NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL
2016
honoring
TARA RUBIN Tara Rubin Casting
DUNCAN SHEIK
Tony Award ® -winning Composer and Lyricist
FRANK TROUTMAN
Senior Vice President and Director of Operations City National Bank Entertainment Division
Sunday, November 13, 2016 The Edison Ballroom
WELCOME TO NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL
2016 Dear Friends,
Welcome to the New York Musical Festival 2016 Gala. This joyous annual event represents the most important fundraising we do each year and we’re grateful to you all for being with us. The Gala is centered on celebrating the achievements of our distinguished Honorees – Tara Rubin, Duncan Sheik, and Frank Troutman – as well as NYMF’s unending dedication to theater artists creating musical theater. Without these generative artists, there wouldn’t be a Festival and, consequently, no opportunity for dozens of interpretive artists to collaborate on the development of new work. Your encouragement and financial support are vital to making their magic possible. The 2016 Festival was a resounding success that included 48 unique productions, readings, concerts, and events over a record 28 days in seven venues in midtown Manhattan. This Festival saw a particularly diverse slate of new musicals, giving our patrons access to an extraordinary spectrum of experience and discovery. We are especially proud that a number of thematically challenging musicals could be presented at such a high level of production and resonate deeply with our audiences. The imprimatur of NYMF has increased the opportunities for these musicals and their writers, and we look forward to watching their growth in the years to come. As we celebrate the achievements of 2016 tonight, our focus is trained on next summer and beyond. With your help, we will raise the essential funding needed to continue to reduce the financial barriers facing theater artists seeking a platform to showcase their work. The Festival must remain a safe and viable place to do increasingly bold theatrical work. As the 2017 Festival takes shape, we’re embracing the opportunity to improve upon our success with the expectation of helping more and more dynamic new musicals and early-career artists get to the next level. Thank you all for gathering with us this evening and we look forward to seeing you next summer! Best Wishes,
Dan Markley Executive Director & Producer
Tara, my American dream!
Congratulations, Duncan – your talent and dedication to your craft are an inspiration to us all. Congratulations and thank you. Love,
Wishing the best to you and the whole WHISPER HOUSE team on your opening in London this Spring! Love, Hugh Hayes
Events of the Evening 6:00pm Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:15pm Dinner 8:00pm Live Auction 8:15pm Presentations and Performances
Gala Committee Congratulations Frank and thank you for your years of leadership! — Your NYMF Board colleagues: Karen Azenberg, Elaine Berger, Daryl Boren, Jeep Bryant, Linda L. D’Onofrio, Mark Edelman, Michael Emmel, Lily M. Fan, Charlie Fink, Martin Grant, Vicki Halmos, Hugh Hayes, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Jill Jaysen, Eric Luftig, Dan Markley, Elizabeth A. Martin, David Matthews, Krista K. Parsons, Paul Prokop, R. Wesley Webb
Jill Jaysen & Eric Luftig GALA CO-CHAIRS
Elaine Berger Barbara Birch Daryl Boren Jan Brandt Jeep Bryant Harry Coghlan Michael Emmel Charlie Fink Amy-jean Fleet Laura Davis Gross Hugh Hayes
Sharon Kilfoyle Jason D. King Dan Markley Elizabeth A. Martin David Matthews Kevin McCollum Julie Monaco Krista K. Parsons Karen Schadow Dean Stallone R. Wesley Webb
NYMF is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
WE PROUDLY SUPPORT
NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL AND CONGRATULATE
TARA RUBIN DUNCAN SHEIK AND
FRANK TROUTMAN
Mo Rocca – Auctioneer & Master of Ceremonies
Mo Rocca is a Correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Saturday mornings on CBS. He’s the host and creator of My Grandmother’s Ravioli on Cooking Channel and a frequent panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! Mo starred on Broadway as Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and was president and author of The Hasty Pudding Show at Harvard. He played Doody in the Southeast Asian tour of Grease.
David Alpert – Director
Broadway: IF/THEN, The Trip to Bountiful, The Best Man, Guys & Dolls. Also: Talley’s Folly (Roundabout), Old Friends (World Premiere, Signature), Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (World Premiere, Guthrie), Flashdance (1st National). New York: A Little Night Music (NYU Steinhardt), Death Note (by Frank Wildhorn), A Scythe of Time (by Alan Harris & Mark Swanson, NYMF, Best Director Nomination), Idina Menzel at Radio City Music Hall (Creative Consultant), Tonya & Nancy (by Elizabeth Searle & Michael Teoli, NYMF), The Moon & The Sea (by Creighton Irons). Every year, David proudly presents the “Living for Today” concert series which benefits Gilana’s Fund, an organization that supports educational programming celebrating acceptance (www.gilanasfund.org). David holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Western Michigan University, and is the Artistic Director of Headline Programming for BroadwayCon, a convention for thousands of Broadway fans held in New York City. www.david-alpert.com
David Dabbon – Music Director Broadway: Disaster (Dance Arranger), Sondheim on Sondheim (Additional Orchestrations); Off-Broadway/ Regional: Goodspeed Opera House A Sign of the Times (Dance Arranger), DCPA The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Additional Dance Arrangements/Conductor), Playwrights Horizons’ The Christians (Music Supervisor), Stage Kiss (Arranger), NYTW The Events (Music Supervisor), Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart the public domain (Red Conductor), The Flea The Mysteries (Composer/Music Director), These Seven Sicknesses (Music Director/Arranger). As a composer David was commissioned by Dallas Black Dance Theatre to compose a new ballet titled “Surface” which premiered in 2015. Film: “HBO’s Six By Sondheim” (Arranger “Send in the Clowns”), “All God’s Creatures” (Composer). Albums: “Audra McDonald: Go Back Home” (Orchestrator “I’ll Be Here”), “Sweet Bye and Bye” (Music Director). NYMF: All Fall Down (Music Director/Arranger). David is a composer in residence with The Civilians 2016 R&D group. Education: Carnegie Mellon University, The Hartt School. www.daviddabbon.com
Past Honorees Theatrical Productions
2006 Kevin McCollum
2007 Robert Ahrens Pun Bandhu Jennifer Maloney
SA L U TES
2008 Robyn Goodman
TARA RUBIN
2009 NY1 On Stage Sh-K-Boom Records
2010 Chita Rivera Barry & Fran Weissler
AND O UR FR I E N D S AT
NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL
2011 Neil Meron & Craig Zadan 2012 Kelli O’Hara
2013 Isaac Robert Hurwitz Billy Porter
2014 Christopher Gattelli Beth & Allan Williams 2015 Darren P. DeVerna Martin Grant Casey Nicholaw
Frank, Congratulations on this well deserved honor for your efforts on behalf of NYMF. —Marianne Mills
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Musicals Live Here From West Side Story to Rent, from Annie to If/Then, from On the Town to Hamilton, one thing is certain: musicals and New York City go hand in hand. Though song and dance have long played an important role in storytelling, it wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century in New York that libretto, music, and lyrics came together for the first time to form what we know today as the “book musical.” It is clear that even the earliest musicals were shaped and nourished by this city, influenced by the rumble of the subway train and the rattle of the taxis. Even when it is not explicitly stated, New York City is a character in so many of the musicals we love, just as musical theater is part of the identity
Our Mission
The New York Musical Festival nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theater.
of New York. In 2004, The New York Musical Theatre Festival was launched to provide a platform for artists to continue to mount exciting new works in the heart of New York’s theater district. The name has changed slightly, but the essence remains the same. NYMF combines a grassroots festival model with a technical framework geared specifically to musicals. The Festival provides or subsidizes all the key components needed to realize a show, from theaters and technical equipment to marketing support and industry and audience outreach, giving independent artists and earlycareer producers resources and opportunities they couldn’t otherwise access or afford. In 2013, NYMF was honored with a Drama Desk Award that recognized a decade of creating and nurturing new musical theater. Since the first Festival, more than 400 shows have been presented, featuring thousands of artists. The musicals and artists introduced at NYMF have gone on to further successes on and OffBroadway, across the country, and around the globe – reaching millions of theatergoers worldwide.
“I think that new musical theater is incredibly important because there are so many young artists out there that need a chance to develop their new works and find their own voices in a larger environment. NYMF is the chance for those young up-and-comers to find their voice and give them that real, raw, experience.” —Jeremy Jordan Tonight’s Gala helps us raise the funds to continue nurturing and supporting new musical theater works for the 2017 Festival and beyond. We can’t achieve this without our patrons, supporters, musical theater fans, actors, and writers. We thank you for your continued support of new musical theater, and of the New York Musical Festival. Please enjoy the festivities tonight as we celebrate our honorees Tara Rubin, Duncan Sheik, and Frank Troutman for their contributions to the world of musical theater! We are so happy to have you gathered here with us tonight to support our mission: ensuring the future vitality of musical theater. Contributions from your generous bids on our auction items tonight will help to support the following programs in the 2017 Festival: The Next Link Project — Of the hundreds of applications we receive each year, up to 10 musicals are selected by a Grand Jury to participate in this writer service program that develops original work by the best
and brightest emerging composers, lyricists, and bookwriters. Developmental Reading Series — This program is designed to make each musical as strong as possible, to give dramaturgical support in the process, and to allow the writers to gather audience feedback that informs the rewrite process. Student Leadership Program — This program provides training and mentoring to students interested in careers in musical theater. NYMF accepts applications each spring from both undergraduate and graduate students, ultimately selecting a group of student leaders. They are assigned roles of producer, director, stage manager, casting director, or marketing director – depending on their areas of interest – under the mentorship and supervision of Festival staff. We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our patrons and donors here tonight. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy the festivities!
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Our Honoree
Tara Rubin Tara Rubin started her company in April 2001 after working for 15 years as a Casting Director at Johnson-Liff Associates. During those years she worked on productions of Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Sunset Boulevard, Jerry Zaks’ revival of Guys and Dolls and Miss Saigon. She also cast the daytime drama Another World and Dan Aykroyd’s series Soul Man. At Tara Rubin Casting, she and her colleagues Eric Woodall, Merri Sugarman, Laura Schutzel, Kaitlin Shaw, Lindsay Levine, Claire Burke, and Felicia Rudolph cast the musicals Falsettos, Cats, A Bronx Tale, Dear Evan Hansen, Miss Saigon (upcoming), School of Rock, It Shoulda Been You, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Big Fish, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Promises, Promises, How To Succeed… for Broadway as well as The Country Girl, The Heiress, The Farnsworth Invention, and A Time To Kill. They recently completed their 12th season as Casting Directors for Yale Repertory Theater and have worked with many regional theaters across the country.
Photos: the original Broadway cast of Contact (Paul Kolnik); the Broadway cast of Mamma Mia! (Joan Marcus); the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys (Sara Krulwich).
Tara graduated with honors from Boston University and serves on the board of the Casting Society of America.
Our Honoree
Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik Performer/ Composer. Theater credits include: Spring Awakening (2006) – Tony Awards for Best Orchestrations and Best Original Score, 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, American Psycho (2016), Because of Winn Dixie (Delaware Theatre Company 2015), Whisper House (Old Globe Theater 2011), Alice by Heart (currently in development); Nero (Another Golden Rome) (currently in development), The Nightingale (currently in development), Noir (currently in development). Recorded works include: American Psycho (Original London Cast Recording) (2016), Legerdemain (2015), Covers 80s (Sneaky Records 2011), Whisper House (Sony 2009), Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2006), White Limousine (Rounder 2006), Daylight (Atlantic Records 2002), Phantom Moon (Nonesuch 2001), Humming (Atlantic Records 1998), Duncan Sheik (Grammy Nomination for Best Male Vocal, RIAA Certified Gold) (Atlantic Records 1996).
Photos: the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening at the Tony Awards (Bryan Bedder); the original Broadway cast of American Psycho (Jeremy Daniel); the cast of Because of Winn-Dixie at the Delaware Theatre Company (Matt Urban).
Our Honoree
Frank Troutman Frank Troutman is a Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for City National Bank’s Entertainment Division and is responsible for offices in New York City, Nashville and Atlanta. He works closely with the bank’s Entertainment Team to serve the financial needs of clients in media, film, television, and theater, as well as business managers and accountants. Frank helped establish the New York office for the bank – its first office outside California – in 2002. Previously, he was Regional Operations Manager for City National in Northern California. He began his financial services career in 1983 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. Frank is an avid supporter of the Theater, having served for six years as Board member, Treasurer, and supporter of the New York Musical Festival. He has been an affiliate member of The Broadway League since 2009. In April of 2009 Mr. Troutman was the recipient of the Dewitt Stern Local Hero Award for services to New York City’s Non-Profit Theater Community. He resides in New York City.
Photos: the NYMF 2013 production of Standby (Lynne Robinson); the NYMF 2012 production of Stuck; Frank Troutman at the 2016 NYMF Patron Preview event (Russ Rowland).
Congratulations to
A Scythe of Time A Tale of Power, Love, and Bloody Revenge
NYMF/Stage Rights Publishing Award A SCYTHE OF TIME
Book by Alan Harris Music and Lyrics by Mark Alan Swanson
As recipients of the NYMF/Stage Rights Publishing Award, A Scythe of Time will join the theatrical publishing catalog of Steele Spring Stage Rights and will soon be offered to professional and amateur companies throughout the United States and the world.
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Steele Spring Stage Rights is the foremost independent theatrical publisher of intimate new musicals in the United States. Exploring new works has always been a vital part of the company’s mission, and this partnership with NYMF helps further that goal. Founded by a playwright, Steele Spring Stage Rights is proud to represent new and inventive plays and musicals that have appeared Off-Broadway, way Off-Broadway, and nowhere-near Broadway. Steele Spring Stage Rights wants to help authors share their distinctive voices with eager audiences around the world hungry for something beyond the ordinary. Find them online at www.StageRights.com to explore their full catalog.
The NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award PLAY LIKE A WINNER
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Each year NYMF gives an award to the most promising new musical in our Developmental Reading Series. This award includes automatic acceptance into NYMF’s Next Link Project the following season, as well as a $5,000 subsidy toward their participation, entrepreneurial training, and networking opportunities. The writers also benefit from several additional months of ongoing dramaturgical support from NYMF’s Programming Department. Last year, the Developmental Reading Series Award was given to iLLA: A Hip Hop Musical, which participated as a concert in the 2016 Festival, winning the Show-Score Best of Fest: Concert/Event Award. We are pleased to announce this year’s NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award winner: Play Like a Winner. We hope you will join us next summer for their production as they take the next step in the development of their musical.
The NYMF BETA Award FREEDOM RIDERS
Music & Lyrics by Richard Allen and Taran Gray Book by Richard Allen
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The BETA category was introduced at the 2016 Festival, presenting new musicals in development that are “on their feet,” exploring choreography or a specific design element, yet are not ready for production. Like with the Developmental Reading Series Award, the BETA Award ensures automatic acceptance into NYMF’s Next Link Project the following season, and includes a $5,000 subsidy toward their participation, entrepreneurial training, and networking opportunities. The writers also benefit from several additional months of ongoing dramaturgical support from NYMF’s Programming Department. We are pleased to announce that the inaugural BETA Award will go to Freedom Riders. We hope you will join us next summer to see how the show continues to grow and evolve.
Congratulations NYMF on your 2016 Gala!
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On behalf of the Board, staff, and many, many artists whose work has graced our Festivals since 2004, we would like to extend our special thanks to those who have generously helped make tonight’s event a success. VISIONARY LEADERS Daryl & Joe Boren
Jill Jaysen
Jan Brandt
Eric Luftig
Jeep Bryant
Margot Astrachan Production
City National Bank
Paul Prokop
Hugh Hayes
Frank Troutman
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Tara Rubin
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Auction Donors Congrats Tara! You Deserve It! Love, Richard, Marc, Tom, and Steve
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Well-deserved congratulations to Tara Rubin, Duncan Sheik, and Frank Troutman on their incredible contributions to the art and business that is musical theater. It would not be the same without any of you.
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Tara, Congratulations! With your gentle, intuitive way and your whip smarts, you serve as an exemplary leader in our community. We are grateful to benefit from your dedication to the profession and are beaming with pride in celebration of your accomplishments and shining talent. We are honored to serve with you and look forward to watching first-hand your continued success.
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