A FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
NOW THROUGH DEC 7
4NEW Musicals! 3ADMISSION FREE
IN DEVELOPMENT
2 ONE-NIGHT-ONLY Special Events!
November 15 @ 3 & 7pm • November 16 @ 3pm FREE
BRIDGES
book and lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis
music by Douglas J. Cohen
music director Chris Ranney
directed by Jeffrey Page
In 1965, a young woman joins a march to fight for her civil rights. Decades later, another young woman faces her own battle for equality. As their stories collide across time, each must come to terms with who she is in a changing world.
November 19 @ 3 & 7pm • November 20 @ 3pm FREE
ROMEO AND BERNADETTE
A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
book and lyrics by Mark Saltzman
music adapted from classic Italian melodies
music director Aaron Gandy
directed by Justin Ross
Romeo—yes, THAT Romeo—finds himself in 1960 Brooklyn, chasing a girl he believes is his beloved Juliet. But no, it's Bernadette, the beautiful, foul-mouthed daughter of a crime family in this wild spoof of Shakespeare’s timeless tale.
November 29 @ 3 & 7pm • November 30 @ 3pm FREE
STEALING FREEDOM
The True, Heroic Life of the Extraordinary Captain Smalls
by Scott Winfield Sublett
music Supervisor and arrangements Phil Reno
music director Evan Alparone
directed by Christopher Scott
(formerly Charleston Harbor) A musical of one of the greatest military feats in American History—the forgotten story of a 23-year-old slave who, in a desperate bid for freedom, attempted to steal a Confederate gunboat from the most heavily defended harbor in the South.
December 6 @ 3 & 7pm • December 7 @ 3pm FREE
Amas Musical Theatre presents
in association with
Lou Diamond Philips
DISTANT THUNDER
book by Lynne and Shaun Taylor-Corbett
music and lyrics by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Chris Wiseman
add’l music and lyrics by Robert Lindsey-Nassif and Michael Moricz
music director Beth Falcone
directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
A child is torn away from the Blackfeet Reservation and raised by his mother in Chicago. Now as a young attorney, he returns to his tribe seeking reconciliation with his estranged father and unwittingly sets off a firestorm.
BENEFIT EVENT • November 17 @ 8pm $25/$40
THE ALGONQUIN KID
A musical revue about growing up in the Algonquin Hotel
by Michael Colby
musical director Michael Lavine
directed by Charles Reople
YOUR TICKET PURCHASE IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE!
CABARET EVENT • December 1 @ 8pm $25/$40
WITH LOVE, MARILYN
written by Erin Sullivan
music director Garrett Taylor
directed by Stephanie Rosenberg
A special one-woman tribute to
one of the most iconic romantic ingénues