31st Annual Festival of New Musicals
2019

Overview
October 24 - 25, 2019
New World Stages 340 W 50th Street, New York, NY
The 31st Annual Festival of New Musicals was presented at New World Stages in New York City on October 24 & 25, 2019.
Over the course of two days, 45-minute cuts of eight new musicals will be presented to over 600 industry professionals. Selected from a careful review process, the Festival celebrates what’s next in musical theatre and the incredible stories and artists that are leading the way.
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Musicals

Hi, My Name is Ben
Director
Hunter Bird
Cast
Jennifer Damiano, Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Richard Henry, Carlos Lopez, Mamie Parris, CJ Pawlikowski, Joel Rooks, Conor Ryan, Sonya Venugopal and Michael Winther
Ideal Cast Size: 10-12
Ideal Band Size: 7
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
“Hi, my name is Ben. I can’t talk but I can hear.”
A true, New York story of how one man changed the lives of those around him, without ever speaking a word. Using just his notepad, pen, and open heart, Ben turned a neighbourhood of strangers into a community of friends, before finally encountering a miracle of his own.

Interstate
Director
Jesca Prudencio
Music Director
Anessa Marie
Cast
Emy Coligado, Jin Ha, Danny Harris Kornfeld, Diana Oh, Sushma Saha, Diamond Essence White, Gianna Yanelli and Marc de la Cruz
Ideal Cast Size: 8
Ideal Band Size: 5
Genre & Style:
Drama featuring trans and queer young adults
Synopsis
Interstate is an Asian-American road trip musical about Dash, a transgender spoken word performer who embarks on his first national tour with his best friend Adrian, a lesbian singer-songwriter. Their political and personal music inspires Henry, a trans teenage blogger living in a small town in Kentucky, to make a series of life-changing decisions. A parallel story about two trans people at different stages of their lives, the musical explores love, family and masculinity in the age of social media.

Iron John: An American Ghost Story
Director
Jonathan McCrory
Cast
Kyle Decker, Nicolas Dromard, Grace Field, Deon'te Goodman, Andrew Humann, Chike Johnson, Julia Murney, Veronica Otim, Christian Thompson and Cathryn Wake
Ideal Cast Size: 12-14
Ideal Band Size: 6
Genre & Style:
Southern Gothic Dramedy
Synopsis
Welcome to the little Southern town of Good, Alabama. It’s wild, woodsy, down-home…and very, very haunted. 100 years ago, a love triangle ended in an act of racist violence that seems to repeat in every generation—until now. This dark and lyrical tale pits good old-fashioned American denial against the redemptive power of facing your truth.

Lautrec at the St. James
Director
Sarna Lapine
Music Director
Charity Wicks
Cast
Gabrielle Carrubba, Erika Henningsen, MaryAnn Hu, David Hughey, Kristolyn Lloyd, Wade McCollum, Bronson Norris Murphy, Jason Pintar, Ben Roseberry and Erica Spyres
Ideal Cast Size: 10
Ideal Band Size: 7
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
March, 1899 – French artist Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, passes out in a gutter and is kidnapped. He awakes in the Chateau St. James, an asylum. Triggered by his imagination and a need to understand his downfall, the St. James continuously transforms around Lautrec into an intoxicating and provocative world—one that inspires yet may destroy him.

One Way
Director
Arpita Mukherjee
Music Director
Simone Allen
Cast
Alan Ariano, Jenn Colella, Ellen Harvey, Liisi LaFontaine, Charlie Oh, Amanda Savan and Dustin Sullivan
Ideal Cast Size: 7
Ideal Band Size: 6-21
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
When Naomi becomes a finalist for the first one-way mission to Mars, she must choose: pursue her ambition or stay on Earth with the woman she loves. With a soaring, contemporary score, One Way is a moving portrait of how our choices affect those closest to us.

SeaWife
Director
Liz Carlson
Music Director
Tommy Crawford
Cast
Tommy Crawford, Laura Dadap, Eloise Eonnet, Alex Grubbs, Will Turner, Tony Aidan Vo and Douglas Waterbury-Tieman
Ideal Cast Size: 7 (ideally all actor-musicians)
Ideal Band Size: 7 (same as cast size, since actors play all instruments)
Genre & Style:
Dramatic, Romantic, Nautical Folk-Rock Musical
Synopsis
SeaWife is a haunted tale of the high seas. Both historical and pointedly modern, the sumptuous and energetic music of The Lobbyists guides us through Seth Moore’s world of whale hunts, ghosts, and adventure to ask: “Can humanity save itself from its own devouring?”

Simon & Jorge Pay Their Student Loans
Director
Amy Anders Corcoran
Cast
Jerry Gallagher, Alan H. Green, Jorrel Javier, Celeste Rose, Cody Jamison Strand, Alet Taylor, Natalie Toro, Alan Wiggins, Jason "Sweet Tooth" Williams and Nick Wyman
Ideal Cast Size: 10-20
Ideal Band Size: 4-6
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
In life, we face many seemingly unanswerable questions. Why are we here? How does WIFI work? Why has there never been a stoner bromance rock musical about the impending student loan crisis and ever growing income inequality gap? Well ask no more. Behold: Simon & Jorge Pay Their Student Loans.

Teeth
Director
Portia Krieger
Cast
Jason Gotay, Jared Loftin, Alyse Alan Louis, Melody Madarasz, Elexis Morton, Robert Petkoff, Samantha Rhea Parrish, Johnny Shea, Madeline Trumble and Sumi Yu
Ideal Cast Size: 11 (7W/4M)
Ideal Band Size: 4-6
Genre & Style:
Dark Comedy/Horror
Synopsis
Adapted from the 2007 Sundance Award-winning indie horror film by Mitchell Lichtenstein, Teeth tells the story of Dawn O’Keefe, an evangelical Christian teen with a powerful secret: she has teeth in her vagina. When the men in Dawn’s life try to exploit her, she is forced to choose between survival or destruction.
As of 8/26/19. This schedule is TENTATIVE and subject to change!
Songwriters Showcase
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Chen - Book and Lyrics by Lezlie Wade, Music by Daniel Green
NEXT - Music by Andrea Daly and Dominic Fallacaro, Book and Lyrics by Andrea Daly
Beau - Music by Ethan Pakchar, Book, Music and Lyrics by Douglas Lyons
Distant Thunder - Book by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Lyrics and Music by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Chris Wiseman
Midday Cabarets
Thursday, October 24
12:40pm – Cheeyang Ng
1:15pm – Britta Johnson & Anika Johnson
Friday, October 25
12:10pm – Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott (both, Imagine Harry, Fest ’15)
12:45pm – Aya Aziz
Writers & Artists

Ben Bonnema
Book & Music, One Way
Ben Bonnema is a Jonathan Larson Award-winning composer-lyricist. Theatre: The Apple Boys with Jonothon Lyons (“Clever, catchy songs” –The New Yorker; HERE Arts Center), Boys Who Tricked Me (Musical Theatre Factory, “Heart-healing musical theatre” –Joshua Barone of the New York Times), One Way with Christopher Staskel (Goodspeed Writers Colony), The Lost Girl with Arianna Rose, Sleep No More (additional sound design and composition). New Media: Peter Panic with James Marion (Adult Swim Games, two million downloads). Film: Mary Poppins Returns (Music Associate to Marc Shaiman, Best Score Oscar nom.). Ben holds an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

Liz Carlson
Conceived & Director & Story, SeaWife
Liz Carlson (Director and Developer) is a director and producer of new work. She is currently in her fourth season as the Artistic Producer for New York Stage and Film. Prior to NYSAF, Liz worked as a freelance director and served as the Artistic Director of Naked Angels. She has directed at Ars Nova, The Dramatists Guild, EST, The Flea, Keen Company, Manhattan School of Music, MTC, The New Group, Playwrights Horizons, The Playwrights Realm, Signature Theater Company, Studio 42, Williamstown Theatre Festival, etc. MFA The New School for the Performing Arts. Alumnae of the Drama League Directors Project.

Julianne Davis
Music, Lautrec at the St. James
Julianne Wick Davis: (composer/lyricist) Larson Award 2012; 2018 Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. Southern Comfort (NAMT 2012) (music), with Dan Collins (book and lyrics), Public Theater (Lortel Nomination), Barrington Stage Company, CAP21; Trevor (music) with Collins (book and lyrics), Writer’s Theatre (Jeff Award); The Pen (music) with Collins (book and lyrics). The Willard Suitcases (book, music & lyrics), American Shakespeare Center Fall 2019. Lautrec at the St. James (music) with John Dietrich (book and lyrics). Dramatist Guild Fellow, York Theatre’s NEO 9, Sundance Fellow at UCross. MFA NYU’s Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.

John Dietrich
Book and Lyrics, Lautrec at the St. James
John Dietrich: Director/Choreographer/Writer including 17 years with Radio City Entertainment. Director/ Choreographer for the world-famous Rockettes / Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Bookwriter/Lyricist: Things As They Are (Composer-Jonathan Comisar): New York Musical Theatre Festival Next Link Selection/ “Best of Fest” Award winner. Only Anne (Composer-Will Buck): Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat / Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals. Lautrec at the St. James, The Last War (Composer-Julianne Wick Davis). The Nureyev Project (Composer-Will Buck). Has written/directed for Walt Disney Entertainment, Dolly Parton & Dollywood Entertainment. Education: MFA – NYU Tisch School of the Arts: Musical Theatre Writing, MA – NYU Gallatin: Musical Theatre Structure/Directing Theory, BM (Music) – University of Wisconsin.

Jesse Gage
Book, Music and Lyrics, Simon & Jorge Pay Their Student Loans
Jesse Gage is an NYC-based musical theater writer and veteran of the Bleeker Street music scene, often found wheeling his upright piano around the West Village. His television credits include Fox, NBC, BBC, PBS and a bevy of Brazilian soap operas. After writing the cult hit Oklahomo: Enforcer of Justice (NYMF 2010), he was awarded a musical theater fellowship at NYU/Tisch, and in 2016 and 2017 was recognized by Barrington Stage Company as one of the “ridiculously talented writers you should know (but probably don’t).” Jesse lives in Coney Island with his amazing wife Marlena and son Jonah Blue.

Scott Gilmour
Book and Lyrics, Hi, My Name is Ben
Scott Gilmour is a book writer and lyricist and one half of writing partnership, Noisemaker. Both graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, alongside composer Claire McKenzie, Scott has worked throughout the UK and internationally creating innovative, original work to challenge the expectations of musical theatre. In 2016 Noisemaker were chosen as New Voices by Walt Disney Imagineering and NMI Inc. and, most recently, won Unique Business of the Year at the Scottish Business Awards 2018.
Noisemaker credits include; Hi, My Name is Ben (Goodspeed Musicals), The Snow Queen, Little Red and the Wolf (Dundee Rep), My Left/Right Foot (NTS/Edinburgh Fringe – Winner of Best Music at Critics’ Awards in Scotland 2019, Fringe First, Herald Angel Award), Legend Trippers (National Youth Music Theatre/The Other Palace), Atlantic: A Scottish Story (Edinburgh Fringe -Winner of Herald Angel Award), Forest Boy (NYMF, Arcola Theatre, The Other Palace) and their new choose-your-own adventure musical The Girl Who (AMTP at Northwestern University, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). www.noisemaker.org.uk

Jacinth Greywoode
Book & Music, Iron John: An American Ghost Story
Jacinth Greywoodeis a Brooklyn-based composer of classical and theater music whose work has been performed throughout the Americas and in Europe and Africa by such groups as the Calidore String Quartet, So Percussion and The Civilians. Jacinth has also performed as singer and pianist at such venues as the Apollo Theater, Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and the Greene Space at WNYC. Recent writing credits include: Iron John (2019 O’Neill NMTC semifinalist; staged workshop at NYU); G’day, Ivan!; Master (American Opera Projects); and White Raven, Black Dove (commissioned by Cerise Jacobs/White Snake Projects, Boston 2022). www.jacinthgreywoode.com

Rebecca Hart
Book and Lyrics, Iron John: An American Ghost Story
Rebecca Hart is a performer, composer and writer based in NYC. On stage: ‘SWEAT’ (Public Tour), The Revolutionists (CT Critics Circle Award), Midsummer (TheatreWorks Hartford – CT Critics Circle Nom), Rimbaud in NY (The Civilians @BAM), Microcosmos (The Civilians), and frequent gigs with her six-piece altfolk band. Writing/composing credits include: Microcosmos and Rimbaud in NY (Civilians), GLORIA (Woolly Mammoth—Helen Hayes Nomination), The Cabaret at the End of the World (NY Innovative Theatre Award), Aaron Jafferis’ How to Break (NAMT 2014), Iron John (2019 O’Neill Semifinalist, NYU staged workshop), and her album The Magician’s Daughter. Civilians Associate Artist, MFA NYU GMTWP. www.rebeccahart.net

Michael R. Jackson
Book and Lyrics, Teeth
Michael R. Jackson holds a BFA and MFA in playwriting and Musical Theatre Writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He wrote book, music, and lyrics for the musicals White Girl In Danger and A Strange Loop (which will receive its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons Theatre in May of 2019). He has received a 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant, a 2017 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, a 2017 ASCAP Foundation Harold Adamson Award, a 2016/2017 Dramatist Guild fellowship, and was the 2017 Williamstown Theatre Festival Playwright-In-Residence. He has commissions from Grove Entertainment & Barbara Whitman Productions and LCT3.

Anna K. Jacobs
Book & Music, Teeth
Anna K. Jacobs is a Brooklyn-based composer, lyricist and librettist. In addition to Teeth (O’Neill Musical Theater Conference), her musicals include POP! (Yale Rep, Pittsburgh City Theatre, Studio Theatre), Harmony, Kansas (Diversionary Theatre), Anytown (George Street Playhouse), Echo (The Gallery Players, MTF), Kaya: Taste of Paradise (NY Film Academy), and Stella and the Moon Man (Sydney Theatre Company/Theatre of Image). Currently, she and playwright Anna Ziegler are collaborating on a new musical for Barbara Whitman Productions and Grove Entertainment. Anna is the proud recipient of the 2018 Eric Salzman Award for New Music Theater Composition and 2016 Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. MFA NYU-Tisch. www.annakjacobs.com

Melissa Li
Book, Music and Lyrics, Interstate
Melissa Li is a composer, lyricist, performer and writer based in New York and Baltimore. She is a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award, a Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, a 2019 Lincoln Center Theater Writer-in-Residence, a 2019 Musical Theatre Factory Maker, a 2019 MacDowell Colony Fellow, and a former Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellow. Musicals include Interstate (New York Musical Festival, Winner Outstanding Lyrics), Surviving the Nian (The Theater Offensive, IRNE Award Winner for Best New Play 2007), and 99% Stone (The Theater Offensive). Her works have received support from The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Village Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, National Performance Network, New England Foundation for the Arts, Dixon Place and others.

Claire McKenzie
Music, Hi, My Name is Ben
Claire McKenzie is a composer and one half of writing partnership, Noisemaker. Both graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, alongside bookwriter/lyricist Scott Gilmour, Claire has worked throughout the UK and internationally creating innovative, original work to challenge the expectations of musical theatre. In 2016 Noisemaker were chosen as New Voices by Walt Disney Imagineering and NMI Inc. and, most recently, won Unique Business of the Year at the Scottish Business Awards 2018.
Noisemaker credits include; Hi, My Name is Ben (Goodspeed Musicals), The Snow Queen, Little Red and the Wolf (Dundee Rep), My Left/Right Foot (NTS/Edinburgh Fringe – Winner of Best Music at Critics’ Awards in Scotland 2019, Fringe First, Herald Angel Award), Legend Trippers (National Youth Music Theatre/The Other Palace), Atlantic: A Scottish Story (Edinburgh Fringe -Winner of Herald Angel Award), Forest Boy (NYMF, Arcola Theatre, The Other Palace) and their new choose-your-own adventure musical The Girl Who (AMTP at Northwestern University, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). www.noisemaker.org.uk

Kit Mee Yan
Book and Lyrics, Interstate
Kit Yan is a Yellow American New York-based artist, born in Enping, China, and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kit is a 2019 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, 2019 Lincoln Center Writer in residence, a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, 2019-2020 Musical Theatre Factory Makers Fellow, and a 2019-2020 Playwright’s Center Many Voices Fellow. Works include Interstate, which won Outstanding Lyrics at the 2018 New York Musical Festival, and Queer Heartache, which won five awards at the Chicago and SF Fringe Festivals. Their work has been produced by the American Repertory Theater, the Smithsonian, Musical Theatre Factory, the New York Musical Festival and Diversionary Theatre. They have been a resident with the Civilians, Mitten Lab, 5th Avenue Theatre and the Village Theatre.

Seth Moore
Book, SeaWife
Seth Moore is a polyartist who works in theater, film, visual art, and music. His play Jonesin’ was produced by The University of Michigan; it won the 2008 McIntyre Prize, the Naomi Saferstein Literary Award, and The Avery Hopwood Award for Drama. In 2009, his play The Man With America Skin also received the McIntyre Prize and The Hopwood Award and was produced for The Araca Project in 2012. Other Writing: Ghosts In the Tapestry (The Claque), Catch (Cincinnati Fringe), Wolf Inside (WNYC); He makes films with his company, Sheep Eats Wolf, and is a frequently commissioned muralist and Illustrator.

Christopher Staskel
Book and Lyrics, One Way
Christopher Staskel is a writer and musical theatre lyricist-librettist. Recent projects include One Way (Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed; Rhinebeck Writers Retreat) with Ben Bonnema and The Firebird (2014 NMTC/O’Neill finalist) with Lisa Whitson Burns. He was a 2015 Kleban Prize finalist and a winner (with Max Mamon) of New York City Center’s Sondheim Remix contest, which granted him the surreal opportunity to rap for Stephen Sondheim.He holds a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch. www.christopherstaskel.com

The Lobbyists
Lyrics & Music, SeaWife
The Lobbyists (Tommy Crawford, Eloise Eonnet, Alex Grubbs, Will Turner, Tony Aidan Vo and Douglas Waterbury-Tieman) are a NYC-based band and theater company that creates and performs original music and innovative music-theater. The group takes its name from the lobby of The Flea Theater, where the founding members met in 2012 while working on the Drama Desk-nominated These Seven Sicknesses. Since then, the group has played many iconic venues in New York, such as Joe’s Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, and Mercury Lounge, and toured to various locations in the northeast. As a theatrical and songwriting collective, the group’s work has been developed with NY Stage & Film, Cape Cod Theater Project, Ars Nova, Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, Playwrights Realm, and Musical Theater Factory. The group’s debut theatrical piece, SeaWife, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lighting in a Musical in 2016. New and upcoming projects include The Golden Spike with Don Nguyen. Stay in touch and learn more at www.wearethelobbyists.com and @thelobbyistsnyc.
Attendees
Isabel Kallman
Founder
Laura Mayes
Founder
Neil Marcus
Head Of Production
Grayce Hoffman
Director Of Communications
Megan O'Brien
Resident Director
Daniel Guy
Managing Director
Bryan Stevens
Guest
Nancy Gibbs
Producer
Amy Francis Schott
producer/writer outreach
Anna Rhoads
Management Associate
Jed Bernstein
Producer
Amy Wagner
Agent
Shea Sullivan
George Strus
Junior Agent/Coordinator
Max Grossman
Theatrical Literary Agent
Justin Picca
Agent
Helen Schultz
Theatrical Literary Agent
Charles Kopelman
Vice President/Co-Director Literary Division
Robert Attermann
Chief Executive Officer
Katie Gamelli
Theatrical Literary Agent
Ron Gwiazda
Agent
Lucy Powis
Literary Division
Sarah Douglas
Vice President/ Co-Head Literary Division
Ben Izzo
Theatrical Literary Agent
Lucas McMahon
Producer
Molly Marinik
Grants Coordinator
Jack Eidson
Management Associate
Sharon Carr
Producer
Marie de la Guierce
Guest
Amanda Watkins
Associate Producer
Breton Tyner-Bryan
Director, Choreographer SDC
Sally Lindel
Assistant Producer
Bee Carrozzini
Associate Producer
Rebekah Wellons
Content & Creative Intern
Brannon Bowers
Producing Director
JIM VAGIAS
Producing Artistic Director
Megan Jensen
Director of Programs
Andrew Femenella
Casting Director
Whitney Dibo
Theatrical Acquisitions and Scripted Development
Colin Hartman
Theatrical Acquisitions and Scripted Development
Bonnie Apfelbaum
Bill Apfelbaum
Keith Martin
Distinguished Professor of Musical Theatre
Christopher Sepulveda
Producer
Pamela Winslow Kashani
Founder
Ally Rice
Digital Editor
Ido Gal
Development
Tim Kashani
Co-founder
Taylor Hatch
AIRBORN (Book)
Mac Ingram
Development Director
Benjamin McGovern
Artistic Director
Alice Skiba
Talent Agent
Alice Skiba
Talent Agent
Gary Blackman
Founding Co-Director
Mark Blackman
Founding Co-Director
Colleen McDonough
Executive Director
Julie Lapore
Former Associate Director
Michael Kerker
VP Musical Theatre
Reggie White
Artistic Director of Student Productions
Pam Adams
Associate Artistic Director
Annie MacRae
Associate Artistic Director
Nick Luckenbaugh
Director of Development
Gracie Gardner
Writer in Residence
Neil Pepe
Artistic Director
Jack Rhea
Development Assistant
Anthony Rodriguez
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director
Ann-Carol Pence
Co-Founder/Associate Producer
Ashley Prince
Associate Music Director
Andy Walmsley
Scenic Designer
Victoria Bussert
Director of Music Theatre Program
Barbara Whitman
Producer
Jimmy Wilson
Associate
Branden Huldeen
Artistic Producer
Leila Teitelman
Literary Associate
Will Pomerantz
Associate Artistic Director
Lynn Appelle
Producer
Paul Cozby
Writer
Jen Hoguet
Producer
David Spencer
Teaching Faculty & Steering Committee
Amanda Sales
Administrative Director
Neil Donohoe
Director, New Works Project
Bonnie Davis
Theatrical Literary Agent
Bruce Ostler
Theatrical Literary Agent
George Nelson
Professor
Leslie Nelson
Adjunct Professor
Victoria Lang
Founder, Co-President of Content
Kate Oliver
Manager
Simone Genatt
Producer
Elissa Huang
Professional Licensing and Literary Director
David Abbinanti
Vice President of Music and Creative
Sara Skolnick
Director of Professional Licensing
Tralen Doler
Director of Marketing
Sean Cercone
CEO/President
Nik Sorocenski
Director of Marketing
Dan Murphy
Managing Director
Nicole Rolak
Corporate Sponsor
Bonnie Pavel
Board Member
Sharon Maroney
Producing Artistic Director
Jaime Pavel
Corporate Sponsor
Fred Gilbert
Physician
Marsha Brooks
Partner
Bruce Lazarus
Producer
Judi Krupp
Producer
Ben Fisher
Associate
Olivier Sultan
Agent
Olivier Sultan
Agent
Fern Kershon
Principal
Kate Galvin
Artistic Director
Andrew Rasmussen
Artistic Director
Rick Edinger
Professor of Musical Theatre/ Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair
Cameron King
BFA Directing, Student
Ben Cherington
BFA Acting/ Music Theater, Student
Rick Edinger
Professor of Musical Theatre/ Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair
Jiani Bai
Guest
Aislinn Frantz
Associate Producer
Rick Boynton
Creative Producer
Christopher Maring
Producer
Cody Lassen
Producer
James Forbes Sheehan
Associate Producer
Dmitry Koltunov
President
Gigi Bolt
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ted Chapin
President and Chief Creative Officer
Sargent Aborn
President, Tams-Witmark
Amy Rose Marsh
Senior Director, Acquisitions and Artistic Development (North America)
Zach Kaufer
Manager, Professional Licensing
Garrett Anderson
Acquisitions and Artistic Development Manager
Michelle Yaroshko
Senior Vice President of Professional Licensing, North America
Abbie Van Nostrand
VP, Client Relations & Community Engagement
Theresa Posorske
Director, Professional Licensing
Steven Greenhalgh
Sr. Director, Acquisitions
Robin Pomatto
Concert Library Manager
Sean Patrick Flahaven
Chief Theatricals Executive
Kim Rogers
Vice President, Amateur Licensing, Theatricals
Bill Gaden
President, Worldwide
Teresa Castro
Professional Licensing Manager
Larry Little
Producer
Joseph Longthorne
Managing Partner
Ben Simpson
Producer
Matthew Schneider
Producer
Carolyn Miller
Producer
Kristel Jelinek
Change Arts
Benjamin Nelson
Development Coordinator
John Fionte
Director of Marketing & New Works
Sue Gilad
Producer
Shaun Peknic
Director
Valerie Novakoff
Associate Producer
Dede Harris
President
Denise Koch
Producer
Derrick Chua
Producer
Chris Rentzel
Composer/Lyricist
Connor Gallagher
Director/Choreographer
Mahita Penke
Manager, Original Movies
Courtney Gable
Education Consultant
Yaron Spiwak
WDI Sr. Music Producer
Matt Walker
Executive, WDI Global Music Studio
Mark Karafilis
Music Production, Executive Director
Ken Cerniglia
Dramaturg (Tianguo)
Julie Haverkate
Literary and Editorial Associate
Jane Abramson
Director of Creative Development
Colleen McCormack
Creative Development Manager
Henry Tisch
Creative Development Assistant
Caley Beretta
Creative Development Coordinator
Jenna Cunningham
Staff Assistant
Timothy Koch
Resident Director
Matt Morrow
Executive Artistic Director
Lillian Osei-Boateng
Program Manager for the Arts
Jane Dubin
Producer, Double Play Connections
Linda Habjan
Vice President of Acquisitions
Tari Stratton
Director, Education & Outreach
Judy Freemont
Ralph Sevush
Executive Director
Allison Gold
Program Coordinator
Rachel Routh
Executive Director
Andrea Lepcio
Tristan Halstead
Nonprofessional Rights Assistant
Andrew Marco
Customer Service Rep
Drew DeSantis
Executive Producer
Wendy Stark Prey
Production Manager
Matthew Carney
Associate Artistic Director
Kyle DeSantis
Executive Producer
Snehal Desai
Producing Artistic Director
Elaine Devlin
Literary Agent
Devin Elliott
Student
Scott Levy
Producing Artistic Director
Keni Fine
Creator. Producer. Founder, Fineheart Productions: TRUTH. ENDANGERED. GOLDIE GOLDSTEEN Saves The World.
Fiona Rudin
President
Michael Lluberes
Producing Artistic Director
Gayle Seaton
Program Director for Music Theatre
Wendy Federman
CEO
Soren Moller
Creative Director / Partner
Rob Hartmann
Kelly Robinson
Artistic Director
Kathleen Brett
Administrator
Eric Pugh
Director of Marketing
Marc Robin
Executive Artistic Director
Cindy Gutterman
Friends of Garmar Ventures LLC
Jay Gutterman
Friends of Garmar Ventures LLC
Kelly Smith
Guest of Garmar Ventures LLC
Gary Cohen
Owner
Marlene Cohen
Owner
George Kieffer
President
Judith Kieffer
Vice President
Dan McMahon
Director of Marketing
Jane Hellman
Guest
Donna Lynn Hilton
Producer
Anne Rothstein
Guest
Michael Fling
Artistic Associate
Anika Chapin
Artistic Associate
Michael Wolk
CEO
Karin Yamamoto
Producer
Kumiko Yoshii
President
Kaori Takada
Producer
Nami Okazaki
Project Manager
Jennifer Lorae
Associate Producer
Greg Schaffert
Producer
Josh Gladstone
Artistic Director
Stephen Dickman
Literary Associate
Larry Hirschhorn
Producer
Suzie Agins
Guest Artist
Michael Barakiva
Artistic Director
Ava Zhou
General Manager
Angela Rigor
Theatre Scout
Connie Malin
Producer: JUDY GARLAND "World's Greatest Entertainer"
Greer Firestone
Playwright
Henry Fonte
Instructor
Marguerite Hannah
Associate Artistic Producer
Emily Sproch
Program Officer
Laura Packer
Executive Director
Scott Susong
Head of Music Theatre
Malcolm Darrell
Creative Director
Hannah Ryan
Director
Dana Harrel
Larry Rogowsky
Producer
Jamie Anderson
MFA Directing Candidate, 3rd Year
Dianna Gray
Professor of Practice, Musical Theatre Dance
Richard Roland
Head, BFA Musical Theatre Program
Linda Chichester
Producer
Ed Chilcott
Curator
Joshua Streeter
Assistant Professor of Theatre Education
Kathryn Willingham
Creative Development Executive
Morgan Steward
Assistant
Erica Rotstein
Director - Production
Jennifer Costello
Executive Vice President - Production
Judith Manocherian
Producer
Marleen Alhadeff
Producer
Kenny Alhadeff
Lead Producer
Cindy Masin
Jerry Magnoni
Producer/Investor
Janet Mueller
Producer/Investor
Bob Masin
Producer/Investor
Jeremy Stoller
Kenneth Schur
Producer
Janet Adler Schur
Producer
Melissa Emert-Hutner
VP Creative
Sue Drew
GM Creative
Amy Corcoran
New Musicals Consultant
Eric Keen-Louie
Producing Director
Rachel Dilliplane
Chris Alleman
Producing Artistic Director
Lara de Bruijn
Costume Designer
Dayal Singh
Programme Leader (Musical Theatre)
Claudia Zahn
Producing Associate, LaVie Productions
Samantha Levin
Producer
Lisa Dozier King
General Manager
Yu-Ning Chang
Marymount Manhattan College, Faculty
Clé .
Author/Composer
Todd Allan
Writer, Producer
Susan Bartolucci
Advisory Committee Chair
Barry Martin
Managing Director
Taylor Bartolucci
Artistic & Casting Director
Douglas Lyons
Michael Tilley
Musical Administrator
Michael Baron
Producing Artistic Director
Linda Garrett
Board Member
Kevin Wittrock
Board Member
Monica Wittrock
Board Member
Ashley Wells
Associate Artistic Director
Sarah Moore
Board Member
Mitchell Moore
Board Member
Jim Reynolds
Managing Director
Amanda Choate
Development Director
Stephanie Dupal
Managing Director
Curt Dale Clark
Artistic Director
Miranda Gohh
Company Manager
Elizabeth Sharpe-Levine
Literary Associate
Jerry Patch
Artistic Development Consultant
Mike Karns
CEO
Brittany Greene
Associate Producer
Margot Astrachan
owner
Marie Tartar
investor/La Jolla Playhouse supporter
Marilyn Plotkins
Founding Director, Boston Music Theatre Project
Mary J. Davis
Producer
Ann Rougle
Producer
Jessica Chase
Artistic Producer
Kailee Ayyar
Manager of Artistic Development
Michela Rodriguez
Artistic Assistant
Ayana Parker Morrison
Associate Line Producer
Emily Zetterberg
Associate Producer
Cory Dunn
Management Assistant & Producing Coordinator
Nellie Beavers
Lindsay Brooks
Social Media
BT McNicholl
Producing Artistic Director - La Mirada Theatre
Bob Alwine
Assistant
Evan Newman
Melanie Watson
Composer/Lyricist
Walter Stearns
Lori Bales
Professor, Director New Musicals Workshop
Kevin Hoffman
Alumni Associate
Kevin Long
Artist in Residence, Music Director New Musicals Workshop
Frank Honts
Director of Artistic Personnel
Mitchell Banchik
Investor
Jack Reuler
Artistic Director
Matthew Hui
Modern Myth Productions
Mark Hardy
Associate Professor/ New Works Coordinator
Jeanne Drennan
Executive Director
Zhiwei Ma
Artistic Producer
Sidney Wright
Team Member-Director Programming
Tony Stimac
Producer
Marilyn Stimac
Associate Producer
Diane Schlinkert
Supporter
Lyn Dickey
Supporter
Kyle A. Dougan
Producing Artistic Director
Richard Patterson
International Licensing Director
Michael Macaione
Int'l Amateur Licensing, TYA & Concert Library Representative
Nathan Fosbinder
New Works Director
Wayne Bryan
Producing Artistic Director
Brian Marcum
Associate Artistic Director
Julie Eicher
Guest of Wayne Bryan
Mei Ann Teo
Artistic Director
Jonathan Lovett
n/a
Graham Keene
n/a
Jake Akita
n/a
Palmer Aguirre
N/A
Shelby Aguirre
n/a
Bren Thor
Company Manager
Paul Garman
Executive Director/Producer
Randall Kramer
Artistic/Executive Director
Jamie Forshaw
Executive Producer
Ted Rawlins
Producer
Kristina Quintos
Publicist
Betsy Militello
Executive Director
Karin Nilo
Program Manager
Santiago Martinez
Institutional Giving Director
Ciera Iveson
New Works Director
Adam Grosswirth
Member Services Director
Kelly Kohlman
Dana Gitlin
Creative Coordinator
Joe Chapman
Dancer/Choreographer
Kenneth Willman
cofounder
Rosemary Willman
cofounder
Neil Gooding
CEO
Hannah Rosenthal
Executive Assistant tot he President
Ben Snyder
Writer
Elise Dewsberry
Artistic Director
Stephen Green
Associate Producer
Larry Daggett
New Tune Entertainment, LLC - CEO
Tammie Ward
Theater Operations Manager
Michael Coco
General Manager of Theater operations
Sarah Marksteiner
Artistic Apprentice
Barry Hamilton
General Manager
Glenn Potter-Takata
Production and Artistic Operations Manager
Nicole Hogsett
Communications and Marketing Manager
Miranda Lee
Marketing & Development Apprentice
Barbara Zinn Krieger
Founder and Artistic Director
Doug Reside
Curator
Meagan Cook
Chris Burney
Artistic Director
Kenny Smoak
General Manager
Lisa Hopkins
Jack DePalma
consulting poducer
Joe Barros
Artistic Director
Sheilah Rae
Founding President Emeritas
Justin Hom
Producing Fellow
Darren Johnston
Producer
Christine Schwarzman
Producer
Angela Grant
Director of Sales
Ned Ginsburg
NYLA Music / University lecturer
Fred Carl
Associate Arts Professor; NYU/TSOACo-Associate Dean of Faculty
Robert Lee
Mel Marvin
Faculty Member
Mara Isaacs
Founder & Executive/Creative Producer
Victoria Detres
Producing Assistant
Jeremy Handelman
President & Executive Producer
Kent Bridges
Managing Director
Eileen Eberhart
Member, Board of Directors
Bradford Kenney
Executive Artistic Director
Sal Bucci
Producing Assistant
Ben Auger
Member, Board of Directors
Mark Forsyth
Member, Board of Directors
Dan Breen
Director of Development
Brian Swasey
Associate Producer
Cheryl Farley
Director of Marketing and Communications
Andy Bates
Guest of
Wesley Forsyth
Emily Forsyth
Guest of
Karly Thomas
Director of Creative Development
Chris Youstra
Associate Artistic Director of Music Theatre
Linda Rosenzweig
Board Member
Sandy Bieber
Board Member
Jason Loewith
Artistic Director
Elizabeth Timperman
Executive Director
Danielle Joseph
Office Manager
Marty McGuire
Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director
Rod Kaats
Producing Artistic Director
Kelli Foster Warder
Associate Artistic Director
Amy Schwartzreich
Michael Walkup
Artistic Director
Ethan Pakchar
Mike Stotts
Managing Director
Patrick Parker
Associate Artistic Director
Christopher Slavik
Associate Producer
Stephen Agosto
Senior Manager of Artistic Engagement
Allison Schwartz
Theatrical Literary Agent
Rachel Ellicott
Theatrical Literary Agent
Jonathan Mills
Theatrical Literary and Content Agent
Maya Avisar
Producer
Mary Megan Peer
Deputy CEO
Carter Armstrong
Senior VP
Alison Dannenberg
Manager
Zak Berkman
Producing Director
Andy Barnes
Executive Producer
Martin Platt
Co-Director
David Elliott
Co Director
Glenn Gunderson
Board Member
Paige Price
Producing Artistic Director
Emily Zeck
Managing Director
Kristin Bair
Allison Fifield
Artistic Associate
Natalie Gershtein
Producing Artistic Director
Mark Fleischer
Executive Producer
Olivia O'Connor
Manager of New Work Development
Van Kaplan
CEO
Kent Nicholson
Associate Producer
Avriel Hillman
Guest
Alexis Williams
Associate Artistic Director
Lynne Halliday
producer, Schondeikkan Productions
Joanna Lodin
producer, DTR Productions
Jim Aldridge
Producer
Vinetta Strombergs
Director
Prav Menon-Johansson
Producer/Director
Robert Ollis
Music Director
Covi Loveridge Brannan
Artistic & Literary Assistant
JJ Maley
Producer
Tira Harpaz
Prospect Theater Company V.P Board of Directors
Hayley Isaacson
Producing Intern
Rachel Sussman
Producer
Bev Ragovoy
Producer
Susan Zak
Ragovoy Entertainment Group
Chelsea Zac
Guest
Dawn Smalberg
Producer
Ava Geyer
Literary Fellow, Shank Resident Playwright
Robin Baum
President, RB3 Productions
Leslie McLeod
Guest
Alie Gorrie
Actress
Carole Waitzman
RMTC Donor
Jennifer Jaquess
Managing Director
Keith Cromwell
Executive Director
Dianne Mooney
Guest
Bill Mooney
Guest
Dana Lerner
Theater Producer and Social Media Manager
Saul Nathan-Kazis
VP, Television and Theater
Kathy Evans
Founding Executive Director
Christopher Ketner
Associate Producer
Jim Lanahan
Vice President
RJ Magee
Casting Director/Talent Manager
Diana Davidson
Creative Executive
Mark Robinson
Producer
Nicole Tingir
Senior Producer, Artistic Development
Jane Hensey
Head of MA Musical Theatre
Mark Falconer
Artistic Associate
Stephen Brotebeck
Associate Professor
Hattie Andres
Artistic Associate
Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland
Producing Director
Greg Nobile
Producer
Carly Callahan
Managing Director
Julia Dunetz
Producer
Jana Shea
Producer
Christie Evangelisto
Creative Director
Alan Paul
Associate Artsitic Director
Felicia Shapiro
Sharon Fallon
Executive Producer/General Manager
Michael Murphy
President
Patrick Brady
Associate Professor of Musical Theatre
Sheri Feigen
Consultant
Michael Rubinoff
Producing Artistic Director
Marc Richard
Coordinator
Sally Horchow
Producer
Shoshana Parets
Producer
Matt Schicker
Show Shepherd
Blair Russell
Show Shepherd
Justin Hollister
Strategic Advisor
Nathan Young
Associate Artistic Director
Natasha Sinha
Associate Artistic Director
Robert Macdonald
Trustee
Scott Evans
Artistic Director
Wendy Macdonald
Executive Director
Stacy Kray
President & CEO
Randy Anderson
Director of Contract Affairs
Wendy Gillespie
President & CEO
Larry Rusinko
Investor
Robin Rusinko
Investor
Susan Schulman
L:iterary and Theatrical Agent
Sissy Van Dyke
Librettist / Lyricist
Ashlee Latimer
Creative Development Associate
Rachel Graf-Evans
MFA Student Temple University
Rose Freeman
Graduate Student Temple Theaters MFA Directing Program
Spicer Carr
Graduate Student Temple Theaters MFA Musical Theater Collaboration Program
Jason Aguirre
Graduate Director Temple Theaters MFA Musical Theater Collaboration Program
Steven Gross
Coordinator - Temple Theater MFA Musical Theater Collaboration Program
Adam Rineer
Sally Ann Baker
Manager
Elliott Baker
Manager
Gary Fuller
Board Emeritus Member
Ann Ramsay-Jenkins
Board Member
Michelle Moga
Vice President of Philanthropy
Randy Everett
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Bonnie Towne
Board Member
Barbara Crowe
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Bernie Griffin
Managing Director
Becca Wert
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Cheri Naylor
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Heather Sullivan-McKay
Board Member
Bill Wert
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Sean Griffin
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Fred Fox
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Jill Big Eagle
Individual Giving Officer
Debbie Brown
Board Member
Lisa Jones
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Bill Berry
Producing Artistic Director
Beth Porter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Kelsey Thorgalsen
Associate Artistic Director
Beth Moursund
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Tiia-Mai Redditt
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Buzz Porter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Debby Carter
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Jean Sheridan
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Susan Yassky
Literary Associate
ChiChi Anyanwu
Manager
Bryan Sng
Talent Management Intern
Drayton Hiers
Company Dramaturg
Christina Selby
Director of Touring & Theatrical Coordination, Nederlander
Jeff Loeb
General Manager
Thomas Miller
Katie Hotchkiss
Director of Operations
Kevin Moore
Artistic Director
Scott Stoney
Resident Artist
Aaron Thielen
Artistic Director
Michael Baxter
Artistic Associate
Kwofe Coleman
Managing Director
Daniel Abrahamson
Composer/Lyricist
Mitchell Marcus
Artistic & Managing Director
Jordan Laffrenier
Faculty Lead
Justin Waldman
Associate Artistic Director
Karen Tanz
Vincent VanVleet
Managing Director
Michael Barnard
Producing Artistic Director
Robert Harper
Associate Artistic Director
Jack Moore
Director of New Artists
Lucie Ledbetter
Assistant to the Associate Artistic Director
Yuvika Tolani
Director of Producing
Mandy Hackett
Associate Artistic Director
Ophelia Chu
Producer
Amy Wine
Program Director
Josh Hardcastle
Program Associate
Thomas Moynahan
Creative Projects Director
R.K. Greene
Executive Director
Geoff William Scott
Theatre Agent
Rachael Dean
Creative Agent
Paul Taylor-Mills
Artistic Director
Gina Kaufmann
SDC Director, UMass Amherst
Laura Lundy
Producer
Seth Christenfeld
Literary Manager
Joan Sorkin
Pres., Board of Directors
Elissa Adams
Associate Artistic Director
Taneisha Duggan
Artistic Producer and Creative Director
Tom Morrissey
Producing Artistic Director
Chris Giordano
Producing Director
Joe Kenny
Director of New Works
Jonas Klabin
Staff Associate
Megan Larche
Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Works
Hillary Hart
Executive Director
Ronald Hayden
Board Member/Producer
Brian Shally
Producer/Donor
Jeffrey Lo
Casting Director
Robert Kelley
Artistic Director Emeritus
Lisa Webster
Board Member, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Giovanna Sardelli
Director of New Works / Artistic Associate
Cindi Sears
Volunteer Artist Hospitality Committee
Ellice Papp
Board Member/Producer
Andrea Batista
Donor
Ted Semple
Producer/Donor
Julie Kaufman
Board Member/Producer
Phil Santora
Executive Director
Judy Heyboer
Board Member/Producer
Barbara Hale
Donor
Daryl Stutley
Donor
Mark Lewis
Producer/Donor
Barbara Shapiro
Board Member/Producer
Babara Pasternack
Artistic Director
Steve Spiegel
President & CEO
Bradley Lohrenz
Assistant Vice President
Lysna Marzani
Director of Professional & International Licensing
Michael McDonough
Assistant Vice President - Amateur Licensing
Charlie Crawford
Assistant to the Producers
Felicia Finley
Guest Artist
Stephen Helper
Producing Director
Theresa Piliero
Masako Tomita
Manager of NY Office
Cynthia Tong
Assistant to Tom Kirdahy
Carmel Dean
Lori Fineman
Producer
Yael Jekogian
Board of Directors
Aimee Steele
Board of Directors
Stephanie Prugh
Development Manager
Jenny Niederhoffer
Chair of the Board
Tommy Newman
Head of Musical Theatre
Scott Anderson
Artistic Director
Shari Jordan
Assistant Artistic Producer/ Casting Coordinator
Aaron Sanko
David Kornfeld
Isaaac Loomer
Producing Artistic Director
Annabelle Revak
Composer, Underscore Theatre Company
Ben Nicholson
Boyfriend
Jamie Kaye-Phillips
Theatre Literary Agency
Ben Coleman
Theatre Agent
Ryan Lucas
Coordinator
Brian Hedden
Creative Executive
Karla Koskinen
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Professor/Director
Matt Hawkins
Director of Musical Theatre
Alison Croucher
Student Director
Julie Boardman
Associate Producer
Jeff Rane
Artistic Producer
Matt Holmes
Artist
Tino Jalomo
Artist
Alex Ross
Artist
VP Boyle
Creative Director, LiveRead@SDA
Jay Hermalyn
Guest of Utah Festival Opera
Michael Ballam
Founding General Director
Chris Bell
Guest of Utah Festival Opera
Maggie Harrer
Guest of Utah Festival Opera
Alan Kliffer
Vince Colonna
Producer
Brandon Ivie
Associate Artistic Director
Robb Hunt
Executive Producer
Sada Adams
Supporter
Caitlin McCown
Associate Production Manager
Jerry Dixon
Artistic Director
Lissa Griffith
Board Member
Kathy Hunt
Supporter
Jes Spencer
Casting Director
Brittany Rall
Sr. Associate Director of Marketing
William Rall
Board Member
Will Dunleavy
Literary Intern, Vineyard Theatre
Miriam Weiner
Literary Manager
Nathaniel Shaw
Artistic Director
Sarah Leigh
General Manager - Arts & Creative
Jennifer Isaacson
Executive Producer
Warren Adams
Producer & Co-Founder
George Maloian
Senior Director, Theatre Rights and Production
John Zirkle
Executive Director
Dan Taft
Board Member
Judy Katany
Board Member
Shawn Churchman
Susanna Gellert
Executive Artistic Director
Liam Lonegan
Artistic Associate/Assistant Director
Laura Savia
Associate Artistic Director
Aileen Lambert
Literary Manager
Susan Rabin
Artistic Director; Playwright
James Creer
Associate Producer
Lauren Stevens
Producer
Robert Lazo
Producer
Randy Burke
Advisory Board President
Jody Jaron
Corporate Board Treasurer
Carl Danielsen
Musical Director
Diane Blair
Retired
Harriet Schlader
Managing Director
Christine Burke
Head Usher
Matthew Woolf
Board Member, New York Theatre Barn
Youchul Kim
Producer
Lisa McNulty
Producing Artistic Director
Yair Evnine
Leslie Wisdom
Writer/Lyricist
Dave Steakley
Producing Artistic Director
Charlie Frasier
Chief Development Director
Austin Brown
Lighting Supervisor
Nat Miller
Director of Education
Elisbeth Challener
Managing Director
Pun Bandhu
producer
Producer
Producer
Donor
Donor
Board member
ZACH Trustee
choreographer/director
ZACH Trustee
Associate Producing Artistic Leader
Artistic Director
Producer
ZACH Trustee
Composer/Lyricist
Composer/Writer
Composer
Lyricist
Composer, Lyricist, Bookwriter
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Composer - Lyricist
Composer
Director, Theater Wing
Composer
Owner
Librettist
Librettist
Director
Producer
Writer
Artistic Director
Producer
Chief Development Director
Grant Writer