• Amas Song Salon Series: The Art of Managing A Performing Career, featuring N’Kenge
• Amas Musical Theatre Lab
November 15-16: Bridges
Book and lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis, music by Douglas J. Cohen, directed by Jeffrey Page. In 1965, a young woman boldly joins a fight for her civil rights. Decades later, another young woman faces her own battle for equality. As their stories collide across time and distance, each must come to terms with who she is in the context a changing world.
November 19-20: Romeo and Bernadette: A Tale of Verona and Brooklyn
Book and lyrics by Mark Saltzman, music adapted from classic Italian melodies, directed by Justin Ross. The age-old feud between the Capulets and the Montegues is re-imagined in 1960 in this irreverent musical comedy.
November 29-30: Stealing Freedom: The True, Heroic Life of the Extraordinary Captain Smalls
(Formerly “Charleston Harbor”), by Scott Winfield Sublett, directed by Christopher Scott. Back by popular demand, Stealing Freedom tells the story an unsung hero of the Civil War whose daring exploits inspired Abraham Lincoln to allow African-Americans to enlist and fight for the Union.
• Amas Workshop
December 6-7: Distant Thunder: A Native-American Musical
Book by Lynne and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, music and lyrics by Chris Wiseman and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, additional music and lyrics by Robert Lindsey-Nassif, directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett. A young man, half-Native, half white, returns to the Blackfeet Tribe to fulfill a promise he made to his mother on her death bed and unwitting opens a deep rift that threatens to destroy the tribal lands and their culture.
• Special Events
November 17: The Algonquin Kid, by Michael Colby. A musical revue about a singular life growing up in the Algonquin Hotel.
December 1: With Love, Marilyn. A musical tribute to Marilyn Monroe by Erin Sullivan and Stephanie Rosenberg. Musical Direction & Arrangements by Henry Aronson.
Amas Annual Spring Benefit Gala featuring the presentation of The “Rosie” Award and The Rosetta LeNoire Scholarship Award, both named in honor of Amas founder, Rosetta LeNoire. There’s also a silent auction, concert performance, and reception.
• Amas Mainstage
May 20–June 30: Stealing Freedom (see description, above
• The Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy
The company’s flagship pre-professional training program teaching musical theatre performance skills to under-served youth ages 12-18.
Saturdays: October 20 – April 30 at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School ,120 West 46th Street
Open House: January 16, 2019 – Auditorium JKO HS
End of Year Performance: May 7-16, 2019
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