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Opportunities for Youth Productions combined Lowdermilk??s precocious musical ability (and lyrical verbosity) with a story by Zach Altman to create an exploration of teen heartbreak and sexual identity. The piece premiered last year under the auspices of Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre...
Brian R. Lowdermilk ‘05 surrounds himself with words and music. The walls of his room are papered with quotes, a keyboard stands in one corner and a poster advertising a musical hangs upon the closet door. Upon closer examination, Lowdermilk??s name appears on the poster under the words “music and lyrics by.” The poster advertises Lowdermilk??s original musical, Transient Days. While exploring a love triangle between three teenagers, the show deals with adolescent sexuality and the constant struggle that teenagers undergo to find themselves during...
While the story itself is fictional, Lowdermilk did draw from personal experience when writing some of the songs, many of which were not composed specifically for the show. He likens the effect of the songs to pointilism, with each song a separate but integral part. Lowdermilk??s next project, again with Altman, is a piece about teen suicide that is loosely based on Camus’ Caligula...
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