RSO and husband Matt Murphy celebrated collaborator Lindsay Mendez’s Tony nom. Photo by Andy Henderson.
PHOTO FLASH: Celebrating the 2024 Tony Awards
June 18, 2024
RSO joins Jesse Eisenberg and more for 24 Hour Musicals at Classic Stage Company
June 11, 2024
On June 10 at Classic Stage Company, RSO and frequent collaborator Kirsten Guenther wrote a musical short, Alexa, Delete Our Relationship starring Natalie Walker, Leigh Ann Larkin, Julia Nightingale, and Jonathan Judge-Russo, directed by Kareem Fahmy.
The marathon process for The 24 Hour Musicals begins the night before the performance, when writers, composers, directors, choreographers, actors, musicians and production staff gather for a short orientation. Four writer and composer teams craft short musicals overnight (while actors and directors get some rest) and the next morning — after a furious printing and copying process — actors receive their scripts. Together with directors, choreographers and a live band, they begin rehearsal. Later that night, four brand new musicals take the stage in a one-night-only production!
PHOTO FLASH: TOMORROW, THE ISLAND DIES developmental production in Alabama
June 5, 2024
RSO’s newest musical, Tomorrow, the Island dies was presented in a developmental production at Samford University (which also commissioned the show) in Alabama. Check out photos from the production below!
TOMORROW, THE ISLAND DIES Dev. Workshop at Marymount Manhattan College
November 19, 2023
After a workshop in August, RSO’s new folk musical thriller was workshopped with students from Marymount Manhattan College at Pearl Studios, directed by Jason Gotay, on Nov. 2-5, 2023. Check out the cast and creative team here, and photos from the workshop below. (Credit: Matthew Murphy)
TOMORROW, THE ISLAND DIES Concept Album out
November 19, 2023
On October 6, a concept album of RSO’s new musical Tomorrow, the Island Dies streams everywhere you listen to music.
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM ON SPOTIFY
The track list is as follows:
- PRELUDE
- GIRL OF LEGEND — Jisel Soleil Ayon and cast
- ASYLUM — Jason Gotay
- ON THIS ROCK — Shelby Acosta, Miranda Luze, Nathan David Smith, Tristan Caldwell, Caitlin Doak, Kimberly Onah and cast
- MS. KELLY’S TAPES — Victoria Huston-Elem
- ONLY HUMAN — Jisel Soleil Ayon
- I KNOW YOU — Jack B. Murphy, Caitlin Doak and cast
- THE BEGINNING OF THE END — Tristan Caldwell, Shelby Acosta, Miranda Luze and cast
- THE PRICE OF LIVING — Charlie Fusari
The concept album is produced by RSO, Joshua Zecher-Ross, Very Intense Productions, and AT New Works, and is a commission from Samford University.
The musical tells the story of “Widow Clack, 18 and pregnant, who lives an exiled life running a lighthouse with her brother on a storm-crushed island set to be uninhabited in two days. When a young man is found dead on the beach, the remaining collection of young adults (left to make final preparations for the abandonment) combust into dangerous accusations leading to devastating division and ultimately, death. When a final, unexpected storm impacts the island, can Widow save the villagers from themselves?”
Joshua Zecher-Ross music directs a cast featuring Jason Gotay, Victoria Huston-Elem (The Addams Family), Jisel Soleil Ayon (Waitress, Hamilton), Shelby Acosta (1776), Kim Onah (& Juliet), Charlie Fusari (Pretty Woman), Miranda Luze (Come from Away), Ethan Carlson (Waitress), Nathan David Smith (Come from Away), Tristan Caldwell, Caitlin Doak, Nicole Deluca, Jack Murphy, and Grace Ellis Solomon.