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"Poor Aurora" from THE THIRST TRAP a new b-movie musical in development. Performed by Antwayn Hopper, Stephen Petrovich, Taylor A Blackman, and Taylor Shubert Song by Zeniba Now and Rodney Bush Arrangement by Teddy Roxpin Mixed by Justin Bates Filmed by Patrick Kendall Edited by Jonathan Chowthi PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FUNDRAISER - https://dashboard.givebutter.com/accounts/168234/campaigns/286214 LYRIC VIDEO - https://youtu.be/mngW-FJvvjo?si=RYjLcA66qJ8greo0 KARAOKE - https://youtu.be/1ROYgr8dreA?si=xDCnsBE2QQKI1C2A INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/thirsttrapmusical/

A New Musical by Zeniba Now and Jay Adana www.ZenibaNow.com www.JayAdana.com UWM Development Team Jess McLeod- Director Alessandra Valea - Lead Choreographer Andrea Yohe - Music Direction Christian Thompson - CoChoreographer Kelsey Baehrens - Production Assistant Performers Tyler Fauntleroy, Zeniba Now, Jay Adana, Le’Asha Julius, Christian Thompson, Jason Simon, Blu Rhythm Crew & Students from UWM Arts Division Jessica Billings, Allison Larsen, Sally Eberlein, Janae Adams, Rayane Prado Nunes Footage by Aaron Granat and Nia Scott

Filmed LIVE at the PUBLIC THEATER, NY on September 5th, 2016 BARS Created by Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs MEDLEY Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada Choreography by Chris Walker Music Composition by Samora Pinderhughes and Erica Telisnor Featuring Hosts Adrienne Warren (Tony Nominee, Shuffle Along) Javier Muñoz (Broadway's Hamilton) Rapper Pharoahe Monch, Anthony Ramos (Broadway's Hamilton) Lemon Andersen (Tony winner, Def Poetry) Saray Kay (TED, Def Poetry) Dessa (Hamilton Mixtape, Daveed Diggs (Tony Winner, Hamilton, Black-ish) & Yours truly, Rafael Casal PRODUCTION COMPANY: DIKTATOR MANGO ST https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=58s 1984 https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=3m42s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=6m33s THINGS FALL APART https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=9m16s FRANKENSTEIN https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=11m41s DEATH OF A SALESMAN https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=14m47s BELOVED https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=18m26s LORD OF THE FLIES https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=21m27s NATIVE SON https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=23m57s THE CATCHER IN THE RYE https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=26m8s AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=29m18s THE ALCHEMIST https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=31m40s THE GREAT GATSBY https://youtu.be/Xf3YR2wtMyM?t=34m5s ABOUT #BARS This July, #BARS began it’s second session, in partnership with The Public Theater! The #BARS Workshop is a lab series created by artists Rafael Casal & Daveed Diggs, to serve as a space for artists to investigate the intersection between contemporary verse and Theater. The first session of #BARS concluded in June 2016, punctuated by the release of the first installment of a video series called the #BARS MIXTAPE MUSICAL MEDLEY, which received high praise from ELLE, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, TEEN VOGUE, SLATE & more! Casal & Diggs teamed up with New York’s The Public Theater to present SESSION 2 of the #BARS workshop, which began July 18th and ended with the filming of the #BARS MEDLEY VOL. 2, and here it is. CAST (In order of appearance) INTRO Daveed Diggs Rafael Casal Pharoahe Monch HOUSE ON MANGO STREET Jalene Goodwin Janelle McDermoth Karl Igleslias Ricardo Perez Gonzalez Shannon Matesky Sofia Snow 1984 Benjamin Earl Turner Broke MC PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Broke MC Jay Adana Nora Fox Ato Blankson-Wood THINGS FALL APART Ryan Nicole Zainab Jah Zeniba Britt FRANKENSTEIN Karl Iglesias Janelle McDermoth Ricardo Perez Gonzalez DEATH OF A SALESMAN Carvens Lissaint Nora Fox Stacey Sergeant BELOVED Zeniba Britt Janelle McDermoth Ryan Nicole Zainab Jah Jalene Goodwin LORD OF THE FLIES Juan Drigo "JD" Ricafort Broke MC Ricardo Perez Gonzalez Matt Werner Karl Iglesias Ato Blankson-Wood NATIVE SON Shannon Matesky Benjamin Earl Turner THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Ato Blankson-Wood THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X Carvens Lissaint Shannon Matesky Nora Fox Benjamin Earl Turner + Ensemble ALCHEMIST Sofia Snow Lindsay Meck Jon Victor Corpuz Jared Dixon Danny Bevins Nate Lombardi Ashley August Virginia Cavaliere THE GREAT GATSBY Ryan Nicole Juan Drigo "JD" Ricafort Nora Fox Ricardo Perez Gonzalez Matt Werner Janelle McDermoth Karl Iglesias Zainab Jah

LISTEN TO THE SONG ON STREAMING - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/zenibanowandrodneybush/poor-aurora-feat-antwayn-hopper-stephen-petrovich-taylor-a-blackman--taylor-shubert SONG BY Zeniba Now and Rodney Bush PERFORMED BY Antwayn Hopper, Stephen Petrovich, Taylor A Blackman, and Taylor Shubert

Zeniba Now (former DGF Musical Theater Fellow) performs at the Dramatists Guild Foundation's 2022 60th Anniversary Gala. "Some Vampires" from The Thirst Trap Music and Lyrics by Zeniba Now and Rodney Bush Performed by Zeniba Now & Ally Bonino, Antwayn Hopper, Brandon Omega, and Nicole Weiss Orchestration by Patrick Sulken Video Editing by Loren Fay Audio Editing by Brian Becker

Download the sheet music and accompaniment tracks here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1R6Zdzyi6w52tRdVJSICb4XqUXEk7ovdk?usp=sharing Queering the Canon: Sondheim presented by Ring of Keys "What I Wanna Do (Tidal Wave)" written by Zeniba Now and Rodney Bush performed by Nicole Weiss at Joe's Pub written in response to "Sooner or Later" by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by: Ann James Music Direction / piano: Julianne B. Merrill Drums by Kendall Perry Guitar by Kristen Goodman Bass / Guitar by Meghan Rose Casting by Emily Tarquin Produced / Conceived by Andrea Prestinario