New York Musical Theatre Festival,
New York Theatre Barn, and Emily Miller
Present

A Modern Day Re-Imagining of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
at the
2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival

Wood
A sexy musical romp that will have you tapping your toes all the way to the public restroom stall!

Book and lyrics by Dan Collins
Music by Julianne Wick Davis

Directed by Thomas Caruso
Choreography by Andrew Parkhurst
Music direction by Linda Dowdell

Scenic Design by Josh Zangen
Costume Design by David Rigler
Lighting Design by Ed McCarthy

Please click here for cast bios!

When a young man sneaks away to the seedy wood on the outskirts of his Normal town, his community is forced to face the secrets, desires and dreams long relegated to the shadowy confines at the fringe of their society. The result is a night complete with spandex clad color guard enthusiasts, shirtless Christians, quarreling divas, undercover mothers and a trio of Fairies who sing, dance and put En Vogue to shame from the stalls of a public mens' room.

Venue for WOOD
312 West 36th Street
New York, NY

September 15 @ 8pm, September 17 @ 8pm, September 19 @ 8pm, September 20 @ 1pm, September 25 @ 1pm, September 28 @ 1pm

For more information on the venue, the festival, and to purchase tickets please click here visit the New York Musical Theatre website.

Song Clips

Laundry Day

R U There?

I'm Out

Come In

Afterglow

Who's Who

Julianne Wick Davis (Composer)
Julianne Wick Davis, composer/lyricist, is a recent graduate from NYU’s Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She composed the score for the film short “Afrika” which debuted at Lincoln Center in 2007. Her music and lyrics have been featured in Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Don’t Know But Should, with William Finn at Barrington Stage. The musical WOOD, with bookwriter/lyricist Dan Collins, has received both a reading and a workshop production at NYU, and a workshop reading with the New York Theatre Barn at Manhattan Theatre Club. Selections from WOOD were chosen to be featured in the York’s NEO4 Concert, NYTB’s Untitled 2, and the 14X4 New Works Concert. Julianne wrote lyrics for DISORDER (with Gihieh Lee and Katie Baldwin) directed by Jack Cummings III and produced by William Finn at Barrington Stage. Most recently she was the featured composer/lyricist for the Society of Singers’ Spotlight Series at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
 
Dan Collins (Book and Lyrics)
Dan Collins received his B.F.A in playwriting at The Theater School of DePaul University and his M.F.A in Musical Theater Writing at Tisch School of the Arts: NYU. In collaboration with composer Julianne Wick Davis, Dan wrote book and lyrics for the musical WOOD, which has received readings and workshop productions throughout New York City (NYU, S.C.A.N, The New York Theatre Barn). Selections from WOOD have been featured in The York Theatre’s NEO4 Concert, NYTB’s Untitled 2, and the 14X4 New Works Concert. He is also currently writing book for the concert-musical OUR COUNTRY with composer/lyricist Tony Asaro. His musical SLAYING FAITH with composer Jack Short was presented as part of “Leap Fest: A Festival of New Work." Dan's songs have also been featured at Birdland, The D-Lounge, Don’t Tell Mamma, The Duplex and the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Eternal thanks to Monty and Seymour for their unwavering love and support.

Thomas Caruso (Director)
Directing credits include: Don’t Talk To The Actors by Tom Dudzick, starring Denny Dillon, Richard Kline and Lewis J. Stadlen (Studio Arena Theatre – Buffalo), Diagnosis by Ioana Moldovan, (The Play Company – 59 East 59th), the musical Mimi Le Duck by Brian Feinstein and Diana Hansen-Young, starring Eartha Kitt (Off-Broadway – New World Stages), The Butcherhouse Chronicles by Michael Hidalgo (SPF), The Middle East – In Pieces (Cherry Lane Theatre), the musical Bingo (Off-Broadway - St. Lukes Theatre), the premiere of Jack Heifner’s Earth to Bucky (Bay Street Theatre) and the premiere of Terrence McNally and Israel Horovitz’s Off Season – a duet (Gloucester Stage). He directed the National Tour of Master Class by Terrence McNally, starring Charlotte Cornwell of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other New York new play credits include Jack Heifner’s China Dolls (Ensemble Studio Theatre), James Edwin Parker’s Two Boys… (Rattlestick and Off-Broadway), Mimi Le Duck (FringeNYC), Surviving Mom (HB Playwrights Foundation), Clive Barker’s Subtle Bodies (Off-Broadway), Mickey’s Home (Theatre for the New City), Tatjana (Juilliard - workshop) and Enemy of the People (Century Center). He received the Kenneth Frankel Memorial Directing Fellowship from Manhattan Theatre Club. Regionally, he has directed Cowboy Mouth (Williamstown Theatre Festival – workshop), The Next Marilyn (Florida Studio Theatre), Master Class (TheatreWorks, Palo Alto), New World Rhapsody (New York Stage and Film – Emerging Writers Workshop), The Girl in the Frame (Adirondack Theatre Festival). He is the Resident Director of the Las Vegas company of Mamma Mia! On Broadway, Thomas was the Associate Director for both Bombay Dreams and the musical revival of Follies by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman. Upcoming 2008: 10% of Molly Snyder by Richard Strand (Penguin Rep), and Zombie by Bill Connington (FringeNYC). For more information: www.ThomasCaruso.com

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