New Jersey Stage Issue 54 | Page 52

I know you are a composer and have written a musical before. Does music play a role in Goat- man? I’ve written mainly plays, and thus far just one full-length mu- sical, Soul Searching (with com- poser Avi Kunstler), along with a devised musical piece that started out as Generations and ended up called Out of Whack. All are considered rock musicals, and we anticipate a revival of a re- vised Soul Searching sometime in 2019.  Goatman is a play, a comedy, sometimes described as a pseudo-Southern Gothic dark comedy drama. However, even more important than the movie influences are the musical influ- ences of/on the piece. It is entirely written with music in mind - to have certain rhythms, so to speak - and karaoke plays a big part in the 2013-based Act II. For this play, my musical influences ranged from Kenny Rogers to Prince to Stevie  Nicks to Ozzy  Osborne to Iron Maiden to The Smiths to Dinosaur Jr. to Husker Du to The Meat Pup- Nobody covers the arts throughout the Garden State like NJ Stage! Stage NEW JERSEY www.NewJerseyStage.com Targeted advertising for the arts that is priced for the arts Click for ad rates