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| New musical debut concert: Liner Notes on Love and Music to play Green Room 42 on Oct 13 | |
| Last Edit: Official_Press_Release 04:42 pm EDT 09/29/21 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:34 pm EDT 09/29/21 | |
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| New musical debut concert: Liner Notes on Love and Music to play Green Room 42 on Oct 13 Zachary Laks through the City Artist Corps Grants program presents a free musical concert version of: Liner Notes on Love and Music October 13, 7PM The Green Room 42 Reserve your FREE tickets at https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/show/details/2vspjNXcxX1O3on7G8c0/1634166000000. No food or drink minimum. Featuring Trisha Jeffrey (Motown) and Pierre Marais (Aladdin) Music and lyrics by Justin Halpin and Jeffrey James Book by Jonathan Cottle Directed by Arpita Mukherjee Musical direction by Simone Allen Produced by Zachary Laks Seasoned songwriter Ruby Burns (Trisha Jeffrey) is burnt out and struggling to find inspiration after a crushing loss. Rising star Alex Greene (Pierre Marais) is looking for direction and can't shake the feeling he's a fraud. After a chance meeting, the two of them begin an artistic collaboration that leads to a relationship unlike any either has had before. Liner Notes on Love and Music is about finding connection through music despite deep differences in experience- the act of creation in spite of grief and insecurity. It explores how two very different people can learn from each other and begin to heal. The concert will be one night only at The Green Room 42 inside the Yotel at 42nd Street and 10th Avenue, 570 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036. All tickets are free. Reserve your FREE tickets here! No food or drink minimum. Liner Notes on Love and Music is one of 3,000 New York City-based projects to receive $5,000 through the City Artist Corps Grants program, presented by The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The Green Room 42's COVID-19 Policy: All guests are required to be fully vaccinated in order to enter our venue. For help providing proof of vaccination, we recommend NY State Excelsior Pass, linked here. ABOUT THE TEAM Trisha Jeffrey (she/her/hers), Ruby, A NYC native, Trisha was recently seen as "Mother Brown" in the brand new, currently developing show, Henry Box Brown: A Musical Journey. She made her film debut starring as "Lisa" in the short film An Anomalous Love which was featured in the 2019 Urban World Film Festival/HBO/BET. On Broadway, Trisha debuted as "Crystal", one of the highly acclaimed "Urchins" in the 2003 revival of Little Shop of Horrors, where you can listen to her on the OBC recording. After being seen in All Shook Up, she proudly "swung" in the smash hit Rent, plus Rent: The Broadway Tour frequently playing the roles of Joanne, Mimi, Alexi Darling, Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. Jefferson. Trisha was also seen as "Deloris Van Cartier" in the 1st National Tour of Sister Act: The Musical and is known for her portrayals of original "Supremes" members "Mary Wilson" and "Diana Ross" in Berry Gordy's Motown The Musical: 1st National Tour & Broadway. With a Jeff Nomination for Best Actress in A Musical, Trisha Jeffrey is the proud recipient of a Black Theatre Alliance Award and a Broadway World Chicago Award for her portrayal of "Celie" in the Mercury Theatre Chicago production of The Color Purple. Some Off-Broadway Credits include: Loveless Texas (LaReine), Electra (Chrysothemis), Dangerous (Casja). Favorite Regional Credits include: Caroline, Or Change (Emmie), The Wiz (Dorothy), Once On This Island (Ti Moune). Visit www.trishajeffrey.com. @trishajeffrey Pierre Marais (he/him/his), Alex, Originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Broadway: Aladdin. Nat'l Tours: Aladdin, ?A Chorus Line?, ?Flashdance?. Film/TV: Scorpion King 2 (Netflix), Black Beauty(Disney +), Wake of Death. IG: @pierre_marais Justin Halpin (he/him/his) and Jeffrey James (he/him/his), Music and Lyrics, are established singer/songwriters based in Nashville, TN. While writing independently and with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the two have had numerous songs cut by artists and DJ's in Europe, Australia and the US. The pair are responsible for writing or collaborating on songs featured in 200+ film, television and trailer placements on outlets including Showtime, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, cable and major networks. They have also worked with brands including Xbox and Ford. Halpin & James began composing for the stage in 2018 and now have multiple musical theatre projects in various stages of development and production. Jonathan Cottle (he/him/his), Book, is a multi hyphenate theatre maker theatre based in New York City. His work has been seen in many traditional venues but also in dusty basements, old churches and neglected backyards. He is a writer, a designer, a technician and a producer but first and foremost a do-er. He believes that live performance is one of the most effective tools artists have to emotionally impact an audience and he delights in enabling its creation. Arpita Mukherjee (she/her/hers), Director, is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Congressional Award-winning Hypokrit Theatre Company and the Festival Chair for Tamasha for South Asian performing artists. Upcoming: Running by Danny Pudi (East West Players/Enacte/Hypokrit), Recent: Bollywood Kitchen by Sri Rao (Geffen Playhouse/Hypokrit), Islands of Contentment by Dipti Bramhandkar (Hypokrit/The Tank). Jump by Charly Evon Simpson (APAC), House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar (San Diego Rep), Eh Dah? Questions For My Father by Aya Aziz (Next Door at NYTW), Elements of Change by Divya Mangwani (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, UNICEF). Development: American Hunger by Nikhil Mahapatra (Dramatists Guild Foundation), One Way by Ben Bonnema and Christopher Staskel (NAMT), Maya by Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels (Live & In Color), Citizen Scientist by CQ (Barrington Stage Company Playworks Weekend), Reclaiming Our Time: A Concert (MTF at Joe's Pub). Arpita has developed work at WP Theater, the Public Theater, The New Group and Ma-Yi Theatre amongst others. She is a 2020-2021 Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, 2019 SDC Denham Fellow, a 2018-2020 Women's Project Lab Member and a 2018 Eugene O'Neill National Directing Fellow. She is an alumna of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. Arpita was selected as a 2019 Mabou Mines Resident Artist, a 2019-2020 LMCC Governors Island Artist-in-Residence, and the 2019 Iowa State University Artist-in-Residence. Arpita is currently the book writer for Monsoon Wedding musical. Arpita is developing theatre and TV/film projects in India and America independently and in collaboration with artists like Danny Pudi (Community, Tigerhunter), Sri Rao (Finding Anamika), and Sharbari Zohra Ahmed (Quantico). With Rahul Chitella, Arpita has recently written the screenplay for Gulmohar and is currently writing a screenplay for an upcoming film, directed by Mira Nair. Simone Allen (she/her), Music Director, is a songwriter and music director based in Brooklyn, NY. Broadway: The Cher Show. Off-Broadway: Octet (Signature Theatre, Assistant Music Director), Folk Wandering (Pipeline Theatre, Associate Music Director), Cruel Intentions (Le Poisson Rouge, keyboard sub), As You Like It (Public Works). Development/regional/other: Sweeney Todd (Hangar Theatre, Music Director), The Karate Kid, Suffs (Public Theater), Against Women & Music! (The Civilians reading, Music Director), Black No More (The New Group), One Way (NAMT, Music Director), A Beautiful Noise, Letters to the President (Cooper Union, songwriter), LadyShip (NYMF, Music Director), Black Orpheus, Shiz Comedy (UCB/Improv Asylum), The Cherry Orchard (Lake Lucille Chekhov Project), Moulin Rouge (lab, rehearsal piano). BA Music Tufts University. simoneallenmusic.com . City Artist Corps Grants was launched in June 2021 by NYFA and DCLA with support from the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. The program is funded by the $25 million New York City Artist Corps recovery initiative announced by Mayor de Blasio and DCLA earlier this year. The grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artist that are engaged to support the project. |
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