HEADLINES INTO PUNCHLINES

Headlines Into Punchlines

In this workshop we will look at some of the most talked about news stories of the last 12 months and learn how to present them in unique and hilarious way through sketches and songs.

Presented by

Tom D’Angora is a multi award winning Producer and Director who currently has four productions running Off Broadway: NEWSical The Musical, Naked Boys Singing, The Marvelous Wonderettes, and Addy & Uno. NEWSical has played over 3,000 performances at Theatre Row and was the first musical ever to receive the Off-Broadway Alliance award for Best Musical. NEWSical is 3rd longest running revue and 5th longest running Off-Broadway musical in history. Tom’s proudest achievements are his positions with the Hillary Clinton 2008 and 2016 campaigns.

Billy Recce is a MAC and NEO-Award winning composer/lyricist/performer and playwright based in NY. His works include A Musical About Star Wars (Off-Broadway), Balloon Boy (NYMF), and his sold out Snowflake Songbook series (54 Below). His debut album is on iTunes. Proud member of ASCAP and graduate of Fordham University.

STAGE THE CHANGE
This project is made possible with funds from The Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation and the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. HEARTS (Helping Enrich the Arts of Port Washington)- Fiscal Sponsor.

Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Hauppauge Public Schools and the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post

This project is made possible with funds from the Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.