ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / OWNER
AEA
VOCAL COACH
Composer/Lyricist/ Writer
ACTOR SINGER DIRECTOR
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COMPOSER / WRITER RESUME
Full Length Musicals:
Composer / Lyricist / Book Writer
TROUBLE IN SHAMELAND / full length musical Piano / Vocal Score - Orchestrations
Staged Reading - Off-Broadway / Developmental Reading Series York Theatre Company, 2005
Full Production, Wilmington NC, Thalian Hall , EMPYREproductions, LLC, 2004
Participant, 10th Anniversary Season FringeNYC FESTIVAL, EMPYREproductions, LLC, 2006, The Actors Playhouse, West Village, Manhattan
*Winner: FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Costume Design: Renee Mariotti and Bernard Grenier
Finalist, 2005 NYMF (New York Musical Theatre Festival) Next Link Series
Finalist, 2007 Richard Rodgers Award through the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
THE TOY MAKER / full length musical Piano/ Vocal Score - Orchestrations
Staged Reading, Off-Broadway,Bouwerie Lane Theatre, Manhattan, EMPYREproductions
Staged Reading, Wilmington, NC, City Stage Theatre
MANNEKIN / full length musical
Full Production, 1998 Wilmington NC
Current Musical Projects in Development
GHOST TRAIN a musical - Composer / Lyricist / Writer
ALONE a musical - Composer / Lyricist / Writer
Incidental Music
OF MICE AND MEN / Composer / -Roxy Regional Theatre
THE DIVINERS / Composer / -City Stage Theatre
THE SANTALAND DIARIES / Composer/ Lyricist -City Stage Theatre
Orchestrator
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory /Orchestrations / Thalian Association
Holiday For Toys / Orchestrations / 2 Peas in a Pod Prod.
Cinderella / Orchestrations /2 Peas in a Pod Prod.
Songs for Cabaret
Listen To The World / Composer/ Performer Benefit for Big Brother Assoc.
A Wish, A dream, This Song & You /Composer / Make a Wish Foundation Benefit
Through The Years / Composer / Raleigh Little Theatre 50th Anniversary
Commissioned Works
6 Songs Commissioned / Composer / Bollinger Group, LLC
Musical Direction
A Chorus Line, The Rock Horror Show, Company, Into The Woods, The Santaland Diaries, Cinderella, Trouble in Shameland, The ToyMaker, mannekin
Awards: Most Oustanding Director, The Music Man, Thalian Assoc. 2003-2004 Season
Most Outstanding Musical, The Music Man, Thalian Assoc. 2003-2004 Season
PRESS: Composer
"A great majority of the memorable musicals of 2003 were made that way because of Bryan Putnam. This skilled composer, musician and performer is an essential to the landscape of Wilmington's musical theatre." K. Foster, ENCORE MAGAZINE
"Bryan Putnam creates a musical arrangement that could be a show in itself." - Ingred Jungerman, ENCORE Magazine
"The music is manipulated through the slightest of tweaks and the subtlest of sounds, demonstrating a thorough understanding of emotion through music." -Daniel Burke, ENCORE Magazine.
"I couldn't stop humming the haunting Lullabies and Fairytales"...the music to Lullabies and Fairytales is neither happy nor sad. It drifts between hopeless and hopeful..." Kristen Foster, ENCORE Magazine
...As a Singer...
"It only takes a moment for his voice to spellbind." ENCORE MAGAZINE
"An immensely talented singer, Bryan Putnam as Pippin dazzled the audience with the passion of his voice as he sang "Corner of the Sky" and Morning Glow". Jenny Neal, Currents Magazine
"His seamless transitions between speaking and singing are a delight to witness." Daniel Burke-ENCORE Magazine.
"Mr. Putnam features an amazing voice that can be both powerful and delicate, often in the same song" John Staton, Currents Magazine
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