The 7th annual Write Out Loud: From Contest to Concert presentation will be held September 15 at 54 Below, and an all-star group of performers has been assembled.
Hosted by founder Taylor Louderman with musical direction by Adam Brenner Laird, the concert presents material from the annual Write Out Loud contest, which shines a spotlight on emerging musical theatre songwriters. The program gives emerging writers the opportunity to have a song performed by Broadway professionals and recorded in a NYC recording studio.
The concert presentation will feature this year’s winning songs and writers, including “The Risk” by Freddy Hall, “I Will Go” by Amanda D’Archangelis and Sami Horneff, and “Perfect Crush” by Ethan Farmer. Additionally, the concert will feature work by the competition's finalists, including ”Round and Round” by Abbie Goldberg and Mason McDowell, “I’ve Heard the Stories” by ASH, “Envy” by Asher Shectman and Benji Hafetz-Price, “In Reality” by Annabelle Dinda, “The Right Direction” by Caroline Game and Michael Oosterhout, “Red Lights” by Gideon Temple and Hank Temple, “Talk to Her” by Jack Richman, “Where I Belong” by Julia Gytri and Avi Amon, “Hopeless x Worth It” by Myles Carter, and “Duck Suit” by Ryan Jacobs.
Set to perform are Shelby Acosta (Real Women Have Curves, 1776), Jenna Bainbridge (Wicked, Suffs), Desmond Luis Edwards (How to Dance in Ohio), Ryan Jacobs, Taylor Iman Jones (Six, Head Over Heels, Groundhog Day), Tony nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Kate Louissaint (A Wonderful World), Bailey McCall (MJ the Musical), T.J. Newton (Empire: The Musical), Daniel Quadrino (The Who’s Tommy, Newsies), Mikaela Secada (Back to the Future: The Musical) Tony nominee A.J. Shively (Titanic, Bright Star), and Kuhoo Verma (Monsoon Wedding, Octet).
The event is produced by Sarah Glugatch, Josh Collopy, and Hannah Kloepfer, with music supervision by Benjamin Rauhala and additional orchestrations by Nicholas Connors.
For more information, visit WriteOutLoudContest.com.
