Alice Ripley, Lilli Cooper & More to Introduce 2016 Jonathan Larson Award Winner at Joe's Pub

Introducing 2016 Jonathan Larson Award Winner Sam Salmond with a sneak peek at musicals in development, performed by a cast of Broadway's best including Tony Award Winner Alice Ripley* (NEXT TO NORMAL, AMERICAN PSYCHO), Ato Blankson-Wood (HAIR, THE TOTAL BENT), Lilli Cooper**(SPRING AWAKENING, SPONGEBOB), Michael Linden (SPRING AWAKENING tour), Bonnie Milligan (GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER), Shakina Nayfack (Hulu's :DIFFICULT PEOPLE," MANIFEST PUSSY), Larry Owens (FAT CAMP), Jon Rua (HAMILTON), Preston Sadleir (NEXT TO NORMAL), Taylor Trensch (CURIOUS INCIDENT, BARE), Barrett Wilbert Weed (HEATHERS, FOUND), Noah Zachary (POSTER BOY), and more to be announced!

One performance will be held on Sunday, September 25, at 3:00pm at Adelphi University (Olmstead Theatre, 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY), tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling tickets: 516-877-4000 or by visiting aupac.adelphi.edu/au_event/larson-legacy-concert-sam-salmond.

Another concert is set for Wednesday, September 28 at 7:00pm at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street), tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling tickets: 212.967.7555 or by visiting publictheater.org.

Don't miss this chance to hear Sam Salmond's lively, infectious and disarming songs from Eighty-Sixed and other upcoming musicals! The evening will include the premiere of one-of-a-kind tunes about teenage outcasts, LGBT heroes, monsters, mad scientists, prisoner paradoxes, good ol' love, and so much more. With a style the Boston Globe calls "preciously talented," "rudely funny," but with "raw anguish at its heart," and musical influences from Bowie to Ben Folds to Sondheim-- Sam Salmond and friends promise a night of pop/rock theater, laughter and catharsis that you'll never forget! The evening is music directed by Benjamin Rauhala and features new orchestrations by the one and only Charlie Rosen. Directed by Marlo Hunter and produced by Natasha Sinha and Aaron Glick.

Sam Salmond is a 2016 Jonathan Larson Award-winning composer/lyricist/bookwriter. Sam is writing music and lyrics for Eighty-Sixed, developed at Second Stage Theatre. He's the creator of the immersive show Uncool: the Party (CAP21 and MTF), and wrote book and lyrics for Mother, Me and the Monsters (Barrington Stage - Critic's Pick, The Boston Globe) and Cage Match (Prospect Theater). He contributed songs for Shakina Nayfack's Manifest Pussy (Theatreworks Palo Alto, The Wild Project and the North Carolina HB2 Rebel Tour). Sam's songs have been featured at venues across the country, including Lincoln Center, Ars Nova, Symphony Space, Joe's Pub, 54 Below, NYMF and NAMT.

For more information on Sam Salmond, visit www.samsalmond.com.