O Virga ac Diadema” - ''In the Green'' Company

“Death Ceremony” - ''In the Green'' Company

“If I Had a Knee” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Hannah Whitney & Grace McLean

“The Rule” - Grace McLean, Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Hannah Whitney

“Eve” - Grace McLean & Ashley Pérez Flanagan

“Ritual” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Hannah Whitney & Grace McLean

“Little Life” - Grace McLean, Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Hannah Whitney

“Sun Song” - Grace McLean & Hannah Whitney

“In the Green” - Grace McLean & Mia Pak

“Burial” - Hannah Whitney, Grace McLean, Rachael Duddy & Ashley Pérez Flanagan

“Underground” - Mia Pak

“Confession” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Hannah Whitney

“Sun Song (Reprise)” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Hannah Whitney

“Light Undercover” - Mia Pak, Hannah Whitney, Rachael Duddy & Ashley Pérez Flanagan

“The First Verb” - Hannah Whitney, Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Mia Pak

“O Viridissima Virga” - Mia Pak, Rachael Daddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan & Hannah Whitney

“Light Undercover / In the Green (Reprise)” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Hannah Whitney & Mia Pak

“The Ripening” - Grace McLean

“Forgiveness” - Rachael Duddy, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Hannah Whitney & ''In the Green'' Company

“Integration” - Hannah Whitney, Rachael Duddy & Ashley Pérez Flanagan

“Exorcism” - Hannah Whitney & Mia Pak

== Cast and characters ==
Rachael Duddy: Eye, Monk Volmar

Hannah Whitney: Hildegard, Hand

Ashley Pérez Flanagan: Mouth, Hildegard’s Mother, Marchioness

Grace McLean: Jutta

Mia Pak: Shadow, Sigewize

== Critical response ==
''New York Times''’ Ben Brantley refers to the musical’s “audacity and opacity,” while Raven Snook from ''Time Out New York'' writes “McLean’s promise shines through this fascinating if flawed experiment.”<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Theater in New York|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/in-the-green|access-date=2020-10-25|website=Time Out New York|language=en}}</ref>

== Recording ==
The original cast recording of ''In the Green'' was released digitally and for streaming October 16, 2020 by [[Ghostlight Records]].<ref></ref> A physical CD is meant to be released by the end of the year.

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Nominee
!Result
|-
|2020
|[[Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre|Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater]]
|Staged Reading Award<ref></ref>
|
|Won
|-
|2020
|[[Lucille Lortel Awards]]
|Outstanding Musical<ref></ref>
|
|Nominated
|-
|2020
|Lucille Lortel Awards
|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical
|Grace McLean
|Won
|-
|2020
|Lucille Lortel Awards
|Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
|Ashley Pérez Flanagan
|Nominated
|-
|2020
|Lucille Lortel Awards
|Outstanding Costume Design
|Oana Botez
|Nominated
|-
|2020
|Lucille Lortel Awards
|Outstanding Lighting Design
|Barbara Samuels
|Nominated
|-
|2020
|Lucille Lortel Awards
|Outstanding Sound Design
|Nicholas Pope
|Nominated
|}

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:2020 musicals]]
[[Category:Biographical musicals]]
[[Category:Hildegard of Bingen]]

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