34th Annual Festival of New Musicals
2022

Overview
October 20 - 21, 2022
New World Stages 340 W 50th Street, New York, NY
The 34th Annual Festival of New Musicals was presented at New World Stages in New York City on October 20th & 21st, 2022.
Over the course of two days, 45-minute cuts of eight new musicals were 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.
View or download this year’s Festival program here.
The 34th Annual Festival of New Musicals is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature
Musicals

Baked! The Musical
Director
May Adrales
Music Director
Alexander Tom
Cast
Timothy Huang, Steven Huynh, Fay Ann Lee, Angel Lin, Megan Masako Haley, Herman Sebek, Nacho Tambunting and Sumi Yu
Cast Size: 8-10
Band Size: 4-piece pop band with strings
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
When she doesn’t receive the scholarship that would send her to her dream school, Jane Huang, with her best friend and the class degenerate, secretly builds a Chinese bakery cannabis edible empire. Baked! The Musical is a reflection on failure, self-worth, and what we owe the people we love.

Blackout
Director
Asher Lloyd Ehrenberg
Music Director
Lily Ling
Cast
Will Blum, Nadia Dandashi, Jacob Dickey, Jared Goldsmith, Bre Jackson, Olivia Kaufmann and Graham Rowat
Total Cast Size: 8
Orchestra Breakdown: 3-5
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
On August 14th, 2003, Toronto was plunged into chaos when the largest blackout in North American history left millions stranded in the dark. Inspired by real events, Blackout tells three stories of hope, resilience, and connection that unfold when the city is dark, and strangers band together to find the light.

The Female Pope
Director
Mei Ann Teo
Music Director
Kris Kukul
Cast
Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Matilda Luz Concha, Tsebiyah Derry, Wes Garlington, Michelle Rodriguez, Hannah Shankman, Kristen Sieh, Mary Testa, Mariand Torres and Ching Valdes-Aran
Ideal Cast Size: 9
Ideal Band Size: 9
Genre & Style:
Young Adult
Synopsis
The Female Pope is highly disputed story about a woman in the 9th century who rose to the papacy. A young girl’s father – desperate to keep her safe – disguises her as a boy, with the promise of an education. This unlocks a passion for learning that propels her to the most powerful position in the world. A stunning achievement that threatens the very existence of the Catholic Church itself

Get Out Alive
Director
Roger Ellis
Music Director
Andrea Grody
Cast
Arica Jackson, Tamika Lawrence, Darius Lee, Nora Schell and Terran Scott
Ideal cast size: 4
Ideal band size:9
Genre & Style:
An Autobiographical Afrogoth musical
Synopsis
Nikki Lynette’s new autobiographical afrogoth musical raises mental health awareness through the lens of an underground concert. With music that is equal parts punk, hip hop, alternative rock, and pop, Nikki’s true story shows that when life leads us to a bad place, we can always make it out alive.

King of Pangaea
Director
Richard Israel
Music Director
Deborah Abramson
Cast
Benai Boyd, Asher Edgecliffe-Johnson, Wade McCollum, Katerina McCrimmon, Shereen Pimentel, Sam Primack and Lenny Wolpe
Total Cast Size: 6
Orchestra Breakdown: 5 (Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Violin)
Genre & Style:
The musical style of King of Pangaea is folk rock. The overall tone of the show is whimsical, reverent, upbeat, and honest.
Synopsis
After a sudden loss shatters his world apart, twenty-one year old Christopher Crow travels back to the imaginary island of his childhood in hopes of finding answers that will bring the pieces back together. King of Pangaea explores the rich, complicated, and at times beautiful world of loss, examining what it means to become king or queen of one’s own heart.

The Pelican
Director
Alan E. Muraoka
Music Director
Adam Cole Klepper
Cast
Míchel Alejandro Castillo, Diana DeGarmo, Michelle Dowdy, Diana Huey, Apollo Levine, Judy McLane and Timothy Warmen
Total Cast Size: 7
Orchestra Breakdown: 8 (piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, 2 violins, viola, cello)
Genre & Style:
Futurism, Climate Change
Synopsis
In the not-too-distant future, The Pelican Bar is almost all that remains of a Florida coastal town devastated by climate change. When a new category of hurricane approaches, the few offbeat residents that remain must make a choice: exchange their freedom for safety in a nearby Corporate City or risk the storm to keep their town alive. Brimming with raucous melodies and deep grooves, humor and heartbreak, The Pelican is a musical that shines with the colorful chaos of Florida.

Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls
Director
Ann Yee
Music Director
Julie McBride
Cast
Kai An Chee, Kayla Davion, Lauryn Hobbs, Jade Jones, Mary Kate Morrissey, Audrey Rose Young, Helen J. Shen and Amra-Faye Wright
Cast Size: 8-24
Ideal Band Size: 6
Genre: social commentary, historical, political, through composed, feminist
Genre & Style:
Synopsis
Featuring an all-women+ cast and an original through-composed 1920-2020s mashup score, Richard Rodgers Award-winning musical Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls tells the true story of the capitalist exploitation and knowing radium poisoning of workers by the U.S. Radium Corporation—and the women who fought back.

Pup! A Chew Story
Director
Rachel Klein
Music Director
Adam Laird
Cast
Nick Bruno, Benjamin Camenzuli, Darron Hayes, Rachel Kay, Jacob Louchheim, Zonya Love, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Lianah Sta. Ana, Cody Strand and Max Wilcox
Total Cast Size: 18
Orchestra Breakdown: 9 musicians (Key 1, Key 2, Bass, Guitar, Drums, Violin, Cello, Trumpet, Sax)
Genre & Style:
Dark Comedy (*contains adult language)
Synopsis
Is finding a forever home at the heart of every dog? Or are they meant for greater things? The strength of friendship is put to the ultimate test when two inseparable companions — a tri-pawed pit bull and his chew toy — embark on a quest for a forever home in Hollywood.
As of 8/9/22. Subject to change!
Songwriters Showcase
In Pieces - Book, Lyrics and Music by Joey Contreras
How To: You - Book, Lyrics and Music by Joriah Kwamé
Afterwords - Book by Emily Kaczmarek, Music,Lyrics by Zoe Sarnak
Midday Cabarets
Thursday, October 20
12:40pm – Deborah Abramson
1:10pm – Andrea Grody
Friday, October 21
12:10pm – Rona Siddiqui
12:40pm – David Davila
Writers & Artists

Shannon Burkett
Lyrics and Libretto, The Female Pope
Shannon Burkett is an actor, writer, and producer based in NYC. Acting: Broadway – The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (Arthur Miller, starring Patrick Stewart). Off-Broadway – The Atlantic, The Flea, Soho Rep, New Georges, WPA, Playwrights, as well as commercial runs. Librettest/Lyricist: The Female Pope (music: Heather Christian, O’Neill Semifinalist, NAMT 2022), So You Wanna be a Porn Star: a story of sex love and rock-n-roll, (music: Peter Salett), and The Cult. Productions: music video (Winner: Best Music Video at Los Angeles Movie Awards) and sold-out benefit cabarets (Laurie Beechman – Breast Cancer Awareness Month). www.shannonburkett.com

Heather Christian
Music, The Female Pope
Heather Christian is a Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Obie Award winning composer/performer making music centered shows and rituals. She is a 2021 Richard Rodgers Award winner and Sundance Institute Time Warner Fellow. Recent composing/performing credits include her own work Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Animal Wisdom (The Bushwick Starr, Wooly Mammoth, ACT) I am Sending You the Sacred Face (Theater In Quarantine), Prime: A Practical Breviary (Playwrights Horizons Soundstage). She has released 11 records, teaches vocal-based music composition at NYU, and can be seen regularly in concert halls and dive bars as Heather Christian & the Arbornauts. www.heatherchristian.bandcamp.com

Sara Cooper
Book & Lyrics, Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls
Sara Cooper is a Playwright-Lyricist. Highlights: Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls, Richard Rodgers Award (2022), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat (2021), New York Theatre Barn New Works (2021), 5X15, Beck Center/Baldwin Wallace (2021), NAMT 15-Minute Challenge (2020); ASCAP Foundation Lucille and Jack Yellen Award (2021); HoT, Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals (2022), Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove (2020); The Memory Show, LAMB Theatre (2022), New Bard, London (2016), Transport Group (2013), WaterGateMedia, Seoul (2012-2013), Barrington Stage Company (2010), NAMT (2010); Barrington Stage Spark Grant (2020); Elevator Heart, Moxie Arts (2019), Tisch (2016); Jonathan Larson Grant (2014). MFA GMTWP, NYU. Dramatists Guild, ASCAP. http://saracooper.me

Steven Gallagher
Book, Blackout
Steven Gallagher is a Toronto based writer, director, and actor. Blackout, written with Anton Lipovetsky premiered in 2021 in Toronto’s High Park, co-produced by The Musical Stage Company and The Canadian Stage Company. His play Stealing Sam was seen at Alberta Theatre Projects in 2021 and at the 2014 New York United Solo Theatre Festival where it was awarded Best Drama. Memorial, winner of the Trafalgar 24 Play Festival, premiered in Toronto in 2013. His musical Pollyanna, written with composer Linda Barnett, was shortlisted for the 2016 Playwrights Guild of Canada Best New Musical Award. He is the recipient of the Aubrey & Marley Dan Fund for New Musicals and a Harold Award.

Dylan Glatthorn
Lyrics & Music, The Pelican
Dylan Glatthorn is a Brooklyn based composer & lyricist. Original musicals: The Pelican, Edison, & Bittersweet Lullaby (licensed through MTI). Dylan has written music for nine feature films, numerous shorts, documentaries and commercials for clients such as Lindt, Nickelodeon, Oakley, Red Bull, Alessi, & PBS. Composed & arranged for Diana DeGarmo’s GEMINI; co-producer & arranger for LOLO’s X and upcoming lauren. Awards: New Hampshire Theatre Award for Best Sound Design, Clive Davis Award for Excellence in Music in Film, Best Original Score at First Run Film Festival, & two-time recipient of the Alan Menken Award. Member: ASCAP, Theatre Now’s Musical Writers Lab & The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. www.dylanglatthorn.com

Deepak Kumar
Book & Lyrics & Music, Baked! The Musical
Deepak Kumar is a playwright, composer, and lyricist based in the Bay Area, CA. His work most often deals with Asian-Americans grappling with the messiness of their identities as they relate to their unique American experiences. His work has been produced by the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center (NPC22), Underscore Theatre Company in Chicago, the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), Musical Theatre Factory, and PACE University in NYC, Faultline Theatre in San Francisco, and Shotgun Players in Berkeley, CA. He is a Eugene O’Neill NMTC Semifinalist, a Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist, and a 2022 Macdowell Colony Fellow.His first show (co-written with Jord Liu), Baked! The Musical, was produced in Chicago as part of the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival where it had a sold out run and won awards for best lyrics, best lead performer, best supporting performer, and best ensemble. He has worked with Underscore Theatre Company, the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) and Shotgun Players.

Will Lacker
Book & Lyrics, The Pelican
Will Lacker is a New York City based playwright & lyricist originally from St. Petersburg, Florida. Original Works: The Pelican, Bittersweet Lullaby (licensed through MTI), Catch the Westbound, Edison, The Invasion, The Custodian, and Trials of a Scientific Mind. His works have been produced at theaters and festivals around the country, including The Player’s Theatre, Merkin Concert Hall, The Flea, NYC Fringe, Woodstock Fringe, Alexandra Film Festival, and Gen Con Film Festival. Will earned a BA from Marymount Manhattan, an MFA from Queens College, and is a graduate of the UCB improv school. Member: Theatre Now’s Musical Writers Lab, Dramatists Guild, and ASCAP. www.wlacker.com

Anton Lipovetsky
Lyrics & Music, Blackout
Anton Lipovetsky is a composer and lyricist from Vancouver, Canada. He is currently a Crescendo Series Artist at Toronto’s Musical Stage Company. Anton has been commissioned to write music and/or lyrics for ten original musicals, including Blackout, Cowboy Tempest Cabaret, Ordinary (Musical Stage), This Is It (Nashville Children’s Theatre), and Way Out There (YES Theatre). Three of Anton’s musicals have been shortlisted for the Playwright’s Guild of Canada Musical Award. As an actor, Anton has performed on stages across Canada, including the NAC and the Stratford Festival. He is a graduate of Studio 58 and Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory.

Jord Liu
Book & Lyrics & Music, Baked! The Musical
Jord Liu is a theater maker, musician, and creative technologist based in San Francisco CA whose work centers collaborative engagement with art. She has worked with Underscore Theater in Chicago, the Chicago Musical Theater Festival, the New York Musical Festival, the Musical Theater Factory and National Asian American Theater Company (NAATCO) in New York, Shotgun Players in Berkeley, and SFBATCO, FaultLine Theater and Z-Space in San Francisco.

Nikki Lynette
Book & Lyrics & Music, Get Out Alive
Nikki Lynette is a social impact artist who fuses mental health activism into her performances, filmmaking, and visual art. With her musical about depression Get Out Alive she made history as the first black female playwright to be produced by American Music Theatre Project and the first AMTP work to debut at Steppenwolf. The film adaptation of Get Out Alive has won 3 awards. A proud ambassador for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), her first TEDx Talk, hosted by Princeton University, was an opportunity for her to share how her punk culture roots aided her suicide recovery.

Robin Schäfer
Music, Pup! A Chew Story
Robin Schäfer (Composer) is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who resides in Cologne, Germany. He had considered himself only a semi-professional musician, while pursuing a career in business administration, until 2018, when he decided to do music full-time. Over the years Schäfer played and composed in several original bands of various genres. Currently he focuses on his own Singer/Songwriter project, ROBIN SHEPHERD, and the instrumental Soul-Funk band MALAKO ZOO. He also works as a session musician and music teacher.

Lynne Shankel
Music, Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls
Lynne Shankel – As composer: bare: The Musical (additional music); Red Velvet (original music, The Old Globe), HoT (Goodspeed Festival of New Works 2022, Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove 2020, New York Theatre Barn New Works Series 2020) Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls (2022 Richard Rodgers Award, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat 2021, 5×15 Festival 2021). As composer/lyricist: Postcard American Town (SDSU New Works Initiative winner 2020, New York Theatre Barn New Works Series 2019, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat 2018). 2021 ASCAP Lucille and Jack Yellen Award. Album: Bare Naked on Yellow Sound Label. Lynne teaches Musical Theatre Composition at the University of Michigan. Lynneshankel.com

Martin Storrow
Book & Lyrics & Music, King of Pangaea
Martin Storrow believes that creativity lives at the heart of everything. A prolific artist and songwriter based in Los Angeles, Martin has released six records and a collection of poems, and has played more than a thousand concerts across the US and in Africa, Australia, and the Middle-East. His original music has been featured in film and television shows on NBC, Starz, and Netflix. King of Pangaea is Martin’s first musical, and was inspired by his lived experience.

Marcus Terrell Smith
Book & Lyrics, Pup! A Chew Story
Marcus Terrell Smith (Book/Lyrics) graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in Linguistics. The following year he was accepted into the Actors Studio Drama School (ASDS) at Pace University in New York City, receiving an MFA in Acting. After graduating, he joined the national tour of Broadway’s Book of Mormon. Smith then moved to Los Angeles, where he diversified his talents as an actor on TV/Film and continued his work in theater. He is also a prolific storyteller, currently writing narrative lore for League of Legends (Riot Games) and Magic: The Gathering.
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Executive Director
Rod Kaats
jr., victor cervantes
Associate Producer
J Ragland
Artistic Assistant
Jen Bender
Associate Artistic Director
Christopher Slavik
Associate Producer
Jim Corti
Artistic Director
Jonathan Jensen
Chief Development Officer
Pat Addiss
President
Garrett Marks
Booking Associate
Erica Ezold
Director of Finance & Operations
Hayley Goldenberg
Taibi Magar
Co-Artistic Director
Kristin Bair
Board Member
Tyler Dobrowsky
Co-Artistic Director
Glenn Gundersen
Board Member
Emily Zeck
Managing Director
Kate Loy
Manager of Institutional Giving
Mark Fleischer
Executive Producer
Michael Detroit
Executive Producer
Hersh Ellis
Director
Jack DePalma
Producer
David Quang Pham
Literary Fellow
Natasha Sinha
Associate Artistic Director
Andrew Isen
President
Robert Ollis
Music Director
Cara Reichel
Producing Artistic Director
Marie Vienne
Producing artistic intern
Dev Bondarin
Associate Artistic Director
Jason Ma
Member, Board of Directors
Kate Semmens
Producing Artistic Intern
Irvin Mason Jr.
Randy Charleville
Artist
Roy Lightner
SINGH Artistic Director
Keith Cromwell
Executive Director
Kam Patton
Dress Circle Society President
Carole & Jim Waitzman
Red Mountain Theatre Guest
Jennifer Jaquess
Managing Director
Megan Sanchez-Warner
Executive Producer
Gildren Alejandro
Event Producer
Robin Gorman Newman
Producer, RGN Theatrical
Kathy Evans
Founding Executive Director
Naysan Mojgani
Associate Artist — Literary & New Plays
Kalina Ko
Literary Assistant
Annabel Heacock
Artistic Producing Associate
Dane Leasure
Executive Artistic Director
Evan Schild
Associate Producer
Stephen Brotebeck
Professor
Abigail Buell
VP, Strategy & Business Development
Ann McNamee
Producer, co/composer, co-lyricist
Lynne Halliday
Producer
Joanna Lodin
Producer
Thomas Viertel
Chairman
Madeline Carney
Producing Associate
Hattie Andres
Manager of Artistic Programming
Andrew Haines
Friend of Seattle Rep
Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland
Artistic Consultant
Rachel Andres
Friend of Seattle Rep
Jana Shea
Co-Founder
Jaime Bartolett
Producing Assistant
Lisa Rubin
Artistic & Executive Director
Sylvi Plante
Board President
Leah Plante-Wiener
Guest
Stacie Boord
CEO
Sharon Fallon
Producer/General Manager
Nathan Young
Producing Artistic Director
Trevor Moppin
Creative Projects Assistant
Anika Chapin
Director of Artistic Development
Iyvon E.
Director of Artistic Programs
Mac Ingram
Director of Development
Scott Evans
Artistic Director
Stacy Kray
Songwriter/Bookwriter
Yair Evnine
Liz Ulmer
Senior Manager, Live Stage
Scotty Arnold
Account Executive
Holden Wertheimer-Meier
Account Executive
Darryl Reuben Hall
Executive Artistic Director
Wendy Gillespie
President & CEO
Jody Bell
Director of Sales - Theater
Nicole Lafountaine
Ex Director
Steven Alan Black
producer
Kathleen Wrinn
Assistant Professor of Musical Theater
Tara Rubin
Casting Director
Ryland Dorshow
Senior Associate
Tina Cocumelli
Associate Producer
Bob Alwine
Executive Assistant
Brandi Underwood
Steven Gross
Program Head: Abbott MFA in Musical Theater Collaboration
Megan Nicole O'Brien
MFA Candidate (Directing) - Temple University
Julissa Norment
MFA Candidate (Bookwriter/Lyricist) - Temple University
Jesse Hampsch
MFA Candidate (Composer/Lyricist) - Temple University
Dylan Cole Passman
MFA Candidate (Directing) - Temple University
Sam Carner
Adjunct Professor
Zina Goldrich
Adjunct Professor
Steve Reynolds
Board Member
Bill Wert
Board Member
Becca Wert
Board Member
Bonnie Towne
Board Member
Bill Berry
Producing Artistic Director
Tiia-Mai Redditt
Donor
Paula Tharp
Director of Philanthropy
Neen Williams-Teramachi
Associate Director of New Works
Bernie Griffin
Managing Director
Jay Woods
Associate Artistic Director; Artist Engagement
Meredith da Silva
Individual Giving Manager
Lisa Jones
5th Avenue Theatre Patron
Erin Coomer
Karen Deckard
Brad Jones
Wendy Grande
Jeanne Sheldon
Mary Power
Emma Citron
Assistant
Emma Y. Lai
Jeff Loeb
President
Cristen Loeb
Guest
Jim Flynn
Literary Agent/Owner THE JIM FLYNN AGENCY
Scott Eyerly
Faculty
Hannah Zeiss
House Manager
Kwofe Coleman
President & CEO
Michael Baxter
Artistic Associate
Eric Pugh
Director of Marketing
Megan Deeks
Board Co-Chair
Patrick David
Board Co-Chair
Kathy Hoy
Guest
Ron Hoy
Guest
Kate Supleve
Co-Executive Director
Mitchell Marcus
Paul Beauchamp
Co-Executive Director
Ray Hogg
Artistic Director
Ellen Wallace
Guest
Rohan Dhupar
Claudia De Vasco
Executive Artistic Director
Rick Sanchez
Director of Marketing & Communication
Leah Dowdy
Membership Manager
Shelly Maree
Musical Theater Awards Manager
RK Greene
Executive Director
Rachael Dean
Creative Agent
Geoff William Scott
Agent
Charles Gilbert
Professor Emeritus, Theater Arts
D'Arcy Webb
Voice and Speech Instructor
Mahita Penke
Executive Director, DBT Original movies
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan
Managing Director
Peter Rothstein
Artistic Director
Elissa Adams
Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Work
Michael Holland
David Simpatico
Gary Hughes
Treasurer
Rosemary Maggiore
VP, Sales
Rob Ruggiero
Producing Artistic Director
Savanah Sanchez
Production Manager/TD
Tom Morrissey
Producing Artistic Director
Colleen Harris
Managing Director
Erik Schark
Casting Director
Camele-Ann White
Board President
Monique Midgette
Peter Chenot
Director of Marketing
Alex Olsen
Events Manager
Giovanna Sardelli
Artistic Associate & Director of New Works
Phyllis Eldridge
Susan Blau
Debbie Chinn
Executive Director
Phil Santora
Tim Bond
Artistic Director
Cindi Sears
Volunteer Artist Hospitality Committee
Daryl Stutley
Donor
Barbara Hale
Donor
Barbara Pasternack
Artistic Director, TheaterWorksUSA
Todd London
Director, Third Bohemia
Karen Hartman
Masaki Fujiwara
Toho Co., Ltd.
Heather Shields
Producer/General Manager
Aimée Steele
Board of Directors
Nancy Friedman
Board of Directors - Chair
Steve Spiegel
Owner & CEO
Bradley Lohrenz
Vice President Professional & International Licensing
Jim Hoare
Executive Vice President Education & Community Initiatives
Michael McDonough
Assistant Vice President Professional and International Licensing
Shari Jordan
Associate Artistic Producer
Zoe Baird
Company Manager
Brian Hedden
Creative Executive
Sam Squeri
Director, Theatre Production & Finance
Isabelle Tonetti
Financial Analyst
Britton Melton
Production Associate
Michael Ballam
Founding General Director
Vanessa Ballam
Artistic Associate and Education Director
Stefan Espinosa
Conservatory Director
vincent colonna
Producer
Katherine Winter
Development Coordinator
Adam Immerwahr
Artistic Director
Brandon Ivie
Associate Artistic Director
Phyllis Adams
Supporter
Don Adams
Supporter
Miriam Weiner
Literary Manager
Marta Rainer
Director of Theatre Studies
Susanna Gellert
Executive Artistic Director
George Petersen
Musical Consultant
James Creer
Co-Producer
Susan Rabin
Artistic Director
Clifford Lee Johnson III
Producer
Lauren Stevens
Producer/Managing Partner
Lisa McNulty
Producing Artistic Director
Linda Barnett
Producer
Natalie Bartello
Producer
Joan Sorkin
Pres., Board of Directors, York Theatre Company
Seth Christenfeld
Literary Manager
Amy Barbee
Guest of Lisa Kaufman
Caroline Craven Messer
Guest of Marnie Near
Marnie Near
Board Member (Marketing Committee Chair)
Jamie Herlich
Managing Director
Lisa Kaufman
Board Member (Treasurer)
Carolyn Seriff
Marc Seriff
Board Member, ZACH Theatre
Dave Steakley
Producing Artistic Director
Charlie Frasier
Chief Development Officer
Board Member
Producer
Artistic and Executive Director
investor
Assistant to Producer Richard Winkler
Festival Alumni Writer
Managing Partner
Composer
Producer
Producer
Literary Agent
Associate Producer
Composer
Actor
Actor
Student
Performer
Composer/Lyricist
Executive Director
Lyricist
Composer-Lyricist-Librettist
Program Director
Composer/Lyricist
Composer
Founder, The New York SongSpace
Producer
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