PRODUCTIONS 2019 MUSICALFEST

Musical Festivals of the 2019 season with Live Music to the stage with Musicals! The musical festival part of our New York Theater Festival, in both our Summerfest and our Winterfest seasons.

1ST SIN, 2ND CLASS, 3RD WORLD

.: Musical Festival :. by Wendy Arimah A choreopoem inspired by words of Audre Lorde, Angela Davis and bell hooks and music by Erykah Badu. This piece is enhanced with stylized movement and a cappella songs responding to the philosophies of Aristotle, …

AUSSIE SONG

.: Musical Festival :. by Frances Key This Musical explores the true life story of Teddy Trager growing up in the 1930s in Australia and the close bond she shared with her father. When she immigrates to the USA during WWII, she brings along with her a …

DAUGHTER OF SOCIETY

.: Musical Festival :. by Marjorie Frank The story — told through song — is of a woman who hears the voices of her Self through her lived experiences, her Unconscious, her Fantasy, and her Man as she creates a path to reclaim her life. Sept. 24, 2019 @ …

GATSBY: A NEW MUSICAL

.: Musical Festival :. by Danielle Moore and Jacob Ryan Smith Gatsby: A New Musical A musical send-up a certain tale of sex, crime, & the raucous parties of the roaring twenties that follows wannabe stockbroker Nick Carraway, who quickly becomes the …

SYNESTHESIA: THE MUSICAL

.: Musical Festival :. by Jillian Vitko Synesthesia, The Musical You see a person, she sees the colour blue. She can smell green and taste purple. Synesthesia the Musical is an acoustic storytelling concert written and performed by Jillian Vitko. Come with her on …

90/10

.: Musical Festival :. by James Hamrick Alyssa Nettles is a Senior college musical theatre major at the less-than-prestigious Fallarbor University. As graduation draws closer, she begins to lose her grip on her own identity when her friends forsake her, …

SECOND STORY MAN AND THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

.: Musical Festival :. by Joseph Bach A Runyunesque fable in the tradition of Guys and Dolls about a thief, a Second Story Man. His wife will leave him if he steals, a loan shark will kill him if he stops. A Comedy with great tunes. Laughs and …

MAGGIE

.: Musical Festival :. by Nathan Liu Desperate for money, a struggling lesbian musician goes home to visit her estranged, homophobic father in the hopes that he will help her. August 22, 2019 @ 6:15pm August 23, 2019 @ …

EMERGENCY

.: Musical Festival :. by Jeff and Jacob Foy Justin Marks, M.D. has one night to save his career. Emergency is a modern-day American musical that follows Dr. Marks through this 12-hour shift and allows the audience to experience the laughs, love, …

HUMANITY’S CHILD: A MUSICAL FOR TODAY!

.: Musical Festival :. by John McDonnell Tierney Humanity's Child: The Musical for Today This play presents an all-female cast of “20-somethings,” 'one among them, Humanity’s Child representing every “child of humanity.” The timely deeply relevant story emerges …

HILL AND HOLLER

.: Musical Festival :. by Jonathon Ward Two plays and a song set in Appalachia. In one play, Terry, who scrapes by on his father’s pension check, makes a deal with the devil. In the other, Lisa seeks to dispel the curse on her grandmother's house with magic. …

THE FLING LP

.: Musical Festival :. by Aaron Badilla and Molly Shimko Inspired by original songs written and recorded one summer in Juneau, Alaska, The Fling LP follows Efren, Jay, and their friends as they navigate the summer after high school. Through the lens of the …

OVER THE RAINBOW

.: Musical Festival :. by Marlowe Scott A Revolutionized Theatrical Production Creating a New Twist on the Classic Wizard of Oz. The OTR Kids tell their modernized story through dance, accompanied with pop music and enhanced technology. You don't want …

SNOW GLOBE

.: Musical Festival :. by James Meyer Jay left behind Carol in NYC for his dreams of music out west. Two years later he is back and invites her to meet him at their old diner. He wants back the one thing that truly makes him happy. However, Carol …

THE WARRIOR HEROES OF KALA KAY

.: Musical Festival :. by Tom Slot After two seasons on the air, the medieval musical television show The Warrior Heroes of Kala Kay has developed a strong cult following. But with lower than hoped for rating and the actor's contracts up for renewal, the …

AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

.: Musical Festival :. by Nicole Porter Davis The story of this play takes you into Newtown, CT at the end of 2012 painting the picture immediately following the Sandy Hook School Massacre. Through creative movement, puppetry, music, and using mixed media and art …

EMPTY FRAMES

.: Musical Festival :. Music and Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant, Book by Samuel Books Negin 28 years after the multi-million dollar art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, a senior security guard meets a man who looks rather familiar. He soon …

IN THE WAR

.: Musical Festival :. by Kotoba Dan The story of an ordinary Japanese woman who survived WW2, based on true events from the lives of the playwright’s grandparents. When 76 year-old Hisako’s granddaughter asks her about her experience during the …

GEORGIA O’KEEFFE PAINTS PARADISE

.: Musical Festival :. by Thomas Dunn This musical is an hour-long chamber musical based on a trip Georgia O'Keeffe made to Hawaii just before WWII. The famed painter was invited to the islands by the Dole Pineapple Company. The goal of their commission was …

THE MOVEMENT – AN A CAPPELLA MUSICAL

.: Musical Festival :. by Kathy D. Harrison The Movement - An A Capella Musical The Movement is an historical A Cappella Musical that chronicles the Children's March of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. Through narrative monologues , original a cappella music that …