"This is my story- this is OUR story. And it's not over yet."
-In Control
It's been almost three years since I edited this page. When I built it, I was a student at Duquesne University, cranking out an original show almost every six months with David Mahokey and working on my first solo outing as composer, lyricist and librettist. Three years later, Dave is in New York, Lena Gabrielle (my next collaborator) is also in New York, and I am working an immensely rewarding but time-consuming desk job in the Pittsburgh area while writing on the side.
My creative output hasn't slowed much, but my ability to collaborate has- with Mahokey committed to the musical he is writing for his final project at NYU, and Gabrielle currently in demand as music director and arranger for numerous Off-Broadway productions, I am at a crossroads. Do I solicit a new collaborator? Do I start my next project with one of my current associates in their spare time (assuming they have any)? Or do I strike out alone and try to expand my own abilities?
I don't have to choose right now, and nothing says that I can't do more than one of these things. But a lot rides on what happens creatively in the next few months. I have a few irons in the fire for future productions of one of my past shows, and if they get picked up, I will have to work on revisions and new production elements for those. Thankfully, that will buy me a little time to regroup and start on whatever comes next. The added exposure of reviving one of my shows won't hurt, either.
I suppose all I can say right now is this: watch this space. The best is yet to come, just wait.
My creative output hasn't slowed much, but my ability to collaborate has- with Mahokey committed to the musical he is writing for his final project at NYU, and Gabrielle currently in demand as music director and arranger for numerous Off-Broadway productions, I am at a crossroads. Do I solicit a new collaborator? Do I start my next project with one of my current associates in their spare time (assuming they have any)? Or do I strike out alone and try to expand my own abilities?
I don't have to choose right now, and nothing says that I can't do more than one of these things. But a lot rides on what happens creatively in the next few months. I have a few irons in the fire for future productions of one of my past shows, and if they get picked up, I will have to work on revisions and new production elements for those. Thankfully, that will buy me a little time to regroup and start on whatever comes next. The added exposure of reviving one of my shows won't hurt, either.
I suppose all I can say right now is this: watch this space. The best is yet to come, just wait.