The following is a list of what just some of our graduates have been doing. If you would like to let your fellow alumni know what you've been up to, be sure to submit your own class note to be published on the web and in the Tisch Newsletter.
Aaron Jafferis 2004 Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Aaron Jafferis wrote the book and lyrics for Kingdom, a new hip-hop musical being produced in February 2009 by the Old Globe, a theater in San Diego, California. Kingdom" had its start in 2004 as the master's project of Mr. Jafferis and composer Ian Williams '04 (MFA, GMTW), a fellow student in NYU's musical theater writing program. The play has had readings and workshops at the Public Theater off-Broadway and the New York Music Theater Festival. Mr. Jafferis and Mr. Williams are working together to shape Weird Sisters, a companion musical to Kingdom. Mr. Williams will also release his first CD with his Seattle indie rock band The Thoughts on March 10, 2009.
Aaron Jafferis wrote the book and lyrics for Kingdom, a new hip-hop musical being produced in February 2009 by the Old Globe, a theater in San Diego, California. Kingdom" had its start in 2004 as the master's project of Mr. Jafferis and composer Ian Williams '04 (MFA, GMTW), a fellow student in NYU's musical theater writing program. The play has had readings and workshops at the Public Theater off-Broadway and the New York Music Theater Festival. Mr. Jafferis and Mr. Williams are working together to shape Weird Sisters, a companion musical to Kingdom. Mr. Williams will also release his first CD with his Seattle indie rock band The Thoughts on March 10, 2009.
Hilan Warshaw 2006 Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Web Site: hilanwarshaw.com
Hilan Warshaw recently co-edited and researched "Shadows in Paradise," a documentary about the writers and musicians who fled the Nazis and settled in Los Angeles, which was shown on PBS and ARTE in May.
Web Site: hilanwarshaw.com
Hilan Warshaw recently co-edited and researched "Shadows in Paradise," a documentary about the writers and musicians who fled the Nazis and settled in Los Angeles, which was shown on PBS and ARTE in May.
Gordon Leary 2007 Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Gordon Leary is a recipient of a 2009 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards. He shares the award with Karlan Judd for their play Cheer Wars, which will receive a staged reading. Mr. Leary, who wrote the book and lyrics for Cheer Wars, has also written the book and lyrics for Sled Ride and Disappeared. He received the 2008 First Look Award for the musical Across the River.
Nikos Tsakalakos 2008 Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Nikos Tsakalakos is a composer and lyricist. His cabaret, Kiss This, is currently running at the Barrington Stageg Company (BSC) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He established BSC's late-night cabaret in 2007; had a run of his show, Songs of a Night Owl, at BSC's Stage 2 in the summer of 2008; and was a contributor to last season's edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Don't Know But Should. In May 2009, Poolside at the Hotel Bel-Air, a musical Mr. Tsakalakos is working on with playwright Janet Allard, will be given a staged workshop reading at BSC's Stage 2.
Nikos Tsakalakos is a composer and lyricist. His cabaret, Kiss This, is currently running at the Barrington Stageg Company (BSC) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He established BSC's late-night cabaret in 2007; had a run of his show, Songs of a Night Owl, at BSC's Stage 2 in the summer of 2008; and was a contributor to last season's edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Don't Know But Should. In May 2009, Poolside at the Hotel Bel-Air, a musical Mr. Tsakalakos is working on with playwright Janet Allard, will be given a staged workshop reading at BSC's Stage 2.
