As with the previous two editions, Barely Legal Showtune Extravaganza V was cast by online submissions from college students around the country. A panel of four judges, including Casting Directors Michael Cassara and Jason Najjoum, Concert Director Marlo Hunter, and Concert Producer Alina Gutiérrez, chose this year’s eight winners from over 100 entries. Carner and Gregor were not involved in the judging process.
The winners of this year’s casting contest are:
Keith Allen, University of Michigan ‘14
Woody Buck, University of Michigan ’15
Jordon Bolden, Carnegie Mellon ’17
Danny Harris Kornfeld, Syracuse University ‘14
MoMo Lamping, University of Arizona ’15
Solea Pfeiffer, University of Michigan ’15
Emily Rogers, Pace University ’15
Chauncey Trask, Central Washington University ’13
The evening will feature these performers, many making their New York City performance debut, singing the works of Carner and Gregor, and will be hosted by Andrew Kober and Danielle Wade. Andrew Kober made his Broadway debut in the 2009 Tony Award winning revival of Hair after originating the roles of Father and Margaret Mead in the Shakespeare in the Park production. He also played the roles in the West End revival in 2010. He has also appeared on television in “Boardwalk Empire,” “Pan Am” and “House of Cards.”
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Carner and Gregor’s 7th Annual Barely Legal Showtune Extravaganza
Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, among Playbill.com’s 12 “Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know,” won the 2014 John Wallowitch Award, and Sam won the 2015 Kleban Prize for “Most Promising Librettist.” Seven of their songs have been nominated for MAC Awards, and their work is performed in hundreds of venues around the world every (six continents to date, including Antarctica).
Carner & Gregor’s musical Unlock’d played an extended Off-Broadway run at the Duke Theater in 2013, having won a Richard Rodgers Award and “Best of the Fest” at NYMF. Their musical Island Song was produced in 2014 at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, having had workshops around the US, as well as concerts at (le) Poisson Rouge in New York, Crawfish in Tokyo (in Japanese!), London’s St. James Studio, and the Comedie Nation in Paris.
Current projects include additional songs for Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (book by Todd Graff and songs by Michael Devon, direction by Susan Stroman), which had a recent workshop with the Vineyard Theatre, and an adaptation of Rex Rose’s novella Toast, which is slated for a workshop production at the Bloomington Playwrights Project in early 2016.
Their short children’s musical Love, Splat has toured the country since 2013 in the TheatreWorks USA revue The Teacher From the Black Lagoon and Other Stories. They have written numerous songs for revues and web series, including My Gay Roommate, Redheads Anonymous, and more.
Carner & Gregor official site
Andrew Kober
