Interested in participating in A DREAM OF WINGS?

A family-friendly musical about the Wright brothers
and their dreams of flying.  
Tension mounts between brothers and their father.  
The odds are against the brothers, but they succeed!

"A Dream of Wings" is the story of the Wright brothers, who were true conquerors of the air. Both were self-taught mechanics, had neither college nor advanced aeronautical training. Two trial and error scientists, with keen mechanical aptitudes and creative analytical thinking abilities. They financed all of their projects on their own. Several times they refused money from people such as Andrew Carnegie. They worked approximately 75% of the year with the bicycle selling and repair business, using their evenings for "heated" discussions around their living room fireplace. These differences of opinion helped them to work out their theoretical kinks, saving them practical time and expense. The remainder of the year, usually the summer and fall months, they devoted to test flying the gliders in Kitty Hawk, NC. The Wrights constantly tested their critical thinking and inferential skills; utilized the inspiration, the perseverance, the hard-working, "refusing to give up" ethic. They had insatiable curiosity, great mechanical ability (inherited from their mother, Susan), the ability to think creatively (nurtured by their father, Bishop Milton Wright) and the willpower to continue experimenting in spite of failure. They wanted to create a heavier-than-air machine that would make life easier, do a job better, or perform a feat considered impossible before. At the turn of the century, the bicycle really was a very high tech device. It was made of steel rather than of iron. It had very close tolerances, the parts had to fit closely together and turn the hub. They used roller bearings, a very new technology, to reduce friction and they could be mass produced. Thus, to be a bicycle mechanic was to be on the top of a very cutting edge technology. Just before their attempt at powered flight the NEW YORK TIMES printed an editorial laughing at the experiments of flight calling it, "a waste of money and an idle dream." The editorial ended with the statement, "Man will not fly for a thousand years."

Persons who are interested in participating in this musical in the capacity of producers, actors, singers, and dancers should contact contact Vince Corozine for further details. We plan reading sessions and showcase sessions for New York City in the near future.