Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical - Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording is a new musical from award-winning playwright and lyricist HILARY BELL and acclaimed singer-songwriter, composer and performer GRETA GERTLER GOLD. A graduate of the Juilliard Playwrights’ Studio and a Tennessee Williams Fellow, Bell’s work has been produced by leading theatres including Atlantic Theater Company and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Gertler Gold  is a Yaddo Fellow,  recipient of a Café Royal Cultural Foundation Music Grant and finalist for both the Jonathan Larson Grant and the New York City Women’s Fund. Her musicals have been developed through Ars Nova’s Uncharted program, the Polyphone Festival, Ucross Foundation, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and The Orchard Project and The Tank, with productions and performances at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater, Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and Lincoln Center. Co-writer of the multi-platinum hit “Blow Up the Pokies” (The Whitlams), she has also released acclaimed solo recordings and performed extensively across the US, Australia and Europe. 

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"There is enough musical invention and invigorating vocal energy in any one song from Picnic at Hanging Rock to power an entire season on Broadway." 

- Jason Robert Brown

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"Vibrant, haunting and imaginative"

- Meredith Monk

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"A gorgeous, deeply felt score..Gives voice to the mystery and longing."

- David Lindsay-Abaire