1 Plum Sq.

Music and Lyrics by Amy Kohn

1 Plum Sq. is  80-minute Music-Theater which tackles the theme of construction versus destruction in architecture in creativity, in relationships, and in the mind.

It tells the story of three friends: Alex, Ellen, and Joel. Inseparable 20 years ago in art school, the three have drifted apart. The show looks in on them now: Alex is a successful architect in mid-life crisis following a recent divorce with Ellen. Ellen, once a location scout, has given it up in an effort to rediscover her creative spirit as a sculptor. Joel is a kite-maker with an obsession for watching houses burn. He has spent the past 20 years moving from town to town, and has settled, for now, in the town where Alex and Ellen live.

Tension builds as Alex confronts the break-up of his marriage, the monotony of his job, and his growing fascination with fire, and with Joel, until he is ultimately forced to choose between creation and destruction.

1 Plum Sq. was produced and broacast on WNYC as part of their American Music Festival and re-broadcast in a two-hour special on Amy’s music. Host: David Garland, Spinning on Air

Alexander Sumner: Graham Rowat
Ellen Needham: Terri Klausner
Joel Curtis: Eric Michael Gillett
Suzanne Coleman: Melissa Fathman
Director: Lisa Rothe
Musical Director and Pianist: Steve Marzullo
Accordion: Annette Kudrak
Bass: Ben Rubin
Drums: Jeff Davis

1 Plum Sq. was written in 1997 as Amy's Master’s Thesis in the NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program, where it was given a reading Directed by Lisa Rothe starring Ron Hilley and Cass Morgan. In January 2005, NYU put up a second reading of the newly revised show as part of its Frederick Loewe Alumni Reading Series, in association with IN ONE

WNYC American Music Festival Broadcast

Sister's Bathtub

Music and Lyrics by Amy Kohn
Work in progress

A musical set in the 90’s Bronx about a DJ who moves a bathtub down four flights of stairs to cope with the murder of his sister 20 years earlier 

Opening
Right of Way
Sweet Cacophony
Subway Home
Hand-Clapping
Razing it Down
Two Sounds at the Same Time
She's Invisible
Joia in the Bath
Sing with me Now

The Orange Teardrops

Music: Amy Kohn, Story: Amy Kohn and Claudio Finni Galdiolo

A puppet show about sweet Annie who cries orange teardrops into a watering can, which bring to life to her family’s dormant pumpkin patch

And the moral of this orange tale we’ve spread:
You can use the tears you lose, infusing beauty in their stead