"Old Country" Video - Resurrected To Promote A Fair Election!

While this song was written in 2011 for my musical AFTERLAND, the unaltered lyrics feel extremely prescient right here, right now, as we approach the end of a contentious election and the prospect of millions of votes not being counted. My friend Nic Cory had the brilliant idea to make a video of “Old Country” to promote ProtectTheResults.com, and Katie and I said HELL YES! It’s a rollicking ride of a video that I hope you enjoy, and please make sure your vote gets counted!!

FEATURING Benjamin Velez, Katie Hathaway, Maria-Christina Oliveras, Joél Perez, Emma Hathaway (Fiddle), and Antwayn Hopper (Narrator) ANIMATION by Jay Marks / EDITING by Roberto Araujo PRODUCED & DIRECTED by Nic Cory

NAMT Cabaret 2017!

I was lucky to be a part of the recent NAMT Conference (National Alliance for Musical Theater) as part of a mid-day cabaret where Katie Hathaway and I presented 4 songs from Afterland and Starblasters alongside our infinitely talented cohorts, Ben Moss and Emily Skeggs!

Video coming soon, but enjoy this adorable picture of the four of us next to our billing in the meantime!

Afterland at YIMT!

It was such an honor and a privilege to get to workshop the show at YIMT. Everyone involved was a joy to work with and thanks to the collaborative environment the piece came farther than we could have imagined possible. Special thanks to Mark Brokaw for his directing, Kim Grigsby for her musical direction, Catherine Sheehy for her dramaturgical support, Sonja Thorson for the best stage management possible, and our incredible cast: Nate Janis, Emily Skeggs, Alysha Umphress, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jacob Ming-Trent, Theresa McCarthy, and Steve Skybell.

We're excited for the next stage of development! As they say in the Afterland, Wonder and Amazement!

Check out some photos from YIMT courtesy of photographer ©Tim Mannle

Cheese Song featured in BMI Article by the Associated Press!

A reporter from the Associated Press wrote a piece on the BMI workshop and it features a new song from Afterland that Katie and I presented. It got picked up by a bunch of sites, including the New York Times. Check it out!

Premiering "Afterland" at Joe's Pub!

On Monday Feb. 4th @ 7PM, Katie and I are premiering the title song from our musical Afterland as part of the latest Cutting Edge Composers concert, produced by Laura Pietropinto and Jillian Robbins and music directed by Julie McBride.

We are so excited to have four incredible singers performing our song: Katie Thompson, Matt Saldivar, Jason Gotay and Preston Sadleir. Not to mention a full band along with the incredible Doug Goldstein on banjo!

I'll update with a video after the concert, but for now, here's the Press Release on Broadway World, and click HERE to BUY TICKETS!