SYNOPSIS
Siren’s Den is a dark, rock musical twist on the myth of the ancient Greek sirens who lured sailors to their deaths with their songs. Here, the turbulent sea is the music industry in the late 90’s in NYC, and the siren is Skylar Cole, a seductive indie rock singer. Skylar’s biggest fan is Remy Morgan, a young, aspiring vocalist who finds that her songwriting is fueled by her time spent with Skylar. Remy finds herself drawn into a world of drugs, lust and promises, where some idols don’t deserve and some dreams come with dire consequences. find success? Or will she fall prey to Skylar’s siren
songwriting finds and empty pedestals consequences. Will Remy siren song forever?
LOVE
once raw bringing to scores of Spring Awaksongs take on meaning considershow is ABOUT its healing, powers in the the songwriting characters.
Siren’s Den features two strong female leads who are flawed and human. In this world, love is love and connects soul to soul, not gender to gender. The show will resonate deeply with anyone who has ever experienced unrequited love, grappled with their sexuality or been manipulated in a toxic relationship.
INSPIRATION
Siren’s Den creator, Rori Nogee, is a singer/songwriter, actress and musician who spent 14 years as a Renthead groupie for the musical, Rent.) She saw firsthand petition, jealousy and backstabbing in groupie as she supported the cast from the Rent stage frequent rock singing concerts at The Cutting XL, and Crash Mansion.
For years, actresses, apartment write many which ended tually, groupie the actress chance for defense account of being trusted the most.
singer/songwriter, Renthead (a firsthand the com groupie culture stage to their Cutting Room,
years, she idolized and befriended one of the actresses, enjoying backstage chats, dinners and even apartment hangs. This relationship inspired Rori to many songs about and for the actress, some of ended up in the final version of Siren’s Den . Evengroupie jealousy led to gossip and rumors and abruptly discarded Rori, leaving her without a defense or closure. Siren’s Den is a very personal being destroyed by the one person you loved and most.
As a writer, she wrote the book, music and lyrics for Siren’s Den: A Rock Musical, which appeared in the West Village Musical Theater Festival, the NYNW Theater Festival (SemiFinalist for Best Musical), as a staged reading at Under St. Mark’s, as a concert at The Laurie Beechman Theatre and as an Equity Showcase at The Gene Frankel Theatre. Her song, In the Meantime , was selected for UNC Greensboro’s Hear Our Voices Virtual Song Cycle in 2020. In 2021, Siren’s Den received a grant from City Artist Corps which resulted in a staged concert at The Cutting Room. The show was most recently featured in Create Theatre’s Smash it! workshop in front of industry professionals. Rori’s full length play, Aftershocks , premiered at the NY Winterfest (Best Play Nomination) and had an Equity Showcase run at Theater for the New City. Her other full length play, Down This Road , received staged readings with Sink or Swim Rep, Identity Theater and Chelsea Rep Lab. In the works is her new folk rock musical, The Impatiens .
CREATIVES
JADEN GWYNN (Orchestrations) is a seasoned singer/songwriter in the Jersey City Music Community, consistently featuring original music and Broadway covers at places like Departed Souls Brewery, Brightside Tavern, Fox and Crow, and Greenspace Studios. Jaden is also currently the drummer for a rising band, 3 Day Weekend. With 2 original albums released on all streaming platforms and a 3rd underway, creative collaboration is something Jaden holds dear. Working on the orchestration of Siren’s Den alongside Frank Perri was no exception to the joy of helping bring a vision to life.
FRANK PERRI (Orchestrations) As a performer and an arranger/orchestrator, Frank has worked with Bette Midler, VH1, the Grammy Awards, Stevie Wonder, Whoopi Goldberg, Montel Williams, Giorgio Armani, Howard Stern, Pia Toscano, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Adam Pascal, ESPN, Kim Sozzi, Max Weinberg, the International Dance Music Awards, the United Nations, the March of Dimes, the MARS corporation, and the New York Islanders. He also appeared in the ABC Television show “Pan Am” as a pianist: As a music director he has led shows and bands at Radio City Music Hall, the Beacon Theater, Nassau Coliseum, Hammerstein Ballroom, the Barclays Center, and Irving Plaza.
CLIPS SCRIPT SAMPLES
Room Concert
Frankel Theater
Stephen S. Miller
Act 1. Scene 3. Act 1. Scene 5.
Act 2. Scene 2.
CHARACTERS
REMY
Female. Early 20’s. Caucasian. Strong pop/rock singer who goes from vulnerable ingenue to hardened rockstar.
Female. 20’s. Any ethnicity. Strong pop/rock singer. The head of the Vultures, she is an opportunist who will stop at nothing to stay Skylar’s number one fan.
JESSIE GARRETT SKYLAR
Female. Late 30’s–40’s. A modern day siren. matic and can seduce a glance. Excellent rock an edgy sound.
Male. Late 20’s–early sian. Skylar’s bad-boy jealous husband. Fed groupies and rock ’n’ he longs for a home Strong rock voice.
40’s. Any ethnicity. siren. Sexy, charisseduce a room with rock singer with early 30’s. Caucabad-boy lover turned Fed up with the ’n’ roll lifestyle, home and family.
LOGAN
Male. Late 30’s–40’s. Any ethnicity. Rock tenor. Works A+R for a record label and is the voice of reason, until his feelings for Remy and dark past with Skylar come to light.
VULTURES
Female, male, and/or non-binary. 20’s. Any ethnicity. True triple threats. Strong dancer/singers who are groupies, newsreporters, etc. Unique looks and personalities who can hold tight harmony.
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COSTUMES
90’s rock, grunge and goth, ripped jeans, crop tops. Lots of black textures like leather and fishnets. Vultures have feathers on their costumes. Skylar when not in performing mode dresses more hippie chick with long flowing skirts and floor length jackets.
Stylistically you had me. I’m longing for this kind of musical. I loved the feel of it.”
— SHOWSCORE
REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS
— SAIMA HUG, STAGE BUDDY It’s Rent meets Rock of Ages meets Single White Female. ”
— SHOWSCORE
— CREATE THEATRE, SMASH IT! WORKSHOP PANEL I was engaged emotionally, visually and sonically.”
A new rock opera echoes All About with a Sapphic It is a realistic tale told in a modern way.”
TESTIMONIALS
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opera that About Eve Sapphic twist. timeless modern
