Photo Coverage: Matt Doyle, Betsy Wolfe, et al. in York Theatre Company's NEO 8

York Theatre Company presented the 8th Annual NEO 8 (an acronym for "New, Emerging, Outstanding") on Monday, May 21, at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's (Citicorp Building, entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). The event celebrated songwriters primed to pen the next generation of musicals.

NEO 8 included songs by the following new musical theatre writers: Andrew Gerle, Jenny Giering, Joe Kinosian & Kellen Blair, Marisa Michelson, and Ryan Scott Oliver.

Performers included Whitney Bashor (The Fantasticks), Ben Crawford (Shrek, The Musical) Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening), Jake Kitchin, Theresa McCarthy (Queen of the Mist), Catherine Porter, Margo Seibert (Cinderella), and Betsy Wolfe (Ragtime). The evening will be directed by Daniel Goldstein (Godspell), with music direction by Matt Castle (York's Enter Laughing, The Musical), David Gardos and Michael Borth. Program mentors making special appearances include Adam Guettel (Light in the Piazza), Tom Jones (The Fantasticks), Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), and Maury Yeston (Grand Hotel).

Check out the performers and night's attendees in the photos below, and for more information, visit www.yorktheatre.org

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Adam Guettel and Andy Hammerstein (Hosts)

Adam Guettel

Andy Hammerstein

Theresa McCarthy

Jenny Giering

Ben Crawford and Whitney Bashor

Whitney Bashor

Jake Kitchin and Joe Kinosian

Jill Abramovitz

Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair

Marisa Michelson

Margo Seibert

Andrew Gerle

Soara-Joye Ross

Catherine Porter

Tom Jones

Andrew Gerle and Betsy Wolfe

Betsy Wolfe

Ryan Scott Oliver

Matt Doyle

Matt Doyle

Ben Crawford

Claire Charland, Tony Clements, Julia Franklin, Kerri George, Kelsey Lake, Devin Lewis, Chris Nolan, Hayley Anna Norris, Katy Rea, Michael Ryan, Nick Sanza (Pace Musical Theatre Ensemble)

Claire Charland, Tony Clements, Julia Franklin, Kerri George, Kelsey Lake, Devin Lewis, Chris Nolan, Hayley Anna Norris, Katy Rea, Michael Ryan, Nick Sanza(Pace Musical Theatre Ensemble)

Jenny Giering and Sean Barry

Elliott Ames, Quinn Lemley and Robert Goldberg

Soara-Joye Ross

Adam Guetell and Haley Bond

Jake Odmark and Patrick Cragin

Nancy Ford

Lois Catanzaro (Lighting Designer)

Jill Abramovitz, Ryan Scott Oliver, Matt Boyle and Matthew Murphy

Lily Fan and Ted Sperling

Andrew Gerle and Joseph Zellnik

Catherine Porter, Andrew Gerle and Betsy Wolfe

Caroline Jureller and Sharon Jureller

Hannah Roth, Marissa Michelson and Sarah Feldman

Andrew Levine (Director Of Development) and Jeanine Pardey Levine

Robert Wachs and Tess Wachs

Lynn Lane, James Morgan (Producing Artistic Director) and Elisa Stein

W. David McCoy (Board of Directors Chairman)

Lynn Lane, Andrew Gerle and Elisa Stein

Tess Wachs, Robert Wachs, Geoff Cohen (Managing Director) and Lily Fan

Julia Patterson, Joe Kinosian and Molly Grose

Jacqueline Parker and Karen Gentilin

Robert Goldberg and Jim Kierstead

David Gardos, Joseph Zellnik, and Andrew Gerle

Ryan Scott Oliver with his students Claire Charland, Tony Clements, Julia Franklin, Kerri George, Kelsey Lake, Devin Lewis, Chris Nolan, Hayley Anna Norris, Katy Rea, Michael Ryan, Nick Sanza