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​​​​Directed by Susan Boulanger, Music direction by Melody Valdez, Lights and Stage Management by Matt Coogan​

Featuring:

Amarech Mendez as Earon Nealey
Jessie Macbeth as Jen Coogan
Andrea Rae as Erin Merritt
Amy Laird-Webb as Daryl Roth
Miranda Macasero as Mimi Lien
Corynn Seahulster as Ilana Levine
Christina Swindlehurst Chan as Dawn Chiang
Claire Kepple as Lauren Gunderson
Madelyn Simon as Jennifer Ashley Tepper

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  • Tyler Aguallo (VALENTINE)

  • Anthony Doan (LUCETTA / THURIO)

  • Michelle Navarrete (DUKE OF MILAN / ANTONIO / EGLAMOUR / OUTLAW 3)

  • Emily Newsome (SILVIA / OUTLAW 2)

  • Joel Ochoa (LAUNCE / SPEED)

  • Brennan Pickman-Thoon (PROTEUS)

  • Alejandra Maria Rivas (LAUNCE / SPEED)

  • Chanel Tilghman (JULIA / OUTLAW 1)

  • Mikki Johnson (U/S: JULIA / OUTLAW 1 / LUCETTA / THURIO)

  • Christopher Prescott (U/S: PROTEUS / LAUNCE / SPEED)

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  • Ely Sonny Orquiza (DIRECTOR)

  • Katja Rivera (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)

  • Carla Pantoja (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / FIGHT DIRECTOR)

  • Pratiksha Shah (PRODUCTION MANAGER)

  • Neal Ormond (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR / SCENIC, GRAPHIC, & WEB DESIGNER / BUILDER, PAINTER, MOVER / SITE SERVICES)

  • Jen Coogan (MUSIC DIRECTOR / COMPOSER / SOUND DESIGNER)

  • Dallas Thomas (MOVEMENT DIRECTOR)

  • Michael Kelly (AUDIO ENGINEER / LEAD SOUND TECHNICIAN)

  • Nia Jacobs (COSTUME DESIGNER)​

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​​​​Directed by Susan Boulanger, Music direction by Jessica Igarashi, Lights and sound by Michael Rodriguez, Stage Management by Matt Coogan​

Featuring:

Amarech Mendez as Earon Nealey
Jen Coogan as herself
Lianne Marie Dobbs as Erin Merritt
Mary Jo McConnell as Daryl Roth
May Simon Ramos as Mimi Lien
Bekah Lynn Broas as Ilana Levine
Christina Swindlehurst Chan as Dawn Chiang
Melody Ricketts as Lauren Gunderson
Madelyn Simon as Jennifer Ashley Tepper

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Join us at 54 Below for the inspiring and heartfelt NYC concert premiere of The Women in Theatre Project!

Part love letter, part song cycle, part musical documentary, The Women in Theatre Project celebrates the craft of theatre making, and the women behind the art form.

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Inspired by interviews with notable women in theatre including Daryl Roth, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Mimi Lien, Ilana Levine, Earon Nealey, Lauren Gunderson, Dawn Chiang, and Erin Merritt.

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With music and lyrics by Jen Coogan (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Myron's at the Smith Center Las Vegas).

Produced by Vaibu Mohan.

Music direction by Andrea Yohe (The Outsiders).

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Featuring:

Gabrielle Beckford (Once Upon A One More Time, The Prom national tour) as Earon Nealey
Jen Coogan as herself
Lianne Marie Dobbs as Erin Merritt
Heather Ivy (international tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast) as Daryl Roth
Claire Kwon (Almost Famous) as Mimi Lien
Deb Leamy (Sweet Smell of Success, Never Gonna Dance, Fosse) as Ilana Levine
Erin Quill (Avenue Q) as Dawn Chiang
Melody Ricketts as Lauren Gunderson
Madelyn Simon as Jennifer Ashley Tepper

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