Casting announced for Sophia's Fall

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Brett Singer & Associates, LLC
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The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Benjamin Birney Productions Alpha, LLC present
SOPHIA'S FALL
The forgotten story of the Goddess in Creation
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Birney
Book and Lyrics by Rob Seitelman
Directed and Choreographed by Jason Summers
Musical Direction by Mary Ann Ivan
September 18th – 20thAt 37 Arts (450 W. 37th Street)

About The Play

SOPHIA'S FALL is an intense musical journey chronicling the final acts of creation through the eyes of Sophia, the mother angel who saved Adam and Eve from Lucifer and his fallen demons.  An epic love story, SOPHIA'S FALL is about the triumph of love over justice and the battle that rages inside each of us.  A four-piece rock band and fluid, modern dance choreography round out a dark, tuneful score.  SOPHIA'S FALL is an official selection of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

About The Cast

The cast for SOPHIA'S FALL is as follows:

Philip Deyesso* as "Death" (365 Days 365 Plays at The Public Theatre, Cold As Ice at the Gateway Playhouse), Meghann Dreyfuss* as "Raphael" (Mamma Mia! on Broadway), Liberty Edwards as "Eve" (Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island: The Musical), Tessa Faye* as "Gabriel" (Only a Lad at FringeNYC, Bye Bye Birdie), Chris Gleim* as "Beelzebub" (Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar National Tour with Ted Neeley, Best Little Whorehouse National Tour), Clarissa Grace* as "Mammon" (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat National Tour, Radio City Christmas Spectacular NYC Company, Saturday Night Fever Las Vegas Company), Graham Kurtz* as "Adam" (West Side Story International Tour), Joe Paparella* as "Michael" (Les Miserables and Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, 1st National Tour of Mamma Mia!), Danielle Erin Rhodes* as "Sophia" (Back Home at NYMF, Oliver! First National Tour, Grease European Tour), Nikki Van Cassele* as "Sin" (Cabaret 1st National Tour, Godspell at the Walnut Street Theatre), Ryan Williams* as "Lucifer" (Les Miserables National Tour, Grease National Tour, Evil Dead Off Broadway), and Michael Wolland* as "Belial" (Oliver! First National Tour)

About The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)

Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) exists to revitalize one of America’s greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater. Since its inception in 2004, the three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals – many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide.  NYMF 2004 hit Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances off-Broadway and is now in its fourth year at New World Stages; fellow NYMF alum [title of show] recently began performances at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.

Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, King Displays, Panasonic Astrovision, and TheMENEvent. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Festival memberships are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.nymf.org or by calling (212) 352-3101; single tickets go on sale on September 1. For more information, visit www.nymf.org.

Tickets and Schedule

SOPHIA'S FALL will begin performances on Thursday, September 18th and will continue Saturday, September 20th. The schedule will be as follows:
Thursday 9/18 at 8pm
Friday 9/19 at 1pm & 4:30pmS
aturday 9/20 at 9pm

To purchase tickets, please visit www.nymf.org.

SOPHIA'S FALL

Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Birney
Book and Lyrics by Rob Seitelman
Directed and Choreographed by Jason Summers
Musical Direction by Mary Ann Ivan

Equity Showcase Code Pending. * These Actors and Stage Manager(s) are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

At 37 Arts (450 W. 37th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues)

SCHEDULE:

Thursday 9/18 at 8pm
Friday 9/19 at 1pm & 4:30pm
Saturday 9/20 at 9pm

Press is invited to attend beginning at the first performance Order online at www.nymf.org

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