[TITLE OF SHOW]
 

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Jeff Bowen
BOOK BY Hunter Bell
DIRECTED BY Missy Koonce
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY Anthony T. Edwards
 

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September 18-October 10, 2010

 Previews September 15, 16 and 17

Featuring Seth Golay, KC Comeaux,

Jessalyn Kincaid and Natalie Weaver

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[INSERT MUSIC HERE]
Imagine two hyper-talented young songwriters in New York trying to write a new musical about two
hyper-talented young songwriters in New York trying to write a new musical. That’s [title of show],
the deliciously smart, tongue-in-cheek musical that wowed Broadway audiences and critics last
fall. Share its dizzy, unpredictable and uproarious journey from unemployment to the Great White Way.

 

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Talk back performances Sept 21, 26 and 28

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September 18-October 10, 2010

 Previews September 15, 16 and 17

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Sunday 12-3pm

 

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above photos by Cynthia Levin

Hunter

Jeff

Heidi

Susan

above photos by Aren't We Clever

In Other Press...

 

Kansas City Star--Posted on Fri Aug 27, 2010
Stage | The season's highlights  (May require registration)

 

Broadwayworld.com--Posted on Thurs Aug 26, 2010
Unicorn Theatre Presents [title of show] 9/15-17  (Click for Story)

By BWW NEWS DESK

 

Camp--Posted on Fri Aug 27, 2010
CampBiz - September, 2010   (Click for story)

By JOHN LONG

 

JEFF BOWEN wrote the music and lyrics and co-starred in the Broadway musical [title of show]. He was awarded an OBIE for his work on [title of show], and has composed music for several shows at PS 122, including AVANT GARDE A RAMA IN SPARKLEVISION and HELLO, MY NAME IS AVANT GARDE A RAMA. Also, SPARKLEFEST 2000 at Dixon Place, THE A TRAIN PLAYS and the film Boat Mime. His onstage credits include THE WHO'S TOMMY, THE DIVINERS, THE DOCTOR IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, OF THEE I SING, THE SANDBOX and ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, among others. Jeff is a proud member of the National Audubon Society and the American Birding Association.

 

HUNTER BELL wrote the book and co-starred in the Broadway musical [title of show]. He received an OBIE Award and Tony Award and Drama League nominations for [title of show]. Writing credits include, SILENCE! THE MUSICAL (book writer/Overall Excellence Award—Outstanding Musical 2005 Fringe NYC). STUCK BY EPCOT (playwright/Manhattan Theatre Source), A TRAIN PLAYS (lyricist/Neighborhood Playhouse), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (writer 2007 Circus). He contributed material for Counts Media Inc.'s interactive billboard project, was a 2003 finalist in Warner Bros. Television Comedy Writers Workshop, and has developed new works at the Dramatist Guild, Irish Rep, PS 122, Goodspeed/Chester, CanStage, MTC, Ars Nova, and the O'Neill Center. As an actor, Hunter made his Broadway debut in HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. He appeared in TAMING OF THE SHREW, ...FORUM, GYPSY (St. Louis Rep), SHE LOVES ME, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA (Cincinnati Playhouse), ANYTHING GOES (Great Lakes Theatre Festival), GODSPELL (MUNY), LITTLE ME (North Shore), THE TEMPEST (Dallas Shakespeare Festival), SIDE SHOW (Cleveland Playhouse), ROMEO AND JULIET, THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE (Alliance Theatre), JUMBO, OH, BOY! (York), SOUTH PACIFIC (Carnegie Hall), THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO (Coconut Grove), RAGS (Paper Mill), PROMISES, PROMISES (Stages), ME AND MY GIRL (Goodspeed Opera House, CT: Outer Critics Award— Best Actor in a Musical). TV: Out of the Box (Disney Channel), Guiding Light. BFA Webster University.

 

 

 

MISSY KOONCE (DIRECTOR) is back to the Mainstage where she was last seen as Claire in bare.  If you have visited The Jerome Stage in the last year you may have seen Speech & Debate which Missy directed or you might have caught her performing as the very proud mother in the AIDS Service Foundation production of Pride & Joy.  Other Unicorn productions include the World Premiere of Loving Lucy, How I Learned To Drive, As Bees In Honey Drown, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Unidentified Human Remains.., The Laramie Project and as co-director/choreographer for BatBoy:  The Musical.  Other venues where you may have come across Missy are Late Night Theatre, The American Heartland Theatre, The New Theatre and Theatre for Young America, YouTube, Facebook or bar Natasha where she wrote, produced and performed over 60 cabaret shows. Her latest endeavor is as the new Event Coordinator for EPIC Entertainment, a Starlight Theatre Company.  Love to Stacie, Isabella and all the Theatre Geeks who have followed their dreams!

 

ANTHONY T. EDWARDS (MUSICAL DIRECTOR), a native of Humboldt, Tennessee, is delighted to be a part of this Unicorn production. Anthony is currently the Resident Musical Director for the American Heartland Theatre, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Starlight and Epic Entertainment and is on faculty at UMKC. He completed a Bachelor of Music degree in commercial music and piano performance at Belmont University in Nashville, TN and graduate studies in piano performance at the University of Missouri-Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, MO. He has appeared with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, the New Theatre Restaurant, the Quality Hill Playhouse, Starlight Theatre, Theatre in the Park, the American Heartland Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, the Red Barn Theatre and Waterfront Playhouse in Key West, FL., Casa Manana in Fort Worth, Theatre Under the Stars in Atlanta and Late Night Theatre. You may remember these Unicorn productions: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, BatBoy:  The Musical, Crowns, Convenience, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, tick, tick…boom!, rightnextto me, The Women of Brewster Place, bare and Grey Gardens. Anthony has happily made Kansas City his home with a great guy named Scott, and a really incredible dog named Samantha. Congratulations to Cynthia, the Cast and the Unicorn Staff on this Kansas City premiere!!

 

SETH GOLAY (HUNTER) is pleased as punch to return to the Unicorn and work with an incredible cast and crew! Previous Unicorn credits include BatBoy The Musical (title role) and Grey Gardens, (Gould). Other KC credits include A Christmas Story: The Musical, The Front Page, Winesburg, Ohio, A Christmas Carol and The Pirates of Penzance (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); Dames at Sea, The Rainmaker, I Love You Because, Forever Plaid, (American Heartland Theatre); Anything Goes, (Starlight Theatre); The Foreigner (The New Theatre); Big River (Musical Theatre Heritage); Lucky Duck, Stuart Little, Twice Upon a Time and Suessical, at the Coterie Theatre. Fortunate enough to experience himself the creation of a new work, Seth had the pleasure of Co-writing the score and directing Goodbye, Kansas, a musical which had its premiere at the 2010 KC Fringe Festival.

 

KC COMEAUX (JEFF) is thankful to be returning to the Unicorn stage where he was last seen in bare. You may remember KC from such Kansas City productions as: Life on the Mississippi, Into the Woods, U:Bug:Me, Reefer Madness and the Happy Elf. If you develop a further interest, you can see him in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day at the Coterie this Christmas!

 

 

 

 

JESSALYN KINCAID (HEIDI) nostalgically returns home to the Unicorn, where she was last seen in The Great American Trailer Park Musical.  She is proud to have shared her talents at almost every professional theatre in town, including the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, New Theatre Restaurant, American Heartland Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse and Musical Theater Heritage.  She has also had the distinct honor of working closely with such luminaries as Harry Connick, Jr. and Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz.  When not onstage she enjoys the quiet side of life -- a nice glass of wine, a good crossword puzzle, maybe some time in the WoW.  And while she is here in body and mind, please forgive her if at times her spirit is with the KC Royals.  She bleeds true blue.  www.JessalynKincaid.com

 

NATALIE WEAVER (SUSAN) is excited to be making her Unicorn debut! Prior to her recent move to Kansas, Natalie lived and worked in New York City; in and out of the studio recording for new musicals and various composers. She played Marty on the National Tour of Grease! with Frankie Avalon, and received an IT nomination for her work in the NYC production of The 5 Borough Plays. Here in Kansas City, Natalie has served as actor and/or educator for the American Heartland Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Starlight Theatre and Epic Entertainment. After [title of show] she can be found singing jazzy ‘40’s tunes in the Chestnut Fine Arts Christmas show.  Big thank you’s go out to her agent, Talent Unlimited, Actor’s Equity, and the Unicorn for this wonderful opportunity. And to Jax, I love you with all of my heart.

 

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