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AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL STAGED READINGS OF "GOTTA GETTA GIRL" AND "A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE" NEXT MONTH

Posted by:	Official_Press_Release 06:26 pm EDT 10/28/15

AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE AND THE AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE LAB TO PRESENT ADDITIONAL STAGED READINGS OF TWO NEW MUSICALS IN DEVELOPMENT NEXT MONTH “GOTTA GETTA GIRL” A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY BOOK & LYRICS BY PETER CHARLES MORRIS MUSIC BY DAVID CALDWEL DIRECTED BY PHILLIP GEORGE NOVEMBER 2 & 3 “A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE” A NEW MUSICAL BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY TIMOTHY WARE DIRECTED BY DAN KNECHTGES NOVEMBER 9 & 10 Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present additional staged readings next month of two musicals in development for upcoming full productions. First up will be Gotta Getta Girl, a 1930's musical romp with book and lyrics by Peter Charles Morris and music by David Caldwell, directed by Phillip George (Forbidden Broadway) with musical direction by Mr. Caldwell. The readings will be held on Monday, November 2 @ 6pm and Tuesday November 3 @ 3pm & 7pm, at The Playroom Theatre (151 West 46th Street, 8th Floor – between Broadway & 6th Avenue). The following week is A Taste of Chocolate, a new musical with book, music and lyrics by Timothy Ware. Directed by Dan Knechtges (Lysistrata Jones) with Musical Direction by Dionne McClain-Freeney, the readings will be held on Monday, November 9th at 4pm and Tuesday, November 10th at 2pm at The Pit Loft (154 West 29th Street - between 6th & 7th Avenues). Both of the readings are free, but seating is very limited so you must RSVP at www.amasmusical.org or by calling 212-563-2565. In Gotta Getta Girl, Gene and Don, a Vaudeville tap dancing duo are forced to re-evaluate their unsuccessful career in show business when they decide they “gotta getta girl” into the act -- even if it means keeping Don from the one thing he's always wanted: Gene! When their new and adorable tap dancing beauty, Debbie, turns out to be more than what meets the eyes, Don is forced to take drastic steps to win back his man. The MGM Movie Musical that never was – on stage! The show was a 2011 New York Musical Theatre (NYMF) Official Selection. There were earlier staged readings in November 2014. The cast of Gotta Getta Girl is Nicholas Dromard (Mary Poppins, Wicked), Michael LaMasa and Brieghanna Minnema. Unable to live up to his father’s expectations, Coffee, a preacher’s kid from Alabama, finds sanctuary in the world of spoken word. Beat poetry is his religion, but the true meaning of love is found in A Taste of Chocolate. Sweeter words were never spoken. There were earlier staged readings in January 2015. The cast of A Taste of Chocolate is: Kristen Browne (Murder Ballad), Alex Chester (Oh God, We’re Gonna Die), Steven M. Goldsmith (Rock of Ages), Albert Guerzon (Honeymoon in Vegas), Kingsley Leggs (Sister Act), Kimberly Marable (The Lion King), Patrick Murney (The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner), Alexandra Nader (Skippyjon Jones), Julius Anthony Rubio (Wonderland), Jason Veasey (The Lion King), Marisha Wallace (Aladdin), Timothy Ware (Kinky Boots) and Virginia Woodruff (Violet). Both of these presentations are part of the ongoing Amas Musical Theatre Lab, a development series for writers, lyricists and composers to mount public readings of their new musicals. The Amas Musical Theatre Lab is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by the Actors’ Equity Association Foundation, BMI Foundation, the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation, the Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the Michael Tuch Foundation, and through the generous support of many individuals. Bios GOTTA GETTA GIRL Peter Charles Morris (Book & Lyrics) Off-Broadway: Shout! The Mod Musical, Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo! (1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue), The Remarkable Ruth Fields. London: Escape from Pterodactyl Island; Frankly, Scarlett; Listen to the Wind; and The Rose and the Ring. Short works include: "The Adventures of Mottel," "The World's Longest Kiss," "The Heartbreak Tour," "Pancakes". Mr. Morris is an alumnus of the BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. David Caldwell (Composer/Music Director) has been the music director of Forbidden Broadway since 2004. He composed music and lyrics for All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Uh-Oh Here Comes Christmas, both based on the writing of Robert Fulghum. He also composed music for Fulghum's novel Third Wish. Recently he composed music for Gotta Getta Girl, with lyrics by Peter Charles Morris. He conducted the American premiere of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden. He recently music-directed Murder For Two Off-Broadway, as well as two shows in China, with Inner Mongolian authors and casts. He arranged and orchestrated Marvin Hamlisch's song “I'm Really Dancing” for Career Transitions for Dancers' 25th Anniversary Gala, featuring Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth. He is interviewed at length in Oliver Sacks' book about music and the brain, Musicophilia. Phlllip George (Director) As director Off-Broadway, credits include Shout!, Forbidden Broadway: SVU, Forbidden Hollywood, Whoop-Dee-Doo (Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revue), Forbidden Broadway Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey (Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revue). Artistic Associate at Amas. A TASTE OF CHOCOLATE Timothy Ware (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a native of Montgomery, AL where he received a BA in Theater Arts from Alabama State University. He then continued his studies at UCLA in the MFA Acting Program under the direction of Tony Winner, Mel Shapiro (Two Gentlemen of Verona). Timothy started writing short stories and poetry by the age of 6. Always with a vivid imagination, he was known as the “I have an idea” kid in his family. He began training in music, dance and creative writing from the age of 10. It’s his sense of adventure and love for the arts that led him to become a writer. He is currently on Broadway in the Tony Winning Musical Kinky Boots where he has graced the stage as the sassy, but lovable character, Lola. Other credits include: Directing Ain’t Misbehavin’ & Jelly’s Last Jam (Kuntu Rep./Pittsburg, PA); Dutchman & Shout! (Lelia Barlow Theatre/Montgomery, AL). Associate Choreographer for Godspell, Beehive, Guys & Dolls (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (South Bay Musical Theatre/ San Jose, CA). He worked as a dance instructor and choreographer in Los Angeles, CA at the Amazing Grace Conservatory with founder and TV/Film Star, Wendy Raquel-Robinson (“The Steve Harvey Show” & “The Game”). Dan Knechtges (Director) is a Tony-nominated choreographer and director working in theater, opera, concert dance, television, film and music videos. Dan has directed and choreographed for numerous theatres across the country and internationally on shows ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Brecht. Dan’s Broadway credits include Lysistrata Jones (Direction & Choreography), Xanadu (directed by Chris Ashley, Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Sondheim on Sondheim (directed by James Lapine), 110 in The Shade (starring Audra McDonald) and The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee (directed by James Lapine.) Dan had the blessedly rare occurrence to have three shows running simultaneously on the Great White Way in 2007. Dan also choreographed the Off-Broadway incarnation of The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee at Second Stage, which earned him a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Off-Broadway credits include Merrily We Roll Along for Encores! at City Center (directed by James Lapine), Vanities at Second Stage and directing and choreographing Lysistrata Jones for the Transport Group. Other credits include Der Schuh Das Manitu (Berlin, Germany), Vanities (Theatreworks Palo Alto), Give It Up! (Dallas Theatre Center), Girl In The Frame (Goodspeed), Boys From Syracuse (Centerstage Baltimore), Godspell (Papermill Playhouse), Oklahoma!, The Wiz, Cats, My Fair Lady, Chalk Circle, Sound of Music, Joseph (Hangar Theatre), Mame, Angel Street, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Surflight Theatre), Don Giovanni (Indianapolis Opera), Carousel, The Merry Widow, West Side Story (Opera Illinois). He also has had the pleasure of working on almost every Gilbert & Sullivan operetta including The Grand Duke, Iolanthe, Ruddigore, The Mikado, Patience, The Gondoliers, H.M.S. Pinafore and The Sorcerer all with the Blue Hill Troupe in NYC. Dan not only has worked in the theatre world but also has worked on several operas and concerts. He had the unique experience of choreographing Leonard Bernstein’s MASS for the Dallas Symphony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also set the piece on Ballet Met dancers in Columbus, OH for ProMusica. Dan’s concert dance premiere was for BalletMet’s JazzMoves choreographing the finale, Mowtown Moves with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Dan’s choreography can be seen in the Todd Solondz’s movie Palindromes, Dark Horse, White Collar on USA Network, The 2011 TV Land Awards with Liza Minnelli, and in Fatboy Slim’s music video “It’s a Wonderful Night,” which reached #1 in the U.K. He has also taught dance at numerous institutions and often does master classes all over the country. Dan holds a BFA in musical theatre from Otterbein College in Westerville, OH and hails from Cleveland, OH. He is also a member of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) now in its 47th year of continuous operation is New York City’s award-winning pioneer in diversity and multi-ethnic casting in the performing arts since 1968. Amas (“you love” in Latin) is devoted to the creation, development and professional production of new American musicals through the celebration of diversity and minority perspectives, the emergence of new artistic talent, and the training and encouragement of underserved young people in the New York area. In recent years, Amas has emerged as a leading not-for-profit laboratory for new musicals, the most recent being Red Eye of Love, which was the recent recipient of the Joseph A. Callaway Award for Outstanding Choreography. Its production of The Other Josh Cohen received six 2013 Drama Desk nominations including Outstanding Musical, a 2013 Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Musical, and a 2013 Off-Broadway Alliance nomination for Best New Musical. Other shows that Amas has developed include Triassic Parq, The Countess of Storyville, Distant Thunder, Marry Harry, Me and Miss Monroe, Aesop & Company, Signs of Life, Wanda’s World, Shout! The Mod Musical, Lone Star Love, From My Hometown, Zanna, Don’t!, 4 Guys Named Jose and Stormy Weather: Reimagining Lena Horne. Amas education programs include the Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy, Lens on Live Theatre and in-school theatre arts residencies designed in partnership with elementary, middle, and high schools. www.amasmusical.org

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