Coal Country - New York Creative Team

... read more Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Most recently, Earle’s 1988 hit Copperhead Road was made an official state song of Tennessee in 2023. Subsequent releases ... read more Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jung studied acting at Western Michigan University (BA) and the University of Connecticut (MFA). He moved to New York in 2004 where he founded Project: Theater, a company dedicated to producing new and forgotten plays. With the company, Jung has acted in the New York premieres of Naomi Iizuka's Language of Angels, Shel's Shorts by Shel Silverstein, Unity (1918) and My Custom Van, which the company adapted from the book of essays by Michael Ian Black. He also directed J.B., The Florentine, The Secretaries, and the world premieres of Mangella and Occupation. Project: Theater also ... read more