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Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann: Their Creative Process
Join us for a Q&A with the Tony award winning writers of Urinetown, Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann. The evening will be hosted by India Kotis, author of the new play The Tangibles. Learn about their creative process and the development of their writing partnership. From the Tony Award Winning, to the never before produced, come hear excerpts from three of their musicals: Urinetown, Yeast Nation, and ZM (Zombie Musical).
"Follow Your Heart" from Urinetown: performed by Lily Ganser and Dalton Harrod.
"Burnin' Soul" and "I'll Change the World Around Her" from Yeast Nation: performed by Sophie Hoyt and Jordan Johnston.
"Indefinitely" from ZM (Zombie Musical): performed performed by Carly Siege and Brock Lucas.
Music Director: Ben Sperling
Director: Leilah Rosen
Produced by Rascal Arts
Greg Kotis is the author of many plays and musicals including Urinetown (Book/Lyrics, for which he won an Obie Award and two Tony Awards), Give the People What They Want, All Your Questions Answered, Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards, The Boring-est Poem in the World, Yeast Nation (Book/Lyrics), The Truth About Santa, Pig Farm, Eat the Taste, and Jobey and Katherine. His work has been produced and developed in theaters across the country and around the world, including Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Conservatory Theater, American Theater Company, The Apollo (West End), the Eugene O'Neill National Theater Conference, The Geva Center, Henry Miller's Theatre (Broadway), Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Stage and Film, Perseverance Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, Soho Rep, South Coast Rep, and The Old Globe, among others. Future projects include a musical adaptation of The Sting, as well as plays involving salad bars, desert hide-outs, and lost children. Greg is a member of the Neo-Futurists, the Cardiff Giant Theater Company, ASCAP, and the Dramatists Guild. He grew up in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife Ayun Halliday, his daughter India, and his son Milo.
Mark Hollmann received the Tony, National Broadway Theatre, and Obie Awards for his score to Urinetown the Musical, which is currently playing in the West End at London 's Apollo Theatre. Other shows as composer/lyricist: Yeast Nation; Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls; The Man in the White Suit; The Girl, the Grouch and the Goat; Alchemist the Musical; Jack the Chipper; Kabooooom!; I Think I Can; Deal with It!; and Fare for All. Actor and/or co-writer for the Cardiff Giant Theater productions The Rack, Theater of Funny, The Mercy Ripper, LBJFKKK, Love Me, All Eight Die, and After Taste, the last of which he also directed. TV: songs for Disney Channel'sJohnny and the Sprites. He has served on the Tony Nominating Committee, serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America, and is a member of ASCAP. He is also a member of Sure Foundation Lutheran Church in Woodside, Queens , where he serves as a part-time pianist. He and his wife Jilly live in Manhattan with their sons, Oliver and Tucker.
The funds from this will go to Rascal Art's very first play, The Tangibles. Rascal Arts is recently founded theater company started, organized, and run entirely by graduating seniors from LaGuardia High School of the Arts.
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LocationLang Recital Hall - Hunter College (View)
North Building. 68th btw Lex and Park
New York, NY 10065
United States
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