LYRICIST LIBRETTIST SINGER
About
A. J. Freeman is a writer, teacher, director, and performer originally from Los Angeles, now based in New York. She has worked for over 12 years in educational theatre, directing dozens of full scale productions, and running her own literacy-based musical theatre program for low income students. Through this nonprofit, The Troupe, thousands of children in schools across Los Angeles received free reading books. The Troupe’s free musical theatre workshops and assemblies inspired students from all backgrounds to use their gifts and talents through visual and performing arts.
She is also a cabaret performer, championing brilliant but forgotten music of the 1920s and 30s.
UPCOMING EVENTS
FABLES at Lincoln Center: 07/20/21 at 10am
This free event is for creatures of all ages! Come see a concert version of the children's musical I wrote with Dimitri Landrain =)
WANDA DOES THE WATER CYCLE at Lincoln Center: 08/03/21 at 10am
I am performing in another children's musical in this series- written by Sonya Hayden! Come watch and bring lots of kids!
PAST EVENTS
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
Our new musical 'A Cordial Invitation' was featured on The York Theatre's program In The Pipeline, dedicated to new musicals. You can watch this on The York Theatre's YouTube channel!
04/10/2021 HAY FEVER Reading
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
Full length online reading of Hay Fever- with a stellar cast! Produced by Theatre Now New York and Directed by J. Scott Lapp.
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
What's Her Line? was featured in the FIRST EVER West Coast Dramatist Guild Footlights! It was such an honor to be in a lineup celebrating Women's History Month!
01/2021 Lincoln Center Library
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
A. J. wrote THREE of the EIGHT musicals featured in the Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library's annual writing program! The link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnN8nxOYq8&list=PL1LGP-91vyr-dpIROi1SMj-UedTOnBIqn
12/2020 Fables at Tulane University
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
Tulane University students presented an online performance of A. J.'s musical "Fables," written with Dimitri Landrain!
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
A. J. was selected to join the Theatre Now New York Writers Lab! She is developing Noël Coward's Hay Fever and other musicals in the lab!
03/02/2020 Cabaret Journey
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
A full presentation about the source material for the Hal Prince musical! A. J. sang the title song, the event also featured Broadway legend Loni Ackerman! Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center.
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
Reading of this brand new musical, written with Dimitri Landrain. NYU.
02/13/2020 First Stage
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
An evening of new songs- A. J. presented a song from her new musical based on Noel Coward's "Hay Fever" and also sang "The Sky Is The Limit!"
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
A. J.'s musical "Derailed" was performed by a world class cast! Signature Theatre.
12/05/2019 BMI Showcase
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
12/05/2019 BMI Showcase
Sang songs by the brilliant Jon Bauerfeld/Melissa Weisbach and Kate Douglas/Jason Weisinger!