O'Malley, Goodwin, Umphress and More Guest on THE BATTERY'S DOWN Episode 12 Premiere 6/1

The hit online television series, The Battery's Down, will premiere Episode 12, "It Don't Make Sense," on Monday, June 1 at Midnight on YouTube and their official website. The show is filmed in a style similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm and chronicles the life of young actor Jake Wilson in New York City. Each episode will premiere at Midnight on the first of every month and feature a slew of Broadway guest stars.

With a theme song composed by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Edges, Johnny and the Sprites), each episode will be written by Wilson and will also feature new songs by a talented musical theatre writer or writing team, including Laurence O'Keefe (Legally Blonde, Bat Boy!), David Kirshenbaum (Vanities, Summer of '42), Michael Patrick Walker (Altar Boyz), Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk (The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown), Nick Blaemire (Glory Days), Josh Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (I Love You Because), Sean Mahoney (Factory Girls), Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary (Secondhand Lions), and Ryan Scott Oliver and Kirsten A. Guenther (Mrs. Sharp).

The second season is lead by director/choreographer Connor Gallagher (Perez Hilton Saves The Universe) and Music Supervisor Adam Wachter (Happy Days).

Making return appearances as series regulars are Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Mary Poppins, Spelling Bee), Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde), and Nina Sturtz.

In addition, Episode 12 will guest star Brynn O'Malley (Wicked, Hairspray), Deidre Goodwin (A Chorus Line, 30 Rock), Marla Mindelle (South Pacific), Alysha Umphress (American Idiot), Jenna Coker Jones (Evil Dead the Musical), Sas Goldberg (Stunning), Natalie Weiss (Wicked), Kyle Harris and will have an all-star ensemble cast comprised of:

Carol Angeli, Kiara Bennett, Jennifer Bowles, BrIan Collier, Sarah Jane Everman, Adam Fleming, Eric Sean Fogel, Ellen Harvey, Ryan Jackson, Clark Johnsen, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Beth Kuhn, Neeka Lanzarone, Susanne Layton, Alison Levering, Michelle Lookadoo, Lonna Marie, Joseph Medeiros, Michael Mindlin, Elizabeth Polito, Tera-Lee Pollin, Corbin Reid, Rod Roberts, Darryl Semira, Tom Souhrada, and Danny Visconti.

"It Don't Make Sense" will also feature two original songs. "Rowboat Twenty-Two" penned by Glen Kelly (The Producers) and Tony-Award winning Lisa Lambert (The Drowsy Chaperone) and "Bonjour Paris," with music and lyrics by Eric Day.

Visit the site at www.thebatterysdown.com or search "the batterys down" on YouTube.

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