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January 25, 2015
Set in 1900s Boston, Darling, according to press notes, “follows sixteen year old Darling as she encounters a boy named Peter, who offers the opportunity to run away with him. She takes it and finds herself swept into a seedy underground of jazz, sex, lost rentboys, and a mysterious white powder called Dust.”
Darling was featured on the “Bound for Broadway” episode of NBC’s “The Apprentice” in 2010; in 2012, it was given a private workshop and developmental production as a collaboration between Retrop Production and RareWorks Theatre Company, in association with Sh-K-Boom Records, at Emerson College. In 2013, Darling received The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company New Musical Award. Darling was conceived by Brett Ryback.
December 4, 2014
On Friday and Saturday, December 5th and 6th at 7:30pm, Girls’ Night Out will be performed at Rider University’s Yvonne Theater in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Admission is free.
Girl’s Night Out is a work of devised Theatre based on the compositions of Contemporary Musical Theatre composer, Ryan Scott Oliver. Each young performer has been presented a musical piece composed by Mr.Oliver that informed their character. The relationships that grow between each character have developed out of their improvisational work within the rehearsal process. The audience will follow each young person’s journey, observing each character’s discoveries that effect not only themselves, but everyone around them as well.
Directed by Rider Musical Theater Faculty Mariann Cook, with musical direction by Wendy Feaver, and choreography by Colby Dezelick, Girls’ Night Out features Maria Garvey, Samantha Ricchuti, Sarah Catherine Carter, Patricia Curley, Sarah Davis, Kailee Graham, Madeline Chandler, Leanne Gallati, Chelsea Delgado, Jessica Phipps, Katherine Tennenbaum, and Amy Hine.
November 28, 2014
Audiences can expect to hear songs from RSO’s latest tuner We Foxes, plus favorites from 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, Darling, Jasper in Deadland, and a few world premieres.
Most importantly, ticket buyers can get 50% off tickets purchased “Cyber Monday,” Monday, Dec. 1. (A code will be offered via Facebook, and also placed here on Dec. 1.)
October 20, 2014
A night of RSO songs, featuring actors from Bridges of Madison County, Chaplin, and Jasper in Deadland will take place on Friday, November 7th at 7:00pm & 9:30pm.
RSO at the Beechman will feature songs from many of RSO’s award winning shows, including 35MM, Jasper in Deadland, and We Foxes. Under the music direction of Joshua Zecher-Ross, the show features Charles Franklin (Bridges of Madison County), Michael Mendez (Chaplin), Andi Alhadeff (Jasper in Deadland), and John-Michael Lyles (Jasper in Deadland) with Aaron Albert, Ethan Carlson, Danae Ervin, Christian Lane Greene, Carson Higgins, Melissa Rose Hirsch, Missy Karle, Tatiana Lofton, Amy Marik, Mike Millan, Mary Claire Miskell, Jonathan Mushock, Katy Rea, Jenyth Rosati, Ryan Vasquez, and Joel Waggoner.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located at 402 West 42nd St. Cover charge is $20 plus a food/drink minimum.
September 15, 2014
RSO’s new show We Foxes, which recently had a reading at the York Theatre, was selected to have selections performed at the New Music Theatre concert at Truman State University, on October 25, 2014. We Foxes was selected from 130+ submissions from 11 different countries.
We Foxes is a southern Gothic thriller set in small-town Missouri, 1945. It’s the story of Willa, a tough and unmannered orphan girl, and her adoption by the crafty Sheriff’s wife, Vesta Quimby. When Willa discovers the dark secrets beneath the floorboards, a war cuts them apart and Willa must fight to survive. After all, Vesta Quimby is the most beloved and powerful woman in town … Yet she’s less humanitarian socialite than she is Machiavellian sociopath… Can Willa discover her own salvation, deliver herself into courage, and sacrifice everything to escape Vesta? It is a story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and the great salvation found only through oneself.
The epic period musical is mostly sung-through, combining bluegrass, country, big band and concert music of the 1940s, infused with the contemporary folk-rock of today. We Foxes is a commission from Broadway Across America, and has been in residence at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Writer’s Retreat, CAP 21, and the Weston Playhouse.
The New Horizons Music Festival is a day of contemporary music featuring performers from the university and the surrounding region. The Festival includes music from most of the major genres in modern performance: chamber groups, multimedia, solo performers, large ensembles, and theatrical performance. The concerts and ongoing curated exhibition provide a substantive slice of contemporary music focusing on music that leverages the techniques of the classical musician and looks to the future.
As the sixteenth edition of Truman’s festival of contemporary and experimental music, this year’s Festival features six concerts on the beautiful Truman State University campus in Kirksville, Missouri. The New Horizons Music Festival will be held on the Truman campus on Saturday, October 25th.
For more information, email newhorizonsmusicfestival@gmail.com.