Amas Musical Theatre
2009 - 2010 Season
AMAS MAINSTAGE
Signs of Life: A Tale of Terezin, music by Joel Derfner, lyrics by Len Schiff, book by Peter Ullian, directed by Jeremy Dobrish. This hauntingly beautiful piece about the "model" ghetto Theresienstadt that was created by Hitler when the Nazis took over the Czech town of Terezin is being supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Click here for more information.
FEBRUARY 16 -- MARCH 21, 2010 -- Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, West 63rd St.
AMAS WORKSHOPS
The Magic of Salsa Kingdom, directed and choreographed by Amas Artist-In-Residence Maria Torres for the newest Amas program, The Maria Torres Dance Theatre Company. This repertory company will showcase the talents of a fresh generation of young, professional dancers as they perform Torres's signature multiculturally-inspired choreography.
SEPTEMBER 18-19 -- The Salsa Kingdom Festival, Southport, England - New York dates TBD
Keep on Walkin', book by James Armstrong, lyrics by Joshua H. Cohen, music by Lavell Blackwell. This family musical explores the pen-pal relationship of two 12-year-old schoolgirls, one an African-American living in Alabama, the other a white Staten Islander, during the historic Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott of 1955-56.
SPRING 2010 -- TBA
BURLY-Q! . . . a Gay Burlesque, written by Peter Charles Morris, Phillip George, Ernie Lijoi and Tom Orr, directed by Phillip George. An old-fashioned burlesque show with a new twist!
SPRING 2010 -- TBA
AMAS SIX O'CLOCK THEATRE LAB
Secrets of Songwriting, music and lyrics by Randi Michaels Block, book by Michael Aman, directed by Michael Bush, explores the relationships of four diverse female singer/songwriters.
FALL 2009 - TBA
Please note that several more musicals will be announced for the Amas Six O'Clock Musical Theatre Lab Series
"BLAST FROM THE PAST" BENEFIT GALA
MARCH 2010 -- TBA
THE ROSETTA LeNOIRE MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY
See what the talented Academy Teens come up with for their end-of-year production. Directed by Christopher Scott
MAY 7-16 - TBA
Amas Musical Theatre names Director/Choreographer Maria Torres Artist-in-Residence,
announces Emerging Artist Project
 Thanks to All Who Attended our Special Amas Benefit Event! It Marking the Debut of the Maria Torres Dance Theatre Company and Emerging Artist Project
Fans of Amas Musical Theatre and Maria Torres flocked to Taj Lounge on August 10 to support the debut of the Maria Torres Dance Theatre Company and Emerging Artist Ensemble. Chairing the event was stage and screen star Vanessa Williams. The dance-packed evening ran late so we postponed the Live Auction. It will now be online! Click here for details.
Great News!! Honorary Chair Vanessa Williams announced that she had just won $50,000 for the company on the celebrity portion of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and Janet Carrus of the Gerald and Janet Carrus Foundation was present with many friends and family members for the announcement of their grant of $25,000 to the initiative. It was a wonderful beginning! Stay tuned for more news on this exciting new Amas program.
 Maria Torres and Donna Trinkoff
 Maria Torres and Vanessa Williams
 Members of the Maria Torres Emerging Artist Project
All photos by Jules Helm
New York: Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director), announced the appointment of Maria Torres as Artist-in-Residence, naming the Latina director and choreographer to spearhead a new initiative in dance theatre, The Maria Torres Emerging Artist Project. The Project will showcase the talents of a new generation of young, professional dancers as they perform Torres’s signature multiculturally-inspired choreography in newly developed Amas work.
"Maria has been in the Amas family for years, having choreographed 4 Guys Named Jose (2000) and directed and choreographed our hit Latin Heat (2003)", says Trinkoff. "A major part of the Amas missio n is to support the emergence of new talent, and while Maria’s career is in full bloom, it’s time for the world to see her impact on the next generation of performers. These young dancers are phenomenal", she adds. "In the coming weeks and months we’ll be presenting them in exciting new performance pieces in work that will be developed at Amas."
The Maria Torres Emerging Artist Project will train aspiring performers as young as eight, but the professional performing cadre will focus on those from 14 to 30 years of age. "I’m thrilled to have Amas Musical Theatre as my home for this groundbreaking project", says Torres. "We have such exciting plans for these young talents, and we’ll be announcing some of these projects very shortly", she added.
Torres has starred on Broadway in the musical Swing! and as a choreographer is a veteran of stage and screen. Her work can be seen in the upcoming Tim Allen and Andie McDowell film The Six Wives of Henry LeFay and she has recently appeared as guest choreographer on the hit television show So You Think You Can Dance. She has trained Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams for the film Enchanted and Raven Simone in College Road Trip. Torres also choreographed Jennifer Lopez and Marc Antony in El Cantante, a film in which she also appeared.
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