The New York Musical Theatre Festival
Christopher Mirto & Reed Ridgley present

FABLE

Book by H.S. KAUFMAN
Music & Lyrics by CHRISTOPHER ANSELMO

Featuring
JEFF BARONE, EDWARD WELLINGTON HARDY, DON LIEBER, MICHAEL LUWOYE, MADISON MICUCCI MARISSA O’DONNELL, GERIANNE PEREZ, RJ RAYBIN, DANROSALES, ALEX WALTON

Directed and Choreography by JEN WINEMAN
Musical Direction by KAREN DRYER
Orchestrations: ASHER DENBURG
Production Manager: SCOTT DELACRUZ
Associate Producer: JUSTIN PETERSON
Scenic Design: DEB O
Costume Design: ELIZABETH BARRETT GROTH
Lighting Design: ALAN C. EDWARDS
Sound Design: JESSICA PAZ
Casting: MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA
General Manager: REED RIDGLEY
Publicist: JUDY JACKSINA COMPANY
Stage Manager: KATY SWANN

Ford Foundation Studio Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
(212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org
7/22 @ 8 PM; 7/24 @ 1 PM; 7/24 @ 5 PM; 7/25 @ 1 PM; 7/26 @ 9 PM, 7/27 @ 1 PM; 7/27 @ 5 PM

Ah, youth. It’s not always what it’s cracked up to be. In H.S. Kaufman’s FABLE (music & lyrics by Christopher Anselmo), six friends get together on the eve of high school graduation to celebrate their last days of non-adulthood. Although there’s a party going on in the background, a tug of war between the angst of reality and the final grasp of fun is taking place in the foreground. As the friends grapple with first love, the quest for sex, getting into college, leaving home, starting a new life, saying goodbye, and relationships of all kinds, they realize that it is time to stop believing in fairytales and fables. This reality stuff is rough and trying to fit the mold can be difficult. But a funny thing happened on the way to growing up – they start to realize that it may be time to write their own fables.

Kaufman and Anselmo are the youngest artists ever to be invited to the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and it shows in the content of FABLE – the issues addressed are all “young.” Where youth takes a back seat is in the amazing talent that it took to put this musical together. Innovative songs, snappy music, compelling characters, and a rollicking story make you excited to see what they will come up with next. The talented cast breathe life into this ode to friendship, growing up, and forging your way. The result is an enjoyable theatrical presentation

- Laurie Lawson -