LIBERATORS AN AMERICAN MUSICAL Invades Chicago Musical Theatre Festival

Liberators is a powerful new musical which will premiere with eight other shows at The Chicago Musical Theatre Festival on on Thursday, February 8 , 2018 at 8:00 pm , Sunday Sat, February 11,2018 @ 3pm, Saturday, February 17,2018 @ 8pm & February 24, 2018 @8pm at Greenhouse Theater Center located at 2257 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, I'll 60614.

Liberators: An American Musical is a tear-jerking depiction of action traversing over a 70-year time span in America. Liberator's storyline is told from the viewpoint of three unlikely associates, of which are from varied ethnic backgrounds whose lives are connected after the start of WWII's dramatic end of the Liberation of camps Buchenwald and Dachau to the present. The music is composed by Bradley Dean Whyte & Alex Winkler with book and lyrics written by Eric C. Jones.The Musical is directed by Allison Heinz, Choreography by Jaime Raglow with Musical Direction by Samantha Westlake and stage management by Leslie Halverson with Orchestrations by Nate Weil. 

This racially & culturally diverse cast of 20 includes;

Alex Iacobucci ,

Chris Furrer

Luke Halpren

Mike Movidio

Colton Schied

Lynnette Li

Allison Taylor

Caitlin Dobbins

Jillian Jocson

Thomas Tong.

Christopher Ratliff

Katharine Jordan.

Isabel Bresnahan

Shelby Marie  Edwards

Evan Wilhelm

Emily Moon.

Cari Meixner.

Kati Schwaber.

Natalie Kreft.

Gage Peterson

The well-versed brother and sister producing team, book writer/producer Eric Jones and co-producer Lea Jones have both been involved in the Christian Theatre circuit with extensive credits as writers and directors. Eric Jones and Lea Jones are both graduates of Texas Southern University. Mr. Jones has won six awards for writing Best Screenplay, where his works Dreamland was selected into the National Black Theatre Festival. Mr. Jones also won the Platinum Remi at the World Fest Houston Film Festival for his Film We are All Made of Stars to name a few of his accomplishments.

Lea Jones is an award-winning producer of film. Ms. Jones has all-embracing writing acclaim of plays and film works to include The Witness, Surrender, Family of Faith, Destiny Calling, It's Finished, As for Me and My House and so many more. Her film The Ring was nominated for five 168Film Project Awards, including best picture. Ms. Jones has numerous writing and directing film and

The 2018 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival is hosted by The Underscore Theatre. This will mark their four year hosting

the festival in February. For tickets, click to this link. https://www.greenhousetheater.org/liberators

 

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