"29" is a tapestry of characters in their twenties who face defining moments of growing up--from getting a job to an unexpected pregnancy to a parent’s illness. As adulthood and the world bring increased separation and disillusionment, they struggle to stay connected to each other and to their real selves.
The score's style is pop/rock, at times recalling Billy Joel, Ben Folds and James Taylor. The piece’s overall tone is contemporary, and one of bittersweet optimism, with moments ranging from playful and funny to touching and uplifting.
Ensemble
Dayna Grayber (Live performance)
Tituss Burgess
Tituss Burgess
Farah Alvin and Jason Williams
Michael Kadin Craig and Matt Schmiedel (Live performance)
Ensemble
Dayna Grayber (Live performance)
Ensemble (Live performance)
Farah Alvin
Lauren Marcus and Michael Kadin Craig (Live performance)
Gaby Alter
Anika Larsen
Ensemble
Anika Larsen
Dayna Grayber (Live performance)
Lauren Marcus and Michael Kadin Craig (Live performance)
Jason Williams
Ensemble
Tituss Burgess
Matt Schmiedel and Stephanie Barnum (Live performance)
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Click on the photograph above to see a brief slideshow of photos from the Provincetown Playhouse performance on March 22, 2007.
Since "29" was performed at the Tisch GMTWP as a thesis reading, it was fully staged and produced by John Simpkins and the Steinhardt School of Education at the Provincetown Playhouse Theatre in Greenwich village in March 2007. Songs from the show have been performed at the Tisch on Broadway Gala hosted by Billy Crystal, William Finn's evening of new songwriters at Barrington Stage Company in Vermont, and at the Clear Space Productions New Works Festival in Delaware.
