Joshua H. Cohen’s honors include a Jonathan Larson Grant, the Anna Zornio Children’s Theatre Playwriting Award (lyrics, Keep On Walkin’), and a MAC Award nomination for his cult cabaret hit “The Sacrifice of Love” (a.k.a. the waxing song). Productions include play The Thirteenth Commandment (Libra Theater, 7 NY Innovative Theater Award nominations, 2 wins; publication, Next Stage Press), musical Tamar of the River (Prospect Theatre, 2 Drama Desk nominations, world premiere recording from Yellow Sound Label), and children’s musical Flight School (Vital Theatre, OCR, national/international tour). The Findings Cycle, a series of ten-minute plays inspired by recent scientific studies, has been accumulating productions around the country and across the pond. Most recently, Joshua contributed music and lyrics for two episodes of So Proudly We Hailed, a series of short one-person musicals created with and based on the stories of U.S. armed forces veterans, available to stream from New Musicals Inc. Many other productions, readings, and workshops; for more details: http://www.JoshuaHCohen.com.
MARISA MICHELSON is a singer, improviser, and composer of Musicals, Choral Works, and Music-Theatre compelled by the expressive capacities of the human voice. With her ensemble, Constellation Chor || an immersion in voice, movement and spirit, which she founded and directed, she collaborated with Lincoln Center, Spectrum, The Kitchen, National Sawdust, Pioneer Works, Claire Chase, the New York Philharmonic, Harvard Art Lab, Maria Popova, and Paola Prestini and traveled to Greece and Iceland to sing. Her off-Broadway musicals and oratorios include Tamar of the River (two Drama Desk Nominations), One Thousand Nights and One Day and Naamah’s Ark, an oratorio for five choirs. Awards, grants & residencies include: Jonathan Larson Award, National Endowment for the Arts, New Dramatists, Eric Salzman Award for Music-Theater, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, National Sawdust, MacDowell, Ucross, Modern Accord Depot, New Dramatists.
Marisa is also an active somatic voice practitioner with many students on Broadway and pursuing other careers in the healing arts. She holds the highest diploma level from the Libero Canto School of Singing and has founded the School of Vocal De-Armoring, a somatic, holistic approach to singing and voice-giving that connects us more intimately with the layered dimensions of Self.
Marisa’s compositions are available on major streaming platforms. She lives, works, and teaches in upstate New York. www.marisamichelson.com
