Next Year in Connecticut!
by Sequoia Sellinger & Sarah Rossman
Next Year in Connnecticut! (with book and lyrics by Sarah Rossman and music by Sequoia Sellinger) is an original musical that follows the Stableman family and their guests (both invited and not) over the course of one long Passover Seder. The show features mental illness musical chairs, a dog shiva, and hey this might even be the year that Elijah (the prophet) actually shows up! The music is character driven, witty, with unexpected melodies and rhythms, with influences ranging from Fiona Apple to Leonard Bernstein.
NYIC! has been developed at NYU GMTWP under the mentorship of Donna DiNovelli, Mindi Dickstein, and Fred Carl. Over the course of the show’s development, we have workshopped scenes and songs from the show with acting students at NYU Tisch’s The New Studio on Broadway under the guidance of Kent Gash and J. Oconer Navarro, attended a one week writing residency at Goodspeed Musicals presented songs in a new works showcase at Joe’s Pub in May and had a concert reading at Green Room 42 in June. NYIC was a semifinalist for AMTP.
That’s My Chair from Next Year in Connecticut!
Vocals by Sarah, Piano by me!