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What I've been up to lately. . .
Family of Chosen Session
March: Recorded song at Flat Black Studio for my play w/ music YSIA. A fractured rock group somehow regains fame. They and their fans become a family of choice. Listen to Family of Chosen HERE.
My new play with music: An aging group of former rockers reunites, but their lead singer has died. Fulfilling his last wish, granddaughter YSIA joins the group and rewrites rock 'n roll history. Find out more!
Working with playwright/lyricist Dolores Diaz and director George Cederquist on this musical has been a gas! A band of independent truckers and a group of migrants have a common goal, get free of a crooked sheriff and "Vamos a Chicago"! Play the video and go here for more info!
My collaboration with Janet Burroway: a musical adaptation of the Barry Unsworth novel. A starving acting troupe in 14th century England speaks truth to power and solves a murder. Play the video for info!
More Musicals, Plays, and Music
FAIRWAYS, a musical about love on the golf course
WAKING LAZARUS, a gospel musical about second chances
DERECHO, a tragic play about division in America
CHRONIC MALCONTENTS, a toxic workplace improv musical
Music themes from my various SOUND DESIGNS
Composer & Sound Designer
Listen to the following:
SAMPLE SOUND DESIGNS
MUSICALS
from
Morality Play
book and lyrics by Janet Burroway, score by Curtis Powell
Playwright
Derecho
Synopsis
Was it an accident, murder, ecoterrorism, or the beginnings of an intergenerational war?
It's 2009, a rural family and a family from Chicago struggle to find common ground after a damaging windstorm isolates them in a remote campground in Southern Illinois.
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds find a shared enemy, their parents and the generation they represent. They also share a fascination with violence.
Derecho reveals the fault lines that divide us. Does it portend an even darker future?
Requires seven diverse cast members. Available for workshop or full production. Scroll below to contact the playwright.