MusicalFare Continues COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Series

MusicalFare Theatre announces the continuation of its exciting new Community Conversations series which discusses MusicalFare productions and how they affect the community.

This second discussion in this series "Community Conversations: Art and Business of Creativity," will be held on Sunday, February 13th, 2011 immediately following the 2pm performance of [title of show] at MusicalFare Theatre.

MusicalFare's production of [title of show] is the regional premiere of the Tony nominated musical about two young songwriters in NY City trying to write a show about...well...two young songwriters in NY City trying to write a show! The characters journey is reflected in the discussion topic, relating art as a whole to the business aspect of creating it.

Kevin Kegler, Professor at Daemen College, and Amy Taravella, artistic director and founder of the Alt Theatre and The New Alt Performance Group will be co-panelists with MusicalFare Artistic/Executive Director Randall Kramer acting as moderator.

Kevin Kegler lives in Buffalo and has been an active artist in WNY for over 30 years. His sculpture and constructions have been exhibited in many regional galleries and museums including the Burchfield Penny Art Center, The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Hallwalls, CEPA, Meibohm Gallery, Indigo and Art Dialogue. He has had work exhibited internationally at the KK Outlet Gallery in London, Kopenicker Strasse 183 in Berlin and at "Interactive Currents" SCUT Guangzhou, China.

Mr. Kegler is a tenured associate professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Daemen College in Amherst, NY. He is active in the community and has served on several boards of non-profits in the area. He has four artistically inclined daughters, Kyla is an active artist after attending (Kunsthochschule Weissensee) the University of Art in Berlin, Thea is finishing her degree at Daemen College after living as an artist/writer in Berlin, Mariah works for a custom jeweler and Lydia is living large in the 9th grade at the East Aurora High School.

Amy Taravella (producer & choreographer) is the artistic director and founder of the ALT Theatre and The New Alt Performance Group. As the founder of Buffalo Contemporary Dance she served for 11 years as a co-director, choreographer and teacher of this professional dance company. Ms. Taravella has been a soloist with Sokolow Now!, the Anna Sokolow Archive Company under the direction of Lorry May in Boston, MA. She has performed a full spectrum of contemporary dance theatre works throughout the last fifteen years taking her to Jacobs Pillow and Boston, MA; Florence and Castilioncello, Italy; Toronto and Montreal, Canada, New York City, Rochester, Brockport, Saratoga Springs, and Chautauqua,NY; Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Orlando, FL; Philadelphia and Slippery Rock, PA; Virginia Beach, VA; Hartford, CT and Nashville, TN. Currently Ms. Taravella is one of four co-producers of an international collaboration creating a remotely connected four-city production of Gerry Trentham's The Four Mad Humours. She has taught modern dance and ballet at SUNY College Brockport, the University at Buffalo, Florida State University and the Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts. Ms. Taravella holds an MFA in dance from Florida State University.

MusicalFare Theatre is a professional musical theatre company in residence at, but independently operated from, Daemen College. MusicalFare Theatre is located at 4380 Main Street in Amherst NY (between Harlem and Getzville Roads). Parking is FREE, and the theatre is handicapped accessible, complete with a hearing-impaired system.