Songwriting Team Present Songs Inspired By Stories Told By New York's Best

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Songwriting team Jude Treder-Wolff and Wells Hanley return to The Duplex with their new collection of songs inspired by stories in MASHUP-Stories Into Song, Sunday, March 10 at 4:00 pm. MASHUP-Stories Into Song is an entirely unique show that brings an incredible line-up of storytellers and singers to the stage. Great stories have words, ideas, and an emotional energy which inspire music. Treder-Wolff and Hanley write songs inspired by stories told by some of New York's finest storytellers. With incredible arrangements by Wells Hanley, the story and song are performed as a pair, with the song performed by a singer matched to the style of the song. Stories in this performance will be told by:

Mel Dockery (PBS Stories From The Stage, Moth Radio Hour)

David Lawson (Mortified, What Are You Afraid Of? Nazis and Me)

Bob Brader (RISK! Spitting In The Face Of The Devil)

Michaela Medeck (Little Nook Cafe, Sayville High School Teen Storytelling Program)

The performance takes place at The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street, New York, NY. (Subway: 1 to Christopher Street.) Tickets are $15 in advance, (click here to pay cover online and reserve your seat) $20 at the door + 2-drink minimum.

The songwriting team's first collection of stories into songs was performed to sold out audiences at the Speak Up! Rise Up! Storytelling Festival at The Tank in NYC, The Duplex in NYC and The Performing Arts Studio in Port Jefferson, NY.

BIOGRAPHIES: Jude Treder-Wolff is a singer/songwriter, writer/performer and creative arts therapist who is host/creator of (mostly) TRUE THINGS, a game wrapped in a storytelling show that is a monthly event on Long Island, performed in NYC and around the country. She has been featured on the RISK! live show and podcast, Mortified, The Armando Diaz Experience, Now You're Talking, STORYFEST, and many others and facilitates teen storytelling programs in southwest Iowa and Long Island. Her solo show This Isn't Helping was featured at the 2017 Speak Up! Rise Up! Storytelling Festival and got rave reviews at The Whitefire Theatre Festival in Sherman Oaks, CA.

Wells Hanley is a composer, songwriter, musician and arranger who creates all the music tracks for the songs in MASHUP-Stories Into Song. He has performed at major festivals and clubs all over the U.S. and Europe, including the Spoleto Festival in Italy, the Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, The North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and Birdland and the Iridium in New York City. He has performed and/or recorded with a variety of artists including Dave Matthews, Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Tom Wopat, Steven Lutvak, David Liebman, and John McCutcheon. He has a Bachelor of Music in classical piano from JMU and a Master of Music in jazz and commercial music from Manhattan School of Music.