Gordon Leary

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Roberta-Bot

Readings

It was so great to hear the new short musical tonight that Julia and I wrote for New York City Children’s Theater!  Roberta-Bot tells the story of a perfectionist girl who becomes convinced she must be a robot when she encounters her best friend’s robo-sitter.  (Why else would she be so perfect?)

We were one of five teams to write short musicals around the topic of children and technology, and we were delighted to see the work by the four other talented teams: Charlie Sohne & Tim Rosser, Kevin Hammonds & Kristin Blair, John Herin & Alden Terry, and Ty Defoe & Tidtaya Sinutoke.  This first read was directed by Dev Bondarin, with music direction by Micah Young.  Roberta-Bot featured Diana Fox, Hector Ortiz, and Vanessa Spica.

Thanks to Barbara Zinn Krieger and Emma Halpern at NYCCT for the opportunity!

News

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Julia and I are really excited to have been commissioned to write a short musical for New York City Children’s Theater (formerly known as Making Books Sing.)  We’re happy to be one of five teams writing on the project with director Dev Bondarin.  We’re hard at work rewriting our project now, on our way to a first workshop in early May.  Be on the lookout for more information to come!

 

Until next time, Philly…

Musings The Loneliest Girl in the World

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I couldn’t have been more happy to have seen PIED! come to life tonight at the Merriam Theater.  We got to see the way it moves, the way it breathes – all brought to life by an amazing team of actors and collaborators at the University of the Arts.

Thanks to director Ben Kamine for leading the way and giving us a complete picture of the work we have.  Thanks to music director Christopher Tolomeo for taking on this monumental task.  Thanks to student assistant director Chelsae Bazzel and student stage managers Alyse Hogan and Stef Zamparelli for holding it all together.  Thanks to actors Marcus Briddell, Bryce Crandall, Patrick Henkel, Katie Markey, Elexis Morton, Matthew Oster, Hannah Parke, Cody Swanson, Jackson Teeley, Bianca Teresi, and Carrie Thorwarth for jumping into this show so fearlessly and graciously.  Thanks to Joanna Settle and Cesar Alvarez for founding the Polyphone Festival and bringing us along for the ride.  And thanks to David Jenkins, Aziz Naouai, Catherine Logan, Joshua Campbell, and everyone at UArts for making us feel welcome and well taken care of.

We’re very excited about all that we learned in Philadelphia and can’t wait to get to work on the next draft!