‘WE FOXES’ PRESENTED IN DEVELOPMENTAL PRODUCTION

December 15, 2019

In May 2020, RSO’s We Foxes will be presented in a fully staged and designed developmental production in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.

Theatre Elision develops and produces new theatrical works that tell compelling stories with music. Previously, the company has staged productions of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet, LaChiusa’s First Lady Suite, and Ruthless!

More information on the creative team and casting to be announced soon.

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.

Learn more about We Foxes here and listen to the EP of songs from the show on Spotify (also available on Apple Music and all streaming platforms).

For more information about the company and the production, go to their website here.

‘HUGO’ IN DEVELOPMENT WITH A SCORE BY RSO

August 3, 2019

RSO’s next major project will be an adaptation of the 2011 Martin Scorsese film, Hugo, which itself was an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award-winning novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The film won five Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture.

Tony Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon directs and Selznick has written the book and co-lyrics with RSO, who is contributing music and co-lyrics.

The project was first announced under the new partnership of Theresa Page and Tim Headington forming LeyLine productions.

More details will be announced at a later date.

‘WE FOXES’ E.P. RELEASED, ‘DARLING’ LATER THIS MONTH

May 3, 2019

Following the release of Three Points of Contact: A Conceptual Album, RSO has released an EP of five songs from his beloved southern Gothic thriller, We Foxes: Tracks.

Set in 1945 Missouri, We Foxes tells the story of Willa, a tough, unmannered orphan adopted by the wife of the Sheriff and the bloody domestic war that ensues between them when Willa uncovers the secrets lurking beneath the floorboards. It is the story of intense human struggle, deliverance, and salvation that can only be found from within.

The release includes fan-favorite Vesta, Katie Thompson, and Emily Rogers, as the Machiavellian sheriff’s wife and the hardscrabble tramp girl respectively. Also featured is Charlie Franklin singing the role of Eugene.

Listen to We Foxes: Tracks, only on Spotify.

Later this month, selections from Darling: Live in Concert will be released on Spotify featuring Kerstin Anderson, Nicholas Christopher, and many more. The highlights album was recorded in 2016 in association with WalkRunFly and The Score (Michael Kimmel, John DeLore and Allison Bressi).

You can hear the COMPLETE recording of Darling via The Score Podcast everywhere, including Apple Music and Stitcher.

Find a preview of the cover below.

GAVIN CREEL, LINDSAY MENDEZ AND MORE FEATURED ON ‘THREE POINTS OF CONTACT: A CONCEPTUAL ALBUM’

January 31, 2019

John Johnson and Very Intensive Productions have just announced the release of Three Points of Contact, a new conceptual album featuring songs from a musical of the same title by Ryan Scott Oliver. The new recording will be released February 8 via Spotify, Apple Music, and all streaming platforms.

Three Points of Contact will feature an impressive line-up of theater stars including (in alphabetical order) Kerstin Anderson, Ben Crawford, Gavin Creel, Katie Rose Clarke, Jenn Colella, Ben Fankhauser, Drew Gehling, Cory Jeacoma, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Taylor Iman Jones, Jo Lampert, Lindsay Mendez, Bonnie Milligan, Eric William Morris, Solea Pfeiffer, Isaac Cole Powell, Ethan Slater, Wesley Taylor, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Ryan Scott Oliver, Emily Rogers, Colton Ryan, Ryan Vasquez, Jessica Vosk, and Daniel Yearwood – with Ian Fairlee, Adam Levy, Mary Claire Miskell, David Park, Bethany Perkins, and Josephine Spada.

BroadwayWorld exclusive: Listen to Gavin Creel sing “The Last Love Song”

And the check out Jenn Colella singing “Girl in Camouflage” over at BroadwayBox.com.

The track listing is as follows:

1: “Pooch and Amy” – Jay Armstrong Johnson, Taylor Iman Jones, Adam Levy and Ensemble
2: “Mama, Let’s Make a Porno” – Ben Crawford, with the Boys
3: “Girl in Camouflage” – Jenn Colella, with the Girls
4: “Recovery” – Emily Rogers
5: “Validation, as a Rule” – Ethan Slater, with the Ensemble
6: “When You Go” – Isaac Cole Powell, with the Ensemble
7: “Steps in the Snow” – Katie Rose Clarkeand Drew Gehling, with the Ensemble 8: “Brave Woman” – Eric William Morris, with the Boys
9: “Pleasure in the Desert” – Bonnie Milligan, with the Ensemble
10: “A Ball of Gold in Blood Sky” – Colton Ryan
11: “How We Grow” – Ben Fankhauser, Jessica Vosk, Emily Rogers, Daniel Yearwood
12: “Broken Machine” – Cory Jeacoma
13: “We Just Work Together” – Ryan Scott Oliver and Lindsay Mendez
14: “She Means to Bleed You Dry” – Emmy Raver-Lampman, with the Girls
15: “I Don’t Want to Be Sad Anymore” – Lindsay Mendez
16: “Tastes like Misery” – Wesley Taylor, Kerstin Anderson, with the Boys
17: “Good Love” – Solea Pfeiffer and Ryan Vasquez
18: “The Last Love Song” – Gavin Creel, with Jo Lampert

‘JASPER IN DEADLAND’ MAKES EUROPEAN PREMIERE IN GERMANY

January 31, 2019

RSO and Hunter Foster’s musical Jasper in Deadland, which opened Off-Broadway in 2014 and moved to Seattle’s acclaimed 5th Avenue Theatre in 2015, opened on January 21 in Hildesheim, Germany.

Elisabeth Köstner and Nicolo Soller
Amanda Whitford

Tickets and more information may be found here. Check out the official show program here.

Jasper in Deadland continues performances around the world. Go to Samuel French’s website for licensing information, and listen to the cast album on Spotify.