joe barros
produced + hosted by
jen sandler
PRE-PREMIERES OF
NEW MUSICALS
DURING INCUBATION
wednesday - 1.20.21
FREE LIVE STREAM
@ 7PM ET
NEW WORKS SERIES
book , music + lyrics by
JOE ICONIS
from the
tony-nominated writer of
BE MORE CHILL
IN A 1960S JUVIE HALL,
DELINQUENTS ARE CAUGHT BETWEEN
ERAS OF A CHANGING AMERICA
CREATING AN ALL-OUT
REVOLUTION IN THE INSTITUTION
Set in a 1960s Juvie Hall, Love in Hate Nation tells the story of young people caught between eras of a changing America. Sixteen-year-old Susannah Son is carted off to the National Reformatory for Girls to get her head put on straight. There she meets the aggressively incorrigible Sheila Nail, and a relationship forms which leads to an all-out “revolution in the institution” as they attempt to break out of the boxes society has created around them. Girl Group Wall of Sound harmonies are filtered through a punk rock spirit in this rebellious and romantic new musical.
Love In Hate Nation was commissioned and developed by Penn State Musical Theater, and received its world premiere production in the fall 2019 at New Jersey’s Two River Theater.
The new musical Love In Hate Nation has book, music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter). The live 1-hour presentation will feature excerpts from the show and a conversation with the writer who will be joined by cast members Kelly McIntyre (A Night with Janis Joplin) and Amina Faye.
* FEATURING PERFORMANCES by *
JASMINE
FORSBERG
(BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER)
LAUREN
MARCUS
(BE MORE CHILL)
KELLY
McINTYRE
(A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN)
TATIANA
WECHSLER
(BENNY & JOON)
AMINA
FAYE
LENA
SKEELE
EMERSON
MAE
SMITH
SYDNEY
FARLEY
co-book , music + lyrics by
ROB ROKICKI
co-book by
SARAH BETH PFEIFER
from the co-writer
of broadway's
THE
LIGHTNING
THIEF
A WILD SAPPHIC
ROCK MUSICAL ADVENTURE
ABOUT ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY
TO ESCAPE AN OCEANIC CULT
Experience Marianas is a new musical with a book by Rob Rokicki (The Lightning Thief, Monstersongs) and Sarah Beth Pfeifer (The Lightning Thief), and music and lyrics by Rokicki. The live 1-hour presentation will feature excerpts from the show and a conversation with the writers who will perform the material with CAP21/Molloy College students Juliana Conte, Bridget Doyle, Arturo Hernandez, and James Silverstein.
Experience Marianas is a wild sapphic rock musical adventure about one woman's journey to escape an oceanic cult. The piece is a high-octane, darkly comedic examination of systems of control and how we struggle to define our identities within them. Set aboard a ship, the show immerses our audience into the Marianas Institute, an aquatic ‘healing center’ founded by Dr. Davis “Daddy” Johnson. We are indoctrinated into the group in real-time. "Informational sessions" start off completely plausible but get progressively wilder and more fantastical, complete with pyramid schemes, sex rituals, sea monsters, and eventually murder.
Experience Marianas has been developed with CAP21/Molloy College, was a semi-finalist for the 2020 O'Neil Festival, and will be presented at University Centre Weston in the UK this year.
* FEATURING *
PERFORMANCES
by
co-writers
ROB ROKICKI
+
SARAH BETH
PFEIFER
COMMUNITY
INNOVATION
EXPLORATION
EVOLUTION
ARTS WORKERS
COLLABORATION