Leviathan Lab and CollaborAzian Present
An Intimate Staged Reading of

THERE WERE LIGHTS
A New Musical
By Albert Guerzon
Original Choreography by Monica Kapoor and Albert Guerzon
Musical Arrangements & Direction by Christian Almiron
Directed by Monica Kapoor

Friday, March 28, 2025
Two Showings! 12:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Email ariel@leviathanlab.com to reserve your seats.
Ripley-Grier Studios
308 West 38th Street, Room #311
NYC 10018

HELP US BRING THIS NEW DANCE MUSICAL TO LIFE!

Your generous support will help Albert and his creative team bring this new musical through an important stage in its development: a proof-of-concept reading for potential backers and future collaborators. Creating and stewarding new musicals in NYC is a daunting and expensive task, especially in the times we are living through. You can help this important new musical reach a vital milestone, with every dollar of supporting the performers in this reading. Every dollar over our $7,500 goal will go toward continued work on the show by Albert, Christian, and Monica as it forges onward in its developmental process. Be a part of it!

This staged reading of THERE WERE LIGHTS is a fiscally-sponsored project of Leviathan Lab, a nonprofit creative studio for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander theatre and film artists. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

ABOUT THE SHOW

THERE WERE LIGHTS follows three people — a middle-aged performer and lapsed Christian, a deeply religious and elderly cemetery caretaker, and a young boy with a hungry curiosity for the afterlife. Together, they face their collective grief in the wake of the pandemic and learn to celebrate both their found community and the diversity of their beliefs. Join us for Leviathan Lab and CollaborAzian's intimate staged reading of this haunting and heartfelt new dance musical!

Presented, in part, with generous support from 2024-25 NYS AAPI Community Development Fund, administered by the Coalition for Asian American Children & Families.

Leviathan Lab’s 2025 activities are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

CAST
Aaron J. Albano, Ester Barroso-Guerzon, Morgan Cowling, Kai Edgar, Albert Guerzon, Rob Fowler, Avionce Hoyles, Kristen Faith Oei, and Stephanie Pope.

DANCE ENSEMBLE
Jane Abbott, Kate Cummings, Alicia Dilone, Jacob Davila, Mason Neally, and Marcus Themostocle.

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Fran Acuña Almiron

PRODUCERS
Ariel Estrada, Leviathan Lab
Diane Phelan, CollaborAzian

There Were Lights

By Leviathan Lab

There Were Lights

A New Dance Musical

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