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York Theatre Company Presents New Works by Emerging Writers at 11th Annual NEO Concert

The event featured special appearances by Tom Kitt, Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Schwartz, and more.

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Performers from NEO 11 celebrate the one-night event.
Performers from NEO 11 celebrate the one-night event.
(© The York Theatre Company)

The York Theatre Company presented the 11th annual NEO concert on June 15. NEO 11, a one-night-only benefit concert, celebrated up-and-coming musical theater writers, with special appearances by Kirsten Childs, Tom Kitt, Michael John LaChiusa, and Stephen Schwartz.

The evening, which was directed by Jennifer Paulson Lee (NEO 7) and Michael Unger (York’s associate artistic director), featured songs by this year's NEO (New, Emerging, Outstanding) writers: Christie Baugher (The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul), Kathryn Hathaway and Benjamin Velez (Afterland), Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop), and AnnMarie Milazzo (Pretty Dead Girl).

Performers included Wilson Bridges (A Time for Singing), Saum Eskandani (Disaster!), Kayla Foster (Spring Awakening), Jessica Grové (A Little Night Music), Darius Harper (Kinky Boots), Anne L. Nathan (It Shoulda Been You), Tyley Ross (Finding Neverland), Aaron Serotsky (A World to Win), Jen Tullock (Leni Riefenstahl Is Going to Tell You the Truth), Emily Walton (Peter and the Starcatcher), and Donna Vivino (Wicked).

The five songwriters whose work was featured in NEO 11.
The five songwriters whose work was featured in NEO 11.
(© The York Theatre Company)