In Emily's Words in East Lansing

In Emily's Words is being presented this weekend in East Lansing, Michigan:

In Emily's Words

ĭmáGen

Pasant Theatre

Wharton Center for Performing Arts, 750 E Shaw Ln, East Lansing, MI 48824, EE. UU

Presented by MSU College of Arts and Letters’ Department of Theatre and MSUFCU Institute for Arts & Creativity at Wharton Center.

Book, Music & Lyrics by Jessy Tomsko

Guest Directed by Susanna Wolk

Guest Music Direction by Keiji Ishiguri

This year’s new musical in development, In Emily’s Words tells the story of English novelist Emily Brontë as she is writing the beloved tale of troubled love, Wuthering Heights. This new musical explores her journey as a female writer in the 1840’s, battling illness and adversity, while crafting the sweeping story that has left a legacy nearly 200 years after her death. This new musical features Hamilton cast member Jonathan Christopher and more Broadway talent on the same stage with MSU musical theatre students and local high school actors.

In its ninth year, the 2022 ĭmáGen staged concert is a collaboration with the Wharton Center for Arts & Creativity supported by MSU Federal Credit Union and Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters’ Department of Theatre. This new musical, still in development, will feature Broadway talent on the same stage with MSU musical theatre students and local high school actors.

Fox47 News has some additional information:

A collaboration of local high school students, Michigan State University students in the ImaGen program and the help of some broadway stars makes up the cast of the new musical "In Emily's Words."

“I've been writing this show for about two and a half years,” said composer and writer Jessy Tomsko. “We are putting on its feet for the first time, a new musical that I have written called 'In Emily's words,' which is about Emily Bronte's process to write Wuthering Heights.” (...)

“It's a story about imagination, and creativity and finding your story, and you know, kind of using your ideas and your creativity to walk the path of immortality as Emily Bronte did," Tomsko said. (Mikayla Temple)