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OCT 19, 2011 – MURDER FOR TWO at Chicago Shakes!
I'm returning to the role of Marcus Moscowicz in MURDER FOR TWO, now a long-running hit at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre!
SEP 19, 2011 – Dramatists Guild Fellows showcase!
My wonderful year as a 2010-2011 Dramatists Guild Fellow culminates in this showcase at Playwrights Horizons, where all 10 of us Fellows will present excerpts from the work we've developed over the year, under the tutelage of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Andrea...
JUN 19, 2011 – CLOWN BAR opens in Cino Nights series
I join forces with Juilliard-trained playwright Adam Szymkowicz, writing music for his lyrics in his "clown noir" play CLOWN BAR, which has a one-night-only performance in Rising Phoenix Rep's Cino Nights series. Performed in an actual bar, the play tells the story...
JUN 17, 2011 – ACE lands
Wrapping up a three-week developmental lab workshop of the musical ACE, with book and lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker, and music by Richard Oberacker, directed by Sheryl Kaller. An incredibly engaging, creative, and fun journey exploring this work along...
APR 15, 2011 – New 15-min show at York Theatre
As part of the York Theatre's 4@15 series, I present my new 15-minute show HABEMUS PAPAM, written in one week specifically for a cast of eight students at UC Irvine to perform! When the Pope dies, the Cardinals gather inside the Sistine Chapel to elect a new Pope. No...
MAR 31, 2011 – WE THE PEOPLE nominated for Lucille Lortel Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical!
The musical, whose score includes my song "The First Amendment," premiered Off-Broadway in the summer of 2010. Complete list of nominees
MAR 5, 2011 – Best Featured Actor nom!
I was nominated for a BroadwayWorld San Francisco Award for Best Featured Actor in a Local Musical, for my performance as Detective Marcus in MURDER FOR TWO at the Eureka Theatre! Check out the results here!
FEB 28, 2011 – New Dramatists Nautilus Composer-Librettist Workshop
For about two weeks, four other composers and I have each composed music to the lyrics of five different New Dramatists resident playwrights -- all under the mentorship and guidance of Ben Krywosz and musical director Roger Ames, and with five stellar performers. ...
JAN 31, 2011 – My concert at the D-Lounge!
New York Theatre Barn presents NYTB IN THE D-LOUNGE with music of Adam Overett and Peter Saxe! Monday, Jan 31 - 7:30pm Daryl Roth Theatre @ Union Square East (Park Ave. South) 101 East 15th Street $10 cover, 2 drink min, no reservations required My half of the concert...
MAR 31, 2011 – WE THE PEOPLE nominated for Lucille Lortel Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical!
The musical, whose score includes my song "The First Amendment," premiered Off-Broadway in the summer of 2010. Complete list of nominees
MAR 5, 2011 – Best Featured Actor nom!
I was nominated for a BroadwayWorld San Francisco Award for Best Featured Actor in a Local Musical, for my performance as Detective Marcus in MURDER FOR TWO at the Eureka Theatre! Check out the results here!
FEB 28, 2011 – New Dramatists Nautilus Composer-Librettist Workshop
For about two weeks, four other composers and I have each composed music to the lyrics of five different New Dramatists resident playwrights -- all under the mentorship and guidance of Ben Krywosz and musical director Roger Ames, and with five stellar performers. ...
JAN 31, 2011 – My concert at the D-Lounge!
New York Theatre Barn presents NYTB IN THE D-LOUNGE with music of Adam Overett and Peter Saxe! Monday, Jan 31 - 7:30pm Daryl Roth Theatre @ Union Square East (Park Ave. South) 101 East 15th Street $10 cover, 2 drink min, no reservations required My half of the concert...
NOV 6, 2010 – MURDER FOR TWO opens in San Francisco!
In this two-person musical, I play a detective, Joe Kinosian plays a dozen-plus suspects, and we both play the piano. Written by Joe Kinosian (music and book) and Kellen Blair (lyrics and book), it is 90 0f the funniest minutes you will ever spend in a theater! We...
OCT 9, 2010 – My improv debut at the Upright Citizens Brigade!
My first improv comedy show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre! The UCB, founded by Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, teaches long-form improv, an art form pioneered and perfected by Del Close at Second City in Chicago.
SEP 28, 2010 – CALL IT COURAGE nominated for Best Production, Best Script!
The Zachary Scott Theatre production of CALL IT COURAGE in Austin, TX, wins 5 B. Iden Payne Award nominations: Outstanding Production of Youth Theatre, Outstanding Original Script (Adam Overett), Outstanding Director of Youth Theatre (Adam Roberts), Outstanding...
SEP 27, 2010 – Dramatists Guild Fellowship begins
Sep 27, 2010 - Dramatists Guild Fellowship begins! I've been selected to be a 2010-2011 Jonathan Larson Fellow at the Dramatists Guild! The Larson Fellowship is a yearlong workshop for musical theatre writers and playwrights, led by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty...
SEP 25, 2010 – MURDER FOR TWO at the Hangar
Joe Kinosian and I reprise our performances in his and Kellen Blair's hilarious two-person musical murder mystery at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY. Two nights only! Get tickets here!
AUG 23, 2010 – DUDDY KRAVITZ demo wraps
I sang the role of Duddy for the demo recording of the Alan Menken/David Spencer musical THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ, based on the film starring Richard Dreyfuss. Sheryl Kaller (Tony nominee for NEXT FALL) directed, and the cast included the stellar Elena...