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LOUIS ROSEN
was awarded a 2005-2006 Guggenheim
Foundation Fellowship in Music Composition. He is the composer
and co-librettist of the musical theater pieces BOOK OF THE
NIGHT, (Goodman Theatre, Chicago), and A CHILD'S GARDEN,
(Melting Pot Theatre, off-Broadway); and song cycles including
TWELVE SONGS, on poems by Maya Angelou; SOUTH SIDE STORIES, for
which he wrote music and lyrics; DREAM SUITE: Songs in Jazz
and Blues, on poems by Langston Hughes; and IT IS STILL
DARK: SONGS OF EXILE, on words by Celso Gonzalez-Falla.
He is also the author of "THE
SOUTH SIDE: THE RACIAL TRANSFORMATION OF AN AMERICAN
NEIGHBORHOOD," published by Ivan R. Dee. Inc., Chicago, in
hardcover and cloth; and the composer of the forthcoming musical
adaptation of the THE PEARL, based on John Steinbeck's novella,
to be directed by Doug Hughes.
CAPATHIA JENKINS has recently wowed audiences and press alike with her show-stopping Broadway performance in Martin Short: FAME BECOMES ME. She has also received rave reviews for her performances on Broadway in the Tony-nominated musical "CAROLINE, OR CHANGE;" Frank Wildhorn's "THE CIVIL WAR;" Bacharach and David’s "THE LOOK OF LOVE," and for her most recent appearance Off-Broadway in the one-woman play, "(mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: THE HATTIE MCDANIEL STORY."Other credits include the Off-Broadway revival of GODSPELL; national and European tours of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, DREAMGIRLS and BUBBLIN' BROWN SUGAR; and regional productions of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' and CHILDREN OF EDEN. Television appearances include "The Practice," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch" and "The Sopranos." |
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