ing artist for George Street Play-
house in New Brunswick keeps
his songwriting chops fresh -
something that came in handy
for the show and for raising
money for the production.
A crowdfunding campaign was
created to help with the costs
of the Winterfest production.
Seamon pledged to write and
record an original song for ev-
erybody who donated $25 or
more. Within a 60 day period,
Seamon estimates he wrote
over 80 songs, ranging from 40
seconds in length to just over a
minute. He says people wanted
to hear their names put into a
song and have a video that they
could show on social media.
The requests were pouring in
each day.
“I’ve always been a songwriter
and I’ve been an actor and now
I’m working as a playwright; and
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this is letting me do all at the
same time. It’s a dream project!”
added Seamon.
We’ve had numerous base-
ment bands from The Bounc-
ing Souls to Gaslight Anthem to
Screaming Females all find their
way from the basements of New
Brunswick to national stardom,
so why not a play based in a
New Brunswick basement?
As for the end of the world, if
news broke of such impending
doom, Seamon says he would
likely drive over to his parents’
house. He’d stop at the liquor
store along the way to pick up
some champagne and whisky.
They would likely put on some
Mystery Science Theater and ride
it out together - perhaps even
have one last jam (his mother is
also a musician).
That’s if he got the news while
still in New Jersey. w
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