Manuel

Manuel is a play about Richard Manuel, the deeply talented and enigmatic piano player and vocalist from the acclaimed musical group THE BAND. This play is a lively and musical tale told from the point of view of Richard’s last remaining brother Al who reflects back on thirty key years in his brother’s turbulent and incredible life. In doing so, Al confronts his own feelings while facing formidable forces of nature and dark complexities of the human condition.

Hailed as “the light of The Band” by his good friend Eric Clapton, Richard Manuel had a voice that could melt hearts that was forged from another world. But so too was his sensitive spirit and this story chronicles the clash between the harsh external road of the musician’s life and one man’s profound inner longing for peace and acceptance.