Workshop of Musical 'Voice of the City' to be Held in OH
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 03, 2006
The Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton, OH will present Voice of the City, a new musical comedy by Elaine Chelton and Kenneth Jones.
The two-week, 40-hour workshop will play at The Human Race Theatre Company on October 16th and 17th. Talkbacks will follow both performances.Chelton is a piano soloist for New York City Ballet, and Jones is an editor at Playbill.com. Both are alumni of the famed BMI Workshop. Voice of the City first received a reading at York Theatre Company in 2004.The romantic musical comedy follows Sarah, a young girl who comes to Greenwich Village in 1906, where she experiences difficulty accepting the community around her. The show's plot is inspired by the O. Henry story "Springtime a la Carte."The reading cast will star Meegan Midkiff as Sarah, and feature Jamie Cordes, Renee Franck-Reed, Scott Hunt, Deanne Lorette, Matt Neal, Katie Pees, David Sherman, Marya Spring, Scott Stoney, Patricia Linhart, and Erin Ulman.For more information, visit www.humanracetheatre.org or www.voiceofthecity.com.Videos