Abramovitz, Bahorek, Gertner, Whitten and Wilfert Set for Adam Gwon Concert at Urban Stages, 12/15

New York: Urban Stages will present an evening of songs by award-winning composer and lyricist Adam Gwon on Tuesday, December 15th at 9:00pm. Gwon will perform selections from his musical Ordinary Days, currently finishing its sold-out run at Roundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground, as well as previews of upcoming projects.

Gwon will be joined by a cast of Broadway and West End alums, including Jill Abramovitz, Stanley Bahorek, Jared Gertner, Bayla Whitten and Sally Wilfert.

Tickets for the event are $25 and can be purchased through www.smarttix.com. Ticket price includes one complimentary beverage. All proceeds directly support Urban Stages' Outreach Program.

Adam Gwon's musical Ordinary Days made its NYC premiere at Roundabout Theatre Company and will also be seen in the 2009-10 season at South Coast Repertory, Human Race Theatre Company, and Adirondack Theatre Festival. His other projects include the upcoming The Boy Detective Fails (book: Joe Meno), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (book/lyrics: Julia Jordan) and Ethan Frome (book: Michael Ruby). Awards: Fred Ebb award, ASCAP Harold Adamson award, MAC John Wallowitch award. Commissions: Signature Theatre (Arlington), South Coast Rep, Broadway Across America, EST/Sloan. Fellowships: MacDowell Colony, Dramatists Guild. Adam is a graduate of NYU/Tisch. Visit www.adamgwon.com.

Jill Abramovitz Broadway: 9 to 5, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. Regional/Off-Broadway: Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Up in the Air (Kennedy Center), See Rock City (Barrington Stage), Junie B. Jones (Lucille Lortel), Cam Jansen (The Lamb's). Recent TV/film: "30 Rock" "Z Rock" (IFC). www.jillabramovitz.com

Stanley Bahorek Broadway: Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Nat'l Tour: Tom Sawyer in Big River, also at Ford's Theatre. New York Theatre: See Rock City (Evan) at Transport Group, Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens (Billy), The Masked Zinfandel (Sam), Wood (Chad), Mo Rocca ‘Cross America at Birdland. World Premiere of Adam Gwon's Ordinary Days, World Premiere of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's Up In The Air at The Kennedy Center, Happy Days (Ralph Malph) at Goodspeed Opera House, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee in Boston and San Francisco (Critics Circle nomination), A Little Night Music (Henrik) at The Post Street Theatre and TheatreWorks (Dean Goodman Award), Music Theatre of Wichita, Pasadena Playhouse, DeafWest Theatre. TV: Law and Order: CI. 2009 Teaching Artist with Broadway In South Africa. Graduate of the University of Michigan.

Jared Gertner Broadway: William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for the last year of its run. Prior to that, he spent a year playing Barfee in the San Francisco Company and The Boston Company of Spelling Bee, for which he won an IRNE Award for Best Actor. Other NY: The Off-Broadway run of the improv show Don't Quit Your Night Job; the premiere of the play Anatomy 1968 (Theatre Row, SPF); the premiere of the musical Corduroy (TheatreWorks USA); My Favorite Year (Musicals Tonight); FRINGE, NYMF and NAMT. Regional: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors (The Paper Mill Playhouse), The Happy Elf in the premiere of Harry Connick Jr's: The Happy Elf (First Stage Milwaukee), Warren in the premiere of Ordinary Days (Pennsylvania Centre Stage). Also: Cape Playhouse, Fulton Opera House, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, St Louis Rep, Orpheum Theatre Omaha, and 11th Hour Theatre Company (Philadelphia). Film: The Suicide Auditions and Between Love and Goodbye. Education: NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. www.jaredgertner.com.

BAYLA WHITTEN NY/Regional: Hurricane (NYMF), The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre - Arlington), Christmas Carol 1941 (Arena Stage), Merrily We Roll Along (Signature Theatre - Arlington). London West End: Fantine/Ensemble in Les Miserables (Queen's Theatre). London regional/workshops: Lord of the Rings, No One in the World (Cochrane Theatre). Bayla trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the London School of Musical Theatre. Proud member of AEA.

Sally Wilfert Broadway: Assassins, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Disney's King David. National tour: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: The Mistress Cycle, The Prince & The Pauper. Other NY: West Side Story Suite (NYCB Lincoln Center), South Pacific, Sondheim Tribute, Cole Porter's Jubilee (all at Carnegie Hall). Original cast recordings: Assassins, King David, The Prince & the Pauper, A Christmas Survival Guide, Sondheim: A Tribute, The Americans (for Comedy Central). Regional: Make Me a Song (originated role), Cathy in The Last Five Years, Woman 1 in Elegies, Rose in Enchanted April, Constanze in Amadeus, to name a few. Television: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Loving," "Sondheim: A Tribute" (PBS), South Pacific (PBS).

For more information, visit the Urban Stages website at www.urbanstages.org.

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