Theater
Giant is a musical based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by Sybille Pearson. The musical premiered at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia in 2009. The story follows a ranch family in Texas over 30 years, and the effect of the oil boom.
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GIANT (READING)
BLOODTIES (NYMF, 2010)
With raw honesty and dark wit, a musician explores destiny, faith, forgiveness...and the ties that bind.
Singer/songwriter Ned Massey’s career began right out of college when he was discovered by legendary talent scout John Hammond. Although described by Hammond as "the finest talent since Dylan and Springsteen," that early promise went largely unfulfilled. Massey was recording his debut album when Hammond suffered a stroke from which he never recovered.
“Katie Thompson as Ned’s wife is a standout and in one show-stopping number had the audience in tears and roaring in appreciation.” -Evan Ginzburg
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"Katie Thompson possesses one of those heartbreakingly gulpy sweetheart of the rodeo voices, putting it to shiveringly good use in Mr. LaChiusa's twin showstoppers, 'He Wanted a Girl' and 'Midnight Blues.'"
- Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times
"[Katie Thompson is] an equal standout as Vashti ... Thompson is a stunner who grabs the audience with her first song, the lovesick ballad 'He Wanted a Girl,' and carried them through some of the show's best numbers."
- Tom Avila, Metroweekly
"And speaking of passion and music, Katie Thompson as the spurned Vashti is a standout. Her two songs are virtual showstoppers."
-Marsha Dubrow, DC Arts Travel Examiner
CLOAKED (CAP 21)
This psychological suspense thriller explores the deep, dangerous, yet extraordinarily alluring landscape of the online world. Identities blend and blur as characters pursue their darkest desires in a desperate attempt to fill their empty hearts.
Listen to Katie sing ‘Go On Anyway’ form Cloaked here!
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24 HOUR MUSICALS
Extinction! IN THE YEAR 2005, the Oxford Hair Foundation predicted that due to globalization and population intermixing, by the year 2100, the recessive gene which causes red hair would be... EXTINCT.
IN THE YEAR 2009, we redheads have taken matters into our own hands. A world without redheads is no kind of world we are going to let happen. If heads have to roll, well, they sure as hell won't be red... heads.
Watch ‘The Making of R.R.R.E.D.’ here!
R.R.R.E.D...A SECRET MUSICAL (NYMF, 2009)
GIANT
(SIGNATURE THEATRE - REVIEWS)
Watch Ryan O’Connor visit R.R.R.E.D. in rehearsal here!
R.R.R.E.D...A SECRET MUSICAL
(Los Angeles, 2008)
From the creators of FAT CAMP (New York Musical Theatre Festival "Best of Fest" 2009) and PEREZ HILTON SAVES THE UNIVERSE! (Best Musical winner at the 2008 New York International Fringe Festival) comes a new super hero comedy, SPIDERMUSICAL. A daring new work, SPIDERMUSICAL. asks the timeless question: what happens when nerds get bitten by radioactive spiders? Destined to be the greatest musical involving spiders ever written, including a currently running Broadway mega musical, SPIDERMUSICAL. hilariously subverts the super hero genre via low budget spectacle, rock n roll, a cast of young theatre all stars, and high octane musical comedy to offer New York City and the world a second chance for awesome.
Spidermusical
