VOTE! A New Musical about high school election espionage & the pursuit of a real dream that "counts" received a private, industry-only reading in Manhattan with Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Seussical, Spelling Bee) and Haviland Stillwell (Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof) starring.
Rice University Alumni and co-collaborators Ryann Ferguson and Steven Jamail (of 2005 Fringe Festival's Byzantium and Harper's Guild Award Winners for Best Aria, "Lotus Song") come from intensive theatre backgrounds ranging from production, to marketing, to lighting design, and composition, collectively. With successful experiences both together and apart, the two have joined forces again in creating and writing VOTE!Director Ryan J. Davis recently directed The Broadway Boy Beauty Pageant (aka Mr. Broadway) at New World Stages. Previous NYC directing credits include White Noise (NYMF '06) My Life on Craigslist (45th Street Theater) Grace Falls & Genius Famous (Fringe NYC) and others. As a politico, Davis also writes for the Huffington Post & The Hill.The full cast also includes Celisse Henderson (Wicked National Tour, upcoming Godspell revival) Alissa Wyatt, Krystal Brown (RENT Tour), Landon Beard (Altar Boyz), Tracy Weiler, Kevin Curtis, Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, Little Women National Tour), Jacqui Polk (Hairspray), Matt Skrincosky, and Jake Wilson (The Battery's Down).
The cake
Andrew Keenan-Bolger shows his patriotic side as Uncle Sam for VOTE!
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Ryann Ferguson
The cast of VOTE!
Letting loose
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