In the Lounge HoT a concert of songs from the new musical-in-progress
By Sara Cooper and Lynne Shankel

About This Show

HoT is a sung-through/spoken word musical theatre piece about rape culture and the commodification of the female body through the lens of the story of Helen of Troy.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Sara Cooper is a playwright and lyricist. Recent awards: Dramatists Guild National Conference National New Play Network Presentation (2018), Queens Council on the Arts grant (2018); American Opera Initiative Commission (2017); Queens Council on the Arts grant (2016); New York State Council on the Arts Individual Theatre Artist Commission (2015); Jonathan Larson Grant, American Theatre Wing (2014). Recent highlights of works: Elevator Heart, THML Theatre Company (2019), University of San Francisco, Performing Arts and Social Justice Department (2018), concert reading, The Tank (2017), workshop, New Studio on Broadway at NYU (2016); Mechanical, readings, Queens Council on the Arts (2018), concert, Dixon Place (2017); Things I Left On Long Island, FringeNYC (2014), Time Out New York Critics’ Pick (2014), readings, Theater for the New City, Dixon Place (2013); The Memory Show, United Kingdom Premiere, New Bard Productions in London (2016), Original Cast Recording, Yellow Sound Lab (2015), Transport Group at The Duke on 42nd Street (2013), Asian Premiere, Water Gate Media in Seoul (2012-2013), Barrington Stage Company (2010), NAMT (2010). MFA Musical Theatre Writing and BFA Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts. Dramatists Guild, ASCAP.

Lynne Shankel (composer) is an award-winning orchestrator and arranger living in the New York City area. Lynne was recently the music supervisor/arranger/orchestrator for ALLEGIANCE starring Lea Salonga and George Takei on Broadway. Her diverse musical background has led her to write orchestrations and arrangements for everyone from Chita Rivera, the New York Pops and Raul Esparza to Tony Award winner/Bon Jovi member David Bryan and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She was music director/arranger for the B?way production of CRY-BABY, as well as the resident music supervisor for the Tony-award winning revival of COMPANY, for which she conducted the Grammy-nominated cast album. She was music director/arranger for the Off-Broadway hit ALTAR BOYZ, for which she received a Drama Desk nomination for orchestrations. Lynne received a second Drama Desk nomination for her work on THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY (by Paul Loesel and Scott Burkell) in 2010. In 2012, she received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Orchestrations in San Diego for her work on ALLEGIANCE. In 2014, Lynne was orchestrator/arranger for the world premiere of CHASING THE SONG (music by David Bryan, book by Joe DiPietro ) at La Jolla Playhouse. She was orchestrator/music director for the acclaimed revival of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at the Papermill Playhouse (directed by Thomas Kail) and the music supervisor, arranger and co-orchestrator for BARE THE MUSICAL. She also collaborated with lyricist Jon Hartmere to provide the new songs for that production which are featured on her new album, Bare Naked. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan.

Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 9:30pm

General Admission
$13.00 on in advance
$15.00 at the door

 

Estimated Runtime
45 minutes

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