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Performances
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Sun, Sep 27
Feinstein's at the Nikko
Feinstein's at the Nikko is proud to present Musical Cafe's Songs from New Musicals, created by Northern California writers and composers. Doors: 6:00 pm | Show: 7:00 pm
Feinstein's at the Nikko is proud to present Musical Cafe's Songs from New Musicals, created by Northern California writers and composers.
Musical Cafe is a program of Play Cafe, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the creation and development of new works by San Francisco Bay Area playwrights and composers. It is partially funded by grants from City of Berkeley Civic Arts Grant and Alameda County Arts Commission ARTSFUND.
THE KILBANES
THE KILBANES (Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses) are a married composing and performing team. They are the recipients of a 2026 Pipeline Arts Foundation Grant and the 2024 Jonathan Larson Grant. Their rock musical Weightless (WP Theater, A.C.T., Public Theater's Under the Radar) was nominated for Lucille Lortel (Best Musical), Drama Desk (Best Music), and Off-Broadway Alliance (Best New Musical) awards in 2023. Other works include My Antonia (Theater Latte Da, Minneapolis), A Whynot Christmas Carol (A.C.T., Pam McKinnon dir.), The Code (A.C.T.), As You Like It (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival), and Eddie the Marvelous (American Music Theater Project (AMTP), O'Neill National Music Theater Conference; Berkeley Repertory Theater's Ground Floor). https://www.kilbanes.com
DON SEAVER
DON SEAVER has been composing and songwriting since age 16 in Texas. He has since then composed many scores and songs for a number of Bay Area theaters, mainly Marin Theatre Company, Exit Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, SF Shakespeare Festival, and Magic Theatre. His most frequent collaborators have been the brilliant Sean Owens, John Fisher, and William Shakespeare. don@donseaver.com
ANN LUCENA
ANN LUCENA is honored to be included in Play Cafe’s “Songs from New Musicals” concert. After years performing with numerous Bay Area community theater companies, she is now writing and composing original musicals. She serves on South Bay Musical Theatre’s board of directors. She thanks her family for their support.
SEAN P. BREEN
SEAN P. BREEN is a well-known San Francisco composer, lyricist, and playwright. In February 2026, Sean’s musical Spirals and Dirt received two wonderfully successful staged-readings at Playground’s Potrero Stage. Along with original musicals, Sean works in a wide variety of genres including choral, gospel, pop, R&B, and rock. https://sean-breen.com/
BRIAN BELDING
BRIAN BELDING (Creator, Lyricist, Book Writer) channeled his passion for history, theatre, and social justice into White Rose, which ran Off-Broadway (2024) and London (2025). Now available for licensing. Belding spent two decades teaching high school history in the Bay Area, shaping the content and purpose of his work. https://whiterosethemusical.com
NATALIE BRICE
NATALIE BRICE (Composer) amplifies stories that inspire, uplift, and call for action. In addition to White Rose, Brice created the music for Healing Mined (Off-Broadway, 2025), directed Happily Even After (CA/NYC), music directed Hell on Earth (54Below NYC), music directed Asher Child, and created the musical film Go With Me. https://whiterosethemusical.com
SUSAN RABIN
SUSAN RABIN, Playwright, Composer, Lyricist JIVE; MAKS & the FLYING SMIRNOVS. BS, MA Theater studies, Northwestern University. Music, City College SF. Toured, recorded with Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks. California Arts Council grant award. TBA Cash Performs grant award. JIVE performed in South Carolina October 2025 and May 2026. https://www.windycityproductions.org
PATRICK MOREHEAD
PATRICK MOREHEAD, composer, Josh Jones Latin Ensemble pianist, guitarist, Oaklando band leader, expert in Peruvian composition. McAteer School for the Arts graduate. Music Education, City College of San Francisco. Jazz piano, theory, harmony with Mark Little. Jazz piano with Smith Dobson. Awarded Sonoma Philharmonic Music in Place Composing and Recording Grant.
https://www.patrickmorehead.com/
https://www.patrickmorehead.com/
BILLY WOLFE
BILLY WOLFE is a pianist and composer based in San Francisco. Most recently Billy performed his original arrangement of Riccardo Drigo's 1894 romantic ballet 'The Awakening of Flora' at Flower Piano in San Francisco's Botanical Garden. He's an accompanist for San Francisco Ballet School and enjoys musical directing and hiking.
RUSSELL MANGAN
RUSSELL MANGAN is excited to return to Feinstein’s as a guest singer and honored to help debut new artistic work. Russell has performed all over the Bay Area throughout the years. Recent roles include J. Finch in PUFFS!, (TVCT), Cliff in Cabaret (MMTC), and Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (SCP).
KRISTY AQUINO
KRISTY AQUINO is thrilled to be taking part in her first PlayCafe performance! Select theatre credits include Viola in Twelfth Night (Los Altos Stage Company), Kate Monster in Avenue Q (Plethos Productions), and Nancy in Groundhog Day (South Valley Civic Theatre). Next up: Addams Family at Palo Alto Players! https://kristyaquino.com/
CHLOË ANGST
CHLOË ANGST (they/she) was featured in Sean Breen’s initial staged reading of Spirals & Dirt. Other recent theatre credits include: Urinetown (ROL), La Cage aux Folles (Theatre Rhinoceros), Lizzie (6th Street Playhouse), Reefer Madness (Lucky Penny), The Sound of Music (Berkeley Playhouse), Head Over Heels (CLTC), and Once (Hillbarn). www.chloeangst.com
SADAT HOSSAIN
SADAT HOSSAIN Wrapping up his first year in the Bay Area theatre scene with this concert, Sadat Hossain's local credits include Bobby Strong in Urinetown, Kristoff in Frozen, Laurie in Little Women, and Donny Novitski in Bandstand. Originally from Texas, he's grateful to have found such a welcoming theatre community here. IG: @sadat.hossain
MICKEY HANANO SKINNER
MICKEY HANANO SKINNER (they/them) is a disabled trans performer in the Bay Area! Recent credits include Jagged Little Pill (CenterREP), Sunday In The Park With George (Shotgun Players), Happy Pleasant Valley (TheatreWorks), and Cuckoo Edible Magic (SFBATCO). For Bachan, Nana, and Papa. IG: @mickeyhskinner
MICHAEL SACCO
MICHAEL SACCO is thrilled to make his debut with Play Cafe! A performer at heart, you can find him all around the Bay Area, most recently as Damien: Mean Girls (Pacifica Spindrift Players). Highlights include Ensemble: Anastasia (Hillbarn Theatre) and Orlando: As You Like It (Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory). Enjoy! IG: @msaccostage
MATT LOCKE
MATT LOCKE is humbled to be out here, working on such resonant pieces with all of these incredibly talented people. Having just closed City Lights' Ride The Cyclone in August, you can catch him in Hillbarn Theatre's run of School of Rock this November & December! IG: @matt_lockehart
ANNE MARIE SALGADO
ANNE MARIE SALGADO is honored to have the opportunity to perform music from this powerful and relevant new work after a years-long hiatus. Her previous credits include RENT, The Wolves, Phantom of the Opera, and The Reluctant Vampire (Ohlone College). All power to all the people. IG: @anne.marizzle
REBECCA PINGREE
REBECCA PINGREE (she/her) is a Bay Area based actor and singer. Recent credits include Prudy in Hairspray (SF Playhouse), The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (Berkeley Playhouse), Miss Potter in The Code (ACT) and regular appearances in Analog Theatre's Mask Monday series at Standard Deviant Brewing (analogtheatre.org).
JAMES CREER
JAMES CREER vocalist, soloist, Schola Cantorum. President, Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus. Sam Houston State University. Featured in The Full Monty, I Do I Do, Crowns, Driving Miss Daisy, Stompin’ at the Savoy, Finian’s Rainbow, Mack and Mabel, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Guys and Dolls, Ragtime. National: Looking Over the President’s Shoulder. https://www.facebook.com/james.creer
CECILIA LONG
CECILIA LONG vocalist performed with Jackson and the Immortals, George Colligan, Vince Lateano, YaYa, Buster Williams, Art Khu, Tammy Lynne Hawkins. Featured at Herbst Theater, Zingari Lounge, Yoshi's, the Plush Room, East Coast Jazz Festival, Paris, New York, Macedonia clubs. Acting: Sparky Infusion, George Coates’ Blind Messenger, and Charles Blackwell’s Respectfully Yours. http://www.cecilialong.net
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