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MY BRAVE FACE
A Rocabaret
"Unplugged"

Created by:
ROBERT JOHN COOK
SHELLEN LUBIN
 
Direction and vocal arrangements by:
SHELLEN LUBIN
 
Featuring:
ROBERT JOHN COOK
CYNTHIA ENFIELD
MATTHEW GANDOLFO
 
Accompanied by:
IAN HERMAN (Piano)
WILLIAM GALISON (Guitar & Harmonica)
 
FRIDAY, 11/2, 9PM
SATURDAY, 11/3, 9PM
$15 Cover, 1 Drink Minimum
 

ROBERT JOHN COOK (HARRY) has performed at Cornelia Street Café, Don’t Tell Mama, and the DR Lounge.  With the Obscure Blues Band, he has performed at the Red Lion and R&R.  Bob has been working with director/vocal coach Shellen Lubin for five years, and they have been developing this project with Cynthia and Matthew for over a year.

 

CYNTHIA ENFIELD (Voice 1 et al.) Stage includes:  Shellen Lubin’s COFFEE ONCE A YEAR at the Harold Clurman Theater (OOBR finalist); THE GOOD STENO by award-winning playwright Leah Kornfeld Friedman (directed by and starring Paul Ben-Victor); The Witch in INTO THE WOODS; Joey Guastella’s SO THE FARMER SAID …(MCC); Ophelia in HAMLET (CSR); DUELISTS, THE FORGOTTEN CHAMPIONS;

SHAKESPEARE EN GARDE and SHAKESPEARE FOR TWO (SAFD certified Actor/Combatant). Films: WANDA’S VISIT (Joe Murphy, dir); Underdog Entertainment’s SOCIOPATH by director Daniel Azarian. She recently toured the US and Europe with Mikel Rouse’s THE END OF CINEMATICS. www.cynthiaenfield.com.

 

MATTHEW GANDOLFO (Voice 2 et al.) spends his time vacillating between the public art of performing and the lonely craft of songwriting. As singer and actor, he has appeared in venues throughout NYC, and is currently touring the United States with THE END OF CINEMATICS, for which he is also Vocal Director. He scored the Off-Broadway musical, DRESSING ROOM, which led to a position as resident composer for Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, where he has created and produced many musicals for young audiences. Having recently co-founded Veritas Musicals, a company dedicated to the creation of fairy tale operas and children’s shows, Matthew is thrilled to be wrestling his adult demons in MY BRAVE FACE.

 

SHELLEN LUBIN (Director) has written and directed for theatre and cabaret for the last 25 years. She just directed Tony Schatz at the Metropolitan Room, ON THE LINE at 78th Street Theatre Lab, and is currently developing SHAKESPEARE EN GARDE (with Cynthia Enfield) for NYC parks and libraries.  She and her songs have been heard on t.v., radio, and film, most notably Milos Forman’s first American film, TAKING OFF, and SHELLEN LUBIN—SONGWRITER/SINGER, a one hour special on WBAI-FM.  She is a private voice and acting teacher, mentor and coach.  www.shellenlubin.com.

 

IAN HERMAN (Piano) began studying classical piano and at 13 was a guest soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  He has worked with singers Jane Olivor, Donna McKechnie, Anita Morris, Judy Kaye, Tom Andersen, Karen Mason, Marilyn Sokol, Angela LaGreca, and Carole Demas in nightclubs.  1999 Backstage Bistro Award for best Musical Director.  Pianist and vocal coach for Broadway revival of GREASE.  Other Broadway credits include JELLY’S LAST JAM, THE WHO’S TOMMY, SONG AND DANCE, and SWING, for which he wrote vocal and dance arrangements. Recently Ian conducted the Broadway show LAUGHING ROOM ONLY with Jackie Mason, and was the Musical Director for DORIAN GRAY at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and The York Theatre.

WILLIAM GALISON (Guitar/ Harmonica) is a Singer/ Songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist. His unique sound on the harmonica has been heard across the entire spectrum of popular music, with rock legends Sting and Carly Simon to jazz greats Eddie Gomez and Les Paul to Brazilian stars Astrud Gilberto and Tonhinho Horta, in the national tour of Big River, and in the soundtracks of many movies and t.v. commercials. His current album is Got You On My Mind with Madeleine Peyroux. www.williamgalison.com

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