WRITE ACT REPERTORY - 2 COASTS / 1 GREAT COMPANY
OFF-BROADWAY SHOWS / UPCOMING SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES
WRITE ACT REPERTORY - 2 COASTS / 1 GREAT COMPANY
OFF-BROADWAY SHOWS / UPCOMING SHOWS IN LOS ANGELES
NOW PLAYING: Re-Opening in May 2022
The Importance of Earnestly LGBTQ + - Thursdays and Sundays at 7:00pm - Starting again May 12th, 2022 : Actors Temple Theater
CURRENT OFF-BROADWAY SHOWS
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The Importance of Being Earnest LGBTQ+
John “Jack” Worthing loves N.Y.C. and Gwyn Fairfax, and he can have both when he assumes the name of his made-up brother, Ernest. When Algernon, “Algy” (John’s best friend) falls in love with Cecil (John’s ward), he too decides to take on the name of Ernest. With John pursuing one man and Algy pursuing another, Lady Bracknell (who happens to be Gwyn’s mother) slowly unravels the odd strings of potential matchmaking. Of course, with two men and one name they share, what follows is a mess of imaginary identities, good-natured gossip, and ridiculous romance. The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+ brings Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people'' to contemporary times with new laughter, color, and heart.
“I’m proud to create a world where coming out is never a thing, allowing our heroes to be unapologetically themselves,” says Producer and Director Maarten Cornelis. “We will root for each one of them in our own way as we identify their fallible struggles and triumphs as everyone’s allowed to be complete human beings in love.”
The cast of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY LGBTQ+ features Marie Anello, Clint Blakely, Preston Fox, Lyman Heung, Lauren E King, Ryan Knight, J.Mahal, Matt Merrit, Michael Morley, Samantha Randolph, Carmen Scott, Denise Turkan, Kenon Veno, and Alison Wien
The creative team also includes John Lant (Producer/ Artistic Director), Maarten Cornelis (Producer/Director/ Lighting Designer),Tamra Pica (Associate Producer, Casting Director), Rebecca Ponticello (Assistant Director), Aurora J. Winger (Production Stage Manager), Izzie Cava (Associate Light Designer), Amanda Scanze(Costume Designer), Hannah Bernstein (Associate Costume Design), Martina Duque (Set & Graphic Designer), Jennifer Steward(Props Designer), Dan DeMello (Public Relations), and Lillian Lippold (Stage Manager)
Website: https://www.earnestlgbtq.com/
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook at @Earnestlylgbtq and TikTok at @writeactrep
RECENT PRODUCTIONS-CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19 AND STATE REGULATIONS
Frankenstein - A New Musical - Tuesdays at 7:00pm - Opened April 23rd, 2018: St. Luke's Theater
Teen Party Massacre - Saturdays at 11:00pm - Opened November 2nd, 2019: St. Luke's Theater
Wicked City Blues - Wednesdays at 7:30pm - Opened August 21st, 2019: Actors Temple Theater
Swing! - The Musical - Wednesdays at 8:00pm - Opened - November 27th, 2019: St. Luke's Theater
(Scroll down for show info.)
Closed due to COVID 19 and State Regulations
NEW DATES for the Extension/Open Run -
March 12, AN ADDED SUNDAY MARCH 18TH AT 8PM, March 19, NO SHOW ON 26th, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018 (All Mondays at 7PM)
Frankenstein: A New Musical
Frankenstein: a new musical, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel, is a two-act sweeping, romantic musical about the human need for love and companionship. Having lost his mother at a young age, Victor Frankenstein seeks to end human mortality and arrogantly enters territory beyond his control. While he enjoys unconditional love from Elizabeth, he grants none to his creation.
“it is a success of a show that should be considered something great in the realm of musical theater.” -BroadwayWorld
“...takes the audience by the ears” -TheaterScene
“Sirota…imbues his show with the serious philosophical underpinnings of Shelley’s original” -Off Off On Line
"soaring new score . . . a musical love letter true to its source material . . . infused with enough emotion to send chills down the spine" – Local Theatre NY
Cast Includes: Erick Sanchez-Canahuate, Kevin Rehrer, Gabriella Marzetta, Amy Weintraub, Adam Kee, Stephan Amenta, Stephanie Lourenco Viegas, Nancy Leville, Bryan S. Walton and Jennifer Smith.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Book, Music & Lyrics: Eric B. Sirota
Director: Clint Hromsco
Music Direction: Austin Nuckols
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Set Design: Matthew Imhoff
Sound Design: Elizabeth Howell
Original Make-up Design: Johna Mancini
Wigs Provided: Kiko
Production Stage Manager: Allen Berryman
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades, Nilton Emilio
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphics: Amy Londyn
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Website: Frankenstein: A New Musical Official Website
John “Jack” Worthing loves N.Y.C. and Gwyn Fairfax, and he can have both when he assumes the name of his made-up brother, Ernest. When Algernon, “Algy” (John’s best friend) falls in love with Cecil (John’s ward), he too decides to take on the name of Ernest. With John pursuing one man and Algy pursuing another, Lady Bracknell (who happens to be Gwyn’s mother) slowly unravels the odd strings of potential matchmaking. Of course, with two men and one name they share, what follows is a mess of imaginary identities, good-natured gossip, and ridiculous romance. The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+ brings Oscar Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people'' to contemporary times with new laughter, color, and heart.
“I’m proud to create a world where coming out is never a thing, allowing our heroes to be unapologetically themselves,” says Producer and Director Maarten Cornelis. “We will root for each one of them in our own way as we identify their fallible struggles and triumphs as everyone’s allowed to be complete human beings in love.”
The cast of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY LGBTQ+ features Marie Anello, Clint Blakely, Preston Fox, Lyman Heung, Lauren E King, Ryan Knight, J.Mahal, Matt Merrit, Michael Morley, Samantha Randolph, Carmen Scott, Denise Turkan, Kenon Veno, and Alison Wien
The creative team also includes John Lant (Producer/ Artistic Director), Maarten Cornelis (Producer/Director/ Lighting Designer),Tamra Pica (Associate Producer, Casting Director), Rebecca Ponticello (Assistant Director), Aurora J. Winger (Production Stage Manager), Izzie Cava (Associate Light Designer), Amanda Scanze(Costume Designer), Hannah Bernstein (Associate Costume Design), Martina Duque (Set & Graphic Designer), Jennifer Steward(Props Designer), Dan DeMello (Public Relations), and Lillian Lippold (Stage Manager)
Website: https://www.earnestlgbtq.com/
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook at @Earnestlylgbtq and TikTok at @writeactrep
RECENT PRODUCTIONS-CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19 AND STATE REGULATIONS
Frankenstein - A New Musical - Tuesdays at 7:00pm - Opened April 23rd, 2018: St. Luke's Theater
Teen Party Massacre - Saturdays at 11:00pm - Opened November 2nd, 2019: St. Luke's Theater
Wicked City Blues - Wednesdays at 7:30pm - Opened August 21st, 2019: Actors Temple Theater
Swing! - The Musical - Wednesdays at 8:00pm - Opened - November 27th, 2019: St. Luke's Theater
(Scroll down for show info.)
Closed due to COVID 19 and State Regulations
NEW DATES for the Extension/Open Run -
March 12, AN ADDED SUNDAY MARCH 18TH AT 8PM, March 19, NO SHOW ON 26th, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018 (All Mondays at 7PM)
Frankenstein: A New Musical
Frankenstein: a new musical, based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel, is a two-act sweeping, romantic musical about the human need for love and companionship. Having lost his mother at a young age, Victor Frankenstein seeks to end human mortality and arrogantly enters territory beyond his control. While he enjoys unconditional love from Elizabeth, he grants none to his creation.
“it is a success of a show that should be considered something great in the realm of musical theater.” -BroadwayWorld
“...takes the audience by the ears” -TheaterScene
“Sirota…imbues his show with the serious philosophical underpinnings of Shelley’s original” -Off Off On Line
"soaring new score . . . a musical love letter true to its source material . . . infused with enough emotion to send chills down the spine" – Local Theatre NY
Cast Includes: Erick Sanchez-Canahuate, Kevin Rehrer, Gabriella Marzetta, Amy Weintraub, Adam Kee, Stephan Amenta, Stephanie Lourenco Viegas, Nancy Leville, Bryan S. Walton and Jennifer Smith.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Book, Music & Lyrics: Eric B. Sirota
Director: Clint Hromsco
Music Direction: Austin Nuckols
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Set Design: Matthew Imhoff
Sound Design: Elizabeth Howell
Original Make-up Design: Johna Mancini
Wigs Provided: Kiko
Production Stage Manager: Allen Berryman
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades, Nilton Emilio
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphics: Amy Londyn
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Website: Frankenstein: A New Musical Official Website
Swing! The Musical
Preview: November 20th
Opened: November 27th
All Wednesdays at 8:00pm
St. Luke’s Theater- 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
“SWING!” tells the story of Adrianna, a factory worker in the 40’s who is holding down her husband Butch’s factory job while he’s at war. Once he returns home, both Adrianna and Butch feel like they don’t fit into their old lives. When she meets Janine, Adrianna rediscovers old passions that she put away when she was first married. While her feelings blossom for Janine, Adrianna‘s love for her husband is also rekindled. Adrianna’s difficult choice in a time of forbidden love fuels this passionate musical journey.
Cast: Christina Barnes, Molly Gilman, Melissa Winter, Daryl Glenn, Michael Mirlas, Andrew Robertson, Stefan Whorton, Alex Fernandez, Alex Carmine, Timothy Bakcsai, Tiffany Stoker, Julie McNamara, Emily Hardesty, Lorna Perez, Rina Maejima, Tara Nicole Murphy, Emily Brady
Creative Team:
Executive Producer: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Creators: Michael Antin
Director: John Lant
Choreographer: Rina Maejima
Music Direction: Kent Jeong-Eun Kim
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Dina Klein, Ting Ting Li
Production Crew: Max Donenfeld
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphic Design: Molly Gilman
Website: www.swingthemusical.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Swing-A-Musical
Preview: November 20th
Opened: November 27th
All Wednesdays at 8:00pm
St. Luke’s Theater- 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
“SWING!” tells the story of Adrianna, a factory worker in the 40’s who is holding down her husband Butch’s factory job while he’s at war. Once he returns home, both Adrianna and Butch feel like they don’t fit into their old lives. When she meets Janine, Adrianna rediscovers old passions that she put away when she was first married. While her feelings blossom for Janine, Adrianna‘s love for her husband is also rekindled. Adrianna’s difficult choice in a time of forbidden love fuels this passionate musical journey.
Cast: Christina Barnes, Molly Gilman, Melissa Winter, Daryl Glenn, Michael Mirlas, Andrew Robertson, Stefan Whorton, Alex Fernandez, Alex Carmine, Timothy Bakcsai, Tiffany Stoker, Julie McNamara, Emily Hardesty, Lorna Perez, Rina Maejima, Tara Nicole Murphy, Emily Brady
Creative Team:
Executive Producer: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Creators: Michael Antin
Director: John Lant
Choreographer: Rina Maejima
Music Direction: Kent Jeong-Eun Kim
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Dina Klein, Ting Ting Li
Production Crew: Max Donenfeld
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphic Design: Molly Gilman
Website: www.swingthemusical.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Swing-A-Musical
Wicked City Blues
Preview: August 14th
Opened: August 21st
All Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Actors Temple Theater, 339 West 49th Street, New York NY 10036
"Wicked City Blues" is an original 1940s film noir musical-comedy. A classic 1940s detective story with a dead body, a dame who’s too hot to handle, a couple of ruthless mobsters and a hard-boiled private eye who falls in love with a femme fatale. Mix in the madcap hilarity of a live radio show with jazz, comedy and suspense and you get yourself a great ride through the dark streets and glitzy night clubs of the Wicked City.
Cast: Thom Brown III, Alicia Buxton, Michael A. Green, Daniel Robert Burns, Ben Gold, Dylan Bivings, DeAngelo M. Kearns, Suzy Weisberg, Brittany Rodin, Janet Huey, Lauren Coccaro, Michela Masotti,
Creative Team:
Producers: John Lant, Tamra Pica, Cornell Christiansen
Story: Cornell Christianson
Book, Music and Lyrics: Norman Thalheimer
Orchestration: Norman Thalheimer
Director/ Choreographer: Charles Murray
Assistant Director/ Choreographer: Janet Huey
Music Direction/ Accompanist: Boram Han
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Production Stage Manger: Hunter L. J. Greer
Production Team: Tm Hays, Trevor Trotto, Jolie Chavez, Qian Su, Harry Lin, Max Donenfeld
Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Staff Photographer: Adam Smith Jr.
Publicist: Roger Gonzalez
Music Consultant: Jay Asher
Associate Producers: Ada Chi and Wan Chi
Music Track Supervisor: Nathan Murphy
Website: http://www.wickedcityblues.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedcitybluesmusical
Twitter: @wickedcitybluesmusical
Instagram: @wickedcitybluesmusical
Teen Party Massacre
Preview: October 25th, 2019
Opened: November 2nd, 2019
All Saturdays at 11:00pm
St. Luke’s Theater- 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
*OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
"Teen Party Massacre," is a two-act musical. An homage to slasher films of the 70's and 80's. Kurst Vitae has just been released from St. Job's asylum, after having witnessed the brutal slaying of her sister and friends at a birthday party. Her parents are out of town, so she invites some friends over to keep her company. The party is great: they laugh, sing, have pizza, and fall victim to a psycho killer with a drill.
"'Teen Party Massacre' was produced as a staged reading at Polaris North for three nights to a standing room only crowd."
Cast includes:
Emily Iocovozzi, Sasha Butcher, Karlin Smith, Marisa Pizzuto, Quintin Michael, Jody Hinkley, Christopher McHugh, Joshua Bernard-Kriegl, Brian Keith Graziani, Greg N. Solomon, Sean Farrelly, Teddy Li, Gloria Antonios, Rina Maejima, Emily Samuelson and Bobby O' Leary.
Creative Team:
Executive Producers: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Book, Lyrics, Music: Holcomb and Ivy
Music Arrangements/ Multi-Media
Director: Justin R.G. Holcomb
Choreographer: Rina Maejima
Music Direction: Kent Jeong-Eun Kim
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Dina Klein, Ting Ting Li
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Preview: October 25th, 2019
Opened: November 2nd, 2019
All Saturdays at 11:00pm
St. Luke’s Theater- 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
*OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
"Teen Party Massacre," is a two-act musical. An homage to slasher films of the 70's and 80's. Kurst Vitae has just been released from St. Job's asylum, after having witnessed the brutal slaying of her sister and friends at a birthday party. Her parents are out of town, so she invites some friends over to keep her company. The party is great: they laugh, sing, have pizza, and fall victim to a psycho killer with a drill.
"'Teen Party Massacre' was produced as a staged reading at Polaris North for three nights to a standing room only crowd."
Cast includes:
Emily Iocovozzi, Sasha Butcher, Karlin Smith, Marisa Pizzuto, Quintin Michael, Jody Hinkley, Christopher McHugh, Joshua Bernard-Kriegl, Brian Keith Graziani, Greg N. Solomon, Sean Farrelly, Teddy Li, Gloria Antonios, Rina Maejima, Emily Samuelson and Bobby O' Leary.
Creative Team:
Executive Producers: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Book, Lyrics, Music: Holcomb and Ivy
Music Arrangements/ Multi-Media
Director: Justin R.G. Holcomb
Choreographer: Rina Maejima
Music Direction: Kent Jeong-Eun Kim
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Dina Klein, Ting Ting Li
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
PREVIEWS April 10 & April 17, 2018. (All Tuesdays at 7 PM)
OPENED April 24 - July 24, 2018. (All Tuesdays at 7 PM)
IT CAME FROM BEYOND - The Musical
It Came From Beyond takes place in a high school science classroom in 1959 and switches between two parallel stories. It centers on the nerdy, high school geek whose only chance to save the popular, beautiful girl that he loves, is to find the secret hidden in a new comic book called “It Came From Beyond”. In the parallel story, an astronomer seeks the same secret in order to stop an attack on Planet Earth from aliens from outer space.
The show has licensed film clips from 1950s sci-fi movies such as Invaders From Mars, Brain From Planet Arous, Hideous Sun Demon, Devil Girl From Mars, The Flying Saucer, and Plan 9 From Outer Space.
It Came From Beyond is a comedy with characters that you can root for, a plot that will take you in, and unforgettable songs destined to be standards that will have the audience singing as they leave the theatre. It is suitable for all audiences and has a positive message.
One newspaper described the play as Grease meets War of the Worlds. Comic books, aliens, 1950’s dancing, and its music couldn’t be more relevant with parody songs like “American Way,” “They’re Here,” “Find a Hero,” and “Are You One of Them?” playfully set against the backdrop of paranoid Cold War propaganda.
*Six Ovation Award nominations from Los Angeles Stage Alliance including Best Musical and Best Writing of a Musical.
"thoroughly entertaining" - Los Angeles Times "Recommended"
"hilarious ... the next Rocky Horror Show" - The Pasadena Weekly
"hysterical ... the lyrics are a riot" - NYTheatre
* By popular demand, had its run extended at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Cast Includes: Ryan Ball, Kaitlyn Baldwin, Alexandra Dominguez, David R. Doumeng, Clint Hromsco, Sean R. Jones, Natalie Michaels, Austin Nuckols, Kayleen Seidl, Danicah Waldo, Bryan S. Walton, Amy Weintraub
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Writer: Cornell Christianson
Composers & Lyricists: Stephen M. Schwartz, Norman E. Thalheimer
Director: Jim Blanchette
Choreographer: Mark Blowers
Music Direction: Austin Nuckols
Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer: Alexandra Dominguez
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Production Stage Manager: Lauren Winnenberg
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Website: ItCameFromBeyond.com
OPENED April 24 - July 24, 2018. (All Tuesdays at 7 PM)
IT CAME FROM BEYOND - The Musical
It Came From Beyond takes place in a high school science classroom in 1959 and switches between two parallel stories. It centers on the nerdy, high school geek whose only chance to save the popular, beautiful girl that he loves, is to find the secret hidden in a new comic book called “It Came From Beyond”. In the parallel story, an astronomer seeks the same secret in order to stop an attack on Planet Earth from aliens from outer space.
The show has licensed film clips from 1950s sci-fi movies such as Invaders From Mars, Brain From Planet Arous, Hideous Sun Demon, Devil Girl From Mars, The Flying Saucer, and Plan 9 From Outer Space.
It Came From Beyond is a comedy with characters that you can root for, a plot that will take you in, and unforgettable songs destined to be standards that will have the audience singing as they leave the theatre. It is suitable for all audiences and has a positive message.
One newspaper described the play as Grease meets War of the Worlds. Comic books, aliens, 1950’s dancing, and its music couldn’t be more relevant with parody songs like “American Way,” “They’re Here,” “Find a Hero,” and “Are You One of Them?” playfully set against the backdrop of paranoid Cold War propaganda.
*Six Ovation Award nominations from Los Angeles Stage Alliance including Best Musical and Best Writing of a Musical.
"thoroughly entertaining" - Los Angeles Times "Recommended"
"hilarious ... the next Rocky Horror Show" - The Pasadena Weekly
"hysterical ... the lyrics are a riot" - NYTheatre
* By popular demand, had its run extended at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Cast Includes: Ryan Ball, Kaitlyn Baldwin, Alexandra Dominguez, David R. Doumeng, Clint Hromsco, Sean R. Jones, Natalie Michaels, Austin Nuckols, Kayleen Seidl, Danicah Waldo, Bryan S. Walton, Amy Weintraub
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Writer: Cornell Christianson
Composers & Lyricists: Stephen M. Schwartz, Norman E. Thalheimer
Director: Jim Blanchette
Choreographer: Mark Blowers
Music Direction: Austin Nuckols
Assistant Director / Assistant Choreographer: Alexandra Dominguez
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Production Stage Manager: Lauren Winnenberg
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Website: ItCameFromBeyond.com
NEW DATES (only on) WEDNESDAY AT 2:30PM
April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6
LILI MARLENE - A New Musical
A Family's Escape from the Rising Tide of Nazism
Lili Marlene, the original musical love story of Rosie Penn, the famous cabaret singer, and Count Hans Wilhelm van Kleister Graff, is set in the last year of the Weimar German Republic and into the 3rd Reich period. As the dark clouds of Fascist takeover become clearer, the Count, as the head of the passport bureau of the State Department, works to get the VIP German cultural and scientific elite out of German. The Count realizes that he must leave and get his surviving family out before the shadowy inhumanity of anti-Semitism descends upon them as National Healthcare and Immigration Reform, Industrial Unity and National Pride become the motto of the new Nazi Party.
Critical praise for the production in NY and LA:
"performers are all highly skilled actors and singers..." - Broadway World
"The play is at its best musically and vocally... phenomenal Off-Broadway debut.” - Local Theatre NY
"the choreography by Mark Blowers is fun and sharp ... the cast is highly skilled and talented ... Lili Marlene puts a sweet twist on how love is possible even in the dreariest of times" - Off Off Online
"Come to the Cabaret...tale with incredible talent" - The Examiner - Los Angeles
"a stand alone and unique show... I highly recommend Lili Marlene" - NoHoArts.com
"The play is a sweeping classic...story is imaginative, not historical, but a tale worth knowing."
- Arts Beat LA
Cast:
Stephan Amenta, Ryan Ball, Sam Balzac, Samantha Collette, Nicholas-Tyler Corbin, Alexandra Dominguez, Maureen Duke, Adam Kee, April Leohard, Amy Londyn, Christian Luu, Jon Rose, Megan Supina, Jennifer Smith, Stephanie Viegas, and Bryan Watson.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Book, Music & Lyrics: Michael Antin
Extension Director: Jim Blanchette
Original Direction / Choreographer: Mark Blowers
Music Direction: Lisa Lawrence & Austin Nuckols
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Set Design: Matthew Imhoff
Sound Design: Elizabeth Howell
Production Stage Manager: Brittani O'Connell
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphics: Amy Londyn
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6
LILI MARLENE - A New Musical
A Family's Escape from the Rising Tide of Nazism
Lili Marlene, the original musical love story of Rosie Penn, the famous cabaret singer, and Count Hans Wilhelm van Kleister Graff, is set in the last year of the Weimar German Republic and into the 3rd Reich period. As the dark clouds of Fascist takeover become clearer, the Count, as the head of the passport bureau of the State Department, works to get the VIP German cultural and scientific elite out of German. The Count realizes that he must leave and get his surviving family out before the shadowy inhumanity of anti-Semitism descends upon them as National Healthcare and Immigration Reform, Industrial Unity and National Pride become the motto of the new Nazi Party.
Critical praise for the production in NY and LA:
"performers are all highly skilled actors and singers..." - Broadway World
"The play is at its best musically and vocally... phenomenal Off-Broadway debut.” - Local Theatre NY
"the choreography by Mark Blowers is fun and sharp ... the cast is highly skilled and talented ... Lili Marlene puts a sweet twist on how love is possible even in the dreariest of times" - Off Off Online
"Come to the Cabaret...tale with incredible talent" - The Examiner - Los Angeles
"a stand alone and unique show... I highly recommend Lili Marlene" - NoHoArts.com
"The play is a sweeping classic...story is imaginative, not historical, but a tale worth knowing."
- Arts Beat LA
Cast:
Stephan Amenta, Ryan Ball, Sam Balzac, Samantha Collette, Nicholas-Tyler Corbin, Alexandra Dominguez, Maureen Duke, Adam Kee, April Leohard, Amy Londyn, Christian Luu, Jon Rose, Megan Supina, Jennifer Smith, Stephanie Viegas, and Bryan Watson.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer / Artistic Director: John Lant
Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Repertory
Book, Music & Lyrics: Michael Antin
Extension Director: Jim Blanchette
Original Direction / Choreographer: Mark Blowers
Music Direction: Lisa Lawrence & Austin Nuckols
Casting Director: Tamra Pica Casting
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Set Design: Matthew Imhoff
Sound Design: Elizabeth Howell
Production Stage Manager: Brittani O'Connell
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Graphics: Amy Londyn
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Previews March 25 & April 1
Opens April 8 - July 22, 2018.
All Sundays at 7:30PM
OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
Wicked Frozen- The Musical
Wicked Frozen is a high-energy parody mash-up of Wicked and Frozen, both celebrating and skewering these two wildly successful pop culture phenomenons. When Adele Dazeem and her teacher Kristen Chenobell become trapped in a Boston classroom during a freak blizzard, things take a turn for the absurd, as Adele sets off on a journey through the magical land of Scandinorfindelle. Wicked Frozen is not only a subversive satire on six cups of coffee, but also a reminder that even when things may only ‘be okay,’ it’s the people around us that truly matter.
Cast: Kathleen Armenti, Lily Davis, Allison Frasca, Will Jacobs, Tyler Joseph, Vanessa Magula, Jake McKenna, Chris Evan Simpson, Natalie Sullivan, Bethany Nicole Taylor, and Meagan Wells.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Creators: Zoe Farmingdale & Toby Singer
Director: Zoe Farmingdale
Choreographer: Zoe Farmingdale
Music Direction: Toby Singer
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Website: www.wickedfrozen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wickedfrozen
Twitter: twitter.com/wickedfrozen
Instagram: Instagram.com/wickedfrozen
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Opens April 8 - July 22, 2018.
All Sundays at 7:30PM
OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
Wicked Frozen- The Musical
Wicked Frozen is a high-energy parody mash-up of Wicked and Frozen, both celebrating and skewering these two wildly successful pop culture phenomenons. When Adele Dazeem and her teacher Kristen Chenobell become trapped in a Boston classroom during a freak blizzard, things take a turn for the absurd, as Adele sets off on a journey through the magical land of Scandinorfindelle. Wicked Frozen is not only a subversive satire on six cups of coffee, but also a reminder that even when things may only ‘be okay,’ it’s the people around us that truly matter.
Cast: Kathleen Armenti, Lily Davis, Allison Frasca, Will Jacobs, Tyler Joseph, Vanessa Magula, Jake McKenna, Chris Evan Simpson, Natalie Sullivan, Bethany Nicole Taylor, and Meagan Wells.
Creative Team:
Executive Producer: John Lant, Tamra Pica
Creators: Zoe Farmingdale & Toby Singer
Director: Zoe Farmingdale
Choreographer: Zoe Farmingdale
Music Direction: Toby Singer
Lighting Design: Maarten Cornelis
Costume Design: Jennifer Anderson
Sound Design: Toby Singer
Producing Associate: Tim Hays, Danielle Vejar, Jamie Ades
Publicity / Marketing: Stephen Sunderlin – Sunpro Inc.
Website: www.wickedfrozen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wickedfrozen
Twitter: twitter.com/wickedfrozen
Instagram: Instagram.com/wickedfrozen
Additional Marketing: Roger Gonzalez and Local Theatre NY.com
Write Act Repertory’s Producing Artistic Director John Lant presents the off-Broadway
East Coast Premiere production of LILI MARLENE, a Jewish family's escape
from the rising tide of Nazism, a new musical with book, lyrics and music by
Michael Antin, opening preview performance Tuesday July 25, 2017
closing Tuesday October 10, 2017 at St. Luke’s Theatre.
LILI MARLENE – This original musical love story of Rosie Penn, the famous cabaret singer, and Count Hans Wilhelm van Kleister Graff, is set in the last year of the Weimar German Republic and into the 3rd Reich period. As the dark clouds of Fascist takeover become clearer, the Count, as the head of the passport bureau of the State Department, works to get the VIP German cultural and scientific elite out of German. The Count realizes that he must leave and get his surviving family out before the shadowy inhumanity of anti-Semitism descends upon them as National Healthcare and Immigration Reform, Industrial Unity and National Pride become the motto of the new Nazi Party.
The critically acclaimed Los Angeles production of the musical, included a Valley Theatre Award for *Outstanding Actress in a Musical –Amy Londyn, and was nominated for eight total Valley Theatre Awards, (Best Play Musical; Best Director of Musical; Best Writing of a Musical; Outstanding Actor in a Musical; *Outstanding Actress in a Musical; two for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical and Featured Actress in a Musical).
LILI MARLENE has been praised as “a stand alone and unique show... I highly recommend Lili Marlene” (NoHoArts.com), “Come to the Cabaret…tale with incredible talent” (The Examiner – Los Angeles), “performers are all highly skilled actors and singers, especially Amy Londyn as cabaret performer Rosie Penn” (Broadway World), “Director Mark Blowers brings out everyone’s best.” (Tolucan Times), and “The play is a sweeping classic… story is imaginative, not historical, but a tale worth knowing.” (Arts Beat LA).
Produced by John Lant, Written by Michael Antin, Directed and Choreographed by Mark Blowers; Music Direction and Arrangements: Rocco Vitacco, Dramaturg: Jim Blanchette; Additional Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Rep; Associate Producer: Krista Swan; Production Manager: Liz Howell; Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Cast Members Include: Charles Baran, Louie Bartolomeo, Rebecca Brunelle, Nicholas Tyler-Corbin, James David Dirck, Audrey Federici, Alexandra Gonzalez, Clint Hromsco, Rachel Leighson, Amy Londyn, Matt Mitchell, Kevin Paley, Jacob Rice, Elle Rigg and Stephanie Michele Toups.
Lili Marlene – DATES AND TIMES:
Preview Opening – Tuesday July 25th, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
Opening – Tuesday August 1st, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
Running Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM through October 10th, 2017
LOCATION:
St. Luke’s Theatre located 308 West 46th Street, NY, NY. 10036
TICKET PRICES & RESERVATIONS & INFORMATION:
Tickets cost between $20 and $99 and can be purchased through Telecharge at https://www.telecharge.com/Off-Broadway or by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information, please visit https://stlukestheatre.com or www.facebook.com/writeactrepertory.
PRESS CONTACT: Stephen Sunderlin - stephen.sunderlin@gmail.com
The critically acclaimed Los Angeles production of the musical, included a Valley Theatre Award for *Outstanding Actress in a Musical –Amy Londyn, and was nominated for eight total Valley Theatre Awards, (Best Play Musical; Best Director of Musical; Best Writing of a Musical; Outstanding Actor in a Musical; *Outstanding Actress in a Musical; two for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical and Featured Actress in a Musical).
LILI MARLENE has been praised as “a stand alone and unique show... I highly recommend Lili Marlene” (NoHoArts.com), “Come to the Cabaret…tale with incredible talent” (The Examiner – Los Angeles), “performers are all highly skilled actors and singers, especially Amy Londyn as cabaret performer Rosie Penn” (Broadway World), “Director Mark Blowers brings out everyone’s best.” (Tolucan Times), and “The play is a sweeping classic… story is imaginative, not historical, but a tale worth knowing.” (Arts Beat LA).
Produced by John Lant, Written by Michael Antin, Directed and Choreographed by Mark Blowers; Music Direction and Arrangements: Rocco Vitacco, Dramaturg: Jim Blanchette; Additional Producers: Tamra Pica & Write Act Rep; Associate Producer: Krista Swan; Production Manager: Liz Howell; Casting: Tamra Pica Casting
Cast Members Include: Charles Baran, Louie Bartolomeo, Rebecca Brunelle, Nicholas Tyler-Corbin, James David Dirck, Audrey Federici, Alexandra Gonzalez, Clint Hromsco, Rachel Leighson, Amy Londyn, Matt Mitchell, Kevin Paley, Jacob Rice, Elle Rigg and Stephanie Michele Toups.
Lili Marlene – DATES AND TIMES:
Preview Opening – Tuesday July 25th, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
Opening – Tuesday August 1st, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
Running Tuesdays @ 7:00 PM through October 10th, 2017
LOCATION:
St. Luke’s Theatre located 308 West 46th Street, NY, NY. 10036
TICKET PRICES & RESERVATIONS & INFORMATION:
Tickets cost between $20 and $99 and can be purchased through Telecharge at https://www.telecharge.com/Off-Broadway or by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information, please visit https://stlukestheatre.com or www.facebook.com/writeactrepertory.
PRESS CONTACT: Stephen Sunderlin - stephen.sunderlin@gmail.com