Pace University Premieres 'College: The Musical' Jan.22-26

The Musical Theater program at Pace University will premiere fully produced reading of College: The Musical, written by Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen. Performances will take place at the Pace University Schaeberle Theater on the 10th Floor of 41 Park Row on January 22-26, at 8PM.  The reading will be directed by Amy Rogers, music directed by Robert Meffe, and will feature 12 student performers.

"College: The Musical is a tuneful and honest look at modern campus life, written by two recent Princeton graduates. The show follows the story of Nathan, a naive but enthusiastic freshman, as he discovers a world of parties, late nights, the occasional class, and of course, more parties," explain press notes, "A hilarious indictment of the student generation and campus apathy, College: The Musical looks at the ridiculousness and pure fun of life in a dorm room, as well as offering a more serious reflection on growing up and trying to find oneself amid the chaos and insanity of the college experience."

The show premiered at Princeton University in May 2006, and has since been developed and performed at the University at Buffalo, and in an AEA Reading at the Princeton Club of New York in May 2007.  The Pace reading will mark only the second complete presentation of the material, and its first full presentation in New York City.

The objective of "Pace New Musicals" is to nurture the creation of new musical theater in New York City and to provide an invaluable educational opportunity for students to work directly with top professionals in the field. For more information visit www.pace.edu.

For more information or reservations call (212) 346-1352 or email collegemusical@gmail.com.

Productions currently scheduled for the Pace University Performing Arts Department include Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party (February 27 – March 2), Stephen Schwartz' Godspell (March 27 – 30), A Heartbeat to Baghdad by Glyn O'Malley (April 9 -13) and Macbeth by Wiliam Shakespeare (April 30 – May 4).