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The Pennsylvania State University School of Theatre and School of Music Announce The First Annual Penn State New Musical Theatre Festival, April 12-25, 2007

January 23, 2007

The Penn State New Musical Theatre Festival in its inaugural season will present two new works of musical theatre at the Penn State, on the University Park campus.

The purpose of the festival is to promote new works of musical theatre in a creative theatrical environment. Each musical work will have one week of rehearsal culminating in two performances in reading format at the end of the week. The composers and lyricists will be in residence at Penn State, University Park, working with Penn State students and faculty in this creative process. The works chosen for the 2007 season are as follows:

Out of the Blue
by composer Jenny Giering and lyricist Laura Harrington
April 17, 7 p.m. and April 18, 5:05 p.m.
Pavilion Theatre
University Park campus

THE ALCHEMISTS
by composer/lyricist Peter Mills
book by Cara Reichel
April 24, 7 pm and April 25, 5:05 pm
Citizens Bank Theatre,
State College, PA

For Additional Information contact: Raymond Sage, Artistic Director
raymondsage@psu.edu