Hartt Students To Participate In Goodspeed's Festival Of New Artists
By: Gabrielle Sierra Jan. 08, 2010
The Hartt School's Music Theatre senior class, in addition to three professional guest artists, will comprise the casts of the 2010 Goodspeed Festival of New Artists. The Fifth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists features staged readings of brand new works for the American Music Theatre in this creative gathering of authors, actors, artists, and musical theatre lovers.
Goodspeed Musicals and The Hartt School Theatre Division have a long-established Partnership in Training and recently developed BAND GEEKS! together. The festival, which is open to the general public, will be at the historic Goodspped Opera House in East Haddam, CT, from Friday, January 15 through Sunday, January 17. For reservations, call or visit the Goodspeed Box Office 860.873.8668 or order online at http://www.goodspeed.org/tickets.aspx.
The event is the culmination of the New Artists Program, which offers new and emerging writers and composers the opportunity to work on their projects with the help of Goodspeed's renowned resources, while providing Hartt School seniors with real world experience in new musical development.
The Festival of New Artists will showcase staged readings of the new musicals developed during the New Artists Program. Weekend activities include a symposium, a "Meet the Writers" reception, a Festival of New Artists Cabaret, and more. For more information about Goodspeed and all programs there, visit www.goodspeed.org.Hartt senior Music Theatre students participating in the Festival of New Artists are: Brittney Bertier,
Kyle Brand, Daniel Cake, Alden Caple, Seth Eliser, Alexandra Ferrara, Stephanie Genovese, Abby Gershuny, Brock Harris, Sheldon Henry, Jacquelyn Kastrinelis, Sarah Killough, Jeffrey Manno, David Marmanillo, Emily McLoughlin, Patrick Morrissey, Nicholas Palazzo, Alex Reitze, Andrea Rice, Kyle Rudolph, Cody Ryan, Jamal Shuriah, Philip Smith, Alexandra Tripp. Juniors Jillian Soares and Samantha Mitchell also will take part.
Being presented during the Festival:
Hello Out There
It's the summer of 1995, a dozen years before the current financial crisis and the scandal of Bernie Madoff. Three Internet-savvy teens earn tens of thousands of dollars in the stock market using an ingenious method that may or may not be illegal. When an immigrant taxi driver loses his life savings because of the teenagers' game, he alerts the S.E.C. What initially was a high-flying summer of getting rich turns upside down as the S.E.C. chases the teens across the Internet, through the New Jersey suburbs, and all the way to Wall Street.
Book & Lyrics by Eric Price
Music by Frank Terry
ReWrite
This triple feature of wild musicals connects in surprising and dangerous ways. "Nelson Rocks!" is a pop/rock show about a young dude who needs to fix his life before the bell rings. "Miss Marzipan" is a dizzy musical about a high-stakes dinner party. A little bit of blood is spilt, but it's nothing that some kitchen towels can't clean up. "The Process" deals with a writer on deadline to finish his musical at the Dunkin' Donuts. As his characters begin to populate the coffee shop, our friendly counter lady serves as a guide through this passionate look into one man's writing process.
Book, Music & Lyrics by Joe Inconis
Lincoln in Love
It's a crucial moment in young Abe Lincoln's life - the fledgling lawyer has served his first term in the Illinois state legislature and he's mourning the death of his fiancée, Ann Rutledge. Enter socialite Mary Todd, arrived in Springfield to visit her sister and find a husband suitable to her cultivated taste and ambition. While at first she finds Lincoln coarse and uncivilized, Mary sees his great potential after his first major trial. Their on-again, off-again relationship is just one of the challenges and events that shaped the young Lincoln into the leader he would become.
Book & Lyrics by Peter Kellogg
Music by David Friedman
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