Justman, Mendez, Resnick, Winther And More Set For NYTB In The D-Lounge 6/28

On Monday, June 28th, New York Theatre Barn will present its monthly showcase for emerging writers and performers at the D-Lounge at the Daryl Roth Theater, which will feature new work by Charlie Sohne (Tina Girlstar, Speargrove Presents) and a presentation of the new musical I Married Wyatt Earp, book by Sheilah Rae (Funny You Don't Look Like A Grandmother, Speargrove Presents) & Thomas Edward West (Enchanted Cottage), music by Michele Brourman (Working, Speargrove Presents), lyrics by Sheilah Rae. Performers for the evening include Broadway's Amy Justman (Company, White Christmas), Lindsay Mendez (Everyday Rapture, Grease), Jed Resnick (Avenue Q), and Michael Winther (33 Variations, Mamma Mia!). Executive Producers for NYTB in the D-Lounge are Laura Brandel and Karen Marshall.

The first set will be Two Drink Minimum: The Lyrics of Charlie Sohne, lyrics by Charlie Sohne and musical direction by Michah Young, with Amy Justman (Company, White Christmas), Lindsay Mendez (Everyday Rapture, Grease), Ilene Pabon, Jed Resnick (Avenue Q), and Michael Winther (33 Variations, Mamma Mia!). Featuring songs from: The Profit of Creation (music by Tim Rosser): A physicist with a stalled career accepts a bribe from a right-wing organization to scientifically "prove" creationism. - The Re-Hydration of Edith Pilaf (book by Anton Dudley, music by Keith Gordon): A woman in search of stardom, a boy in search of his mother. In Paris' famed Pere LaChaise cemetery, on the grave of Edith Piaf, both will discover their destiny. - Touched (music by Matt Van Brink): A prudish midday talk show host turns to pornography to revive her failing career. Charlie Sohne is also the lyricist of Tina Girlstar (book by Anton Dudley, music by Brian Feinstein) and is a collaborator on New York Theatre Barn's original commission Speargrove Presents

The second set will be I Married Wyatt Earp - A presentation of the new musical, book by Sheilah Rae (Funny You Don't Look Like A Grandmother, Speargrove Presents) & Thomas Edward West (Enchanted Cottage), music by Michele Brourman (Working, Speargrove Presents), lyrics by Sheilah Rae. Directed by Joe Barros and with musical direction by Vincent Peterson, this set will feature Sheilah Rae (Applause, Fiddler on the Roof), Alison Luff (Like You Like It), Tina Stafford (Speargrove Presents), Ashley Mc Hugh, Stephanie Palumbo, Diane Findlay, Kelli Firth, Louise Gassman, and Colleen Coussinat. I Married Wyatt Earp is a new musical based on the historical events of the American West, and boasts an all-female cast. With a rousing, wide-ranging score that ranges from pop to country western to Victorian dance hall songs, I Married Wyatt Earp traces the true-life tale of Josephine Marcus, who escaped her stifling upper-class San Francisco Jewish family by bluffing her way into a Gilbert & Sullivan troupe en route to Tombstone, Arizona in the late 1800s.

NYTB in the D-Lounge takes place Monday, June 28th at 7:30pm it the D-Lounge at the Daryl Roth Theater (101 East 15th Street at Union Square East). There is a $10 cover plus a 2-drink minimum. For more information on NYTB, visit: www.NYTheatreBarn.org

Under the direction of Joe Barros (Producing Artistic Director) and Reed Prescott (Executive Director), New York Theatre Barn is a not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to the investigation, development, and advancement of new evocative works and strives to challenge the way new work is developed. Since its inception in 2007, NYTB introduced a monthly springboard event for emerging writers and performers (NYTB at The Duplex, NYTB in the D Lounge), presented concerts and staged readings (including the musical Big Fat Cat with Bruce Vilanch and I Married Wyatt Earp with Tovah Feldshuh, directed by Tony-nominee Graciela Daniele) and produced fully realized productions (including Wood at the NYMF with Tony Award winner Cady Huffman). Recent productions include the musical parody Hey, You Know What Movie Would Make a Good Musical? at the Julia Miles Theatre and Bridget Bailey's one-woman play Child of Hungry Times, winner of Outstanding Production of a Solo Show (Planet Connections Theatre Festival). NYTB has grown into a vital force in the New York theatre scene where it has been a launching ground for challenging new work including Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days (which had a recent production at the Roundabout Theatre Company). New York Theatre Barn is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy