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| Joe Iconis' BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER Starring ANNIE GOLDEN To Open Off-Broadway This Summer | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:23 pm EST 02/20/19 | |
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| THE PURSUIT BEGINS THIS SUMMER. JOE ICONIS’ NEW MUSICAL COMEDY BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER STARRING SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD WINNER ANNIE GOLDEN TO HAVE NEW YORK PREMIERE THIS SUMMER AT GREENWICH HOUSE THEATER MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JOE ICONIS BOOK BY JOE ICONIS, LANCE RUBIN & JASON SWEETTOOTH WILLIAMS DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY JENNIFER WERNER TEN-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BEGINS PERFORMANCES JULY 9, 2019 “This rowdy, funny, cheerfully cockeyed show marries elements from 1970s movies like Shaft and Enter the Dragon with a twisted tale of showbiz ruthlessness... the lively and infectious score by Joe Iconis is a churning blend of R&B, funk, and rock ’n’ roll… a rollicking musical mash-up!” — THE BOSTON GLOBE “Powered by a silky retro-R&B score, the musical delights! Golden sings the songs—kills them, even—with the full-throttle soulfulness they cry out for. Her winning performance tugs us into her character’s bruised heart and battling spirit. A pixie comedian with a distinctive presence, she handles the comedy with ease…but also brings elements of fey, touching truth to her role.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES Producers Jennifer Ashley Tepper (Be More Chill) and Allison Bressi (Songbird) are thrilled to announce the New York Premiere of the new musical comedy BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER starring Screen Actors Guild Award winner Annie Golden (Hair, Violet, “Orange is the New Black”), this summer at Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow Street). With music and lyrics by two-time Drama Desk Award nominee Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, NBC’s “Smash”) and a book by Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin (Denton Little's Deathdate), and Jason SweetTooth Williams (Be More Chill actor), the musical comedy received five Berkshire Theatre Awards upon its world premiere engagement at Barrington Stage in 2016. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Werner (The Book of Mormon Supervising Associate Director), the Off-Broadway cast of twelve soon to be announced. BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER begins previews Tuesday, July 9, 2019, with an official opening night of Tuesday, July 23, for a limited engagement of ten weeks through Sunday, September 15. Joe Iconis’ follow-up to his sold-out smash hit Be More Chill – which makes its Broadway bow this spring – BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER is a fierce, funny and fearless new musical comedy inspired by the exploitation movies of the 1970s. Annie Golden leads the cast as Annie, a down-on-her-luck actress of a certain age who is asked to become a bounty hunter and capture a South American drug lord. A “rowdy, funny, cheerfully cockeyed show” with a six-piece band performing Iconis’ “lively and infectious score that’s a churning blend of R&B, funk, and rock ’n’ roll” (The Boston Globe), the musical chronicles a woman’s journey to find her inner strength and true badass identity – and save the theatre. Named “the future of musical theater” by The New York Times, Joe Iconis has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award, and is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award and Jonathan Larson Award. In addition to Broadway Bounty Hunter and the viral sensation Be More Chill, his original music was featured on Season 2 of NBC’s “Smash.” His song “Broadway, Here I Come!”, originally sung by Jeremy Jordan on the show, was an instant hit and has been hailed by The New York Times as a new entry in The Great American Songbook. Joe is a fixture on the New York cabaret scene with popular shows like “Joe Iconis & Family,” and his upcoming musicals include The Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical for La Jolla Playhouse, Punk Rock Girl and Love in Hate Nation. Annie Golden’s career has spanned punk rock, theater and television, having first stepped into the spotlight as lead singer of CBGB headliner The Shirts in the 1970s. On Broadway, she appeared in Hair; Leader of the Pack; Ah, Wilderness!; On the Town, The Full Monty and Violet; and originated the role of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins Off-Broadway. On screen, she played Jeannie Ryan in Milos Forman’s 1979 film adaptation of Hair, Norma Romano in four seasons of the hit Netflix series “Orange Is The New Black,” and Eudora in I Love You Phillip Morris. “Golden sings the songs —kills them, even—with the full-throttle soulfulness they cry out for,” wrote The New York Times of Annie Golden’s performance in Broadway Bounty Hunter at Barrington Stage. “Her winning performance tugs us into her character’s bruised heart and battling spirit. A pixie comedian with a distinctive presence, she handles the comedy with ease…but also brings elements of fey, touching truth to her role.” Rounding out the BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER creative team are Scenic Designer Michael Schweikardt (Rags at Goodspeed), Tony Award-winning Lighting Designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Assassins, Ragtime, Once on this Island), Costume and Wig Designer Sarafina Bush (Gettin’ The Band Back Together, Associate), Projection Designer Brad Peterson (Junk, Oslo, Cats), Sound Designer Cody Spencer (Here Lies Love), Music Supervisor and Orchestrator Charlie Rosen (Be More Chill), Vocal Arranger Joel Waggoner (Bernarda Alba at LCT), Music Director Geoffrey Ko (Be More Chill, Associate), and Artistic Consultant Nehemiah Luckett. Production Management is by Tinc Productions, Stage Manager is E. Sara Barnes, and the General Manager is KGM Theatrical. Additional cast for BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER will be announced at a later date. https://www.broadwaybountyhunter.com/ BIOGRAPHIES JOE ICONIS (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a musical theater writer and a fixture on the New York cabaret scene. He has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award, is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award and Richard Rodgers Award, and is a former Ars Nova artist-in-residence. Joe’s musical Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz) debuts this season at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre, following a sold-out Off-Broadway run at The Pershing Square Signature Center and a world premiere at Two River Theatre. He is the author of Broadway Bounty Hunter (with Lance Rubin and Jason SweetTooth Williams; Barrington Stage Company and Greenwich House Theater Off-Broadway), Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova, NAMT), The Black Suits (Center Theater Group, Barrington Stage Company), ReWrite (Urban Stages, Goodspeed Opera House), Theaterworks USA’s The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks and We The People. Musicals currently in development include The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson for La Jolla Playhouse (with Gregory S. Moss; directed by Christopher Ashley), Punk Rock Girl and Love in Hate Nation. His music appeared on Season 2 of NBC’s “Smash,” with his song “Broadway, Here I Come!” hailed by The New York Times as a new entry in The Great American Songbook. Albums: Be More Chill (OCR), which has been streamed over 220 million times; Things To Ruin (OCR); Two-Player Game; and The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree all available on Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records. LANCE RUBIN (Book) is the author of YA novels Denton Little’s Deathdate (winner of the 2016 ILA Young Adult Book Award) and its sequel, Denton Little’s Still Not Dead, as well as the upcoming Crying Laughing, all from Knopf. He co-wrote and co-starred in The Lance and Ray Show, which ran at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and was subsequently released as a podcast. He has worked with Joe Iconis and Jason SweetTooth Williams for over a decade—including acting in Bloodsong of Love and Things to Ruin. www.lancerubin.com @lancerubinparty JASON SWEETTOOTH WILLIAMS (Book) is an actor, singer and writer, currently performing in the original Broadway cast of Be More Chill. As an actor, his credits include the world premiere of Freaky Friday at Signature Theatre in D.C., the world premiere of Benny & Joon at San Diego’s Old Globe, and Once Upon A Mattress and Man of La Mancha for The Transport Group. He has appeared in many Iconis musicals including Bloodsong of Love (Arts Nova), The Black Suits (SPF- The Public Theater), ReWrite (Urban Stages), Things to Ruin (2nd Stage, The Zipper Theater), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Theaterworks USA) and the upcoming Hunter S. Thompson musical for La Jolla Playhouse. He can also be heard on the THINGS TO RUIN Original Cast Recording and The Joe Iconis Rock n Roll Jamboree album, both on Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records. JENNIFER WERNER (Director, Choreographer) is currently the Supervising Associate Director of The Book of Mormon Worldwide. Jennifer is Directing/Choreographing the new musical debut of Punk Rock Girl, licensed and published by R & H Theatricals. Regionally, she has Directed and/or Choreographed for the Maltz Jupiter, North Carolina, Ogunquit, Casa Manana, and Engeman Theaters. Her diverse body of work as a choreographer includes NFL national commercials, ABC’s Upfronts, and The Drama League Awards. Other collaborations as choreographer with Joe Iconis include Off-Broadway shows Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lucille Lortel), ReWrite (Urban Stages), and Things to Ruin (Second Stage), as well as The Black Suits (CTG/LA). ANNIE GOLDEN (Annie) considers herself the illegitimate child of the legitimate theatre, having been discovered on the Bowery fronting a rock band, and cast by Milos Forman as Jeannie in Hair, the 1978 film. Annie was an original cast member for five seasons of the award-winning Netflix series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, and will be returning for the series finale in Season 7! Silence is golden, and so is Annie’s character, Norma Romano! She will also be seen on Season Three of HBO’s HIGH MAINTENANCE in Spring 2019 as “Bambie,” which was written for her by the show’s creators. She can also be seen in the upcoming feature film BITE ME. On Broadway and off, she was last seen in Violet, and created the role of Georgie Bukatinsky in The Full Monty; Sondheim’s original Squeaky Fromme in Assassins, the off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Jerry Zaks; Ah! Wilderness with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards; On The Town; and Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey. Her other numerous film credits include Touched With Fire opposite Katie Holmes; Twelve Monkeys; Baby Boom; Brooklyn Rules; Suddenly Seeking Susan; I Love You, Phillip Morris; and Miles. Her television credits include “Difficult People,” “The 2-2,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Cheers,” “Miami Vice,” and “Third Watch”. MICHAEL SCHWEIKARDT (Scenic Designer) Selected Off-Broadway: The Bus and the American Premier of Frank McGuinness’ Gates Of Gold (59 E 59); Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova). Selected Regional Credits: Portland Center Stage; Ford’s Theatre; The Old Globe; Cleveland Playhouse; Cincinnati Playhouse; Maltz Jupiter Theatre; The MUNY; Papermill Playhouse. Michael recently designed productions of Marie Antoinette The Musical and Phantom for EMK International in Seoul, South, Korea. www.msportfolio.com JULES FISHER & PEGGY EISENHAUER (Lighting Design) Broadway productions include Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, The Iceman Cometh, Once On This Island, Shuffle Along…, The Gin Game, Side Show, Lucky Guy. Music industry lighting design highlights include Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Neil Young, Parliament Funkadelics and Tracy Chapman. Film lighting designs include Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, School of Rock, Dreamgirls, Burlesque, The Producers, Neil Young Trunk Show. Their studio, Third Eye, conceives and designs lighting for all forms of entertainment. SARAFINA BUSH (Costume and Wig Design) LCT3: Plot Points, Pass Over. Other theater includes Grace, or The Art of Climbing(Art House Productions); The White Dress (Araca Project); One Flea Spare (Playhouse Creatures); This Time (Rising Circle); Good Men Wanted (Arena Stage); Couriers and Contrabands (Barrow Group); and Why You Beasting? (New York Rep), as well as associate and assistant costume design credits on and off Broadway. Education: BFA, Adelphi University. BRAD PETERSON (Projection Designer) is a New York-based projection designer. Recent work includes Cats (2016 Broadway Revival); The Stone Witch (Lortel & Hewes Nomination, Off-Broadway); Fish in the Dark (Broadway); Actually We’re F**ked (Cherry Lane); If I Forget (Roundabout); Red Roses Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theater), The Eternal Space (Hewes Nomination, Off-Broadway); and Carousel, A Little Night Music, Lion…Witch…Wardrobe (Stratford Festival). www.bradpetersondesign.com CODY SPENCER (Sound Designer) Broadway: Co-Sound Designer for The Pee Wee Herman Show. Associate Sound Designer for Mean Girls, Michael Moore: The Terms Of My Surrender, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, The Last Ship, If/Then, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon (National Tours and London), Annie, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Bring It On, and American Idiot (National Tour). Off-Broadway: Co-Sound Designer for David Byrne’s Here Lies Love. CHARLIE ROSEN (Music Supervisor and Orchestrator) Composer, performer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, and producer. Recent credits – Broadway: Be More Chill (Music Supervisor/Orchestrator), Prince of Broadway (Orchestrator), American Psych o(Associate MD/Keys), The Visit (Guitar/Zither), Honeymoon in Vegas (Orchestrations), Cyrano de Bergerac (Composer), One Man, Two Guvnors (Music Director, Bass), 13 The Musical (Guitars, Bass, Keys), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Associate MD, Bass). Off–Broadway/Regional/Other: Pamela’s First Musical (Two River Theater), A Legendary Romance (Williamstown Theater Festival), Midsummer Nights Dream (The Public Theater), Miss You Like Hell (The Public Theater). ASCAP, Local 802, Equity, Berklee, www.charlierosen.com @CRosenMusic JOEL WAGGONER (Vocal Arranger) Broadway: Be More Chill, School of Rock. Off-Broadway: Southern Comfort (Public Theater). The Joel Waggoner Experience (Joe’s Pub). TV: 100,000 Pyramid Season 3 Premiere. Composer: Presto Change-o (Barrington Stage). 2012 Dramatist Guild Fellow (Composer). MFA from NYU Tisch. Debut single “Unlikely Warrior” on iTunes. Love to Max. @joelwaggoner & @Joelcappella. GEOFFREY KO (Music Director) is a New York-based music director and orchestrator. Broadway: Be More Chill (Associate MD). Off-Broadway/Regional: Billy and the Killers, Generation Me, The Honeymooners (Paper Mill Playhouse), Sweet Charity (Marriott), and October Sky (Marriott). New Jersey native and Northwestern graduate. @geoffreyhko NEHEMIAH LUCKETT (Artistic Consultant) is the Music Director/Composer for the singing activist performance group: Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir. Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, Nehemiah has been performing, directing, composing and conducting for over 20 years. Currently, he has three musicals and an opera in development. He lives in Harlem. JENNIFER ASHLEY TEPPER (Producer) is producer of the musical Be More Chill, which played a sold-out engagement off-Broadway in 2018 and is currently running on Broadway. The project is part of a decade-long collaboration with the group known as Joe Iconis & Family. She is also the Creative and Programming Director at Feinstein’s/54 Below, where she has curated or produced over 3000 shows, including musicals in concert, original solo acts, theatrical reunions, songwriter celebrations, and more. Tepper's leadership at the venue has gained praise from publications including The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Playbill, Newsday, the New York Post, and more. She is the co-creator of the Bistro Award- winning concert series, If It Only Even Runs A Minute, now in its 9th year. Tepper is also the conceiver and director of The Jonathan Larson Project, a song cycle of Larson’s unheard work, which received its world premiere in 2018 and recently recorded an original cast album. As a writer, Tepper has authored three volumes of The Untold Stories of Broadway series, published by Dress Circle. NBC New York has called the books an "inspiring Must-Read". On Broadway, Tepper has worked on [title of show], The Performers, Godspell, Macbeth, and The Parisian Woman. Tepper was named one of the 10 professionals on Backstage Magazine's "1st Annual Broadway Future Power List", which stated: "Proving herself both a zeitgeist predictor and theatrical historian with her eclectic programming, Tepper is leading the conversation on contemporary musical theatre." ALLISON BRESSI (Producer) is a New York-based creative producer committed to making and developing new work in close partnership with artists. Her world premiere production of SONGBIRD by Michael Kimmel and Lauren Pritchard, starring Tony Award Nominee Kate Baldwin ran Off-Broadway and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. This past summer, SONGBIRD received a new production at Two River Theater directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. Selected credits include: the upcoming production of THE MAR VISTA by Yehuda Hyman; TELL THEM I’M STILL YOUNG by Julia Doolittle, with Andre Braugher; THIS IS READING, a site-specific, multimedia performance installation conceived by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, Tony Gerber, and Kate Whoriskey; THE STRANGEST by Betty Shamieh, directed by May Adrales. Allison is a freelance theatre scout, Artistic Producer for Christine Jones’ Theatre for One, and Interim Producer for Merrimack Repertory Theatre. She has worked for companies such as Octopus Theatricals, New York Stage and Film, Foresight Theatrical (ON THE TOWN, Broadway), and currently Signature Theatre. Allison was the 2018 Recipient of the T Fellowship for Producers founded by Harold Prince and Columbia University. KGM THEATRICAL is a New York City based theatrical general management firm representing live entertainment globally. Credits include: Cleopatra, Heartbreak Hotel (Chicago), Puffs (Off-Broadway), Rock of Ages (Broadway), Fela! (Broadway, Tours), A Night with Janis Joplin (Tour), Reasons to Be Pretty (Broadway), The 39 Steps (Broadway), The Homecoming (Broadway), Talk Radio (Broadway), Heathers (Off-Broadway), Altar Boyz (Off-Broadway), and many more. kgmtheatrical.com |
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