REVEREND JACKSON REGRETS Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below

In 2008, Reverend Vernon Jackson's Religious Broadcasting Network in Lynchburg Va. televised 'The Gay No More' Telethon for Conversion Therapy. The goal: raise money to turn as many homosexuals straight as possible by the Rapture or the 2014 Winter Olympics. Whichever comes first. But now, a decade later, he has seen the error of his ways and wants to apologize.

Reverend Jackson Regrets, a sequel to the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival opening night musical "The Gay No More Telethon: (Let's Get One Thing Straight... YOU!) was nominated Best Production at the 2017 Midtown Musical Theatre Festival. The show is a playful parody of the Jerry Lewis Telethon many of us grew up watching as well as a message that during these harsh political times, we need to accept each other and appreciate our differences because we're all we got.

Book and lyrics by Michael DiGaetano, writer, producer, and/or series creator for NBC, Paramount, Universal, HBO, Columbia, Fox and Ron Howard. He has written screenplays for Disney, Universal, tri-star and Warner Brothers including "Houseguest" starring Phil Hartman and Sinbad and has been a script consultant for both Amblin Entertainment and Dreamworks. A proud member of the Lehman Engel BMI musical theatre lyricist and bookwriter workshop, DiGaetano has the Broadway-bound musicals "Miss Humanity" (at 54 Below Sept. 23) and "Rewind" as well as the play "Sorority Queen in a Mobile Home" written with Kevin A. Mahoney, debuting Off-Broadway in 2020.
Music by Michael DiGaetano and Albin Konopka. Konopka, is a graduate of Juilliard and also a member of the Lehman-Engel BMI musical theatre workshop as a composer. He has enjoyed an international career as a pianist, producer, musical director, vocal and dance arranger and orchestrator. Albin was most recently music director for 'Suites By Sondheim' in Bucharest and a new musical 'Lies My Father Told Me' in Montreal. He has music supervised or music directed over thirty international tours and has performed twice at the White House. He has toured with Liza Minelli throughout Europe, Australia, Japan and Canada, and has been in the pit for Broadway's Mama Mia, Billy Elliot and Wicked. He speaks speak five languages fluently and all of them are very useful ones.
Musical Director: Christopher D. Littlefield. A New York based MD, pianist and arranger. Christopher was arranger and musical director of the premier presentation of Reverend Jackson Regrets at the 2017 Midtown International Musical Festival. Other credits include music supervisor/composer/arranger for Leonard Soloway'S BROADWAY, musical director and conductor for THE CUBAN AND THE REDHEAD, Co-Music Director/Conductor/Arranger/Pianist for BROADWAY BACKWARDS 2019

The cast includes James LaRosa, Lauren Elder, Bryan Songy, Kevin Riddagh, Charles Engelsgjerd and Austin Spero with more to come.