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Turnip Family Secrets, an innovative new musical by Michael Smith and Joe Woodard, opened in April of 2002 at Santa Barbara's Center Stage Theater. As part of the work process, the responsible parties went into Riviera Studios to document the experience in a cast album. With the help of engineer Wayne Sabbak, it took on a life of its own, and is now available on the Household Ink label. Smith, who wrote the book and lyrics, is the author of more than a dozen plays,
including the recent "Trouble" and "Dogs Bark All Night." Woodard,
who wrote the music, is a prolific songwriter and the guitarist with bands including
Headless Household, Lean-To,
and flapping, Flapping. In the premiere
production, Santa Barbara favorites Fred Lehto For further info, photos, CDs, etcetera, please call (805) 687-3963, Stop by the web-site: www.householdink.com/turnipfamilysecrets.htm. |
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and
Paula Re played happy farmers, with Geren Piltz as their son David
and talented 12-year-old Geoffrey Bell as both the Giant who terrorizes
them and the Fairy who empowers David to save his parents. In addition to Woodard
on guitar, keyboardist Dick Dunlap, percussionist Tom Lackner,
trumpeter 
Of
the opening night performance, Starshine Roshell of the Santa Barbara NewsPress,
wrote: "Everything about the grownup musical fairytale "Turnip Family Secrets"
is delightfully imaginative: an outlandish storyline, ingenious scenic design,
golden storybook lighting, and an inventive and flexible score that bends from
sultry to sinister and bounces all the way back to snappy..."