My Kind of Town

NAMT Welcome
Betsy King Militello, Executive Director
Frankie Dailey, New Works Director

Our Host
Christopher Chase Carter, Artistic Director
Mercury Theater Chicago

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Aislinn Frantz, Associate Producer

“What Happens After the End?” from We Are Out There
Music by Joe Kinosian
Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Featuring Ann Delaney
Joe Kinosian, Piano

“Brand New Start” from It Came From Outer Space
Music by Joe Kinosian
Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Featuring Christopher Kale Jones & Jaye Ladymore
Joe Kinosian, Piano

“I Can’t Figure Out Men” from It Came From Outer Space
Music by Joe Kinosian
Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Featuring Ann Delaney, Sharriese Hamilton, Joe Kinosian & Jaye Ladymore
Joe Kinosian, Piano

Cheryl Coons
NAMT Alumni Writer: Phantom of the Country Opera (Fest ’94), River’s End (Fest ’05)

“Something More” from The Woman in Question
Lyrics by Cheryl Coons
Music by Peter Eldridge
Featuring J. Sebastian Fabal & Emily Goldberg
Diana Lawrence, Piano

“Baddest B**** in the IRS” from It’s a Wonderful Audit
Lyrics by Cheryl Coons
Music by Diana Lawrence
Featuring J. Sebastian Fabal & Alexis Roston
with Emily Goldberg, Rob Lindley & Nicole Tini
Diana Lawrence, Piano

Broadway Across Borders
Ryan Nelson, Co-Founder
Aaron Thielen (Fest ’10), Co-Founder

Let Us Be by Sanjin Arnautović
A Film by Broadway Across Borders
2021/2022 Sarajevo / Warsaw / Berlin

(Follow this link to watch Let Us Be on Youtube, and see the entire team that created this new musical film)

American Music Theatre Project
Alexander Gemignani, Artistic Director

“Fields of Green” from WATERLAND
Book, Music & Lyrics by Harrison Lewis
& Matthew Millin
Featuring Harrison Lewis & Sami DeVries
Eugene Dizon, Piano

“Survival” from 5&DIME
Music by Dan Gillespie Sells
Lyrics by Shakina Nayfack
Book by Ashley Robinson
Featuring Sawyer Smith
Eugene Dizon, Piano

MotherFreakingHood!
Julie Dunlap, Playwright & Producer
Sara Stotts, Playwright & Producer

“Marcia’s Song” from MotherFreakingHood!
Music & Lyrics by Julie Dunlap & Sara Stotts
Featuring Leah Morrow
Eugene Dizon, Piano

 

Nikki Lynette
NAMT Alumni Writer: Get Out Alive (Fest ’22)

“Rest in Pieces” from Get Out Alive
Music & Lyrics by Nikki Lynette, Matt Hennessy, Malcolm Fong, Slavic Livins, & Zeke Macumber
Featuring Nikki Lynette 

“My Mind Ain’t Right” from Get Out Alive
Music & Lyrics by Nikki Lynette, Matt Hennessy, Malcolm Fong, Slavic Livins, & Zeke Macumber
Featuring Nikki Lynette