Major vocal talent brings the Spare A Dime characters to life!
Spare A Dime musical talent (from left): Phyllis Chapell as The Farmer, Musical Coordinator Jay Fluellen, Khrista White as The Merchant, Julian Coleman as The Immigrant, Director/Composer Kimberly Niemela, Lourin Plant as The Veteran, Victor Rodriguez as The Builder, Production Coordinator Rodney Whittenberg. (Not pictured: Bill Gross as FDR and Venissa Santi as The Mother.)
Our first full read-through (or rather, sing-through) of Spare A Dime took place this past Sunday evening at the COSACOSA Studio in Manayunk. Our diverse group of professional performers had never met or sung together before. What a powerhouse group they proved to be! We'll be posting their bios and interviews with each of them in the coming weeks.
At the end of the month we'll be creating an official cast recording of Spare A Dime available on CD. Look for excerpts from the performances on this blog and on the COSACOSA website, www.cosacosa.org.
Meanwhile, profiles of the archetypal American characters of Spare A Dime continues tomorrow! And check out the PIFA blog about their visit to Bok Tech where COSACOSA visual artists are creating the Spare A Dime set!
At the end of the month we'll be creating an official cast recording of Spare A Dime available on CD. Look for excerpts from the performances on this blog and on the COSACOSA website, www.cosacosa.org.
Meanwhile, profiles of the archetypal American characters of Spare A Dime continues tomorrow! And check out the PIFA blog about their visit to Bok Tech where COSACOSA visual artists are creating the Spare A Dime set!