My wonderful collaborator Julia Meinwald teamed up with our wonderful friend Shoshana Greenberg to present “Everybody Says Not To Be This Way” at The Duplex on May 1! It was a chance to share a number of our songs for the first time in NYC (or for the first time anywhere!) and I’m excited to share a few highlights!
Thanks to the illustrious Rich Silverstein for his always incredible music direction, and thanks to Julia and Shoshana for putting together a great night!
What a wonderful experience putting our gigantic little musical in the world for the first time. You can see for yourself just how amazing the world we built was!
A huge thanks to everyone involved in the production: Director Matt Morrow, Choreographer Stephen Brotebeck, and Music Director Patrick Marion; cast members Steve Gouveia, Sam Heldt, Lauren King Thompson, Allison Spratt Pearce, Shaun Tuazon-Martin, and Marci Anne Wuebben; stage management & run crew team Kendra Stockton, Isaac Fowler, Joey Kirkpatrick, and Kate Morton; designers Robin Sanford Roberts, Elisa Benzoni, Christina Martin, Matt Lescault-Wood, Peter Herman, and Bonnie Durben; technicians Carleton Starr, Caitlin Lamar; musicians Mack Leighton, Armando Silva, and Tom Versen; and the whole Diversionary staff including Jenny Case, David Shorey, and Skyler Sullivan; and our phenomenal production sponsors Rob Granat and Al Mazur.
(Also thanks to all the crystal shops and vegetarian restaurants in San Diego that helped make me feel right at home!)
Despite always being the ultimate goal, it’s such a strange rarity to get to see what you’ve written live onstage. And it’s even more of a rarity to see it both fulfill all of your wishes and go beyond your wildest dreams at the same time. I can’t wait to carry all that I’ve experienced and learned at Diversionary into the future!
Six weeks after arriving in San Diego (with a few new songs under our belt, a few old songs firmly in the trunk, and a week of previews), Diversionary Theatre‘s world premiere of The Loneliest Girl in the World has officially opened!
Audiences have been fully embracing our giant little show, and critics have liked it, too! James Hebert of The San Diego Union-Tribune calls it “ingenious” with a “remarkable… generosity of spirit.” (And you know he got the show when he calls Tommy’s final pie-ing “an expression of something like tough love.”) I am so in love with the work that has been done, and so happy that it is resonating.
And now we’ve extended! You have until July 1 to check it out. Get your tickets now!
I’ll be posting updates from time to time on this site while we’re out in San Diego, but for up-to-the-minute photos and updates, you should follow @theloneliestgirlintheworld and @diversionarysd!
T-minus 4 days to the first rehearsal…
UPDATE: You can now follow @gordonandjuliamusicals for information on all of our work!
We are two weeks away from our first rehearsal for the Diversionary Theatre production of The Loneliest Girl In the World and I couldn’t be more excited. The script and score have been submitted, and I’m dutifully putting off packing as long as I can.
In the meantime, though, I’m so happy to share the wonderful (and recently announced) cast – Allison Spratt Pearce (Anita), Sam Heldt (Tommy), Steve Gouveia (Bob, etc.), Marci Anne Wuebben (Kay, etc.), Lauren King Thompson (Mary Ann Mobley, etc.), and Shaun Tuazon (Kyle, etc.)
And on top of a wonderful cast, we’ve got a wonderful team bringing the show to life – Matt Morrow (Director), Patrick Marion (Music Director), Stephen Brotebeck (Choreographer/Associate Director), Robin Sanford Roberts (Scenic Design), Elisa Benzoni (Costume Design), Christina J. Martin (Lighting Design), Matt Lescault-Wood (Sound Design), Bonnie Durben (Properties Design), and Peter Herman (Wig Design.)
(Yes, we have a wig designer, and yes, that makes me very happy.)
Grab your tickets now… Previews start May 24 ahead of our June 2 opening night!