Swing State (2012)
What if those awful people who are ruining this country ... were your only hope?
Music by Andy Mitton
Saturday, Jul 21st, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Saturday, Jul 21st, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Jul 24th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Jul 24th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Jul 25th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Sunday, Jul 29th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Bonnie has promised God she’ll save every little soul in her Appalachian Kindergarten class, and if that means risking her job, or happens to trigger her chronic back pain – well, so be it. Neil, the new chiropractor in town, sees things differently. A gay, new-age transplant from Brooklyn, Neil is over the moon when his first treatment turns out to be a miracle cure. But Bonnie is feeling things she hasn’t felt in years and has a different response: “Put me back.” The moment Neil refuses, they’re off … and another epic battle in the Culture Wars is ON.
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Approximate Running Time: 1:45; no intermission
Jed is thrilled to be back at NYMF, after appearing last year in Les Enfants de Paris. Broadway: Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod u.s.). National Tours: Rent (Mark), Avenue Q. Regional/New York: Williamstown Theatre Festival, NY Fringe Festival, Peterborough Players, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep. He is currently in Avenue Q at New World Stages, and developing a children's series, "Monica's Mixing Bowl." Jed is a proud alum of Brown University and member of AEA. Love and thanks to the whole Swing State team and J.
Morgan is thrilled to be a part of SWING STATE! She can currently be seen in the Off-Broadway revival of RENT! New York: NEXT TO NORMAL (dir. Michael Greif), SAVED (dir. Gary Griffin), Regional: DANGEROUS BEAUTY (dir. Sheryl Kaller), VENICE (dir. Eric Rosen), THE BOYS ARE COMING HOME (dir. Gary Griffin), WAS (dir. Tina Landau). Workshops: FLY(dir. Jeffrey Seller), PRETTY FILTHY (dir. Steve Cosson), ROMY & MICHELE’S HIGHSCHOOL REUNION (dir. Christopher Ashley). Education: Northwestern University!
Dana Yeaton is a recipient of the Heideman Award from the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and the New Voices in American Theatre Award from the William Inge Theatre Festival. His full-length plays include Mad River Rising (Moss Hart Award), Midwives, an adaptation of the Chris Bohjalian novel (Bessie Award), and Redshirts, produced by Penumbra Theatre and Roundhouse Theatre (Helen Hayes Award Nomination, Best New Play). Dana teaches at Middlebury College and was founding director of the Vermont Young Playwrights Project. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
Andy Mitton is based in Los Angeles, where he works as a filmmaker, composer, and sound designer. He has written instrumental scores for professional and regional theater on both coasts and is a member of the LA Composers Guild. Andy has also authored several original plays and was Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Sight Unseen Theater Group in LA from 2001 until 2008. In 2010, his feature-length horror film YellowBrickRoad was released internationally, and he's currently working on his next film with collaborator Jesse Holland. Swing State is his first score for musical theater.
Most Recent: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (NYMF Award for Excellence in Direction). Off-Broadway: With Glee (Prospect Theatre/Theatre Row), YANK! (York Theatre – Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical, SDC Joe A. Callaway Award finalist for Distinguished Direction). Previous productions of YANK!: Diversionary Theatre, San Diego (Outstanding Achievement in Direction of a Musical, StageScene L.A.); The Gallery Players (New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical); New York Musical Theatre Festival (Talkin’ Broadway Outstanding New Summer Musical Citation). Other productions for NYMF: The Tenth Floor (Talkin' Broadway Outstanding New Summer Musical Citation), Sing, But Don’t Tell; Main-Travelled Roads (2008 Richard Rodgers Award staged reading); Unlock’d (2007 Best In Fest Award; Talkin’ Broadway Outstanding New Summer Musical Citation); Common Grounds (NYMF 2006 Award for Excellence In Direction). Other credits: Liberty (Workshop), Like You Like It (The Gallery Players - New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical). Tours: Associate Director, Seussical (TheatreworksUSA). Regional: ...And Then I Wrote A Song About It (Diversionary, San Diego - Best Direction of a Solo Performance, StageScene LA); The Mystery of Irma Vep, The New Century, A Little Night Music, I Love You Because (NH Theatre Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical), Romance Romance, The Complete History of America (abridged), Blithe Spirit, Dracula, Violet, The Spitfire Grill and The Full Monty. Upcoming: Liberty (Warner Theatre, CT), The Foreigner (Barnstormers, NH), South Pacific (Engeman Theater, Northport, NY) Member: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
Broadway: White Christmas, Mamma Mia, Spring Awakening, Chicago, Promises, Promises, and Mary Poppins. Regional: White Christmas, Director Guys and Dolls, Lincoln in Love, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wild Party, The Last Five Years, The Casebook of Rudolf H-. Performed at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Caroline’s Comedy Club, Metropolitan Room, and Joe’s Pub NYC. Member of BMI Musical Theatre Writing Program. Studied at MSM.
Concert/Tours: Kylie Minogues’ Aphrodite-Les Folies and USA 2009, Britney Spears’ Circus, Rihanna 2012, Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live!. West End: The Hurly Burly Show. TV: Rihanna (SNL), Rihanna (American Idol Finale 2012). Theatre: Absinthe (Caesars Palace – LV, Spiegelworld), Empire (Spiegelworld, NY), John Lithgows’ Sunny side of the Street (New Victory), James Lapines’ Mrs. Miller Does her Thing (Wyly, Dallas), Jane Austins’ Pride and Prejudice (NYMF 2011). Visual Marketing: Lead designer Macy’s 2010 award winning Christmas windows “Yes, Virginia”, ESPN, HBO, Nascar, Nike. Faculty: Purchase College.
NY & Off-Bway MY MOTHERS LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, TWILIGHT IN MANCHEGO, & RAINBOW AROUND THE SUN (NYMF) HOLY CRAP!(La Mamma), LONG DAY’S JOURNEY(Theatre Row) SHOSHAN BEAN: A HAPPENING (Lincoln Center Jazz), I HAVE LOVED STRANGERS (Ohio Theatre) Broadway Associate: EVITA, ELF, AFTER MISS JULIE, RACE, AND ROCK OF AGES Regional Designs inlclude Dallas Theatre Center, Hangar Theater, Reprise Theatre Company, Boise Contemporary Theatre, Northern Stage, & The Brown/Trinity Rep. http://www.LoneStarNYC.com Thanks and Love to my Wife Amy!
Named "Designer to Watch" by Live Design Magazine 2011. NYMF '12: Baby Case; How Deep Is The Ocean?. Recent Design Credits: Suicide, Incorporated (Roundabout Theatre Company); LUNGS, Zero Hour (Barrington Stage Company); Jane Austen's: Pride and Prejudice, a musical (Signature Theatre, NYMF) *WON - Excellence in Production Design; YANK! (Roundabout Theatre Company; The Old Globe); Nothing Like a Dame, They're Playing Our Song (Actors Fund); Biloxi Blues (Forestburgh Playhouse); Tess, a New Rock Opera (St. Clements, NYMF '10); Trails, the musical (TBG, NYMF '10); A Chorus Line (New Players Company); EDGES! (WPPAC); RENT (CMPAC); MY AiDS (Urban Stages); Penang (Workshop Mainstage Theater); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Sage Theatre); The Wedding Singer (CMPAC). Norwegian Cruise Lines; Regent Seven Seas Cruise Lines; Silver Sea Luxury Cruise Lines. USA829. www.ZachBlane.com
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Past design credits include Un Plugged In (Theatre Row), Heathens (Theatre for a New City), Pltonov, The Hothouse (Columbia University). Regional credits include The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Altar Boyz, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Papermill Theatre), The Cradle Will Rock, I Love You Because, and The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines (Missouri Stare University). BFA from Missouri State University. Joseph will be starting in the fall as a masters candidate in the design for stage and film program at Tisch New York University.
Credits Include - Regional: ELLA (Long Wharf Theatre & National Tour) New York: Voca People, Red Mother (Spiderwoman Theater Co) The Diary of a Teenage Girl (3LD Arts/The Essentials), SUNFISH (ASCAP Workshop), Hostage Song (NAMT ’09), Reborning (The Public/SPF '09) Romeo & Juliet (MMAC) Blood From a Stoner (EST Marathon '09) Zombie (Theatre Row & Fringe NYC ‘08) Wood (NYMF 2008,) Another Vermeer (Abingdon Theatre Co.)
Graduate of Rutgers University in Stage Management. Recent Credits TheatreWorks USA’s National Tour ofSeussical, The Musical and Brontë (Alloy Theatre Company) New York Credits: Spring Alive! (One Healing Arts Company, Dixon Place), TUT (NYMF). The Revival (Project Y, Theatre Row), Septimus & Clarissa The Workshop at Classic Stage Company, In God’s Hat (Apothecary Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons), and Three Piano’s (New York Theatre Workshop). He would like to thank his family for their constant support.
Lisa Dozier King has general managed fifty productions in the New York area as well as hundreds of special events. Current Off Broadway: Bronte, Sistas: the Musical. Recent credits: Milk, Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Duchess of Malfi, How to be a Good Italian Daughter, F#@king Up Everything. Lisa has general managed close to twenty productions at the National York Musical Theatre Festival and often collaborates with One Healing Arts, New Georges, New Feet Productions and 3LD Art & Technology Center. She has been on staff at Symphony Space, Manhattan Theatre Club, New 42 and the American Repertory Theatre. 2012 marks Lisa's fifth year as the General Manager for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals. www.lisadozierproductions.com
01 Born Again Again
Vocals: Tara Giordano (w/Andy Mitton)
Instruments: Andy Mitton
Orchestration by Bradford Swanson
Credit: Dana Yeaton/Andy Mitton
02 Hey God, Goodnight
Instruments & Vocals: Andy Mitton
Orchestration by Bradford Swanson
Credit: Dana Yeaton/Andy Mitton
03 City Boy In The Hollow
Instruments & Vocals: Andy Mitton
Orchestration by Bradford Swanson
Credit: Dana Yeaton/Andy Mitton