Notre Dame Research
December 2020
Online workshop of My Heart Says Go funded by Notre Dame Research. We developed and deepened the characters and recorded new demos with an all star cast including:
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Jose Tony Garcia, The Chi on Showtime
Cliff Chamberlain, Steppenwolf ensemble member and known for Homeland on Showtime
Rick Negron, King George in Hamilton San Francisco and worked with Lin-Manuel on In The Heights workshop
Talia Suskauer, Elphaba in Wicked
Bethany Thomas, actor/singer/songwriter who works with Jon Langford
Macy Mateer, Musical Theatre Minor at the University of Notre Dame
Geoff Ko, music director, Be More Chill
Not pictured: Jessie Mueller, Tony award winner, known for Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Waitress and Carousel
Tanya Palmer, Assistant Dean and Executive Artistic Director for Northwestern University
The Goodman Theatre
February, March 2020
Readings of My Heart Says Go in conjunction with The Goodman Theatre and Broadway producers, Apples and Oranges Arts.
Apples and Oranges
December 2019
THEatre ACCELERATOR development process with Apples and Oranges Arts. We did major rewrites and changed the title from Stupid Humans to My Heart Says Go.
Summer 2019
Stupid Humans was a finalist in the National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s New Musical Theatre Festival.
National Alliance of Musical Theatre
University of Notre Dame
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Feb. 21 - Mar. 3, 2019
Stupid Humans premieres at The University of Notre Dame. The show was developed through The New Works Lab and directed by Matt Hawkins. The entire run of Stupid Humans sold out before opening night. An additional performance was added and it sold out in 36 seconds.