Austin New Music Workshop is dedicated to the production of brand new musicals! It all began with Fronterafest 2007 and Sisters of the Sea: A Pirate Musical, a 2007 Best of Fest winner. The writer and cast had so much fun we decided to submit another work for Fronterafest Long Fringe 2008. Devil in the Details: An Office Musical was a success, and the group decided we needed to take it to the next level.
Under the directorship of Rain Nox, Austin New Music Workshop was formed. In July of 2008 our first premiere musical Crazy Like a Person, won two awards as part of City Theatre's Summer Acts! Festival: Best Original Play/Playwright, and Best Male Featured Actor (Jim Felkner). See Crazy Like a Person for pictures from the production.
In January of 2009 the group put on another brand new one act musical After School Special, which made it into the Hyde Park Theatre's Fronterafest Best of Fest.
Our next endeavor is a comedic drama called Home(less) Economics. See the Now Showing Page for details.
Questions about our organization? Contact us: AustinNMW@gmail.com
Austin New Music Workshop Members
Rain Nox is the director of ANMW. She is passionate about musicals and has written and produced four new musicals over the past two years. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition.
Liz Cass is on the board of directors for ANMW. She is a program director at Armstrong Community Music School (part of Austin Lyric Opera), and an accomplished singer and actress. Recently, Liz was seen as Mercedes in Austin Lyric Opera’s Carmen and with the Austin Symphony in De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat which won an Austin Critic’s Table Award. Liz’s upcoming schedule includes Thisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola with ALO November, 2008 and Handel’s Messiah in Guatemala City, December of 2008.
Carol Nelson is an accomplished performer and teacher. Last year she performed the role of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with the Austin Gilbert & Sullivan Society, as well as singing with the Austin Lyric Opera Chorus, most recently in Dialogues of the Carmelites.
Megan Bloebaum holds a Master's Degree in Opera, and has performed many beloved operatic roles. While living in New Orleans during her undergraduate years, Megan found her passion for jazz and blues, and was invited to perform at the world-renowned Jazz Fest. Megan is an early childhood music teacher at Austin Lyric Opera’s Armstrong Community Music School.
Angela Irving is an accomplished singer, actress, and voice teacher. She has been in two productions with ANMW. She sings as chorus member of the Austin Lyric Opera, most recently in The Bat, and Carmen. She also sings with the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin, where she recently played Isabel in Pirates of Penzance.
Jim Felkner recently made his debut with the ANMW in Crazy Like a Person, for which he won "Best Featured Actor" in the Summer Acts Festival. He previously studied acting and voice at the University of Kansas.
Holton Johnson has been in two productions with ANWM. A 2003 B. Iden Payne Award winner for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, he most recently performed as Frederic in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin's Pirate of Penzance. He also sings in the chorus of the Austin Lyric Opera, most recently in The Bat and Carmen.
Associate/Former Members include:
Benjamin Bell- an amazing singer and actor who performed As Mr. Dickson in Devil in the Details: An Office Musical. He has moved west and we will miss working with him!
Cynthia Wilson- our incredible accompanist for Crazy Like a Person.
Rob Greenfield- our wonderful accompanist for Devil in the Details: An Office Musical.
Lisa Allison- our fabulous box office lady and photographer
Kristin Farwell- another awesome box office rep and photographer
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