Arsenal Arts
Award-winning Composer, Playwright, Music Director and Educator Steven Bergman will speak at the next free Text + conText program.
Award-winning Composer, Playwright, Music Director and Educator Steven Bergman will speak at the next free Text + conText program in advance of Watertown Children’s Theatre’s premiere of his musical, “Reigning Cats & Dogs.”
This free series brings creative artists and audience together in an open forum setting to discuss craft and the creative process. Bergman will speak at the Arsenal Center for the Arts on Feb. 17, 7 p.m., according to the Arsenal Center for the Arts’ announcement.
Reigning Cats & Dogs is a new musical for young audiences about acceptance, personal identity, friendship and loyalty. It offers the opportunity for the cast to explore roles, text and music without reference to tried and true versions, a stretching experience. The WCT show opens March 20 at the Arsenal Center.
Bergman’s composing credits include “Animal Farm,” “The Curse of the Bambino” (winner of the 2001 Margaret Fairbanks Jory Award, American Music Center), “Four Kisses,” “Jack the Ripper: the Whitechapel Musical,” and “Comedy of Errors.” He is currently working on “The Trial of Madeline Gee,” a modern song-cycle based on the Medea story, and two new children’s shows.
He has published the plays “History,” “At the Buzzer” and “Rosie, the Teddy Bear” (with Brooklyn Publishers), and “Have a Seat, Please” and “Marvin and Julius” (with Heuer Publishing).
National tours, as keyboardist, include “Nunsense Jamboree” (with Georgia Engel; CD/DVD with Vicki Lawrence), “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Dreamgirls,” “Guys and Dolls” and “Les Miserables.”
He has Music Directed more than 100 shows, such as “Spring Awakening” (FUDGE – IRNE award), “The Adding Machine” (Speakeasy – IRNE nominee), “Annie,” “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” (Wheelock Family Theatre) and “Das Barbecü” (New Repertory Theatre).
Bergman is also a public school Chorus and Drama teacher.
For more information, visit: www.arsenalarts.org or call 617-923-0100.