![]() Here, Picoult and McDonald tell us about its creation. Ĭreating Breathe was a very personal experience, for a lot of different reasons. Filmed at 92Y with no audience, and a featuring cast that includes Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Patti Murin, Colin Donnell, and more, Breathe runs for eight weeks beginning May 14 on Overture. ![]() Instead, they created Breathe, a new series of five short, interconnected musicals about the way the crisis affects different couples. Cut to March 13, and the world stopped.Īs writers, Picoult and McDonald felt like they had to explore the Covid-19 pandemic in some way, but Picoult couldn't really figure out how to make it a book. Picoult wasn't one of the writers of the off-Broadway musical Between the Lines (that task fell to librettist Tim McDonald and songwriters Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson), but as co-author of the source material, she was deeply involved with the process. Novelist Jodi Picoult was getting ready to make her theatrical debut in March 2020. ![]()
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