Hello Out There

A world premiere musical comedy

• lyrics & book by Eric Price
• music by Frank Terry
• Directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein
• Music Direction by Andrew Gerle
• Choreography by Wendy Seyb

Preview July 21
Opening Night July 22
Runs through July 30

 

It’s 1995 – the dawn of the Internet Age and the beginning of one of the most bullish financial eras in American history. Three 14-year olds from New Jersey – a stock market wiz, a computer geek and the self-proclaimed third-most popular girl in school – decide to spend their summer wheeling and dealing in the high-stakes world of securities. They’re only kids. What could go wrong? Throw in a cabbie from Bosnia, an SEC investigator and assorted other helpful adults, and you have the makings of a first-class financial meltdown — all accompanied by a delightful lineup of nearly 20 original songs.

Don’t miss this new musical comedy featuring an all-star cast from New York City: Tony Award nominee Liz Larsen (A NEW BRAIN), Alex Brightman (WICKED), Frank Vlastnik (BIG), Emma Galvin (David Cromer’s OUR TOWN), Carol Linnea Johnson (MAMMA MIA), F. Michael Haynie (BAND GEEKS), and Brian Munn (ROCK OF AGES).

 

Hello Out There contains some language spoken by teens (at least when they are out of the ear shot of adults).

 

 

ARTIST BIOS

ERIC PRICE (Book and Lyrics) has written book and lyrics for THE SIXTH BOROUGH, PORCELAIN & PINK, ON THE CONTRARY!, TORA BORA, AROUND THE WORLD, and HELLO OUT THERE, which was produced as the opening show of Goodspeed Musicals’ 2010 Festival of New Artists. Additionally, Eric’s work has been seen at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Conference, Joe’s Pub, Barrington Stage, the Metropolitan Room, and in Chicago at Davenport’s and the Music Theatre Company. Eric is the full-time assistant to Hal Prince and worked with him on the original production of Stephen Sondheim’s BOUNCE at the Goodman Theatre and the Kennedy Center and on the London production of PARADISE FOUND at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Eric received an undergraduate degree in Directing from Indiana University and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab and the Dramatists Guild.

FRANK TERRY (Music) holds an MFA in Musical Theater Writing from NYU Tisch, an MSEd in Secondary Education from Queens College, and a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch with minors in both Music and History. Productions/readings include FOR LOVE OF THE BOY (book, music, lyrics, Goldberg Theatre, NYU and the Off-Broadway Theatre, Yale University), GRIMM (music and lyrics, Norman J. Pattiz Concert Hall, Los Angeles), JUDE (music, Lee Strasberg, New York), PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (music, Abe Burrows Theatre, NYU), DEVIL ON THE CROSS (book, Upstairs at Century Center, New York), WAXING WEST (music, Lee Strasberg, New York), and the musical shorts ANNIKA’S BIRTHDAY (book, music, lyrics), BROKEN(music), DEATH AND THE DINER (book, lyrics), and THE FORTY-NINTH DAY (book, lyrics). During the 2009-2010 season, Frank was the Musical Theatre Resident at Playwrights Horizons. He has taught fifth grade mathematics in Kenya, assistant-taught three summers of song- and bookwriting or high school students at the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Department, and taught English and Drama at Bushwick Leaders’ High School in Brooklyn. He is a professor at NYU where he teaches Undergraduate Expository Writing and a member of the Dramatists Guild.
BENJAMIN ENDSLEY KLEIN (Director) is a freelance director living in New York City. Selected Credits include the East Coast Premiere of SICK at New Jersey Repertory, HAIRSPRAY at Charlottetown Festival (Prince Edward Island, Canada), NOTES TO MARIANNE at the Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference, and DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at The Old Globe in San Diego, California. As Associate or Assistant Director, credits include LOVE NEVER DIES in the West End, HAIRSPRAY in the West End, the UK tour of HAIRSPRAY, Lincoln Center Theater’s THE COAST OF UTOPIA, and Broadway, 1st National US Tour, and Regional productions of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. Awards include the Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance, the Mike Ockrent Fellowship by the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and the Paul Green Foundation Award by the National Theatre Conference. Benjamin originally hails from Charlotte, North Carolina.