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The Muny Table Read
directed by Josh Rhodes & to be performed at The Muny Summer 2019
Karl Josef Co read as “Guang-Li” in the PAINT YOUR WAGON with a new book by Jon Marans to be premiered at The Muny this summer. The cast included, Ben Davis, Hannah Elless, Omar Lopez-Cepero, & Mark Evans.
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera
Karl Josef Co read for “Westinghouse” in the table read of Fallingwater by Josh Schmidt & Dick Scanlan. The cast included Marc Kudisch, Terrence Mann, & Donna English.
Foresight Theatrical Reading
Cast & Team of Maltby & Shire’s DANCERS AT A WATERFALL
Karl Josef Co (Noppon), Erin Mackey (Katherine), Thom Sesma (Chao Khun), Steven Eng (Takamoto), & J. Elaine Marcos (Nuan) led the 2018 Reading of Maltby & Shire’s DANCERS AT A WATERFALL directed by Tak Viravan, music directed by Brad Hawk, & produced by Jack Dalgleish & Foresight Theatricals.
NATIONAL ASIAN ARTISTS PROJECT
(L-R) Lori Tan Chinn, Donna McKechnie, Adam Jacobs, Yuka Sakura, Alvin Ing, Raymond J. Lee, Baayork Lee, Ali Ewoldt, Jose Llana, & Karl Josef Co
National Asian Artists Project, led by Tony Winner Baayork Lee, celebrates their 1st Annual Gala celebrating the 60th Anniversary of FLOWER DRUM SONG & honoring some of its original cast members.
Karl Josef Co was in attendance representing NAAP’s Rediscover Series, having played Cornelius in NAAP’s HELLO DOLLY (2013), Yoshiro in NAAP/Prospect’s HONOR (2016), and Cinderella’s Prince in NAAP/Prospect’s INTO THE WOODS (2018).
YORK THEATRE COMPANY
The Cast & Team of BETTER THAN DREAMING
BETTER THAN DREAMING (by Alan Gordon & Joy Son) is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” set in modern day.
Karl portrayed the role of RIO, which corresponds to “Demetrius” in the source material.
Directed by Annette Jolles & Music Directed by Noah Teplin
The cast also included Erika Anclade, Caitlyn Caughell, Nick Cearley, CJ Eldred, Katie Emerson, Michael Hunsaker, Kingsley Leggs, Jillian Louis, Christian Probst, Allie Trimm, & Natalie Walker.
THE NEW YORK TIMES CENTER
As Cinderella’s Prince “Any Moment” (Lia Chang Photography)
National Asian Artists Project and Prospect Theater Company present a special one-night-only concert reading of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods October 20 at 7:30 PM at The TimesCenter (242 W. 41st Street).
Directed by Steven Eng with music direction by Kristen Lee Rosenfeld, the cast includes Katie Mariko Murray (Passion) as Cinderella, Alex Chester (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) as Little Red Riding Hood, Joanna Carpenter as the Baker's Wife, Karl Josef Co (Pacific Overtures) as Cinderella's Prince, Daniel J. Edwards (Anything Goes) as Rapunzel's Prince, Lydia Gaston (The King and I) as Jack's Mother, Ann Harada (Avenue Q) as the Witch, Kennedy Kanagawa (Dinner with Georgette) as Jack, Raymond J. Lee (Groundhog Day, Honeymoon in Vegas) as The Baker, and Jason Ma (writer/composer, Gold Mountain) as the Mysterious Man.
Other cast members include Rona Figueroa, Kimbirdlee Fadner, Rebecca Lee Lerman, Colin Miyamoto, David Shih, Laura Yen Solito, Virginia Wing, and Xiaoqing Zhang.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIA CHANG
STAGED READING
Post-Show Celebration with the Cast & Team of Austen’s Pride
Producers R. Erin Craig, Daniel Wallace and Trish Whitehurst just announced the new musical AUSTEN'S PRIDE will receive a staged reading presentation on Friday, October 19 at 1:30pm and Monday, October 22 at 12:00pm.
AUSTEN'S PRIDE features a book, music and lyrics by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs; music supervision by Kevin Stites; music direction and dance arrangements by Greg Jarrett; choreography by Andrew Palermo; and direction by Igor Goldin.
The company will feature Mamie Parris (School of Rock) as Jane Austen, Bobby Conte Thornton (A Bronx Tale) as Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Heather Botts (My Fair Lady) as Elizabeth Bennet, in a cast of 18 that includes Delphi Borich, Karl Josef Co, Kaitlyn Davidson, Samantha Cho Grossman, Jacob Haren, Victoria Huston-Elem, Javier Ignacio, Nehal Joshi, Greg Maheu, Kevyn Morrow, Manna Nichols, Justin Prescott, Brittany Santos, Marguerite Willbanks, Dre Woods
PROSPECT THEATER COMPANY & JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS
Karl Josef Co & Raymond J. Lee starred as Chin & Eng in the Industry Presentation of
AMERICAN MORNING by Timothy Huang (2016 Richard Rodgers Award Winner)
produced by Prospect Theater Company & Junkyard Dog Productions
directed by Marlo Hunter
INDUSTRY PRESENTATION
Elena Wang (Allegiance), Zachary Noah Piser (Wicked), & Karl Josef Co (Pacific Overtures) lead the industry presentation of TIANANMEN by Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreen
produced by Wolff Productions at The Cell
directed by Stafford Arima
music directed by Chris Kong
with dramaturg Nina Zoie Lam
also starring Julia Abueva, Belinda Allyn, Alan Ariano, Grace Choi, Katie Lee Hill, Jonny Lee, Austin Ku, & Toren Nakamura
FEINSTEIN’S / 54 BELOW
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents "Broadway Celebrates New Musical Theatre" on Friday, July 20, 2018, at 11:30 pm.
The show features Aaron Alcaraz, Nicholas Barasch, Alana Cauthen, Grace Choi, Karl Josef Co, C.J. Eldred, MaryJoanna Grisso, Cory Jeacoma, Noah Plomgren, and Brynn Williams.
Featuring works by Adam David, Alanya Bridge, Amy Engelhart, Charissa Bertels / Ayumi Okada / Christian Duhamel, Elaine Romanelli, Emily Chiu, Jacob Ryan Smith, Keurim Hur / Jacob Fjeldheim, Rebecca Murillo, Richard Hanson / Divya Maus, Rona Siddiqui, and Star Johnson.
