11th Hour Theatre Company and Drexel University's Mandell Professionals in Residence Project are thrilled to welcome Jonathan Larson Award-winning songwriters Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk back to their hometown for a one-night-only Philadelphia concert at Drexel's Mandell Theater, 33rd & Chestnut Streets, Sunday, April 3 at 7 pm. This event is part of 11th Hour's Residency with the MPiRP and part of Kerrigan-Lowdermilk's YOU MADE THIS TOUR, which celebrates the release of their wildly successful debut album Our First Mistake. Tickets are on sale now for $23 and are available at www.11thhourtheatrecompany.org or by calling the box office at 267-987-9865.
The concert brings some of Broadway's most talented up-and-coming performers to Philadelphia including
Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening),
Dee Roscioli (Wicked),
Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!),
Morgan Karr (Spring Awakening),
Kate Ferber (One Child Born) and guitarist Justin Goldner. Ferber and Goldner's band Funky Butter has previously performed in Philadelphia at the World Cafe Live and Mientus was last seen on the Philadelphia stage in the Spring Awakening tour.
Local performers include Zach Altman,
Marcus Stevens, Claudia Carlson, and 11th Hour regulars
Alex Keiper,
Jennie Eisenhower, Marissa K. Hines, and Carly Pearlstein. Hines and Pearlstein are returning to The Great American Trailer Park Musical for 11th Hour this summer.
Kait Kerrigan and
Brian Lowdermilk grew up doing theater in the Philadelphia area, where they first met. They've since become among the most celebrated young writers in musical theatre. They have received the 2009 Kleban Award, 2006
Jonathan Larson Award, and a
Richard Rodgers Award. Their shows have been seen off-Broadway and around the country; their songs have been heard everywhere from major New York cabaret venues to the 2009 Miss America broadcast. Their album Our First Mistake hit #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart.
Kerrigan-Lowdermilk will also have a local performance in Wallingford, PA at Brian's alma mater Strath Haven High School on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30. Tickets are available at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/165289.
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