SUBMITTING TO NYMF....
So when we decided "Roofless" was in good enough shape to submit it to the New York Musical Theatre Festival, it called for a new round of demo recordings for the new songs and rewrites. We called on some of our favorite highly talented Roofhead alums, got to work with a coupla new folks and even reached back to our MugTown roots (Okmulgee, OK) to reunite with Jerome's classmate Tamisha who used to sing hooks for us back in tha day.
We've written lots about NYMF on the blog so feel free to jump back and read the details. Out of 500 entries, we were one of 30 musicals selected. The talented vocalists who volunteered to work with us on these demos helped make this possible...no joke.
THE 2009-2010 DEMO RECORDING CAST
Dionne White
Kathryn Stefanic-Holder
Tamisha Howell Alexander
Taylar Smallwood
AnnaMaria Pasley-Horn
Mike Fruga
Jode Carter
Avionce Hoyles
Adrian Friday, Engineer (Before NYMF)
Bryant Hamilton, 4th Man Music, Engineer (after NYMF)
Bryant Hamilton, 4th Man Music, Engineer (after NYMF)
(We are actually still in the process of recording these new demos. We plan to post some of these demos in 2012.)
We also realized we would need to assemble our first NYC cast of Roofheads. We figured the best way to give interested peeps a vibe of the show and the types we would be casting for would be to put together some promo videos. The budget was tiny so again, some very talented, very generous folk threw in with us to create some Roofness. Here's a lil taste of some of that material:
Big shout to our
2010 PROMO VIDEO CAST OF ROOFHEADZ
Jermany Brown as "Marquee"
Keval Brown as "Scope"
Bryant Hamilton as "Hogeye"
Stefan Heath as "Marquee" (in the Alley)
Jode Carter as "Marquee" (studio footage}
Julian Thomas as "Father"
ROOFHEADZ
Shayna Acosta
Tyffny Johnson
Janna Smith
Kelsey Thompson
Tierra Thompson
Adam Acosta
Keval Brown
Jermany Brown
Jamin Jackson
Jerome Johnson
James Sims, Videography/Production Assistant; Chris Johnson, Videography; Tim Long, Director/Score Production/Editor; Jerome Johnson, Choreography; Kathy Thompson, assistance
Facilities donated by:
Boogi Walker, Movement 918
Jamin Jackson
Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson
Greenwood Cultural Center
Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League
"Scope on Ledge" logo features a photograph of model Mike Press, (NYC) taken by Parisian photog Michael Cruzz (NYC/Paris), designed by TuTchT IMAGING (that's me, lol)
ROOFSHOUT to the people who worked hard with us to raise the money needed for the New York premiere:
THE NYMF FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE:
Nita Smothers
Ben and Jessica Beresh
Tasha and JJ Scott
Tangi Brewer
Tyffny Johnson
Boogi Walker, emcee of our send-off party
Many other people supported our NYMF Premiere
And of course, Thanks to
THE NYC PREMIERE CAST OF ROOFHEADZ:
Chad Carstarphen as "Scope"
Ben Mapp as "Marquee"
Anita Welch as "Sela"
Alan H. Green as "Father"
Marquis Rodriguez as "Lil Man"
Alexander Elisa as "Loomin"
Dana Iannuzzi as "R'yonne"
Geri Brown as "Dimples"
Joshua Heggie as "Nine"
Omar Evans as "Tella"
Greg LuBuono as "Raz"
Khalid Freeman as "Hogeye"
Adam Matta as the voice of "Tagz"
Crystal Joy as "The Devil"
Keva Moolenaar Brown
Krystina Alabado
Paul Stancato, Director; Rachel Routh, General Manager; Nick Dalton, Assistant Director; Shelby Taylor Love, Stage Manager; Molly Gachignard, Musical Director
HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!!!
WE LOVE OUR ROOFHEADZ!
(I'm sure we've missed some folks in this history...if we forgot you, please hit us up and we'll get your shine right!)
