In the Details: Our Stage Managers

Project Footlight is very pleased to announce that Emily Andres has joined the festival as our production stage manager.  Emily has worked on Broadway as a production assistant and script supervisor for Billy Elliot and Young Frankenstein, among other productions.  David Steriti, is musical theater performer and was a stage manager for Galveston Island Musicals, will be the assistant stage manager.

You're in Good Company: the 2009 Cast

The Project Footlight Team is oh so psyched about our killer cast for the 2009 festival.  Keep an eye on the Actors page for their updated bios and pictures.

• Whit Baldwin
• Ryan Bauer-Walsh
• Fiona Choi
• Diana DiMarzio
• Nehal Joshi
• Soara Joye-Ross
• Willie Lee-Williams
• Jordan Leeds
• Allison Linker 
• Erica Robinson
• Kelly Sullivan
• Lauren Worsham
• Richard True
  

The Keys to the Kingdom: Our Pianist

Project Footlight welcomes Christopher Chung to the 2009 festival as the company pianist.  Christopher recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music with degrees in piano performance and has worked with many Broadway performers in the last six months.  In March, Christopher will join the Wicked national tour as a keyboardist.

Announcing the 2009 Project Footlight Writers

We are pleased as punch to announce the composers and librettists who will write the 2009 Project Footlight show:

• Will Aronson
• Alan Cancelino
• Adam Cohen
• David Hilder
• Brad Howell-Houghton
• Noel Katz
• Mitch Kess
• Leslie Kramer
• Rachel Rubin Ladutke
• Melissa Li
• Michael Maiello
• Ken McCarthy
• Daria Polatin
• Scott Ritter
• Owen Robertson
• Jeffrey Dennis Smith
• Mark Weiser
• Pia Wilson
  
  

Project Footlight Direction Team

We are very excited to announce that Sarna Lapine and Andy Einhorn have joined the Project Footlight Festival as director and musical director, respectively. Sarna has directed both film and theater, was the assistant director for Light in the Piazza, Awake and Sing!, and South Pacific at Lincoln Center Theater, and is the dramaturge for a new musical about Bruce Lee.  Andy worked on Light in the Piazza both on Broadway and for the national tour and was the resident music director for the national tour of Sweeney Todd, among other productions, has coached Audra McDonald, and is working on James Lapine's upcoming review, iSondheim.

Notifications Go Out Today

We will start notifying writers today, Wednesday, January 14. We hope to post the participating artists by Friday.

Project Footlight Deadline Looms!

Time's a wastin'! Applications for the Project Footlight 2009 Festival are due on January 5. It's just a one page application (and we also want stuff like your resume and some songs) and the festival will be oh so much fun. With just one short week of commitment, a beautiful brand-new state-of-the-art theater, directors and Broadway actors milling about, and seventeen other super-hip musical theater writers, you'll practically be in Nirvana. Apply today!