November 30, 2009 – 2:00 pm
Bringing STRIKING 12 to the chilly east coast: we are thrilled to be in residence at legendary Arena Stage in Washington, DC for two weeks (Dec 2-13); to return to the beautiful Portsmouth Music Hall in New Hampshire on December 5; and to continue our tradition of STRIKING 12 on New Year’s Eve in New [...]
November 28, 2009 – 7:22 pm
Back in 2006, when we spent the better part of six months working on writing and then rehearsing and then performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with director Tina Landau, we made some lasting friendships with some of the actors. Notably, we had to collaborate closely with Jesse Nager (who sang so gloriously on our recording [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:30 am
We just have to crow about this for a moment: this is a huge honor. It’s one of those awards for which you cannot apply; you simply receive a mysterious phone call out of the blue from Michael Kerker at ASCAP, saying “please post 6 of your songs online, a variety of work from different [...]
November 5, 2009 – 8:00 am
Northern and southern California unite in the Antarctic! We are incredibly happy to report that La Jolla Playhouse has officially joined with TheatreWorks to co-commission ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, the solo show for Val we are writing with Joe DiPietro. We’ve had a long and fruitful history with TheatreWorks, and are delighted at the chance [...]
November 5, 2009 – 7:30 am
We’ve just been notified that Birmingham-Southern College will be producing STRIKING 12 this season, with 12 actors + 6 onstage musicians. One of the first college productions of our show, it’s also certainly one of the largest/most ambitious. We wish we could see it ourselves, but unfortunately can’t travel to Alabama. If you’re in the [...]
November 3, 2009 – 3:24 pm
In time for our upcoming run of STRIKING 12 at Arena Stage, the excellent team at PS Classics will be printing up more copies of the CD – and inside will be special cards to allow you to download the new songs we’ve written for the show since that CD was released. We’ve been wanting [...]
November 3, 2009 – 3:14 pm
Each time we play a concert, we generally do a CD giveaway – and recently, we’ve been offering a free download of a song cut from SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES to *everyone* who signs up on our email list. We’ve been telling people that if they’re already on the list, they can go ahead and sign [...]
November 3, 2009 – 2:45 pm
Really looking forward to these! Both the Fairmont Opera House and the Historic Holmes Theater are places we played at 2 years ago, in the middle of winter…and if we enjoyed them then, with every molecule of our bodies frozen as we hauled equipment to and fro, then a mild autumnal return will be no [...]