Be Our Guest with Britta Johnson & Sara Farb (Kelly v. Kelly)

Britta Johnson a Canadian-American composer, lyricist and writer currently based in Toronto. Her musical Life After (for which she penned book, music and lyrics) premiered at Canadian Stage winning six Dora Mavor Moore Awards before opening at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. Her other writing credits include: With her sister Anika Johnson: Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life, Brantwood, Jacob Two-Two, Trap Door. With Sara Farb: Kelly v. Kelly, Reframed. With Katherine Cullen: Stupidhead! She was the librettist for choreographer Robert Binet’s adaptation of The Kreutzer Sonata with Ballet Moscow and was recently named one of fifty women to watch by the Broadway Women’s Fund of America. She has a degree in music composition from the University of Toronto. Sara Farb is a Toronto-born actor & writer whose credits include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Light, Master and Margarita: A New Musical Adaption, Fun Home and Romeo and Juliet to name just a few of her credits. Kelly v. Kelly is a Musical Stage Company production in association with Canadian Stage that was inspired by true events from 1915 in New York, KELLY v. KELLY reveals the story of a mother and daughter divided by passion, money and what it means to be a woman at a time of huge societal change. When a 19-year-old heiress becomes tangled in an affair with a seductive tango dancer, her distraught mother has her arrested and charged with incorrigibility, sparking a court case that scandalizes the nation. It runs in Toronto from May 26 to June 18, 2023. https://www.canadianstage.com/show/kelly-v-kelly