creatives
Tom and Tom met years ago while playing Linus and Snoopy in the basement of a community center on 46th Street and have collaborated in friendship and theatre ever since. They have written several short musicals as part of the York Theatre’s “4@15” festival, as well as the National Asian Artists Project’s “Discover: New Musicals” series. Their musical “RAILS” has been performed at the York Theatre’s Developmental Reading series, and as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s Developmental Reading Series.
Tom Paitson Kelly
(Book and Lyrics)
Tom has been writing and developing new works for more than 20 years. With the Lexington Group, he collaborated on “Step In and Stand Clear” and “Ballad of Larry the Flyer,” both workshopped at Ensemble Studio Theatre. “… Larry the Flyer” was selected for the New York International Fringe Festival and the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC.
Tom is a member of the BMI-Lehman Engel Bookwriting Workshop, Actor’s Equity Association and The Dramatists Guild.
He lives with his husband Gregory, as well as their three cats and a dog.
Tom Kenaston
(Music and Lyrics)
Tom is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the BMI-Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. He has worked professionally as an award-winning actor and musical director in theatres and tours across the US. In addition to RAILS, his songwriting has been featured in the York Theatre Company’s NEO Concert series (“New, Emerging, Outstanding”), BMI’s Musical Mondays series, and the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Tom is a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians.
He lives with his husband James in New York.
music & video credits
Demo produced by Tom Kenaston and James Frazee; engineered, mixed and mastered by James Frazee; recorded at Hobo Sound.
Video shot and produced by Jena Dengrove.
Performers
Jeremy Morse
Elizabeth Ward Land
Benjamin Pajak
Darlesia Cearcy
Prentiss Mouton
Bailee Endebrock
Eli Owens
Leah Horowitz
James Adolf
Musicians
Piano: Tom Kenaston
Percussion: Benjamin Cliness
Bass: Aidan O’Donnell
Strings: Deni Bonet
Woodwinds: Peter Hess
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