Kensington producer’s musical  about Statue of Liberty debuts this week

At last: A musical about the Statue of Liberty that a Kensington theater producer has championed for four years will make its debut.

A girl in a copper-brown gown will step onto the stage of the Warner Theatre in Torrington, Conn., Saturday and sing the story of how Lady Liberty an immigrant, like so many New Yorkers came to America.

Shes a young person on a journey to find herself, said Theresa Wozunk, producer of Liberty: A Monumental New Musical.

In 2008, Wozunk bought the rights to produce the show commercially because shes fascinated with the iconic statue. Her interest was inspired by family tales about her Italian grandpa.

Enrico Ciampoli joined the Army at age 17 and fought in World War I for his new country, where hed settled the year before against his parents wishes.

He was completely devoted to America, said Wozunk, 50. He taught himself English by reading the newspapers and never uttered another word of Italian in public.

Lady Ls got dramatic tales to tell, too.

She was almost deported, said Wozunk.

The U.S. government cut the funding for the statues pedestal and had nowhere to put her, and nearly sent her back to France. She sat in 300-plus crates on what is now Liberty Island.

P.S.: Lady Libertys gown isnt green in the musical because it took 20 years for the copper shes made of to turn that color.

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Kensington producer’s musical  about Statue of Liberty debuts this week