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Grace Under Pressure

By: Emily King
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  • Summary

  • A sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, Grace Under Pressure follows “the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the ‘90s, an age of diminished expectations.” Inappropriate affairs, office sexual politics, pyramid scheme fraud, cynical art-world pay-to-play, sweatshop fashion, even the AIDS crisis, dealt with the light touch, suggestive humor and speedy delivery of screwball comedy. Grace under Pressure began as an Off-Off Broadway project in 1992, originally staged as an 8-part radio play complete with manic sound man, theme song and additional musical interludes. The part of Grace was written for the sublime Alice King and, thirty years later, it became clear that it was time for Grace to make a comeback. A cast of first-class New York voice talent is led by Alice King as Grace McMoon, our heroine who loses her job in every episode and slides down the socio-economic ladder to find true love, fulfillment and job satisfaction. Each episode is complemented by the Singer-Songwriter acting as a kind of Greek chorus, with a musical interlude from a trove of original ‘90s piano-bar ballads. Created, written, produced, edited and directed – and inspired – by New York City working women.
    1992-2023, Emily King, BMI
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Episodes
  • Grace Under Pressure Trailer

    Grace Under Pressure Trailer
    Jun 8 2023

    PasticheNYC Theatre of the Air 

    presents "Grace Under Pressure", starring

    Alice King as Grace, Roger Casey as Louie 

     with Tom Bozell, Dorian DeMichele, Luis Carlos De la Lombana, Bianca Franck & George Sheffey as everyone else.

    Singer/Songwriter: Emily King

     
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    1 min
  • Grace Under Pressure Episode 2: A Chilly Reception

    Grace Under Pressure Episode 2: A Chilly Reception
    Jun 15 2023

    Reality Check Theatre of the Air 

    has brought you "Grace Under Pressure", starring 

            Alice King as Grace,

             Dorian DeMichele as Trudy 

             and George Sheffey as Myron McWeeney

    Songs written and performed by Emily King

    © Emily King, BMI. All rights reserved.
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    18 mins
  • Grace Under Pressure Episode 1: Flirting with Disaster

    Grace Under Pressure Episode 1: Flirting with Disaster
    Jun 15 2023

    The New Austerity Low-Rent Theatre of the Air 

    has brought you "Grace Under Pressure", starring 

    Alice King as Grace,

    Roger Casey as Louie 

     and Tom Bozell as Wolfram Weltmeister. 

    Songs written and performed by Emily King

    © Emily King, BMI. All rights reserved.
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    18 mins
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