"Erica Save Me" featured on IN BETWEEN THE LINES Podcast

I was thrilled to be the special guest on this week’s episode of “In Between The Lines,” a phenomenal podcast that showcases new Musical Theater Writers, lead by the fantastic duo of Laura Josepher and David Sisco. They featured my song “Erica Save Me,” performed by myself and the brilliant Alysha Umphress, as part of their “Duets” episode, which you can now listen to in full on SoundCloud! My segment begins at 7:45!

Tune in for other duets from Adam Mathias Brett Ryback, Brad Alexander and David Alan Davis!

First reading of STARBLASTERS @ Dixon Place, March 13th!

I'm incredibly excited to announce that our first ever reading of Starblasters will be Tuesday, March 13th at Dixon Place @ 7pm. 

We've got an amazing team together and after 3+ years of writing this piece, it'll be amazing to finally hear it out loud. 

Music & Lyrics by Benjamin Velez | Book by Katie Hathaway  | 

TEAM: Director Danny Goldstein | Music Director David Gardos | Produced by Aaron Sanko & Vicki Abeles

CAST: Alysha Umphress, Jeanna De Waal, Dan Domenech, Jon-Michael Reese, Lauren Villegas

CLICK HERE for tickets!

AFTERLAND Reading at the York Theater - Directed by Mark Brokaw

We feel incredibly lucky to have had our first NYC reading of AFTERLAND at the York Theater February 11th, 2016. Thank you to everyone at the York for making it possible, thanks to our year-long residency there through the NEO program. 

Check out the cast photo of our INCREDIBLE team, which included:

Director: Mark Brokaw
Music Director: David Gardos
Stage Manager: Sonja Thorson

CAST
Christy Altomare, Alex Boniello, Daniel Jenkins, Rebecca Luker, Jacob Ming-Trent,  Alexandra Socha, Alysha Umphress, and Donald Webber Jr. 

We were lucky enough to get a write up in PlayBill and Broadway World!