TRU and Perry Street Theatricals to Present BLOOD AND FIRE in Concert, 3/16

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and Perry Street Theatricals will present a concert version of the new musical, BLOOD AND FIRE. The show will be presented on Monday, March 16 at 7:00, as part of TRU VOICES -- the 14th Annual Musicals Reading Series.

BLOOD AND FIRE draws on the historical antagonism toward the newly formed Salvation Army in 1890s London. The Army's larger-than-life founder, General William Booth himself, marches across the stage alongside an array of Dickensian characters. Fact and fiction mingle freely in a musical tale at once intimate and epic.

The music for BLOOD AND FIRE is by Lisa Heffter and the book and lyrics are by Jeffrey Couchman. Heffter's classical compositions have been performed at the Aspen and Taos Music Festivals, and internationally from Athens to Beijing. Her musical Atom & Eve has been presented at the Westbeth Theater. Couchman is the librettist for Battleship Potemkin, which was recently presented at the York Theater's Developmental Reading Series, and will premiere in Germany and the Czech Republic in 2016; he is also the author of the award-winning book The Night of the Hunter: A Biography of a Film.

David Elliott (Submission) directs the production, which is produced by Perry Street Theatricals (Broadway--Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, Bedlam Theatre's St. Joan/Hamlet, Lend Me a Tenor the Musical, In the Continuum, An Oak Tree) with Music Direction by Vadim Feichtner (Broadway's Putnam County Spelling Bee, Signature Theatre's Elmer Gantry).

In the cast are: Ryan Connolly, Bill Coyne, Joseph Dellger, Robert DuSold, Tyler Lenhart, Jessica Mortellaro, Samantha Joy Pearlman, Jana Robbins, Dee Roscioli, Matthew Scott, Bart Shatto, John Tedeschi and Hayden Wall.

The concert is set for Monday, March 16, at 7:00 P.M. Admission is free at the Engelman Recital Hall at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave., (Entrance on 25th St. between Lexington and 3rd Avenues). Please RSVP now by calling (212) 714-7628 or e-mailing TRUStaff1@gmail.com.

The reading will be followed by a wine and cheese reception and "Dollars and Sense" panel discussion with prominent New York producers, general managers and artistic directors focusing on potential venues, marketing and budgeting of the works presented. Attendees will be given an insider's look at the producing process and the development track for a new musical.