New Writers at 54! The Songs of Sam Willmott feat. Tony Sheldon, Robert Ariza & more
August 10, 2017
New Writers at 54! is a summer series at Feinstein’s/54 Below showcasing exciting work by today’s hottest emerging voices. Click here to learn more about other shows in the New Writers at 54 series.
Composer/lyricist Sam Willmott returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below for a totally typical night of Viking chants, intercollegiate competitive Punjabi folk dancing, and, if we’re being real, lots of fantasy creatures. Winner of the 2015 Kleban Prize, a 2015 Jonathan Larson Grant and the 2012 Fred Ebb Award, Sam and a dazzling cadre of performers will present songs from projects old, new, and never-heard-before-therefore-terrifying-to-share.
Featuring:
Kerstin Anderson (The Sound of Music)
Robert Ariza (Spring Awakening, I Am Harvey Milk at Lincoln Center, Spamilton)
Elizabeth Crawford (Tuck Everlasting, White Christmas National Tour)
Laura Dadap (Voca People, Bhangin’ It)
Angel Desai (Company)
Latoya Edwards (Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat, The Get Down)
Josh Lerner (Pace University MT ’19)
Hudson Loverro (A Bronx Tale, Assassins)
Ronald Peet (Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories, Girls, Kentucky)
Salena Qureshi (Evita at Maine State Music Theater, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Girls)
Tony Sheldon (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Amelie)
Deep Singh (percussionist for Bombay Dreams, Come Fly Away, Monsoon Wedding)
Kuhoo Verma (Monsoon Wedding, Judd Apatow’s The Big Sick, NYU Reality Show)
Jessica Tyler Wright (NYCO’s Candide, Sweeney Todd, Company, War Horse)
Directed by Sammi Cannold
Musical Direction by Madeline Smith
