On September 13th, JARON BARNEY’s new musical, OUT: A QUEER SONGBOOK will be presented for the first time in a concert presentation at 54 BELOW directed by ANDREW MULLINS with musical direction by JOSHUA ZECHER-ROSS. 

OUT explores the joy, the pain, the stereotypes, the politics, and the love within modern queer life. This original pop musical experience is a celebration of the full spectrum of queer existence.

The cast features KRISTEN JETER (The Book of Mormon), TERRANCE JOHNSON (RENT at the Kennedy Center & Papermill Playhouse), JULIA KNITEL (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), JOHN PINTO, JR. (The Book of Mormon), Salt Lake City Drag Superstar SEQUOIA, JAYKE WORKMAN (Chicago) with Actor Therapy Students and Alums MARIN ASNES, ETHAN CARLSON (Waitress National Tour), PATRICK RYAN CASTLE, EMILY FOLEY, WES PEDDYCORD, and MATHIEU WHITMAN.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

OUT is presented as part of Actor Therapy New Work’s inaugural fall season. ATNW, in partnership with Actor Therapy (Lindsay Mendez and Ryan Scott Oliver, co-founders) and Very Intense Productions, will develop musicals, plays and more by Actor Therapy faculty, students, and underrepresented writers, putting on full 29-hour readings, subsidized concerts, and work sessions (table readings, music/score development, etc.). Cast members will come from both inside the Actor Therapy student community and out, including established New York professionals.

Other offerings in 2023 from ATNW’s inaugural season will include an AEA 29-hour reading of Goliath, a new musical with book by Cassidy Layton and music and lyrics by Ethan Carlson, later this fall. The winter and spring new works will be announced in early 2024.

Casting opportunities and calls for submissions for writers looking to have their work developed in the program will arrive on Actor Therapy’s social media and website, www.actortherapynyc.com.