Audra: Hi, Ryan!
Ryan: Hi Audra!
Audra: Where are you right now?
Ryan: I'm in Salem, Massachusetts, my home town.
Audra: You know where I am.
Ryan: New York City, our apartment. Famously.
Audra: Our apartment.The cabaret friends. We met long before the cabaret didn't we?
Ryan: Yes.
Audra: Um, so, we started the cabaret, I guess, with the help of some other people, Michael...
Was the Gallatin producer at the time and I think Katie was our stage manager? Katie Young,
our stage manager, also a producer. I went to Gallatin; Ryan, you went to-
Ryan: Steinhardt.
Audra: The other one.
Ryan: Although often masqueraded as a Gallatin student and I worked in the theatre with you.
Audra: We were doing an Edward Albee show at GTT, and we canceled it because the rights fell through,
and we needed something to fill in and Ryan, you and I are obsessed, would you say, with musicals?
Ryan: Mm hmm.
Audra: So, we realized there wasn't a lot going on at the school in that realm and we had to pull something
together really quickly and without getting clearances, like you would need to do a full show.
I think that's the whole origin story. It's not the most flashy...
Ryan: Yeah, I mean, and it was basically at that point, like songs that we were already singing... with each other.
Audra: It was. Yeah, I think it was William Finn, "I'd Rather be Sailing"; I think it was something from Last Five Years...
We all did a group number very poorly choreographed by me the day of to "Mama Who Bore Me"
Then we also wrote for the first cabaret a rewritten lyric version of "Anything Goes" to be about Gallatin majors.
Yeah, which I still pride myself to this day on rhyming Plato with Foucault.
Ryan: It was good.
Audra: Um, well, what, what do you want to say to the future of American musical theatre?
Ryan: So yeah, I mean there's a lot-
Audra: Break a leg? Have a great show?
Ryan: Have fun?
Audra: Thank you for carrying on our tradition.
Ryan: I mean, I went to school for composing. So I'm very happy that now is it living on and now doing like, new works. Astounding.
Audra: Oh yeah, it's doing new works. That's a much better idea than our idea which was literally anything goes.
Ryan: Should we, should we end with a tag?
Probably not.
Ba da bada ba ba!
So I hope you enjoy this Individualized Musical Theatre Cabaret where anything goes.
♫ In olden days one had requirements on getting a job in finance now Gallatin knows, anything goes...♫
♫ If like Plato you like if Foucault you like if Rilke you like if Moliere you like if Marx you like, and Freud you like, then here you'll feel at home...
♫ Pretty lady in the pretty garden, can't you stay?♫
♫ I feel so much spring within me. Blow winds, blow. Spring has just begun...♫
♫ Live in Living Color, something special's up tonight, Yes I'm living in living color, life ain't lived in black and white...♫
♫ But if you're gonna stand with me, then you have to concede, that we all have...♫
♫ Hand in fisted glove, point me to the sky...♫
♫ and maybe it is not the gods to blame...♫
♫ da da da da da...♫
♫ we're just perfect strangers...♫
♫ there is meaning in every...♫
♫ angels in the snow...♫
♫ ...one of those famous names, yea yea, your wildest dreams can really come true, baby, and you escape your pains♫
♫ yea yea, and don't forget that this could be you baby, one of those guys on top, yea yea...♫
And now... 2020
Kate: Hi everybody, my name is Kate O'Mara and I am a producer for Uncharted 2020.
Um, I would just like to give a quick thank you to Audra and Ryan, the cabaret founders,
and also to Jen Birge for that incredible tribute to our past cabaret shows.
I would just like to welcome you all, and tonight we are celebrating the fifth anniversary of Uncharted,
a show dedicated to new musical theatre works.
It is always so great to work with NYU composers and present their incredible work.
Now as some of you may have noticed, some of the songs on our program are not going to be presented to
you live tonight, but we are working on music videos to be released in the coming weeks.
Please follow our Facebook page or subscribe to our email list, which I will give the link at the chat window,
for further information on when those will be released.
We have a great show for you tonight with an incredibly talented cast. So without further ado, I would like to pass
it over to my dear friend and colleague, your Master of Ceremonies, Ian Fales.
Ian: Oh my goodness. Thank you, Kate. Wait, let me get comfy real quick. I got my robe on, I have my skincare all
done, and I'm going to host the show.
Ian: Thank you all for coming. It means a lot. Welcome to Gallatin Theatre Troupe's 2020 production of
Uncharted: A Musical Theatre Cabaret.
I'm Ian Fales. I'm the show's stage manager, bassist, and tonight's master of ceremonies. I speak for everyone
when I say that we are super excited to present our hard work to you all in this new format.
I will say the learning curve was steep. But in light of today's situation,
we think we've managed to put together an incredible show for you guys.
So just a heads up, each song will be credited in the chat section,
and you can find the information for those songs on the program as well, which was sent to you via email.
And to start off our show, we have the song “Which Way”
By Josh Ben-Ami and James Salem, performed by our very own Tyson Upshaw.
♫ Tyson: When I moved to New York, right before we met, my wardrobe was all denim and khaki and plaid♫
♫ I know it's hard to believe, I wish I could forget♫
♫ But I walked and talked and dressed just like my dad.♫
♫ Then on the streets of the city, my little gay heart♫
♫ sprouted wings and started to soar!♫
♫ Here I could be all the things I'd been too scared to be before.♫
♫ Rainbow flags, as far as I can see.♫
♫ And God I felt so free!♫
♫ I could swing my hips, or paint my lips♫
♫ Do anything that felt good to me. I could swish, I could dance, maybe find romance♫
♫ Decked in rainbows and sparkles galore. But maybe there's more me there to explore.♫
♫ So is this me? Well who's to say?♫
♫ Maybe the real me is♫
♫ some other way. Is it who I am who I'm meant to be?♫
♫ All I want to know♫
♫ Is which way will love find me?♫
♫ I've never been a real guy's guy,♫
♫ that's never been my scene♫ .
♫ But I can walk the walk, and talk the talk,♫
♫ Stanley, you know what I mean.♫
♫ I thought I was repressed, or a bit depressed♫
♫ Being one of the boys was a bore.♫
♫ But maybe there's more me there to explore!♫
♫ Could that be me, well who's to say,♫
♫ Maybe the real me♫
♫ is another way. It's who I am, who I'm meant to be♫
♫ All I know is which way will love find me?♫
♫ I thought if I found♫
♫ myself♫
♫ then love would surely come around♫
♫ So I went looking for me♫
♫ and this is all I found. Love's still lost. Love's not here.♫
♫ I don't know how to make it appear♫
♫ But if I have a shot, who says that I'm not what he's looking for♫
♫ When there's still so much me there to explore!♫
♫ I mean, who am I really well who's to say♫
♫ Maybe the real me is some other way. Is this who I am who I'm meant to be?♫
♫ All I want to know is which way will love find me? Which way will love find me?♫
Ian: Wow, incredible job, Tyson. Thank you so much. And what a way to start our show.
Let's think about this story a little bit more. We have a gay man who discovers themself in New York City.
I'm sure that speaks to a lot of us NYU kids.
That song is from a musical called Masc for Masc: A Totally Masculine Musical, and Tyson really brought this
familiar character to life. Next we have "Yes Yes Yes" by Alanya Bridge sung by Sarah McCluskey.
♫ Sarah: Did you just hear what he said to me, he told the worst joke in history. And then he asked me out.♫
♫ Me, yes me♫
♫ And I never just give my number out♫
♫ But I couldn't help laugh, he was cute no doubt. So I took the risk to see what he's about.♫
♫ Appeared calm, but inside♫
♫ I said yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I've been waiting for someone waiting for someone like♫
♫ you you you ooh ooh yeah♫
♫ So here we are at some cute cafe. I'm nervous as hell don't know what to say♫
♫ but we laugh and talk the time away♫
♫ It's okay, it's okay, as we make our way out the cafe door he tells me he'd like to see me some more.♫
♫ And I swear my feet, they don't touch the floor. Casually I say sure. But think♫
♫ Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I've been waiting for someone waiting for someone like♫
♫ you you you ooh ooh yeah. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I've been waiting for someone waiting for someone like♫
♫ you you you ooh ooh yeah♫
♫ I had wished on every star that one day I'd meet someone who's sweet.♫
♫ My own prince charming, be swept off my feet♫
♫ I tell myself I'm dreaming, and I'll wake up any time. But there he is when I open my eyes.♫
♫ I guess I'm on cloud nine.♫
♫ Da da da Da da da Da da da Da da da Da da da Da da da mmm Da da da ah da ah♫
♫ So here we are, five months down the track. I'm so lost in you, I could not go back.♫
♫ When I look at my hand it just♫
♫ seems to lack something small, something small. So I let my mind just drift awhile,♫
♫ imagining you and me down♫
♫ the aisle. And it's grand and spectacular, so my style. So you know, when you ask, I'll say:♫
♫ Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I've been waiting for someone waiting for someone like♫
♫ you you you ooh ooh yeah.♫
♫ Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes I've been waiting for someone waiting for someone like♫
♫ you you you ooh ooh yeah.♫
♫ Da da da da da Da da da da da mmm. Da da da da da Da da da ah da♫
Ian: Oh my gosh, you guys are back already ugh that song got me in such a mood. I'm all dressed up and
ready to flirt. Thank you, Sarah. I'll make sure to play this song in my first post quarantine get together.
Next we have “Sea & Fog” by Erika Ji and performed by Michael Zalta.
Michael: On the square head rigger bound for Buenos Aires full moon in the Trades.
♫ Lying on the bowsprit, water foaming below, masts towering above, every sail white with moonlight.♫
♫ I became drunk with beauty, drunk with the singing rhythm and beauty, drunk with the lyrical swell away and♫
♫ beauty, Ah! Free! I dissolved in the sea, became white sails and flying spray, and sparkling deep.♫
♫ Free! I belonged within unity and wild joy and something greater than me or mankind,
I belonged to life itself.♫
♫ So I yearn ever for the sea, for the sail might draw back, for a moment of true meaning,♫
♫ a moment fulfilled with palpable meaning,♫
♫ a moment at last divine, glorious meaning, ah! Then the veil fails, and I am lost in the fog.♫
♫ Truth hides in the heavy murk. Time crushes us to the earth.♫
♫ Sink ourselves in fog. Drink ourselves to death♫
♫ Sink ourselves in fog. Drink ourselves to death♫
♫ The fog is the ghost of the sea,♫
♫ And man, with his lousy piteous greedy fears and hopes and dreams. Man is the ghost within the ghost.♫
Ian: Wow I too am sinking myself in fog. Thank you Michael for that immersive performance.
That song was based on the play Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill.
Next we have another song by Alanya Bridge called "Needing You" sung by our Julia Mates.
♫ Julia: She called again of course she did. She called and then you answered.♫
♫ She needs you again. Is she serious again? Yeah, she needs you. Again you answered.♫
♫ But I'm upset. I was about to tell you that I'm upset, which is rare for me.♫
♫ But there you go to her rescue. There you go.♫
♫ Why can't you see? That here I am, needing you, I actually do.♫
♫ But because I seem strong, it's her you run to.♫
♫ But I need you dammit I do♫
♫ It's just hard to admit it to you.♫
♫ Hold that thought, you say, grabbing your keys, not wanting to seem needy, I say nothing.♫
♫ I won't be long, you say, you give my hand a squeeze. Not wanting to seem clingy, I say nothing.♫
♫ And there you've gone to save the damsel in distress, there you've gone to play the hero.♫
♫ While I am left, seething more or less. I am left; she's ten, I'm zero.♫
♫ Here I am, needing you, I actually do.♫
♫ But because I seem strong, it's her you run to. But I need you, dammit, I do.♫
♫ It's just hard to admit it to you. And I don't know what to do.♫
♫ I mean, she is your best friend, one thing to another to another to another. It's just a question of when.♫
♫ Because she is you ex, one thing has led to another to another and another in the the past, so could again.♫
♫ I know you love me, I do.♫
♫ But I wouldn't be surprised if your ex love regrew♫
♫ And here's the call. You'll still be a while. Yeah. Here's the call that I expected.♫
♫ You cannot leave until you made her smile. It's, yeah, what I expected.♫
♫ While here I am needing you. I actually do. But because I seem strong it's her you run to.♫
♫ But I need you. Damn it, I do. I need you♫
♫ yes I do. I need you, I do.♫
♫ It's just hard to admit it to you.♫
Ian: Wow, great job, Julia. And speaking of those in need, we feel this song is a good opportunity to remind
everyone to be thankful and grateful for your essential workers who are keeping us all afloat.
So remember to tip your GrubHub delivery people, wear your mask to the grocery store, and maybe sign a petition
or two for those seeking hazard pay for our healthcare workers stuck at the frontline.
Not to be cliche but actions always go further than words.
So our next song is about a troubled relationship between a father and a daughter,
in which the father asks
the daughter to perform a lullaby that he's rewritten about her mother's failing health.
This is "Grapevine" by  Brooke Trumm and Andrew Strano sung by Melanie Nulf.
♫ Melanie: There was a grapevine, a little unloved, abandoned a long time ago.♫
♫ There in a vineyard that nobody owned,♫
♫ and she needed some loving to grow.♫
♫ Soon a young man, looking sad and alone, took a♫
♫ turn down the road with a bend, passed through the vineyard, discovered the vine, and he asked her;♫
♫ do you need a friend? She said, I like you,♫
♫ So he stopped to help, and it meant that they both got some sun.♫
♫ Her tendrils climbed the arbor he built, and he helped them to reach♫
♫ one by one. The vine and the man, they grew each year,♫
♫ as close as could be, you could tell.♫
♫ They put down roots and made♫
♫ quite a life. Til the vine started getting unwell? This is all new. Her leaves trembled, she felt like♫
♫ she'd lost all control. And the tendrils that used to be supple turned to wood.♫
♫ His heart faltered, he knew there was nothing to do. So they said their goodbyes while they could.♫
♫ And the vine and the man understood. ♫ Dad. Is Mom... Dad?
♫ Though the vine faded, the two wouldn't trade♫
♫ all the years with the love that they found. So they took a cutting they'd made♫
♫ and they planted it firm in the ground.♫
♫ He tends to that cutting, he helps it to grow.♫
♫ And he maybe grows wiser, or not.♫
♫ But he'll do anything for that little vine, cause you tend to the vine you've still got.♫
Ian: Wow, Melanie, me and my grapes are equally moved by your performance. Thank you.
But we'll keep the ball rolling. Next we have "Marianna" by Seth Christenfeld, sung by Polina Patel.
♫ Polina: Hey Marianna♫
♫ Been a while since we talked♫
♫ Been a while since you walked away on giving us a try.♫
♫ Hey♫
♫ Marianna I have been thinking lots about you.♫
♫ And the life I live without you since you finally said goodbye. I've been sleeping much more badly,♫
♫ I've been drinking lots more coffee,  I've been blasting awful music just to fill up all the space♫
♫ And♫
♫ Marianna♫
♫ I don't like it how♫
♫ When I'm not distracted, all I can think of♫
♫ is your face♫
♫ Hey Marianna♫
♫ I've still got some of your♫
♫ stuff.♫
♫ And it's been here long enough so I'm throwing it away♫
♫ So, Marianna♫
♫ If you want to come retrieve it♫
♫ You should know I'm gonna leave it on the curb♫
♫ on Saturday. There's a faded purple blanket♫
♫ and some Buddy Holly records and a stack of Russian novels♫
♫ that you probably never read♫
♫ And Marianna you can have them 'cause♫
♫ I'm cleaning you out of both my apartment and my head♫
♫ I gave it time and I saw the memories dwindle♫
♫ And now they're little more than whispers. Just bits of ash that♫
♫ get smaller and smaller until there's nothing left to kindle♫
♫ This is the♫
♫ way that our relationship ended, not with a bang but with a whimper a tiny tear that got bigger and bigger til ♫
♫ it couldn't be mended. You didn't want to make it work, I didn't want to be a jerk, so Marianna♫
♫ If you come to take♫
♫ What's there♫
♫ I hope you won't really care if your stuff is all you find 'cause Marianna♫
♫ I will not be there to see you. 'Cause it's time at last I free you♫
♫ from the cages of my mind♫
♫ Come and get stuff you left here, or just leave it for the garbage, I don't care what you decide on♫
♫ I've got better things to do. And Marianna ♫
♫ I hope you read this letter so♫
♫ Marianna♫
♫ You will know I'm doing better because♫
♫ Marianna I think♫
♫ I might be finally over you.♫
Ian: Wow. Round of applause for Polina. You know, all it took was her saying the word coffee once for me to
realize that I haven't had a veinti iced chai with soy in months. Truly a tragedy.
Up next we have "Dear Darling" by Chloe Geller, and we welcome Julia Mates back
to sing her song acoustically on ukulele.
♫ Julia: Dear darling.♫
♫ The hourglass is running low and records show I've been at it for quite some time.♫
♫ Even though your mind is slipping.♫
♫ I hope that you're still gripping to the love we had together, me and you♫
♫ Dear charming.♫
♫ The flame of sun is sinking down my smile frowns♫
♫ When you're gone for a little while♫
♫ But you know I'll keep on singing♫
♫ To the record beats a-swinging I'll try to get along♫
♫ past the whole day through.♫
♫ Hold this teensy promise in your hand, my love is strong I hope you understand.♫
♫ Be my guy through miles down the way. I say you're mine forever but♫
♫ if you won't remember, I'll remember too.♫
♫ I'll remember for you.♫
♫ Dear baby♫
♫ The windy chill is catching a cold, and I'm tired of looking young, 'cause I'm growing old♫
♫ But we'll stay cozy by the fire♫
♫ You'll fulfill my heart's desires♫
♫ Let's make the most♫
♫ of this life while we can. Dear my beloved♫
♫ the bed we share is falling apart. Can't we just pick up the pieces and go back to the start♫
♫ But the carpet's stained with liquor.♫
♫ From all the nights we had to bicker♫
♫ This wicker rocking chair was built for two♫
♫ Hold this teensy promise in your hand♫
♫ Our love is strong I hope you understand. Be my guy through miles down the way, I say you're mine forever♫
♫ But if you won't remember, I'll remember too. I'll remember for you.♫
♫ Dear darlin'♫
♫ The year was 1952♫
♫ I grabbed your sweaty palm, as you said, I do.♫
♫ So I'm right you a letter♫
♫ Because I hope that you'll feel better.♫
♫ knowing that I'm still crazy for you.♫
Ian: Oh my gosh, Julia. That's crazy. I didn't know you also played ukulele. Great job. Anyway, it's my turn now.
I'm going to play a fun familiar tune for the audience. Here's Wonderwall. I'm just kidding.
Next we have "Fly" by Matt Rose written for a musical called the Oldenburg Suite and sung by familiar face Michael Zalta
♫ Michael: Breathe a minute,take it in, space and installation.♫
♫ Now you're in it. Let's begin♫
♫ Open rooms ahead♫
♫ Frames are portals, full of light and anticipation♫
♫ Pink immortals, gods in white. History to be read♫
♫ And you will get your time with each♫
♫ The beauty is within your reach♫
♫ Unfocus your unfeeling eye. Allow yourself to fall,♫
♫ backwards into space, and fly♫
♫ Fly above Sixth Avenue, the colors on the walls and floors are floating up into the blue, escaping through the♫
♫ halls and doors. Fly above Sixth Avenue like planes and poems and pigeons do♫
♫ This could be the perfect view to try♫
♫ This could be the perfect place to fly.♫
♫ Crowd is thinning. Once it's cleared, choose the painting nearer♫
♫ Brushstrokes spinning, finely smeared. Milkyways in paint♫
♫ The air is silent, almost stilled. Here it just seems clearer. Passion violent, temper chilled, beautiful restraint♫
♫ This can be the place for you, your memories and dreams on view♫
♫ Embrace the wander ask for more and collapse into the air♫
♫ Lighter than the wind and soar...♫
♫ FIy above Sixth Avenue, the women in their cubic pearls♫
♫ and boys play guitar in blue and rosie hue cherubic girls♫
♫ all fly above Sixth Avenue to make that final rendezvous♫
♫ This could be the shortcut to the sky♫
♫ This could be perfect place to fly♫
♫ Listen, go in, watch them flow in. Listen, listen, hear their muted call. I see it all, I'm here now, I see it all♫
♫ I'll fly above Sixth Avenue. What's here is only here today♫
♫ I have to catch that killer view♫
♫ Tomorrow, it will fade away. Fly above Sixth Avenue to make that final rendezvous♫
♫ All new meaning brings a new goodbye♫
♫ This could be the perfect place to fly. This could be the perfect place to fly♫
Ian: Wow, what a song. I would love to be flying over Sixth Avenue.
Instead I'm stuck in my sixth floor East Village walk up, but we can pretend!
I hope you guys enjoyed these amazing live performances. Take note:
these were all done in real time, shaky internet connection or not.
However, for our last number, we have a special piece.
This was originally going to be our big ensemble number,
but given the situation we had to get clever.
Instead, we had everyone record their parts and our music director, Zac,
then compiled and mastered the audio together, and Lily our director assembled this masterpiece of a video.
So please enjoy "Raise your Voice" by Bela Kawalec and Andrew Strano
featuring our soloist Dariely De La Cruz and the rest of the cast as the ensemble.
♫ Dariely: Quiet settles around me here in the statues♫
♫ standing alone♫
♫ I do not want to♫
♫ I have to fight this. But I can't change things all on my own♫
♫ I have to raise my voice and sing out loud breaking through the silence standing proud♫
♫ I'll make the choice though I don't know how breaking through the silence standing proud♫
♫ Listen, come back and join me. Don't say it's hopeless, what can we do?♫
♫ We'll make a difference working together♫
♫ Taking my voice and making it two♫
♫ You have to raise your voice and sing out loud, breaking through the silence, standing proud ♫
♫ Make the choice, I'll show you how. Then everyone will join us. Can you hear them now?♫
♫ Julia: One more person, one more person, one more person, hear us now♫
♫ Ensemble: One more person, one more person, one more person, hear us now.
♫ Dariely: We have to make the choice to sing out loud, breaking through the silence, standing proud♫
♫ So raise your voice, I'll show you how, everybody singing. Can you hear them now?♫
♫ Ensemble: One more person, one more person, one more person, hear us now♫
♫ Dariely: You have to raise your voice, and sing out loud, breaking through the silence, standing proud♫
♫ Make the choice, I'll show you how, then everyone will hear us, can you hear them now?♫
♫ I'm just one voice but I won't back down til everybody hears me, hears me, hear me...♫
Ian: Wow, thank you for that beautiful video. Now how about a round of applause for our cast and crew,
as well as our musicians who were super flexible and all recorded their individual parts for us.
So go ahead and clap and we'll pretend like we can hear you. Don't worry.
[Applause]
Oh wait, one last thing, one last thing.
One last thing before we go: remember, we have a few special ensemble pieces that didn't get to be performed live
tonight for reasons beyond our control.
But those will be posted on the Gallatin Theatre Troupe website and on GTT's YouTube channel in the next coming days.
Please take a moment to see the rest of the show, because everyone here worked super hard to make this
happen in spite of everything, and they deserve recognition for the amazing content they've created tonight.
I hope you all can agree with that.
Anyways, thank you to everyone who attended tonight.
It's been fun and exciting and we hope you all had a great night. Goodbye!
