"Ella the Ungovernable"

Early last spring, Gossips linked to an interview with David McDonald in the Altamont Enterprise in which McDonald talked about a screenplay he was working on about the early life of Ella Fitzgerald, in particular her incarceration at the New York State Girls Training School here in Hudson and her eventual escape.

Photo: Prison Public Memory

Since then, what was originally intended to be a film has morphed into a theatrical production called Ella the Ungovernable, which is set to debut on Valentine's Day weekend, February 14 and 15, at the Valatie Community Theater, 3031 Main Street, in Valatie. A recent article in InPlay Capital Region tells about the play and its development for the theater: "Ella Fitzgerald play, an original, will debut in Valatie in February." The article also provides information for securing tickets to the two performances.
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