Love Affair: a new musical
WORLD PREMIERE of our new musical LOVE AFFAIR
8/8–25, 2024
@ The Legacy Theatre in Branford, CT
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 Train, A Piece of the World and The Exiles, among others
“Such startling and wonderful work!”
— Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, Drinking the Rain, Burning 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 Weight, Hook, 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 Wolf, Small Gods of Grief, and Rooms Remembered