Speakeysie News Desk – March 16, 2023

KRYSTINA ALABADO, KATY GERAGHTY, TAYLOR IMAN JONES, WREN RIVERA, DANIEL YEARWOODSHINE IN JUNIOR THEATER FESTIVAL 20th ANNIVERSARY EP

Daniel Mertzlufft (Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical: For You, Paige) created the reimagined “JTF Remix” arrangements with orchestrator and co-producer Conor Keelen

Krystina Alabado, Katy Geraghty, Taylor Iman Jones, Wren Rivera, and Daniel Yearwood sing “Tomorrow” (Krystina Alabado); “Alone in the Universe” (Taylor Iman Jones and Daniel Yearwood), and “Luck Be A Lady” (Katy Geraghty, Taylor Iman Jones, and Wren Rivera) on iTheatrics’ Junior Theater Festival 20th Anniversary EP being released today, March 15 on Broadway Records. 

To listen or order the Junior Theater Festival 20th Anniversary EP visit Broadway Records.

Composer, arranger and music supervisor Daniel Mertzlufft(Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, For You, Paige, Breathe) created the reimagined “JTF Remix” arrangements of the long-loved hits from Annie, Seussical, and Guys and Dollswith orchestrator and co-producer Conor Keelen. Annie, Seussical, and Guys and Dolls are all in the Music Theatre International catalog of musicals.

Alabado, Geraghty, Iman Jones, Yearwood, and Rivera performed them to a live audience of 7,000 during a concert celebrating the Junior Theater Festival’s 20th anniversary at its flagship Atlanta event this past January. The EP is being released on March 15, the day that priority registration for returning groups to 2024 JTF Atlanta (January 12-14, 2024in Atlanta) and JTF West (February 9-11, 2024 in Sacramento) begins at juniortheaterfestival.com.