Annaliese Jakimides



Love Affair: a new musical

Love Affair: A New Musical

WORLD PREMIERE of our new musical LOVE AFFAIR       
8/8–25, 2024
@ The Legacy Theatre in Branford, CT

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I cannot tell you how over the moon I am about the privilege of working with the brilliant lyricist/writer/composer, and fabulous human, Joseph J. Simeone.

He’s a gift.

Joseph studied under Arthur Laurents and Stephen Schwartz, danced with Merce Cunningham and Twyla Tharp, and starred on Broadway in, among others, A Bronx Tale. None of that, however, begins to describe who he really is.

Praise for Annaliese’s Work

“Annaliese is a singular talent. Her writing is rich, spare, always thoughtful, sometimes wrenching, and deeply honest. I am a huge fan!”

— Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan TrainA Piece of the World and The Exiles, among others

“Such startling and wonderful work!”

— Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom QueenDrinking the RainBurning Questions: A Novel, and more

“Annaliese Jakimides’s enjambments are a lyric all within themselves and how she juxtaposes words creates the voluminous possibilities of language that many poets fail to recognize, let alone, execute.” 

— Randall Horton, author of Dead WeightHook, and {289-128}: Poems and the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, and the American Book Award in Oral Literature as a member of the performance group Heroes Are Gang Leaders

“What a voice Annaliese Jakimides has, what tone and urgency, beautiful imagery, lyricism and tightness, integrity and craft in every essay, each poem, every single line.” 

— Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Santa Barbara poet laureate and author of many collections, including The Hour Between Dog and WolfSmall Gods of Grief, and Rooms Remembered

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