About
It's the hottest day of the year at Lucky Land Amusement Park in Lancaster County, PA. Abigail, Sarah, and Moira - three Amish girls from a nearby community - arrive at the park for their very first day of Rumspringa, the year in an Amish teenager's life when they are given the opportunity to explore the "English" world. In their one day at Lucky Land, each girl has a life-changing adventure that will alter the way she thinks about her upbringing - and herself - forever. And when Abigail falls for Shane, a troubled but kind-hearted teen from Florida, she must make the ultimate decision: return to the safety of the Amish world or leave her family behind in favor of a life she's never known and a feeling she never expected. This fast-paced, fun, and joyful new musical employs a contemporary Pop/Rock/Folk score to tell a story that is light in tone but deep in thematic content. Its unique exploration of Amish culture and the intriguing custom of Rumspringa renders it one of-a-kind in the contemporary theatrical canon. And, with a refreshing wit and charm laced throughout the original songs, Single Rider is certainly a thrill ride audiences will not soon forget.
press & Reviews
"a sweet, charming, and romantic story" - Says me says mom
"WARNING: “Life in Color” will be stuck in your head for DAYS." -The Knockturnal
"Get on line and experience the loop-the-loop of Single Rider." -Theater Pizzazz
Cast
Angela Sclafani (ABIGAIL) is a singer, songwriter, and actor. Her musical The Other Side of Paradise, which she wrote, performed, and co-produced, premiered in Ars Nova’s 2017 ANT Fest. Select theater: Kansas City Choir Boy with Courtney Love (ART Oberon, CTG), The Daughters (NYU), Liz Swados’ The Reality Show (Theater at MSG); Workshops/Readings: The Flamingo Kid (dir. Darko Tresnjak), Agent 355, Burn All Night,The Good Swimmer. Angela is a 2018 Richie Jackson Artist Fellow, an inaugural resident of The Orchard Project Greenhouse, and a 2018 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist. She is currently recording her new EP and her music can be found online. BFA, NYU Tisch. www.angelasclafani.com
Clay Singer (SHANE) is thrilled to be part of this Single Rider company! He earned his BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University. Clay's recent credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Westport Country Playhouse), Firefly in the Light (NYMF) and Ragtime (CMU). Big thanks to Kate and the entire team!
Alexis Floyd (ANGELA) is Cleveland born and New York City based. Recent credits include HONEY DIPPED APOCALYPSE GIRLS (Shay) at the Kraine Theatre, MILLICENT SCOWLWORTHY (Millicent) at the Uncanny Valley, ROMEO AND JULIET (Mercutia) at the Brick Theatre, MITAD DEL MUNDO (Ensemble) at LaMama, and FREEDOM WRITERS at 54 Below. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's B.F.A. Musical Theatre program. Her original music, including her newest release, P.E., is available now on digital streaming services. Instagram: @alexisgfloyd
Kelly Krauter (SARAH) is thrilled to be making her official Off-Broadway debut in this hilarious and heartfelt new musical. She received a BFA degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Since living in NYC, Kelly has almost exclusively performed in new musicals/works including Blatantly Blaine (the PIT), Pop Punk High (The PIT/Parkside Lounge), and Radium Girls (Player’s Theatre). Other regional credits include Disney Cruise Line, Timber Lake Playhouse (Footloose, Boeing Boeing) Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Gypsy), Bailiwick Chicago (CARRIE), Actors Theatre of Indiana (Frog and Toad). Special thanks to the creative team, Kate Lumpkin Casting, the Jags, and cold-brew coffee. Enjoy the ride! @kellykrauter
Mary Malaney (MOIRA) is delighted to be a part of Single Rider! NYC: Men with Money (Thursday, The Secret Theatre), Carrie (Carrie White, Theatre Now New York). Regional: Ragtime (Kathleen/Ensemble, Ogunquit Playhouse), The Music Man (Marian, Roxy Regional Theatre), Little Women (Jo March, Lake Superior Theatre). Thank you to the cast and creative team! Love to my fam, Frank, and Burt the Flirt. IG: @mary.malaney
Monica Ramirez (NIKKI AND OTHERS) - This is Monica’s second show at the Players Theatre and her second show with Amanda and Sami! Off-Broadway: A Never Ending Line (The Players Theatre). TV: “Elementary”. Readings: Superhero (Tom Kitt, John Logan), Dave (Tom Kitt, Nell Benjamin, Thomas Meehan), One House Two House (Jeff Rake). She is a proud alumna of Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Huge thanks to her incredibly supportive family, Christopher, WAM, and Kate Lumpkin. Social: @monicatuliaramirez
Marc Cornes (GARRETT AND OTHERS) is thrilled to be a part of this new work! National Tours: Mamma Mia! Farewell Tour (Bill), Peter and the Starcatcher (Swing). Favorite NY Credits: Ted in Propaganda! The Musical (NYMF 2016), Britt Craig in Parade (Secret Theatre), and John Hinckley in Assassins (5th Floor Theatre). Marc would like to thank everyone at ATB, and Greg for all the love and support. For Mamma and Miller, always.
Andrew L. Ricci (BUSTER AND OTHERS) is one of those "middle-initial" people. But there's a reason. He's included his middle initial due to an irrational fear that his searchability on Google will always be overshadowed by another Andrew Ricci who at one point held the national/world record for solving a Rubik’s Cube. It’s the little things people. The little things. Andrew is thrilled to be making his Off-Broadway debut. Thanks to the entire Single Rider team for their love and creativity! Television: "Bull" and upcoming, "The Village." Training: BFA, NYU Tisch. RADA. LAMDA. @AndrewLRicci
Samantha Disney (LOLLIPOP LADY AND OTHERS) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Single Rider! NYC and regional credits include 54 Below, The People’s Improv Theatre, (PITS, The Unauthorized Holes Musical) Woman in Black (Why are You Nowhere?) Eileen Evergreen (Nice Work if You Can Get It) The Baker’s Wife (Into the Woods) Shelby (Steel Magnolias) Blue/Orange Girl (SHOUT! The Mod Musical) Gwendolyn Pigeon (The Odd Couple) Rusty (Footloose) Meg (Little Women, the Musical) and Ruth (Plain and Fancy). Lots of love and thanks to my family, husband, and fat cat Louis.
Ben Salus (LARRY THE LEPRECHAUN AND OTHERS) is thrilled to be making his Off-Broadway debut in Single Rider! Originally from Philadelphia, he earned his BFA from Boston University where he was awarded the Provost Scholarship. He also has a diploma in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Regional: Brigadoon, Victor/Victoria, Billy Elliot, Fiddler, among others. He loves developing new work for the stage and also works as a writer and producer. Thanks to the killer team, his friends, and his family for fueling the fire and supporting the journey. If you want to feel great about yourself: @bensalus.
creative team
Amanda D’Archangelis (MUSIC AND BOOK) is a composer and actress in NYC. She holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory. She is a composer in the renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. With Anderson Cook, she has written two musicals; The Disembodied Hand That Fisted Everyone to Death- The Musical! and Blatantly Blaine- A “Family” Musical. Both were listed as “Best Things To See This Week” by TimeOut New York. She is the resident composer of Bluelaces Theater Company, which provides theater and outreach for people with developmental differences. Her new musical "The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical" written with Sami Horneff and Lisa Mongillo, was one of the winners of the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival. This past fall, she had an equity reading of Fat Kid Rules The World written with Anderson Cook and Ben Lapidus. Fat Kid is an an adaptation of a young adult novel of the same name, and was originally commissioned by Marc Eardley.
Sami Horneff ( LYRICS AND BOOK), a born and raised New Yorker, is a current Lyricist in the world-renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. A proud graduate of Brown University with a degree in Theatre Arts, Sami has also trained at CAP21, NYU's Steinhardt School, and The London Dramatic Academy. Sami made her New York composing debut with the 2014 musical “Something Precious,” directed by famed acting coach Anthony Abeson. In 2016, she was nominated at the Indie Series Awards in Los Angeles for her songwriting work on the web series "The Under 5ers," which she also helped write, develop, and produce. Sami wrote both music and lyrics for "Rock and a Hard Place," a new cross-genre musical that had its World Premiere Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre in a concert-style reading starring Constantine Maroulis and many other Broadway favorites. Her work has also been performed at the Metropolitan Room and Feinstein’s/54 Below. Sami wrote lyrics for a new song cycle entitled “A Never-Ending Line,” composed by Jaime Lozano, which had its debut at Broadway au Carré in Paris and ran at The Players Theatre Off-Broadway in a fully staged production in August 2017. Her lyrics for the short horror spoof musical “The Radium Girls: A Jaw-Dropping New Musical” propelled the show to win at The Players Theatre Boo! Short Play Festival in October 2017. Upcoming: Book and lyrics for “Single Rider,” a new musical running Off-Broadway in May and June of 2018.
Kate Lumpkin (CASTING DIRECTOR) is a New York based Casting Director and the founder of Kate Lumpkin Casting, a firm that champions new works for local, regional, national, and international clientele. Kate is also the Resident Casting Director for the Musical Theatre Factory and Midnight Theatricals in New York, as well as the US/Canadian Casting Associate for Celebrity Cruises. Prior to opening her own firm, Kate worked with the team at FOX East Coast Casting on numerous projects including, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, STAR, Scream Queens, The Orville, 24: Legacy, Prison Break and many others. Recent projects include the Kennedy Center's West Side Story, Off-Broadway's sleeper hit Afterglow, Evocation to Visible Appearance for Humana Fest at The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Diaspora at The Gym at Judson, Counting Sheep at 3 Legged Dog, The Other Side of Paradise at ArsNova, and numerous workshops of new plays and musicals. Collectively, as a casting professional, Kate has worked on over 40 TV/Film productions and 80 theatrical productions across the country. Kate is passionate about education and has been a guest teaching artist for numerous Universities, is a lecturer at many summer performing arts programs, teaches ongoing workshops, and coaches private clients across the United States. She is also currently a staff member of The Broadway Collective, where she teaches masterclasses in voice, acting, and audition technique in over twenty cites across America and at the "Gathered" summer intensives in NYC. For more information, please visit www.kate-lumpkin.com.
Kelly Mackenzie Weaver (PRODUCER) is a New York based producer and young professional. She received her Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre from Oklahoma City University, but now spends most of her time working in IP and Entertainment Law as an executive assistant and paralegal. In addition to having extensive experience on stage and in the office, Kelly has spent time working in many aspects of the theatre. Kelly is COO of Broadway Unlocked, and producer of their yearly #giveback concert. She has also recently produced the world premier of Honey Dipped Apocalypse Girls, the first New York workshop of Movies, Musicals, and Me, and assisted the production team for Kerrigan & Lowdermilk’s The Bad Years.
Allison Benko (DIRECTOR) is a feminist director of plays, musical theatre, and opera. Recent/upcoming projects include Another Mikado (upcoming premiere with the Ridgewood’s Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company -- also playwright); The End of Mermaids (upcoming premiere through the Corkscrew Theatre Festival); What Happened That Night (upcoming premiere with Project Y’s Women in Theatre Festival); A Doll's House: A New Opera (Central Square Theatre — also developer and co-lyricist); The Secret Death of Puppets (New York Public Library and Standard ToyKraft); Every Christmas Story Ever Told (Gloucester Stage Company); The Arthur Miller Centennial (Gloucester Stage Company — also lead writer); Twelfth Night (Powderhouse Park), and She Loves Me (Tufts University). Notable assistant direction includes Oslo at Lincoln Center Theater directed by Bartlett Sher, which received the Tony, Obie, Lortel, Drama Desk, DCC and OCC Awards for Best Play. She has also studied ritualistic shadow puppetry under senior government fellowship holder Ramachandran Pulavar at the Tholpavakoothu Puppet Centre in Kerala, India. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and holds a B.A. in Drama from Tufts University.
Jonathan Bauerfeld (MUSIC DIRECTOR/ORCHESTRATIONS) is a Manhattan based musical theatre composer, orchestrator, music director, and copyist. He is a proud member of the BMI musical theatre workshop as a composer. He currently has two shows in active development - DEVOTED, and LEGACY: THE BOOK OF NAMES. LEGACY will have a month long run in the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Selected orchestration/music/copyist assistant credits: Broadway: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL. Chicago: HAMILTON, WAR PAINT, THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL. National tour: HAMILTON. Television: A CHRISTMAS STORY, LIVE!. Selected orchestration credits: IF SAND WERE STONE (NYMF, upcoming) 2017 Actors Fund Gala, Jagermeister Blaskapelle (US). Selected keyboard credits: Off-Broadway: FRIENDS, THE MUSICAL PARODY (Sub) PHARMABRO (Sub). www.jonathanbauerfeld.com
Sarah Crane ( CHOREOGRAPHER), was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She received her BFA in musical theatre from The Boston Conservatory. While in Boston she choreographed the mainstage musical, “Merrily We Roll Along” at the Conservatory and assistant choreographed a Connecticut Lottery Commercial. Proudest choreographic moments; “Women of the Future” music video by artist Kasie Gasparini and her piece for Leg Up on Life’s Matriarch event, honoring women choreographers and benefitting planned parenthood. As a performer, her favorite credits include “Saturday Night Fever” at the Walnut Street Playhouse, “Footloose” and “Annie Get Your Gun” at the Fulton Opera House and “In The Heights” at Speakeasy Stage Co. Thank you to the entire Single Rider team and Mom and Dad. www.sarahcrane.net
Anthony Brindisi (MUSIC SUPERVISOR/ORCHESTRATIONS) is a pianist, composer and conductor from Long Island, New York. His past credits include A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL (National Tour), FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL (Off-Broadway) where he was the Associate Conductor, as well as PHARMABRO (Off-Broadway) where he played keyboard and assisted in keyboard programming. Anthony is a proud member of the Lehman Engel BMI: Musical Theater Writing Workshop as a composer, and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. Thank you to my incredible family and friends for the support, and special thanks to Jon, I couldn’t have done this without you buddy! Congratulations to Sami and Amanda, two of the most inspiring people I’ve had the pleasure of working with, and here’s to Single Rider and every collaboration that comes after it!
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