WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF SONDHEIM with Katie Welsh & Emily Whitaker Set for Feinstein's/54 Below, 6/10

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents singer Katie Welsh and pianist Emily Whitaker in Women in the World of Sondheim on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 9:30 PM. In this evening of song, Katie considers what it means to be a "Sondheim woman" by exploring twelve female characters from the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. How are the Sondheim women in conversation with one another and with the Golden Age musical heroines who came before them in Broadway history? What can we learn about these women when we put them "side by side - by side?" Katie considers these questions as she sings songs from beloved musicals such as Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Company, Merrily We Roll Along, Follies, and many others, with Emily on the keys. This piece is an adaptation of a project originally directed by Suzanne Agins. It was previously developed at Princeton University.

You can find more information about Katie's work on her website, katiewelsh.com.

Katie Welsh and Emily Whitaker in Women in the World of Sondheim plays Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on Friday, June 10, 2016. There is a $25-$35 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

Katie Welsh is a singer who specializes in musical theater and the Great American Songbook. She is a 2015 graduate of Princeton University, where she studied English, theater, and musical theater and had the opportunity to take classes with Broadway directors John Rando and John Doyle and participate in masterclasses with Tony-nominated composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Broadway actress Becky Ann Baker, and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning music director Paul Bogaev. For her senior thesis, she collaborated with director Suzanne Agins and music director Emily Whitaker to create Women in the World of Sondheim. Recent cabaret appearances include performances at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, the Metropolitan Room, and the Princeton Club of New York. Katie studies voice with Judy Bettina and dance at Princeton Ballet School. In addition to her work as a performer, she also works as a freelance researcher and writer on topics of musical theater; she currently assists several professors at Princeton University.

Emily Whitaker is a music director, pianist, and accompanist in the New York City area. She recently music directed the world premiere of the new musical The Luckiest Girl at Princeton University, and last summer served as a music intern for the new musical Unknown Soldier at Williamstown Theatre Festival. She was also a music assistant for the McCarter Theatre production of Fiasco Theatre's Into the Woods, which appeared Off-Broadway in 2014-2015. Emily graduated from Princeton in 2015, where she worked frequently as a music director and conductor for theater department and student productions. Favorite credits include Sweeney Todd, Next to Normal, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as well as conducting the Princeton Triangle Club's student written, professionally produced shows at the McCarter Theatre and on national tours. She is currently a musical theatre teaching artist at the McCarter Theatre Center, and occasionally works as a music director for improv comedy, having played for the Princeton group Quipfire! throughout college. For her senior thesis, Emily created Ding!, an interactive music-theater piece in which audiences were led through a collective music-making experience by using toys, games, and other objects from childhood as instruments.

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