8/18 'New Voices' Hosted by Champlin with Stitt

The fourth year of the acclaimed series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices,' will continue on August 18th with special guest host Donna Lynn Champlin, who recently stared in John Doyle's Broadway revival of Sweeny Todd.

The monthly series, which celebrates and honors up and coming talent and is produced by composer Scott Alan, will boost the talents of Kelly Caulfield, Andrea St. Clair, Michael Lowney, Tom Lucca, Onyie Nwachukwa and Lizzie Weiss.

Each of the talented performers will sing selections from the evening's special guest composer and lyricist, Georgia Stitt, who will also be on hand to accompany the performers at the evenings concert.

Barbara Anselmi serves as the series Musical Director.

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is located in Manhattan at 61 Christopher Street. There is a $12 music charge and a two-drink minimum; for reservations call (212) 255-5438.

Donna Lynn Champlin - Upcoming: Playing "Kate" in the NYC premiere of the new musical Love Jerry at the NYMF Festival Sept 18th-27th. Most recent regional: "Agnes Gooch" in Mame starring Michelle Lee at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and in Hot N' Cole directed by James Naughton at The Westport Country Playhouse Broadway: John Doyle's Sweeney Todd , Hollywood Arms, By Jeeves, James Joyce's The Dead. Off Broadway: Dark at the Top of The Stairs (OBIE award) Marcy In The Galaxy, Flight of the Lawnchair Man (NYMF award, "Outstanding Performance"), First Lady Suite, My Life With Albertine, City Center Encores! Bloomer Girl and Carnegie Hall's Very Warm For May. Film/TV: My Father's Will, The Audition, The Dark Half, Law And Order, The Tony Awards, The View, and Rosie. Recordings include Sweeney Todd, Albertine, By Jeeves, Our Heart Sings and Carols for a Cure. Training: CMU (BFA), Oxford University (Shakespeare/Chekhov scholarship). DL is a Princess Grace Grant recipient. www.donnalynnechamplin.com.

Georgia Stitt is a composer and a lyricist.  Her musicals Big Red Sun (winner of the Harold Arlen Award in 2005 and written with playwright John Jiler) and The Water (premiered at the University of Michigan in 2004 and written with collaborators Jeff Hylton and
Tim Werenko) are both in development. Georgia's non-theatrical compositions include several choral pieces, A Better Resurrection and The Promise of Light, published by Walton Music, Let Me Sing For You, performed at The Kennedy Center, Echo, performed by
the Women's Chorus at the University of California, Berkeley, and De Profundis, premiered by the International Orange Chorale in San Francisco and published by G. Schirmer.  She contributed songs to the American Music Festival in Tono, Japan and served as composer-in-residence for the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City.  At present she is developing a musical revue with composer/lyricist David Kirshenbaum, currently titled Sing Me A Happy Song.  In spring of 2007 she released her first album, This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs Of Georgia Stitt, on the PS Classics label.  The recording features stellar performances by such contemporary theater luminaries as Sara Ramirez, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, Carolee Carmello, Susan Egan, Tituss Burgess, Keith Byron Kirk, Andrea Burns, Matthew Morrison, Will Chase, Jenn Colella, Lauren Kennedy and Cheyenne Jackson. Additionally, Georgia has written songs that are included on Susan Egan's solo albums Coffee House and Winter Tracks (LML Records) and Lauren Kennedy's album Here and Now (PS Classics).  She contributed two songs to the 2008 MTV movie The American Mall. Also a music
director, Georgia is currently the vocal coach on the NBC hit TV show "America's Got Talent."  She was also the assistant music director for the NBC TV special "Clash of the Choirs," the on-camera vocal coach for the NBC reality TV show "Grease: You're The One That I Want," and the Production Music Coordinator for the Disney/ABC TV musical "Once Upon A Mattress" starring Tracey Ullman and Carol Burnett.  On Broadway she was the assistant conductor of the 2003 Little Shop of Horrors revival and the associate conductor of the Encores! production of Can-Can starring Patti LuPone. Also on Broadway: Avenue Q, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, Titanic, Annie, and the national tour of Parade.  She has also served as musical director and arranger/orchestrator for The Broadway Divas in concerts in New York, California and Australia and was a music consultant for the feature film "The Stepford Wives," directed by Frank Oz.  In 2005 she served as an arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra (Keith Lockhart, conductor) in their 75th Anniversary Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Tanglewood and Boston's Symphony Hall. Georgia's work as an arranger, pianist, and coach can be heard on the Broadway Cares "Home For The Holidays" CD (Centaur Records) and on the cast albums of After The Fair, Shine, DoReMi and Little Shop of Horrors.  With lyricist Marcy Heisler she wrote and recorded Alphabet City Cycle, a song cycle
for soprano and violin. Georgia received her M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University and her B.Mus. in Music Theory and Composition from Vanderbilt University, where she graduated magna cum laude.  She is a recipient of the ASCAP Frederick Loewe Fellowship, the Harold Arlen Award, and the Sue Brewer Award for excellence in music composition. With director John Ruocco she created THE GYM, an ongoing professional musical theater performance class.  Georgia lives in New York and Los Angeles with her husband, composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown, and their daughter Molly. For updates on Georgia's current projects, please visit www.georgiastitt.com.

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