Howard's music theater piece based on the on The Donner Party tragedy has been completed at long last and is ready to move to the next level. After last May's hugely successful workshop outing at The Pasadena Playhouse (as part of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab West festival), Howard spent the summer retooling the text, emerging with a final draft ready for production. DLW co-founder Andrew Sachs is on board to direct, and King's Fountain (the good people behind HFQ's 2000 debut abroad in Paris) has signed on in support of the project. The team is currently in talks with several theaters about a production in early 2005-- stay tuned!