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Dec 2011 Come see "Are You Working On Something New, Too?" and support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The benefit concert will feature a new song written by Anna and her collaborator Jenny Stafford. Monday December 19th, 7:00pm at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street. Reserve online at www.DontTellMamaNYC.com |
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Dec 2011 Goodspeed Musicals have announced that HARMONY, KANSAS will be featured as part of their Annual Festival of New Artists. The festival runs Jan 13-15, 2012, in East Haddam, CT, and the HARMONY, KANSAS workshop presentation will take place Jan 13 at 7:30pm in the Goodspeed Opera House. For more information and festival tickets, call (860) 873-8668 or visit the Goodspeed website |
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Dec 2011 Diversionary Theatre in San Diego has announced that they will produce the world premiere of HARMONY, KANSAS as part of their 2012 season. Previews are June 14 to June 22. Opening Night is June 23 at 8pm. Performances run through July 22, 2012. More info here or read the press release |
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Nov 2011 The concert takes place on Monday, November 21 at 8pm, and tickets can be purchased here |
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Sept 2011 Admission is free, for tickets call 212-398-9366 , ext. 20. |
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Aug 2011 Get your tickets here and come dressed as your favorite Warhol Superstar to save $10! Use promo code SUPERSTAR when ordering. |
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July 2011 If you are in Connecticut this Wednesday, July 13th, come hear some incredibly talented young singers perform new works by Anna and her collaborators Anton Dudley and Jennifer Stafford as part of the Hotchkiss School Summer Concert Series. The concert is free and takes place at 7:30pm in Katherine M. Elfers Hall in the Esther Eastman Music Center. School grounds are open for picnics beforehand. Click here for more info |
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June 2011 POP! runs at The Studio Theatre, Washington DC, from July 13 - August 7. Directed by Keith Alan Baker, the production features Tom Story as Andy Warhol, with Matthew Delorenzo (Candy), Rachel Zampelli (Valerie), Deborah Lubega (Viva), Marylee Adams (Edie), Sean Maurice Lynch (Ondine) and Luke Tudball (Gerard). |
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April 2011 A stellar performance of "Here In The Hay" from HARMONY, KANSAS, performed by students from Temple University at the Sing Out Loud Cabaret, December 2010 |
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March 2011 Pittsburgh City Theatre has announced that it will produce POP! as part of its 2010-11 season. |
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February 2011 The kindergarten class at PS15 in Brooklyn, who are creating their own original opera- with some help from Anna- are featured on Channel 12 news |
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February 2011 HARMONY, KANSAS is set to receive its first reading on Tuesday, February 22nd, 3:30pm, at the Barrow Group in Midtown. The reading will be directed by Richard Biever, Artistic Director of Singing on Stage Productions, and Lynne Shankel will music direct. The cast will feature Zak Resnick as Heath; Doug Kreeger as his partner Julian; Howie Michael Smith as Wiley, the choir director; Bruce Warren as Darrell; Jonathan Rayson as Kent; Chris Hoch as Brigg; Nick Reynolds as Green Jello; Nick Cearley as DJ, the 17-year-old; and Bryan Scott Johnson as the senior member, Fuzz Click here to read the Playbill article |
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February 2011 Feeling the love? Anna has contributed songs to two upcoming Valentine-themed cabarets. On Thursday, Feb 3rd at 7pm, you can catch "We Are Women, Hear Us Sing" at The Duplex. All proceeds benefit Reveal, which supports women recovering from abuse and sex exploitation (www.revealnyc.org). For tickets and info, click here From Friday Feb 11th through Sunday Feb 13th, you can catch "The Big V-day Cabaret" at Barrington Stage Company. For tickets and info, click here |
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December 2010 Tuesday, December 14th at 7pm: The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York & NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program host an evening on POP! with Anna & Maggie-Kate, and special guests Randy Harrison, Brian Charles Rooney, Amy Burgess, and Lynne Shankel. Open to general public. For more info and to reserve seats, go here. |
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October 2010 It's been quite the month for concerts! On October 2, Deone Zanotto, Hayden Tee and Michael-August Turley performed a collection of Anna's songs at a gala event to benefit the Australian Independent Schools USA Foundation, and on October 11, Michael-August also performed "Ghosts of Gay Sex (In The 70's)"- a new song by Anna and Michael R. Jackson- at the Joe's Pub concert "So F*#%ing Gay: A Michael R. Jackson Song Thing." Next up, Anna and Zachary Redler's song "Stay" will be performed in a Lincoln Center Songbook series concert at 6pm on October 25, featuring the songs by Zach and Sara Cooper. The concert is FREE and will take place at the Bruno Walter Auditorium (New York Public Library Library for The Performing Arts @ 111 Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street). |
August 2010 Anna is thrilled to have been accepted as a 2010-11 Dramatists Guild Fellow, alongside her HARMONY, KANSAS collaborator, Bill Nelson. More info on the Dramatists Guild and their programs can be found at www.dramatistsguild.com |
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August 2010 Several of Anna's songs were recently performed as part of Bill Nelson's All-Male Revue, August 26-28 at Barrington Stage Company, MA, featuring Claybourne Elder, Orville Mendoza, Stanley Bahorek and Frank Galgano. The show will return October 8-10. For tickets and info, click here. |
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July 2010 Check out these recent news articles about Anna and her work: |
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July 2010 Anna is currently Composer-In-Residence at Hotchkiss Summer Portals in Lakeville, CT. Her newly commissioned choral piece, "They Shall Take Up The Serpents," with libretto by Sara Cooper, will receive its premiere next Wednesday, July 14 at 7:30pm, along with a couple of her latest theater songs. The Hotchkiss Summer Concert Series takes place in Katherine M. Elfers Hall in the Esther Eastman Music Center. Concerts are free. Grounds are open for picnics beforehand. For more information, call (860) 435-3173 or click here. |
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July 2010 POP! received three CT Critics Circle Awards at a ceremony that was hosted at the Westport Country Playhouse on June 16: Best Production of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Brian Charles Rooney) and Outstanding Lighting Design. Click here for more details. |
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May 2010 POP! has been nominated for 9 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding Production of a Musical, Director, Choreographer, Set Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, Sound Design, and Actor (Randy Harrison and Brian Charles Rooney). The 20th Annual Connecticut Critics Circle Awards will be presented at the Westport Country Playhouse on Monday, June 14, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Click here for more info |
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May 2010 Anna and her HARMONY, KANSAS collaborator, Bill Nelson, have been invited back for another 2-week stint at the CAP 21 Writer's Co-op, June 7-18. |
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Mar 2010 Wesley Taylor (Addams Family, Rock of Ages) and Claybourne Elder (Road Show) will perform a new song from HARMONY, KANSAS at Songs On Six, a benefit concert to support the Theatre Company at CAP21. The concert is on Monday, April 5th at 7:30pm. For more info, visit the CAP21 website (www.cap21.org) or read the Playbill article |
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Mar 2010 Anna is thrilled to have been selected for this year's New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio, which is presented in cooperation with Nautilus Music-Theater and runs March 17 - April 2. Each of the studio's participating five playwrights, five composers and five performers work in a round robin fashion so that, by the end of two weeks, 25 brand new songs have been created. More at www.newdramatists.org |
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Mar 2010 POP! is set to run at Washington DC's Studio Theatre, July 13, 2011 – August 7, 2011, under the direction of Artistic Director, Keith Alan Baker. More info as it comes. In the meantime check out the press release and Studio Theatre website at: www.studiotheatre.org |
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Feb 2010 New songs uploaded! Click on the media link above to hear "Anna's Dad," "Maybe Next Year," and "Stay," with performances by Hadley Cronk, Michael-August Turley, and Brittney Redler. |
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Jan 2010 Better late than never... check out this awesome review of Anna's musical, POP! in Variety |
Jan 2010 In honor of Australia Day, Anna's songs will be featured in Made in Australia: Music & Lyrics from Down Under, Jan. 25 at The Triad in Manhattan. The 7 PM concert will also showcase the songs of Australian musical theater writers Dean Bryant and Matthew Frank, Anthony Costanzo, Carmel Dean, James Millar and Peter Rutherford and Matthew Robinson. For more info, see Playbill |
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Jan 2010 Anna and her HARMONY KANSAS collaborator, Bill Nelson, are thrilled to be participating in the CAP21 Writer's Co-op January 5-15. The other writers participating in this year's co-op are Will Aronson, Rachel Jett, Julianne Wick Davis, Kirsten Guenther, Joe Kinosian, Kellen Blair, Alex Gemignani, Brad Bauner, Randy Blair, and Tim Drucker. www.cap21.org |
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Dec 2009 Anna and her POP! collaborator Maggie-Kate have been invited to write a song for the Lincoln Center Holiday Songbook, a free concert taking place 2:30pm this Sunday, December 13, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Bruno Walter Auditorium. Fellow Aussie-expat and [title of show] star Benjamin Howes will perform. For more info, see Playbill |
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Nov 2009 POP! in the news. New York Times: In Warhol’s Head, Where Something Surreal Ensues Boston Globe: Setting Warhol’s shooting, and his scene, to music |
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Nov 2009 "Little Precious," with lyrics by Anna and music by Carmel Dean, was recently performed at Cutting-Edge Composers II by Spring Awakening's Lilli Cooper. Check out her amazing performance below:
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Oct 2009 The complete cast and creative team of Yale Repertory Theatre's world premiere of POP! has been announced! Randy Harrison will star as Andy Warhol, alongside Danny Binstock (Gerard), Doug Kreeger (Ondine), Leslie Kritzer (Valerie), Cristen Paige (Edie), Brian Charles Rooney (Candy), and Emily Swallow (Viva). See playbill.com for all the info see Playbill |
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Oct 2009 Anna has been invited to be the Composer In Residence at the 2010 Hotchkiss Summer Portals. As part of her residency, Hotchkiss has commissioned her to compose a new "theatrical choral work" for their Chamber Choir. To read more or apply to the program, visit: http://www.hotchkiss.org/summer/ |
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Oct 2009 Come to NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program's Open House on Tuesday, October 20th and hear Amy Burgess perform "Up Your Ass" from POP!. Visit the program's website: http://gmtw.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html |
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Sep 2009 POP!, a new musical by Maggie-Kate Coleman & Anna K. Jacobs, will receive its world premiere production at the Yale Repertory Theatre this Fall, November 27 - December 19. Directing will be Mark Brokaw (How I Learned to Drive; this season’s After Miss Julie on Broadway). Tickets and more information can be accessed through the theatre's website: http://www.yalerep.org |
Sep 2009 A song from POP! will be performed as part of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 2009 Festival Songwriters Showcase. More info to come shortly. In the meantime, visit the NAMT website: http://www.namt.org |
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