PREMIERES 2001-2017
Artistic Director, Paulette Haupt

PREMIERES' is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit company whose sole mission is to bring new music theater to light.  We support the development and promotion of works by exceptional American playwrights, lyricists and composers whose creative visions move the art form forward and enrich the lexicon of the American Musical Theater.  We present staged readings of works in progress as well as create new partnerships through commissions, development and full productions in our 'INNER VOICES' initiative.

2014

At the TBG Theatre

GRACE

By Charlayne Woodard and Kirsten Childs
Directed by Shirley Jo Finney and Music Direction by Rona Siddiqui
Starring Andrea Frierson
Bass – Maurice Belle

THE OTHER ROOM

By Mark Campbell and Marisa Michelson
Directed by Ethan Heard and Music Direction by Ian Axness
Starring Phoebe Strole
Cello – Brian Sanders

INNER VOICES 2012

At Urban Stages

BORROWED DUST

By Martin Moran and Joseph Thalken
Directed by Jonathan Butterell and Music Direction by Paul Masse
Starring Hunter Foster
Cellist – Leo Grinhauz

ARLINGTON

By Victor LoDato and Polly Pen
Directed by Jack Cummings III and Music Direction by Kenneth Gartman
Starring Alexandra Silber

FARHAD OR THE SECRET OF BEING

By Nilo Cruz and Jim Bauer
Directed by Saheem Ali and Music Direction by Matt Hinkley
Percussion – David Rosenblatt
Oud – Brandon Terzic

2011

At the Hudson Guild Theatre

* BUDDY’S TAVERN

Book by Raymond DeFelitta • Lyrics by Alison Louise Hubbard • Music by Kim Oler
Directed by Warren Carlyle and Music Direction by Ray Fellman
With Shuler Hensley, Laura Osnes and Andrea Burns, John Jellison

2010

At 59 East 59th Street Theaters

MOSAIC

By Cheri Steinkellner and Georgia Stitt
Directed by Jonathan Butterell and Music Direction by Steve Marzullo
Starring Heidi Blickenstaff

WHIDA PERU: RESURRECTION TANGLE

By David Simpatico and Josh Schmidt
Directed by Jonathan Butterell and Music Direction by Andy Boroson
Starring Judy Blazer

2008

At the Zipper Factory Theatre

INNER VOICES
Commissioned, developed and produced by PREMIERES

TRES NINAS

By Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Jonathan Butterell and Music Direction by Todd Almond
Starring Victoria Clark

ALICE UNWRAPPED

By Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering
Directed by Jeremy Dobrish
Music Direction by Julia McBride
Starring Jennifer Damiano

A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND

By Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards
Directed by Jack Cummings III and Music Direction by John DiPinto
Starring Barbara Walsh

2006

At the Ohio Theatre in Soho

.22 CALIBER MOUTH

Words and Music by Lauren Robert
Directed by Diane Paulus and Music Direction by Ray Fellman
With Lauren Robert, Tim Warmen, Paul Oakley Stovall, Ted Brunetti

2004

At The Abingdon Theatre

* UNLOCK'D

Words by Sam Carner • Music by Derek Gregor
Directed by Will Pomerantz  and Music Direction by Cynthia Hoxie
With Laura Bell Bundy, Kate Wetherhead, John Lloyd Young

* TO PAINT THE EARTH

Words by Daniel Frederick Levin • Music by Jonathan Portera
Directed by Doug Moser and Music Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
With Stephen Berger, Aaron Berk, Jonathan Hammond, Lee Zarrett

2002

At New Dramatists

* THE TUTOR

Words by Maryrose Wood • Music by Andrew Gerle
Directed by David Schweizer and Music Direction by Benjamin Toth
With Jeff Blumenkrantz, John Jellison, Barbara Walsh

2001

At the Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center

RICHARD CORY

Words and Music by Ed Dixon
An adaptation of the play by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Jack Cummings III and Music Direction by Constantine Kitsopoulos
With Stephen Bogardus, Lynn Wintersteller, Maureen Moore, Mary Beth Peil

HEARTLAND

Words by Darrah Cloud • Music by Kim D. Sherman
Directed by Susan H. Schulman and Music Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
With Beth Fowler, Kerry O'Malley, Lynnette Perry, J. Robert Spencer

SONG OF THE TURTLEDOVE

Libretto by Noa Ain • Music by Noa Ain and Gerard Edery
Directed by Eleanor Reissa
With Rex Benincasa, Trudy Ellen Craney, George Mgrdichian

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