*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *The Millennial Theatre Company Premieres New Online Musical, The Last Five Years! * *Promotional Photos Link: * https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JcdD4wrqnpTPO-8hiEAzGLuQIVdu7Sbp?usp... *Promotional Video Clips Link: * https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_4ivXWiNV3z45V7Q_lSsQPm7uFVyv-wH?usp... 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@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). ### The Millennial Theatre Company *• www.millennialtheatre.org <http://www.millennialtheatre.org>* "Creating Quality Theatrical Experiences With, For, and Of a Generation"