Creighton Irons
COMPOSER·LYRICIST
MUSIC DIRECTOR·TEACHING ARTIST
COMPOSER·LYRICIST
MUSIC DIRECTOR·TEACHING ARTIST
News from the Carolina-California-Boston-New York circuit...
MENDOCINO COUNTY
Artist in Residence at Magruder Ranch
Oh man. I'm here for the entire spring living, writing and working on a Northern California ranch run by my childhood buddy Ben Provan and his wife, Grace Magruder. As their current resident artist, I'll get the time I need to work on The Moon in the Sea and a new show for next summer (still under wraps). A couple pics from my time so far (warning: the second shot is a little grisly)...
an average view... this place is 2400 acres of mountain pastures
hangin out with Manly, my faithful writing partner...
THE MOON IN THE SEA
Brand new musical!
Thanks to great help from director Scott Embler and producer Wendy Macdonald (and The Somerled Foundation), The Moon in the Sea is entering the next phase of its young life! We had a killer reading in NYC on January 27 with an incredible cast & band and are looking forward to more in the months to come. Stay tuned for a summer concert and the next step in the development process. In the meantime, check out some of the rough demos on soundcloud.
SAN FRANCISCO
Homefront update
Thanks to my collaborator, Craig Slaight, and Michael Lazarus I was able to get back out to SF to record Homefront with the original cast--in June. I swear, the band and singers were all in high school, though to hear them (or see them act) you'd never believe it. 8 months after the recording, I finally figured out how to get the tunes online--check them out on soundcloud ("Seventeen" and "In the Clover" are my current favs...). There are also some pics up... like 1,800 of them.
NORTH CAROLINA
September-December
While I'm down here as an Artist in Residence with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, I'm working with the Pittsboro crew (Eric Davis, Dave Watson, Seth Barden, and Drew Lasater) and my old friend Janet Allard to write a brand new show, BoomChick Baby. It is ridiculous. But the best way imaginable to spend my Wednesday nights.
NEW YORK
June 25-July 31
This summer, I'm helping a group of 8 and 9 yr olds at Bank Street Summer Camp on the Upper West Side write and perform their own musical. We're in the middle of a brand new production of "Rumplestilstka;" every day is a trip. If you want to satisfy your cuteness quotient for the summer, come check out a show at Bank St July 21 at 6:30pm or July 22 at 10am or 1pm.
SAN FRANCISCO
June 9-25:
World Premier of Homefront, book by Craig Slaight, music and
lyrics by Creighton Irons, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco
CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE IN BROADWAY WORLD
I'm also spending time this month in San Francisco working
with ACT's Young Conservatory and MFA programs to bring
to life the world premier of Homefront. The cast is
composed largely of high school students, and they are
pretty amazing. I couldn't imagine a better group to
premier a musical with; my parents are even flying out for
the show Saturday night. Tickets are available on ACT's
site.
BOSTON
June 3,4,5 and 9,10,11, 12:
Factory Girls goes to Lowell and Boston Conservatory
Neil Donohoe is directing this workshop production of Factory
Girls, which boasts a cast of Boston Conservatory's MFA
students. The three shows in Lowell at the beginning of the
month will be performed primarily for the students at Lowell
High, and we are so excited to bring Factory Girls to the city
that is in every fiber of the show. Tickets available here, more
info here, and check out the articel in Stage Source here.
...
Older news...
April 7-10 and 14-17 Buy tickets now!
DREAMLAND at Chatham Mills!
In what has become an annual thing, I'm down in Pittsboro, NC to music direct Central Carolina's spring musical. This year, the show is an original adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," to the tune of some old standards (Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, etc) with some new lyrics. Ellen Bland is running the show again, and the usual suspects are joining me in the band (Eric Davis on drums, Dave Watson on guitar, Seth Barden on bass), which means it's gonna be a hell of a good time. This show is so much fun Tickets now available! Check out brownpapertickets.com.
January 2011
Pace University's New Musicals Program give FACTORY GIRLS a full reading
What a blast!
I have to give props to the amazing kids in Pace
University's music theater program... they all put their
entire hearts and substantial talents into this reading,
and as a result gave Sean, Maggie and me so much to
learn from. Amy Rogers was a remarkable director, and
Rob Meffe got the feel of the show from the get-go as
music director. Definitely keep an eye on Pace in years
to come, they are a program on the rise with some killer
talent and really strong leadership. (see the
BroadwayWorld article here)
9/27/10
John Znidarsic's "Songbook" at Lincoln Center... FREE!
Come out to the NY Public Library Monday night at 6pm on
September 27 for a night of new music from the NYC
theater scene. Sean Mahoney and I will be joined by Alison
Cusano, Cortney Wolfson, and Jessica Waxman, three
dynamos who will give the first performance of a new song
from Factory Girls. Our good friends Janet Allard, Niko
Tsakalakos and others will round out the night--more here,
or check out the playbill.com article here.
8/24/10
FIRST VERSE: New Works By Boston Composers
Thanks to everyone who didn't mind getting a little wet last night to hear new strains of the Boston musical theater scene at the BCA. Ben Green, Noel Carey (who is a hilarious dude), and the inimitable Joe Delgado brought some amazing new songs to the table, and singers Julia Mattison and Beth Stafford Laird put on a hell of a show. I was really happy to get to share songs from The Moon and the Sea, Homefront, and Factory Girls with all of you. Psyched for round 2!
WEST COAST NEWS
This summer, I'm in San Francisco teaching musical theater performance at the American Conservatory Theater (www.act-sf.org). I'll also be there in the spring of 2011 for a the production of Homefront, a new musical I'm currently writing with Craig Slaight. Commissioned by ACT, Homefront will be performed by the theater's Young Conservatory and MFA programs. Lots of excitement, lots of moving around these days...
MENDOCINO COUNTY
Artist in Residence at Magruder Ranch
Oh man. I'm here for the entire spring living, writing and working on a Northern California ranch run by my childhood buddy Ben Provan and his wife, Grace Magruder. As their current resident artist, I'll get the time I need to work on The Moon in the Sea and a new show for next summer (still under wraps). A couple pics from my time so far (warning: the second shot is a little grisly)...
an average view... this place is 2400 acres of mountain pastures
hangin out with Manly, my faithful writing partner...
THE MOON IN THE SEA
Brand new musical!
Thanks to great help from director Scott Embler and producer Wendy Macdonald (and The Somerled Foundation), The Moon in the Sea is entering the next phase of its young life! We had a killer reading in NYC on January 27 with an incredible cast & band and are looking forward to more in the months to come. Stay tuned for a summer concert and the next step in the development process. In the meantime, check out some of the rough demos on soundcloud.
SAN FRANCISCO
Homefront update
Thanks to my collaborator, Craig Slaight, and Michael Lazarus I was able to get back out to SF to record Homefront with the original cast--in June. I swear, the band and singers were all in high school, though to hear them (or see them act) you'd never believe it. 8 months after the recording, I finally figured out how to get the tunes online--check them out on soundcloud ("Seventeen" and "In the Clover" are my current favs...). There are also some pics up... like 1,800 of them.
NORTH CAROLINA
September-December
While I'm down here as an Artist in Residence with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, I'm working with the Pittsboro crew (Eric Davis, Dave Watson, Seth Barden, and Drew Lasater) and my old friend Janet Allard to write a brand new show, BoomChick Baby. It is ridiculous. But the best way imaginable to spend my Wednesday nights.
NEW YORK
June 25-July 31
This summer, I'm helping a group of 8 and 9 yr olds at Bank Street Summer Camp on the Upper West Side write and perform their own musical. We're in the middle of a brand new production of "Rumplestilstka;" every day is a trip. If you want to satisfy your cuteness quotient for the summer, come check out a show at Bank St July 21 at 6:30pm or July 22 at 10am or 1pm.
SAN FRANCISCO
June 9-25:
World Premier of Homefront, book by Craig Slaight, music and
lyrics by Creighton Irons, at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco
CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE IN BROADWAY WORLD
I'm also spending time this month in San Francisco working
with ACT's Young Conservatory and MFA programs to bring
to life the world premier of Homefront. The cast is
composed largely of high school students, and they are
pretty amazing. I couldn't imagine a better group to
premier a musical with; my parents are even flying out for
the show Saturday night. Tickets are available on ACT's
site.
BOSTON
June 3,4,5 and 9,10,11, 12:
Factory Girls goes to Lowell and Boston Conservatory
Neil Donohoe is directing this workshop production of Factory
Girls, which boasts a cast of Boston Conservatory's MFA
students. The three shows in Lowell at the beginning of the
month will be performed primarily for the students at Lowell
High, and we are so excited to bring Factory Girls to the city
that is in every fiber of the show. Tickets available here, more
info here, and check out the articel in Stage Source here.
...
Older news...
April 7-10 and 14-17 Buy tickets now!
DREAMLAND at Chatham Mills!
In what has become an annual thing, I'm down in Pittsboro, NC to music direct Central Carolina's spring musical. This year, the show is an original adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," to the tune of some old standards (Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, etc) with some new lyrics. Ellen Bland is running the show again, and the usual suspects are joining me in the band (Eric Davis on drums, Dave Watson on guitar, Seth Barden on bass), which means it's gonna be a hell of a good time. This show is so much fun Tickets now available! Check out brownpapertickets.com.
January 2011
Pace University's New Musicals Program give FACTORY GIRLS a full reading
What a blast!I have to give props to the amazing kids in Pace
University's music theater program... they all put their
entire hearts and substantial talents into this reading,
and as a result gave Sean, Maggie and me so much to
learn from. Amy Rogers was a remarkable director, and
Rob Meffe got the feel of the show from the get-go as
music director. Definitely keep an eye on Pace in years
to come, they are a program on the rise with some killer
talent and really strong leadership. (see the
BroadwayWorld article here)
9/27/10
John Znidarsic's "Songbook" at Lincoln Center... FREE!
Come out to the NY Public Library Monday night at 6pm on
September 27 for a night of new music from the NYC
theater scene. Sean Mahoney and I will be joined by Alison
Cusano, Cortney Wolfson, and Jessica Waxman, three
dynamos who will give the first performance of a new song
from Factory Girls. Our good friends Janet Allard, Niko
Tsakalakos and others will round out the night--more here,
or check out the playbill.com article here.
8/24/10
FIRST VERSE: New Works By Boston Composers
Thanks to everyone who didn't mind getting a little wet last night to hear new strains of the Boston musical theater scene at the BCA. Ben Green, Noel Carey (who is a hilarious dude), and the inimitable Joe Delgado brought some amazing new songs to the table, and singers Julia Mattison and Beth Stafford Laird put on a hell of a show. I was really happy to get to share songs from The Moon and the Sea, Homefront, and Factory Girls with all of you. Psyched for round 2!
WEST COAST NEWS
This summer, I'm in San Francisco teaching musical theater performance at the American Conservatory Theater (www.act-sf.org). I'll also be there in the spring of 2011 for a the production of Homefront, a new musical I'm currently writing with Craig Slaight. Commissioned by ACT, Homefront will be performed by the theater's Young Conservatory and MFA programs. Lots of excitement, lots of moving around these days...
4/14 through 4/18/10 |
WORKING
North
Carolina Community MusicalRight now I'm in NC, playing in and music directing Working at Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The show is with the same great bunch of people I worked with last year on Kudzu, and has really come together over the last week or so. Show dates are April 14-18; tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com (or click here). |
NEW: billnelsonbillnelson.com! My friend Bill Nelson has a web site up. Check out his songs page to hear a couple of our collaborations. |
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4/05/10  ........................................ |
Songs
on Six to feature River
Rising from Factory Girls ........................................................................................... On Monday, April 5, our friends at Cap21 will perform a song from Factory Girls. Some factory favorites including Molly Hager, Shaina Taub, Kate Ferber, and Dana Steingold join a loaded cast that will also perform songs by Joe Iconis, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk, and others. The show's $20; there will be a reception with wine after, so sounds like a no-brainer. Here's a link to the article on playbill.com with more information. |
1/17/10 Come support Fight Like a Girl at the Triad in Manhattan
All proceeds go directly to the children of Shanti Bhavan.
The show starts at 7:00--lots of great singers, and the very Sean Mahoney will DJ afterwards. It's gonna be a party!
11/09/09 |
"LIVE FREE OR DIE" from Factory Girls to be featured in Josh Young's Cutting-Edge Composers II The second installment of Cutting-Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater SongwritersCanal Room will be held at 8:00pm on November 9, 2009 at the in New York City. Doors open at 7:30pm. Presented by Josh Young and Laura Pietropinto, the concert will feature the songs of Jeremy Schonfeld, Peter Lerman, Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan, Jonathan Reid Gealt, Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, Carmel Dean and Anna Jacobs, Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney, Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham, Joe Iconis, and Ryan Scott Oliver. Laura Pietropinto directs and Julie McBride is music director. check it out at www.cuttingedgecomposers.com |
10/21/09
FACTORY GIRLS
selected to participate in NAMT's 21st Annual
Festival of New Musicals!
www.namt.org
We had an amazing time at NAMT's festival this past October... An enormously supportive & generous festival staff along with an incredible array of composers and playwrights really made for a great experience. Stay tuned for the next steps for Factory Girls!
selected to participate in NAMT's 21st Annual
Festival of New Musicals!
www.namt.org
We had an amazing time at NAMT's festival this past October... An enormously supportive & generous festival staff along with an incredible array of composers and playwrights really made for a great experience. Stay tuned for the next steps for Factory Girls!
6/22/09
Irons/Mahoney at ArsNova and Joe's Pub!Thanks to all of you who came out Monday to support us! SONGS OF WOOD AND STEEL: THE MUSIC OF CREIGHTON IRONS AND SEAN MAHONEY was a big hit. The band rocked, the singers were soulful, and audience was in it all the way til the final chord at 12:30 Tuesday morning. Check back in a week or so for news on what's next!
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