New Family Musical ENDANGERED Extends Its Run At The Davenport

The hit family musical ENDANGERED! will extend its run at the Davenport Theatre (354 West 45 Street), now through October 8, 2017. ENDANGERED! is a multi-cultural, multi-species, rockin' crockin' musical about a social media Whiz Kid reporter and a group of famous endangered animals from around the globe, who must survive an unexpected superstorm! Stranded at the zoo when Superstorm Beyoncé hits New York City, the Kid and the endangered animals must quickly learn to understand and respect each other, coming together as one in order to save themselves from the flood!

ENDANGERED! is Off-Broadway's newest hit family show, originally commissioned by the Friends of the National Zoo and created in conjunction with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington's TAP Arts Camp. In the summer of 2013, ENDANGERED! had a staged reading at the National Zoo, then premiered live-streamed on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

Inspiring, engaging and 'wildly' entertaining, ENDANGERED! has melodies that are renewable, and harmonies that are sustainable, making this groundbreaking eco-musical uplifting and enjoyable for creatures of all ages! Who knew saving the world could be this much fun?

The creative team includes Lena Gabrielle (Music Director, Arrangements and Additional Music), Doug Katsaros (Orchestrations), Ann Beyersdorfer (Set Design), Catherine Clark (Lighting Designer), Collin Ranney (Costume Designer), Patrick A. Lachance (Sound Designer), Ido Levran (Projection Designer), NJ Agwuna (Associate Director), Gabby Cogan (Associate Choreographer), Evan Bernardin (General Manager), Peri Shaw and Heidi Hutner (Associate Producers).

Updated Playing Schedule: Wednesday at 11am & 3pm; Saturday 3 pm / 6 pm; Sunday at 3 pm

*Subject to change- check website for updates: EndangeredTheMusical.com.

Who's Who

KENI FINE (Book and Lyrics, Additional Music) is a Lyricist, Librettist, Composer based in NYC, member of the Dramatists Guild. Keni's other musicals include TRUTH, IMAGINARY LOVERS, UNFriendly Fire, HE THINKS IT'S HIS SHOW, and "SWAMI PAJAMANANDA & the LIGHT-HEARTED PATH", an immersive, enlightening, multi-media performance project. As a producer on the Broadway stage, Keni helped bring to life LOMBARDI on Broadway, starring Dan Luria and Judith Light; and Ken Davenport's revival of GODSPELL. He is a graduate of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Writing Workshop, NYU/Tisch's Experimental Theater Wing, and the Commercial Theater Institute's 14-Week Workshop in Commercial Producing. Keni studied acting with Stella Adler; directing and theater composition with Anne Bogart; musical theater with Elizabeth Swados; musical book writing with Marsha Norman; sketch comedy writing with Upright Citizen's Brigade; and is a graduate of the NYU School of Law. ENDANGERED is dedicated with Love and Respect to all the Kids and animals of the world.

TONY SMALL (Music, Original Lyrics*) From being selected as one of the White House Millennium Committee's top Artists to serving as Composer and Librettist for the Smithsonian's first-ever commissioned Opera for the Sultanate of Oman, Tony Small has won national composer, playwright and lyricist awards in Jazz, Classical, Musical Theatre and Gospel genres, including a Stellar, the Grammy's of Gospel music. He has created nationally recognized interdisciplinary arts and STEM programs in four major cities including Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC and Baltimore. The TAP -Teen Arts Program- he founded in 2007 was selected as one of the top 2016 Presidential Arts & Humanities Youth Programs. Tony currently serves as Founding Director for SPEARS (Strategic Partnerships in Education, Arts, Research & STEM) and the 1st Regional Artistic Director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. He is a partner at Artistré Entertainment & Publishing. (*Original Lyrics to Me Nobody Knows by Tony Small)

Michael Chase Gosselin (Director/Choreographer) is a Director and Producer based in NYC. He recently directed Kit Goldstein Grant's The Nose: A New Family Musical at the famous Master Theater in Brighton Beach, and the world premiere of Tim Sulka & Debra Barsha's The Most Miserable Christmas Tree. He produced Midnight At The Never Get and Ludo's Broken Bride at NYMF in 2016, and Pope! An Epic Musical in 2015. In 2013, he directed a reading of Moby Dick: A Whale Of A Tale for Cameron Mackintosh. He was the Producing Artistic Director of Act Three Theatricals in Vermont 2006-2012. As a Director/Choreographer, additional recent credits include Disney's Tarzan (VT Premiere), The Wedding Singer and South Pacific (NCT), Rock Nativity (Regional Premiere), a Vermont tour of The Complete History Of America (ABRIDGED), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and A Christmas Carol for the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre, and Legally Blonde for Clark University. He is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. www.michaelchasegosselin.com

Lena Gabrielle (Music Director, Arrangements, Additional Music) Lena Gabrielle is a NYC based Music Director, Arranger, Orchestrator, and Composer/Lyricist, specializing in new works development. As Music Director: 30 Million (Theatre Row), A Taste of Things To Come (Bucks County Playhouse), New York Animals (Assistant MD, New Ohio Theatre), Next to Normal (Pittsburgh), Jesus Christ Superstar (Pittsburgh). As Composer/Lyricist: Tink! (NYMF 2016), Sleeping Beauty: A New Musical (Pittsburgh). Orchestrations/Arrangements: The Most Miserable Christmas Tree (World Premiere, NYC), A Taste of Things to Come (BCP/ York Theatre Company). Much love to MCG, Keni, and Planet Earth. @lenagabrielle