LAST CHANCE to watch The Guild the Musical!

Tomorrow 3/2 is your last chance to stream our reading of The Guild the Musical, based on Felicia Day’s webseries, until its next public appearance! I’m writing lyrics for this project (Mark Schenfisch and I started working on it in the BMI Workshop 6 YEARS AGO (!!!)) and we were SO excited to finally share it with the world, and with this surreal dream cast!

Purchase the stream here!

CAST

Codex — Felicia Day (!!!!)

Zaboo — Rama Vallury

Clara — Kirsten Vangsness

Vork — Phil LaMarr

Tink — Lauren Lopez

Bladezz — Joey Richter

Avinashi — Anjali Bhimani

Narrator — Chris Gorham

Featuring Sam Balzac (me!!!) and Allison Frasca

Music Directed by Mark Schenfisch

Drums — Matt Glass

Lend Me a Soprano at Shadowland Stages

Catch me being “endearing and hilarious” (Margaret Brruetsch, Sullivan County Democrat) as Jerry in Shadowland Stages’ production of Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Soprano! We run through August 4 in Ellenville, NY.

The Wrong Box in Saranac Lake, NY

The Wrong Box on NCPR

Here’s me interviewed by Todd Moe in anticipation of a concert reading of The Wrong Box, a new musical premiering on Saturday, December 9 at the Saranac Lake Library! The Wrong Box received a Support for Artists Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) via the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts (ALCA), as well as a Blu/Pen National Artist Residency courtesy of BluSeed Studios and Pendragon Theatre.

Pride and Prejudice on NCPR

Here, I’m interviewed by Tod Moe of North Country Public Radio about Pride and Prejudice the Original Musical, co-written with my mother, Kathy Recchia. Performances are Saturday, April 30 at 7pm and Sunday, May 1 at 2pm at the Keene Valley Congregational Church in Keene, NY.

Existential Questions: In the Pipline at the York Theatre

Tonight at 7pm, Existential Questions of the 21st Century will be featured as part of the York Theatre’s In the Pipeline program of new works. I’ll be chatting with literary manager Seth Christenfeld about the show’s conception and evolution, and showcasing a few numbers feat. Hannah Eakin, Molly Heller, and Patrick Brady.

The Show Must Go On: A Musical Podcast with Anderson University

On Monday, May 3rd, Anderson University will begin releasing The Show Must Go On: A Musical Mystery at Sea, featuring a score by Sam Balzac. The musical podcast, which will be available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, highlights students from the Musical Theatre Program at Anderson University with guest appearances by Broadway performers Jill Abramovitz (Beetlejuice) and Aaron Lazar (The Last Ship, A Little Night Music). Donations will benefit Anderson University's Musical Theatre New Works and New Media Initiative and The Actors Fund.

Click here for more info—and a sneak peak!

Berenice at the 2021 NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival

Hannah Eakin’s Berenice, featuring Sam Balzac, will be screened at the NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival via the New Ohio Theater’s online platform beginning on March 10th at noon. A silent adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting tale, Berenice tells the story of a troubled young man who, when faced with unexpected grief, descends into obsession and madness. Tickets to the festival are on sale now.

50 Million Frenchmen: the York Theatre Company

Pleased to announce that I will be appearing in the York’s Musicals in Mufti series this fall, in Cole Porter’s Fifty Million Frenchmen! My role: the fifty million Frenchmen. The staged reading runs September 28th through October 6th at the York Theatre.

Existential Questions of the 21st Century: In Concert at Green Room 42

EQ21 is back. Join us for an evening of absurdist apocalyptic satire featuring the songs of Existential Questions for the 21st Century at Green Room 42!

At Existence Con, a Ted Talk-like convention celebrating the end of the world, a panel between a scientist, an artist, an activist, a cult leader, and a computer named “Kevin” strive to make sense out of the chaos as humanity’s fate hangs in the balance. This absurdist comedy is sure to uplift, entertain, and enlighten audiences. Come out on March 8th as we celebrate and bemoan the end of the world.

Co-created by long-time powerhouse writer/director duo Sam Balzac and Molly Rose Heller.

For the more info and tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/34878/production/1006128?performanceId=10378357

Bagels from Benny

I'm excited to announce that I will be performing in Rebecca Schoffer and Joel Esher's new musical Bagels from Benny at 92Y!

Join Benny on his journey as he explores the values of caring and sharing, building a strong sense of community and finding joy in giving thanks!

Benny loves to help out at his grandpa’s bakery. He makes the best bagels in town. One day, Grandpa explains to Benny that God, not him, should be thanked for the wonderful bagels. Benny sets out to do just that. He decides to leave God a bagful of bagels in the synagogue every week. And each week God eats the bagels — or so Benny thinks…

Peformance dates:
Friday, December 8th at 1pm
Sunday, December 10th at 2pm
Sunday, December 17th at 4pm

After the performances, families are invited to schmooze, snack and meet the cast at our lively after party!

Run time, approx. 1 hour
Best for children ages 3-8.

Adapted from Bagels From Benny written by Aubrey Davis with illustrations by Dušan Petričić © 2003. Used by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd., Toronto.

Existential Questions of the 21st Century

Hi everybody, so excited to have gotten this website up and running! Up next for me is a reading of a short musical I wrote called "Existential Questions of the 21st Century," a comic piece that follows four unnamed characters striving to create meaning in an absurdist universe. The reading is presented via Columbia University's student group NOMADS (New and Original Material Authored and Directed by Students) and will be performed on April 13th and 14th on campus. More details to come!