'Sophia's Fall' to be Part of NYMTF Dance Series

SOPHIA'S FALL, a musical by Benjamin Birney and Rob Seitelman, will perform at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) as part of their new Dance Series. Jason Summers (Growing Up 70's) will choreograph and direct. Performances will begin on Thursday, September 18th, continuing through Saturday, September 20th.

SOPHIA'S FALL is an intense musical journey chronicling the final acts of creation through the eyes of Sophia, the mother angel who saved Adam and Eve from Lucifer and his fallen demons.  An epic love story, SOPHIA'S FALL is about the triumph of love over justice and the battle that rages inside each of us.  A four-piece rock band and fluid, modern dance choreography round out a dark, tuneful score.  SOPHIA'S FALL is an official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The cast for SOPHIA'S FALL is as follows:
Philip Deyesso as "Death" (365 Days 365 Plays at The Public Theatre, Cold As Ice at the Gateway Playhouse), Meghann Dreyfuss as "Raphael" (Mamma Mia! on Broadway), Liberty Edwards as "Eve" (Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island: The Musical), Tessa Faye as "Gabriel" (Only a Lad at FringeNYC, Bye Bye Birdie), Chris Gleim as "Beelzebub" (Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour with Ted Neeley, Best Little Whorehouse National Tour), Clarissa Grace as "Mammon" (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat National Tour, Radio City Christmas Spectacular NYC Company, Saturday Night Fever Las Vegas Company), Graham Kurtz as "Adam" (West Side Story International Tour), Joe Paparella as "Michael" (Les Miserables and Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, 1st National Tour of Mamma Mia!), Danielle Erin Rhodes as "Sophia" (Back Home at NYMF, Oliver! First National Tour, Grease European Tour), Nikki Van Cassele as "Sin" (Cabaret 1st National Tour, Godspell at the Walnut Street Theatre), Ryan Williams as "Lucifer" (Les Miserables National Tour, Grease National Tour, Evil Dead Off Broadway), and Michael Wolland as "Belial" (Oliver! First National Tour)

Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) exists to revitalize one of America's greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater. Since its inception in 2004, the three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals – many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide.  NYMF 2004 hit Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances off-Broadway and is now in its fourth year at New World Stages; fellow NYMF alum [title of show] recently began performances at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.

Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, King Displays, Panasonic Astrovision, and TheMENEvent. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Festival memberships are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101; single tickets go on sale on September 1. For more information, visit www.nymf.org.

SOPHIA'S FALL will begin performances on Thursday, September 18th and will continue Saturday, September 20th. 

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