The recently created Long Island-based Tomorrow’s Classics Theatre Company (TCTC) is dedicated to solely producing cutting-edge new works. Co-Founders, Debi Toni, a singer/songwriter, performer, teacher, and musical director; and award-winning playwright, director, author, entertainer, and psychic, Cindi Sansone-Braff, truly believe that these innovative new plays are destined to become future theatre classics.
Their first project, Beethoven’s Promethean Concerto in C Minor WoO, written by co-founder, Cindi Sansone-Braff, brings to the South Shore suburbs of Long Island the kind of groundbreaking theater that you’d only expect to find in London, Vienna, or New York City.
Following Aristotle’s principles of three unities, this Four Movement music drama takes place on August 6,1826, the fateful day when Beethoven’s beloved nephew shot himself in the head. Beethoven, forced to review the soul record of his life, ponders the universal question that had plagued him, Hamlet, and all of humankind since the dawn of time: “To be or not to be?” Yes, for any soul-searching being, this is always the question.
This World Premiere will take place Saturday, August 5th, 2017, at 8pm, when TCTC commemorates the 191st Anniversary Eve of that earth-shattering day. There will be an anniversary encore performance on, Sunday, August 6, 2017, at 7pm. By the way, these synchronistic dates were not picked by human design, but were divinely timed by the powers that be — stunning both co-founders! This heartfelt tribute to Beethoven, the man, the myth, and the music, promises to be an unforgettable night of theater.
Tomorrow’s Classics Theatre Company (TCTC), has chosen to use crowdfunding to help raise some of the revenue needed to make this project a worthy tribute to Beethoven: the Man, the Myth, the Music. Crowdfunding for artistic productions is fast becoming the number one choice to raise the cash needed to make things happen. Crowdfunding is the process of using websites, such as Indiegogo.com to generate, manage and accumulate funds for various productions and other creative endeavors
Additionally, crowdfunding is a powerful way to get an entire community involved in the theatre making process, and they too, can experience a sense of satisfaction when the show opens. This personal sense of involvement can help contributors spread the word about the show.
To learn more about how you can help with this project click on the following link:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/beethoven-s-promethean-concerto-a-play/x/16416318#/
Some people just can’t contribute moneywise, but that doesn’t mean you can’t help! We would love if you would help us spread the word about our project. Share it on your Social Media sites, and “Like” us on ours: https://www.facebook.com/BeethovensPrometheanConcerto/.
We could also use a few people to help with all phases of this show, especially sound technicians. If you’d like to help shoot us an email: mailto:cindisansonebraff@gmail.com
You can purchase tickets for the show by calling: 1-800-838-3006 or going to: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2936300
Our ProductionTeam
Co-Producer, Musical Director, Narrator
Debi Toni has been professionally involved in theatre since 1985 from production to performance. In 2000, she began creating custom made shows for her students of Debi Toni Music Studios, LLC performing alongside of them. Creating theatrical experiences for students of all ages and talent has become another specialty, so it is fitting to be a co-founder of the Tomorrow’s Classics Theatre Company. It’s an honor to be sharing the story of a man who affected a world beyond his own incredible imagination to alter the course of history. Ms. Toni earned a Master’s Degree in Music. Currently, Debi Toni is a member of the Babylon Chorale, a Cantor at Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Massapequa Park), a teacher for all ages, and a writer & composer. Her piano and sight singing music books will be available for purchase in the near future. www.debitoni.com.
www.debitonimusicstudios.com
Co-Producer, Playwright, Stage Manager, Director, Actor
Cindi Sansone Braff is perhaps best known for being one of Long Island’s top psychic/mediums. She’s also an award-winning playwright, dancer, entertainer, and the author of two self-help relationship books: Grant Me a Higher Love and Why Good People Can’t Leave Bad Relationships. Cindi used all of her diverse skills to create Beethoven’s Promethean Concerto in C Minor Wo0. Over a four-year period, she researched, wrote, and most importantly — channeled Beethoven himself — to create this theatrical masterpiece. www.grantmeahigherlove.com.
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Musical Scoring
Nicholas Yandell is a Portland-based composer seeking to create the 21st century in musical art by capturing every aspect of post-millennial life we experience, past, present and future, and concoct it all into a formula of organized sound… To grab hold of the passion, pain, affection, spirituality, joy, incompleteness, anger, regret, sadness, yearning, and processed it all aurally… To find those sounds that dwell in the wordless void, that amalgamate with the atmosphere and enrich it, that descend from the skyscrapers and crawl out of the cracks in the sidewalk to soothe, agitate, impassion, drive, flow through our veins, and make us feel alive! These desires tend to manifest themselves into classical concert works, film scores, post-rock songs, and electronic music, sometimes amalgamating with fiction and poetry into meshes of lyrics, stories, and sound.
Actor: Beethoven
Michael Brinzer is a multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. As a Lindenhurts native, Michael begain refining his artistic talents as a child. It was at Lindenhurst High School that he started to develop a passion for playing multiple woodwind instruments. This was also when he was introduced to acting and theatre. His is grateful for any opportunity he gets to incorporate both music and theater into his life. He currently studies Saxophone Performance at the Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Paul Cohen. To learn more about him, visit his website at: michaelbrinzer.com.