‘WE FOXES’ IN LONDON, MICHIGAN, AND UTAH THIS FALL

August 6, 2017

RSO’s WE FOXES will receive three developmental opportunities this fall: a staged concert reading in Michigan, a concert reading in London, and culminating in the first fully-produced developmental production in Utah.

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September 22-24 at Michigan State University

MSU College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Theatre and MSUFCU Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center presents a staged concert reading of WE FOXES, directed by Marshall Pailet (Triassic Parq, Claudio Quest, Baghdaddy) and with dramaturg Matthew Schneider, accompanied by a five-piece band.

Special guest KATIE THOMPSON reprises her role as Vesta alongside special guest WADE McCOLLUM as Sheriff Quimby.

At the PASANT THEATRE

Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:30pm
Sunday, September 24, 2017 at 2:00pm

Tickets are available from the Wharton Center Box Office, 1.800.WHARTON, whartoncenter.com

Get more info on the MSU presentation here.

 

 

 

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LONDON: LIVE AT ZEDEL

We Foxes comes to Live at Zédel this September in a one-night-only concert reading.

This production coincides with the production of Ryan’s 35mm: Musical Exhibition at The Other Palace.

 

Cast will be announced shortly.  For more information, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OCTOBER 6-14 AT WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY IN UTAH

We Foxes will be presented in its first fully-produced form on Oct. 6-7 and 10-14 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m.  The production is directed by Cody Walker.

Find out more here.

 

 

THE ORCHARD PROJECT DEVELOPS ‘THREE POINTS OF CONTACT’

May 31, 2017

World renowned writer’s haven The Orchard Project has announced RSO as one of its 2017 writers-in-residence..

RSO will work in its brand new Cabaret and Musical Theatre Program, which launched last year in partnership with Putnam Den. This year, the Orchard Project has made annual favorite Julian Fleisher Director of Cabaret and Musical Theatre and will host new work by a slew of the most exciting artists around, including RSO.

While at the Orchard Project, RSO will begin work on THREE POINTS OF CONTACT, the conclusion of the Dogs Trilogy (begun by WE FOXES and continued by ROPE).  ‘3PC’ tells the story of newlyweds Pooch and Amy Harvey, and is a contemporary piece about love, sex, and marriage.

Find out more about the Orchard Project’s 2017 season here.

 

 

 

PHOTO FLASH: ‘DARLING’ IN CONCERT 9/19

September 24, 2016

Check out the gallery below from ‘DARLING’ in concert, presented at Le Poisson Rouge on September 19, and find out more about the event here.

Photo credit: Evan Zimmerman

About the evening

Hamilton’s Nicholas Christopher played Peter in a concert presentation of Darling, Ryan Scott Oliver’s dark deconstruction of Peter Pan, September 19 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York.

Darling was the first musical recorded for The Score, a podcast series focused on new musicals.

The evening also included the talents of Kerstin Anderson (Maria in the latest Sound of Music tour) as the eponymous heroine, plus Ethan Carlson (Rope), Chris D’Amico (History Boys), Jeff Heimbrock (Book of Mormon), John-Michael Lyles (Jasper in Deadland), Jackson Perrin (NYMF’s Ludo’s Broken Bride), Daniel Quadrino (Wicked) and Daniel Yearwood (Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series) as the Lost Boys. Talya Groves (Motown), Gerianne Perez (Vocalosity, NYMF’s Fable), Catherine Ricafort (Holiday Inn, Allegiance) and Emily Rogers (If/Then) played Lily’s Dolls; P.J. Griffith (Giant) was featured as The Captain and other roles.

Darling features a book, music and lyrics by Oliver and was conceived by Brett Ryback. The musical, according to press notes, tells the story of “a nameless girl called Darling who is rescued from an asylum for ‘troubled youngsters’ by the provocative rent-boy Peter. The young man steals her to the Second Slum, a seedy underground of jazz, sex, and a mysterious white powder called Dust.”

The concert evening featured musical direction by Rodney Bush and a seven-piece orchestra. Orchestrations were by Oliver, with additional orchestrations by Solomon Hoffman and Ryan Fielding Garrett. Fernanda Douglas served as music assistant.  Nessie Nankivell served as Associate Producer, Ari Raskin as additional Producer, Stephen Ravet was the Stage Manager and Kaleb Tank the Associate Director.

The Score is a new podcast series created and produced by Michael Kimmel, John DeLore and Allison Bressi.

Darling is produced by WalkRunFly.