NewPlace Studio Theatre Ends Run of LIBERTY INN, 4/25

22 original songs by a brilliant young composer, a hilarious plot borrowed from Goldoni, and a play stuffed with fun...makes its WORLD PREMIERE. The NewPalace Studio Theatre will end its run of LIBERTY INN on April 25th.

WHAT: "LIBERTY INN: THE MUSICAL"

Book and Lyrics by: Dakin Matthews
Music by: B. T. Ryback
Directed by: Anne McNaughton
Produced by: Dakin Matthews & Anne McNaughton
Presented by: Andak Stage Company

Description: Adapted from Goldoni's comic masterpiece La locandiera (The Landlady) by Dakin Matthews (book and lyrics) and B. T. Ryback (music). Liberty Inn: The Musical is a world premiere full-length musical comedy about a Hessian Captain who hates women, and a wily landlady who tries to tame him. The play, set in post-colonial America and features 22 original songs.

Dakin Matthews (Book & Lyrics, Co-Producer) is the Artistic Director of Andak Stage Company and a multiple award-winning playwright, who has produced five of his scripts at Andak: three originals (The Prince of L.A., A Magic Christmas, and The Savannah Option) and two translations (Spite for Spite and Don Juan the Trickster of Seville). Other scripts: The Liar and The Proof of the Promise, verse translations from the Spanish, were produced by the Antaeus Company and toured to the international Siglo de Oro Festival in El Paso; Uncommon Players was produced at the Old Globe Theatre and Shakespeare on the Beach, and The Great Fugue at ACT in San Francisco; his single play adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV has been produced across the country, including a Tony Award winning production at Lincoln Center Theater, for which he won a special Drama Desk Award. He is also a busy actor, teacher, dramaturge, and Shakespeare scholar, and was the Founding Artistic Director of the Antaeus Company.

B.T. RYBACK (Music, Musical Director, and Accompanist) won the 2007 Tennessee Williams One-Act Competition for his play Weïrd. His play A Roz By Any Other Name was the winner of the 2007 Henrico County Theatre One-Act Competition. He is an actor, playwright, and composer. Mr. Ryback's additional works include I, Abraham (UCLA commission), Quit India (Finalist, 2007 Richard Rodgers Award), the book for Darling (PACE New Musicals 2009), and the music for the movie-musical Shoulder Pads. He is a regular composer for Milwaukee's Skylight Opera Theatre's Education program, Kidswrites, which pairs the uncorrected writing of inner-city grade school students with professional actors and composers. He also served for five years as the composer/lyricist for Next Act Theatre's Next Actors Summer Theatre for Youth, during which time he composed music and lyrics for five original musical theatre pieces in collaboration with Milwaukee's inner-city youth. Currently B.T. Ryback is completing the book, music, and lyrics to The Tavern Keeper's Daughter. This season he will be appearing in The 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at La Mirada Theatre and in Dr. Cerberus at South Coast Repertory Theatre.

 

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