In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, New York Theatre Barn's Theatre Barn Records will release a concept EP of Jesse J. Sanchez鈥檚 厂耻别帽辞蝉: Our American Musical on October 13.
With book, music and lyrics by Sanchez, 厂耻别帽辞蝉&苍产蝉辫;explores three generations of a Mexican-American family, and their relationship to the American dream. The musical has been developed in part through each of New York Theatre Barn鈥檚 core programs, including the company鈥檚 summer residency on Fire Island, a collaboration with Fire Island Pines Arts Project.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been incubating 厂耻别帽辞蝉 for over 4 years now,鈥� said Theatre Barn Records president H茅ctor Flores, Jr. 鈥淏eing Puerto Rican in this business, it鈥檚 been an honor and a privilege to bring more Latin茅 voices to the musical theatre canon because we have so few stories that are by and about us. Soon this concept EP will be accessible to a global audience and it鈥檚 my dream that this inspires more of us to write and support Latin茅 works.鈥�
The record will feature performances by Linedy Genao (Bad Cinderella), Robi Hager (Spring Awakening, Little Duende), Arianna Rosario (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Cortney Wolfson (Kinky Boots), Kristopher Stanley Ward (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Nyseli Vega, and Kris Carrasco.
The record's orchestrations and additional music are by Jeff Chambers. Music supervision and additional orchestrations are by Sanchez, music producer and mixer is Lloyd Kikoler, music director is Bruce De La Cruz (Sweeney Todd), and musicians are Sarah Haines (Hamilton), Joel Mateo, Sean Murphy (Finding Neverland), Raul Navarrete, Raul Rios, and Matt SanGiovanni (1776).
The album is produced by H茅ctor Flores, Jr., Joe Barros, and Kate Trammell, with co-production by Kierstead Productions, Straighten Your Crown Productions, and Sanchez. 厂耻别帽辞蝉: Our American Musical has been supported in part by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre鈥檚 Frank Young Fund for New Musicals.
