NAUGHTY!
The Musical World of Emmet Taylor Farkas
March 25 through April 23, 2011

Fridays and Saturdays, March 25 – April 23
10:00 p.m.

Tickets and info: 773-327-7077

www.naughtymusicals.com

Leo Schwartz & NAUGHTY Productions, LLC present:

 "NAUGHTY!"
The Musical World of Emmet Taylor Farkas
(WINNER of the Director’s Choice Award,
2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival)

Music and Lyrics by Book by
Leo Schwartz Jeremy Kareken
Additional Material by
Leo Schwartz

Directed by
Shifra Werch

OPENING: March 25 at 10pm
Fridays and Saturdays, March 25 – April 23 at 10:00 p.m.

Farkas: Money Manager, Attorney, Composer…DEAD! 4 actors try to milk production funds out of a captive audience at a funeral while performing a showcase of 42 roles from 7 outrageous musicals of this unknown yet irreverently prolific composer. The musicals run the gamut: Helen Keller sings! Peter Rabbit curses. Beaver Cleaver comes out of the closet. A blues singer leaves her thalidomide lover for a double amputee. It’s just that type of show!

Included in the cast are Kevin M. Grubb, Alcolu Lymon, Samantha Siroky and Ann McGregor. Director is Shifra Werch.

Leo Schwartz (composer, lyricist, & bookwriter) is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and a member of ASCAP. He composes for film, theatre, jazz, and the concert hall. His musical Me and Al has been presented both Off-Broadway and as part of the Global Search for New Musicals at the International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff, Wales. His musical NAUGHTY! won Director’s Choice at the 2007 NYMF. For more information and samples of his work go to www.leoschwartz.com.

Jeremy Kareken (bookwriter) is a writer, actor, and the researcher for Inside the Actors Studio. He has won fellowships to the William Inge Center for the Arts, the Sewanee Writers Workshop and the Hamptons International Film Festival Screenwriters' Conference. He is a member of the EST Playwrights Unit and the Actors Studio. He teaches writing at NYU's School for Continuing and Professional Studies.

Shifra Werch, Leo Schwartz and Jeremy Kareken as well as director Shifra Werch are available for interviews. Contact Elayne LeTraunik at virtualelayne@gmail.com or 773-327-7077 to set up an interview.