A. J. Freeman 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 and performance workshops.
She is also a cabaret performer, championing brilliant but forgotten music of the 1920s and 30s.
And she writes musicals!
LATEST PROJECTS
The Crane Wife
by Keurim Hur, Maria Caputo, & A. J. Freeman
PAST EVENTS
06/29/22 A NOTE OF EXPLANATION at Lincoln Center
06/29/22 A NOTE OF EXPLANATION at Lincoln Center
06/29/22 A NOTE OF EXPLANATION at Lincoln Center
Standing room only for our event at Lincoln Center! Hoping to mount this again soon, we had a great time bringing this magical story to life!
05/02/22 The Crane Wife
06/29/22 A NOTE OF EXPLANATION at Lincoln Center
06/29/22 A NOTE OF EXPLANATION at Lincoln Center
This new musical was featured as part of the Across A Crowded Room program at Lincoln Center! Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vow6fft5cpg
07/20/21 FABLES at Lincoln Center Fountain
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
05/06/2021 The York Theatre: A CORDIAL INVITATION
Fables was a great success! We had a nice crowd and the kids were dancing around and having a grand time =) And every child received a free book too!!
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
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
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
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
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
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
12/2020 Fables at Tulane University
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
03/28/2021 WHAT'S HER LINE? Dramatist Guild
12/2020 Fables at Tulane University
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
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
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
10/2020 Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
Reading of this brand new musical, written with Dimitri Landrain. NYU.
02/13/2020 First Stage
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
02/15/2020 Dear Brutus Reading
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
12/16/2019 The Passing Show
Sang songs by the brilliant Jon Bauerfeld/Melissa Weisbach and Kate Douglas/Jason Weisinger!