Noah, the musical, is coming soon

The computer composer is at it again.

Wanda Sieber, a Green Bay playwright and mom, is creating a musical version of the biblical tale of Noah.

Get this: It’s set in modern-day New Orleans.

For the more wicked aspects of the story, Sieber is keeping things toned down. Because Sieber produces her shows for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mardi Gras will serve as her backdrop for sin.

Noah is another of Sieber’s ambitious projects. It contains 21 new songs. Four men and four women will sing the leads, and they will be supported by a large cast to portray angels, animals and the wicked.

Sieber, who’s a live wire, composes on a computer and generates a musical soundtrack. In the near future, she plans to gather local singers to record learning tapes for her cast.

She’s also searching for someone for a key role and is concerned about sensitivities. “The wife of Noah’s youngest son is historically a woman of color,” she said, worried about how to phrase such a request. Maybe someone reading this can help her out; if so, call Sieber at 468-5996.

Noah is planned for production in 1996.

For past large-scale productions of Esther, Queen of Persia and Hidden Treasures, Sieber used a church-and-community cast.

Esther, staged in February 1994, brought Paul DeSpirito to the fore. He went on to take leading roles in big productions in the area, including the title role in Music Theatre’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.