2013 New Musicals Workshop presents:
BASTARD JONES: A Rock Musical based on Henry Fielding's TOM JONES
Book & Lyrics by Marc Acito, Music & Lyrics by Amy Engelhardt
Directed by Lori Bales
Musical Direction by Kevin Long
Workshop: January 7th-20th
"UPDATE!!! The staged reading of BASTARD JONES will be performed at 6:00pm on Saturday, January 19th in Kaeuper Hall at Millikin University. There will be a talk-back with the Cast, Creative Team, and Writers directly following the performance!"
Follow this link for more information on BASTARD JONES.
http://bastardjones.com/
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Amy Engelhardt helping the cast find thier "funk" during rehearsals of New Musical Workshop 2013. |
Cast List:
Tom: Jack O'Brien
Allworthy/FItzpatrick: Sean Doherty
Shepheard/Drunk Soldier: Ryan Andrews
Blifil/Landlady Nanny: Darian Lunsford
Lord Fellamar/Partridge: Geoffrey Eggleston
Mean or Meaner Church Woman/Drunkest Soldier: Coy Branscum
Mean or Meaner Church Woman, Valet, Footman: Josh Betz
Sohpia: Sarah Beth Odle
Molly: Arri Pittman
Harriet: Kim McClay
Miss Shepherd/Drunkest Soldier: Jessica Benson
Bridget/Mrs. Waters: Charlotte Fox
Lady Bellaston: Katie Colletta
Ladies Maid, House Maid: Jamie Shriner
House Maid, Nanny's Looney Mum: Lila Rivard-Hoster
2012 New Musicals Workshop presents:
The Grid
By Marisa Michelson (2011 recipient of the Larson Award) and Frank Terry
Directed by Lori Bales
Musical Direction by Kevin Long
Workshop: January 11-21
Artist's Residency: January 15-22
Public Showing: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 7:00pm
Kaeuper Hall, Millikin University
Show description:
The Grid tells the story of Eva, a successful, go-get-'em New Yorker who, when she learns that the body of her missing father has been discovered alone in a trailer in the AZ desert, packs her bags & journeys across America, seeking to understand why some people choose to abandon family, career, and civilization to live entirely off the grid. Eva’s journey poses questions about whether modern society is a place in which a human being can & should live, and whether the costs of leaving the grid (loneliness, absence of human connection & culture) are worth the benefits (solace, independence, the eradication of meaninglessness, mindlessness). At the heart of the story is a young woman whose father abandoned her for reasons she can't understand. If she can come to understand why her father left (and find a reason better than her unconscious, pseudo-Freudian suspicion that she just isn't lovable) perhaps she can grieve & move on. The danger, of course, is that if she DOES come to fully understand her father's choice, perhaps she'll be compelled to make the same choice for herself.
Ensemble Members:
Anastasia Arnold
Katie Colletta
Sean Doherty
Brittany Dye
Charlotte Fox
Colin Funk
Adam Glickman
Darian Lunsford
Kim McClay
Jaymeson Metz
Jack O'Brien
Sarah Beth Odle
Elizabeth Sherman
Lili Torre
Stage Management:
Maegan Passafume
Alberto Ruiz
Writers of "Golden Gate"win Larson Award