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Home’r Bust! a musical odyssey for young audiences will premiere on July 8, 2026, as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, and the Library for the Performing Arts’ Storytime program.
Book & Lyrics by A. J. Freeman. Music by Maria Caputo.
Starring Sienna Aczon, Connor Marsh, Claire-Frances Sullivan, and Racquel Williams.
Plot: Ulysses walks home— not from the Trojan War, but from his youth soccer game! It should just be a regular walk, but oh, what our heroes encounter along the way…
When: Wednesday, July 8, at 11 am and 1 pm
Where: David Geffen Hall Lobby at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
Runtime: about 40 minutes
Age range: The Library says ages 0-5. All are welcome! There are plenty of jokes for the grownups.
Entry: Free, no reservation required, but Fast Track strongly encouraged. (All of the Storytime events are very well attended.)
You can find information on Lincoln Center’s official website at this link:
https://lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/theater-storytime-with-aj-freeman-825
Starting Monday July 6, sign up for the free Fast Track for all the Summer in the City events that week, including our show:
https://lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/v/fast%20track
home’r bust! @ Lincoln Center
Tickets are now available for the first reading of our new musical theater project, "The Crane Wife".
Reserve FREE tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/across-a-crowded-room-fellowship-new-musical-presentation-the-crane-wife-tickets-1107630646079
"The Crane Wife" is a brand new musical about secrets, sacrifice, and sisterhood, created and made possible through the Library for the Performing Arts’ Across a Crowded Room Fellowship Program.
Book by Keurim Hur
Lyrics by A. J. Freeman
Music by Maria Caputo
Directed by Diane Phelan
Starring Sienna Aczon, Diane Phelan, and Christopher Lau
Where: Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center in NYC
111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023
When: Monday, March 17 at 6PM!
Length: one-act, around 60-75 minutes
NYPL post:
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/03/17/across-crowded-room-fellowship-new-musical-presentation-crane-wife
The Crane Wife @ Lincoln Center
Classy Dame
Classy Dame’s first EP is out! Listen to “Shut Your Mouth so the Bees Don’t Get In” wherever you listen to music on the internet.
Bandcamp: https://classydame.bandcamp.com/album/shut-your-mouth-so-the-bees-dont-get-in
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4pvVAclvtxG1Hlz3giVwA5
Crane Wife demo
A twenty-minute musical with music by Maria Caputo, lyrics by A. J. Freeman, and book by Keurim Hur.
Listen to the audio-play version on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vow6fft5cpg
New York Public Library blog article: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/05/10/new-musicals-across-crowded-room-writing-program
music + Video
Maria’s Bandcamp page, where you can find links to download and stream many of her songs.
https://mariacaputo.bandcamp.com/
Maria’s YouTube page, where you can find music videos and live performances.
www.youtube.com/user/qwertydeluxe
“Curious” by Maria Caputo is a single available on most streaming services! (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.)
Nine by Nine (sudoku song)
Maria playing an excerpt of “Nine by Nine” for a live audience at Berlin Under A in NYC
Stardust musical
Maria (music) and collaborator Allison Light (book and lyrics) presented four songs and scenes from a musical theatre adaptation of Stardust (2007) as their second-year project at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop. This romantic fantasy adventure comedy follows a young man and a fallen star (who becomes a woman when she falls to Earth), and the hilarity and danger they experience.
Watch the musical excerpt here:
silliness
Tennis, A Parody Podcast. Episode 1: “Tennis? Guess I Heard You Right the First Time”
soundcloud.com/user-288954882/ep1tennis
Transcript available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QDqLJkk_JyGNW02tQdEYCq_GH1SKAL1mk8x7sP09tWM/