Cast and Crew:

Marty, Wendy and Caitlyn Quinn star in this original theatrical adaptation of Baha'u'llah's The Seven Valleys. Written around 1855 in answer to questions from a Sufi about the nature of the spiritual journey, this book is one of Baha'u'llah's most beautiful and poetic works.

Now, in the tradition of presenting spiritual based drama and musicals such as the Broadway hits "Godspell" and Alec McCowen's "St. Mark's Gospel", the Quinns bring this deeply moving work to life on the stage.

Featuring original music and dance by the internationally known Quinn Family. Directed by award-winning Bill George and choreographer Ben Hatcher. With beautiful silk costumes and sets by Ellen Spring and calligraphy by Burhan Zahrai.

Marty Quinn

Marty Quinn has performed in theatre for most of his life. He grew up playing drums, piano, and tablas (hand drums of India) and studied with Jim Chapin and Paramjoti. He studied voice at the New York School for Commercial Music and the Voice Studio in Boston. He has played percussion for National Broadway Touring Companies throughout the United States including Godspell and has written compositions for dance performers Dudek-Mann and Sarah and Jerry Pearson.

For 7 years, starting in 1984, he was the percussionist/vocalist with the renowned Doah World Music Ensemble performing extensively throughout New England, the continental US, Alaska and India. He has recorded for many artists including jazz guitarist Pat Martino, pianist Darius Brubeck and choral group On Wings of Song.

Marty also teaches drums and is a software engineer. He has created the Design Rhythmics Sonification Research Lab for the purpose of analyzing and perceiving information through music. His work on turning ice core data into a 'Climate Symphony' is being well received throughout the scientific community.

Wendy Quinn

Wendy Quinn received her BS in dance from Hunter College and her MS in Dance Therapy from The City
University of New York. She has studied modern dance with Peter Boneham (La Groupe de le Place Royale) in
Montreal and Dorothy Vislocki (Alwin Nickolais) in New York. Currently, she studies ballet with Bill Pisutto
(White Oak Dance Project) at Ballet New England in Portsmouth. She has performed in Canada, the United States, Belgium, Hungary, Taiwan and Germany.

Wendy has trained in classical music (piano) and choral music and studies voice at the Voice Studio in Boston. Previously, she was an active member of the avant-garde performing arts community in New York, performing with Pooh Kaye and Simon Forti. Her work includes performances at the Judson Church, Trisha Brown Studio, Grommet Theater and Razor Gallery, as well as publications in Art in the Seventies by Jean Dupuy and Women's Work by Alison Knowles. Currently, she performs with her husband, Marty, in their two shows, The Magic Bird and The Seven Valleys.

In addition, she attends Antioch New England Graduate School where she is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology. She is conducting research on women's birthing experiences.

Caitlyn Quinn

Caitlyn Quinn, now 15 years old, has performed since the age of 6 with her parents in The Magic Bird and The Seven Valleys. In addition, she is a member of the Oyster River Players Theater Company. In recent years, she has performed as Puck and Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pan in Peter Pan, Zaneeta in The Music Man, Louise in Carousel, Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore. Caitlyn studies dance at Ballet New England and voice at the Voice Studio in Boston.

Bill George - Director

Bill George received his MFA in Theatre from the Dallas Theatre Center under Paul Baker, studied mime for five years in New York with Paul Curtis of the American Mime Theatre, co-founded the People's Theatre Company in 1976 with his wife, Bridget George, and founded Touchstone Theatre in 1981 where he was Producing Director until 1991.

He received the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Award for outstanding new work in 1981, is the 1995 Pennsylvania Solo Theatre Artist Fellowship recipient and is presently working with Bridget to establish Little Pond -- an artist's retreat on a small farm in the Pennsylvania countryside. He has toured "The Kingfisher's Wing", the story of the martyrdom of Badi, with Styve Homnick for the last few years and is presently creating a new work based on the marriage of Munirih Khanum and Abdu'l-Baha.

Ben Hatcher: Choreographer

Ben Hatcher is a demi-soloist with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens since 1990. He joined Les Grands Ballets in 1987. He has had numerous lead roles in such dances as The Green Table, Death by Kurt Jooss, In Paradisum by James Kudelka, Coppelia by Martinez / Petipa and Swan Lake by Ivanov / Petipa. He has recently returned from touring Portugal, Holland and Belgium with Jean-Pierre Perreault. In 1998, he received the choreography award at the St. Saveur Arts Festival.