Allerton Music Barn September 27-28, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Originally Produced by WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995
(Kyle Renick, Artistic Director)
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Dawn Harris, Director
Michael N. McAndrew, Music Director

Songs for a New World is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 423 West 55th St., New York, NY 10019 Tel.:(212) 541-4648 Fax:(212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

"Songs for a New World has been described as a theatrical song cycle. Jason Robert Brown composed this series of songs with a central theme: 'the moment of decision.' The score is a brilliant mix of gospel, jazz and contemporary musical theatre ballads and comic cabaret-style songs. All of these elements combine to create an exciting and moving intimate experience for the listener, as well as, for our performers.

Originally written for a cast of four, I chose to use six singers for this production. My concept for this show was to give our six singers their own individual journeys or their own 'new world' reality. Although they may have different characters in each song, each singer has similar hardships, joys or challenges that carry them through the show.

As a director and educator, I have loved the rehearsal process for Songs for a New World because of the dramatic and vocal discoveries each member of the cast has made. We are excited to share this theatrical gem with you and hope you find it to be an uplifting emotional experience."

​-Prof. Dawn Harris

CAST
SOPHIA BYRD- Woman 1
SARAH DURBIN- Woman 3
BERIT JOHNSON- Woman 2
NICHOLAS IAN KOCH- Man 3 & Assistant Director
BOGDAN "THEO" MYNKA- Man 2
ANDREW TURNER- Man 1

PRODUCTION TEAM
DAWN HARRIS- Stage Director
MICHAEL MCANDREW- Music Director
MIYKA'EL HUTCHINS- Audio Engineer
ADAM MAJOR- Lighting Designer
DANIEL MASSEY- Assistant Audio Engineer
MATTHEW ROHAN- Stage Manager
ELISABETH SHAPMANN- Production Manager