Casting has been announced for AIDS Quilt Songbook @ 20, a 20th anniversary performance of the historic AIDS Quilt songbook to be held at Cooper Union’s Great Hall on December 1.
The presentation will include songs from the 1992 premiere, written by William Parker, as well as songs written for various regional performances of the piece over the last two decades and some brand new songs written especially for this performance by composers Robert Aldridge, Stephen Dembeski, Herschel Garfein, Gilda Lyons, Jack Perla, and Wolfram Wagner.
Among the performers will be Stephanie Blythe, Amy Burton, Adrienne Danrich, Anthony Dean Griffey, Suzanne Mentzer, Kurt Ollmann, Sidney Outlaw, Randall Scarlata, William Sharp, Michael Slattery, Sanford Sylvan, Monica Yunus, and Camille Zamora.
The performance will benefit Sing for Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing professional artists in volunteer service programs aimed at underserved communities.
For more information, visit singforhope.org.
