[NEohioPAL] IMMEDIATE RELEASE- The Millennial Theatre Company Premieres New Online Musical, The Last Five Years!

[The Millennial Theatre Company]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*


*The Millennial Theatre Company Premieres New Online Musical, The Last Five
Years! *


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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- The Millennial Theatre Company (MTC) is proud to announce
that their virtual production of The Last Five Years will be available for
streaming beginning February 26. Recorded in various locations around the
area, this virtual production reunites Joshua Fleming and Rosie Bresson,
both of whom starred in MTC’s 2018 production at The Hopewell Theatre. The
production is directed by Joe Asente with music direction by Savannah
Florkowski. Streaming tickets for the production are available before
February 26 by visiting millennialtheatre.org and using presale code MTC to
unlock the event. Starting February 26, the video can be purchased without
a presale code. Streaming access is $20 for a single ticket (single viewer
in a single location) and $30 for a family ticket (multiple viewers in one
location). Once streaming access is purchased, the streaming code provided
will be active for 48 hours after the play button is hit for the first
time. The production will be available to stream for a limited time only.

        The Last Five Years is Jason Robert Brown’s intimate window into a
couple’s doomed marriage. Cathy, a struggling actress, and Jamie, a budding
novelist on the brink of wild success, are 20-somethings in New York who
meet, fall in love, marry, and divorce over the span of five years. Cathy
tells the story from the end of their marriage; Jamie begins from when they
first meet. As the musical unfolds, Cathy moves backward in time to the
beginning of the relationship as Jamie moves toward the end; they meet only
once, in the middle, at their wedding.

        “The Last Five Years has always been one of the most special
projects we ever worked on,” said Joe Asente, director and editor of the
production, when referring to the original 2018 run at the Hopewell
Theatre. “We love working with Josh and Rosie, and they just work so
perfectly in these roles. We often joked about doing a concert or singing a
song or two for a live stream online, but I never wanted to touch it again
unless we had something new to add. When the remote performance rights
became available for this show, I knew we had to do it. I could not pass up
the opportunity to expand this show in such a unique way. Instead of
staging the scene ‘See I’m Smiling’ on a few stage cubes with some blue
lighting to suggest a pier, as we did in the original we were able to film
directly on a pier on the lake. What director would not want to expand his
or her work in a real-world setting?”.

Unlike their production of Songs for a New World last fall, which was
filmed remotely with actors submitting self-recorded video, The Last Five
Years was all filmed by Asente himself in various locations throughout the
area. “This is very much a movie version of the musical, rather than just a
virtual musical movie-hybrid. Since Josh and Rosie were both local, I was
able to be there for every scene and operate the camera, which allowed me
to really work with transitions between scenes and get into the details of
each number; something I am not able to do when the actors need to
self-record.”

Join MTC for this virtual production of The Last Five Years beginning
February 26. Tickets for the production are available before February 26 by
visiting millennialtheatre.org and using presale code MTC to unlock the
event. Starting February 26, the video can be purchased without a presale
code. Streaming access is $20 for a single ticket (single viewer in a
single location) and $30 for a family ticket (multiple viewers in one
location). Once streaming access is purchased, the streaming code provided
will be active for 48 hours after the play button is hit for the first
time. The production will be available to stream for a limited time only.
For more information concerning the event please connect with MTC on their
website [millennialtheatre.org], Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/millennialtheatrecompany/>, Twitter or Instagram
(@mtc_theatre), or via email at millennialtheatrecompany at gmail.com.


About the Millennial Theatre Company

The Millennial Theatre Company (MTC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre
company committed to producing theatrical experiences that reflect the
interests and experiences of the Millennial Generation. They aim to produce
generation relevant content through musicals, millennial-created and
written works, workshops, and other various theatrical experiences. For
more information, visit MTC’s website millennialtheatre.org, as well as
their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@mtc_theatre).


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"Creating Quality Theatrical Experiences With, For, and Of a Generation"
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