Written and Composed by JASON ROBERT BROWN

Directed by SHANNON DOWLING

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Cast

JAMIE WELLERSTEIN: Jesse Smith

CATHERINE HIATT: Rachel Noll James

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Music

Vocal Direction: Shannon Dowling

Band Director and Piano: Will Sanders

Cello: Arlayne Eseman

Bass and Guitar: Steve Newton

 

This show is recommended for audiences age 13 or older. The running time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. 

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"Let it in and it knocks you back on your heels. Just like love." -- Rolling Stone

"Bittersweet and nearly perfect..." -- Variety

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Synopsis: Before it became a feature film starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan, The Last Five Years began as a stirring stage musical that was hailed as one of the 10 best shows of 2001 by Time magazine. Told through inventive and heartrending songs, The Last Five Years is a two-person show that navigates the ins and outs -- and beginning and ending -- of a marriage. Written by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade), this Drama Desk Award winner is the story of a couple's five-year relationship, from the thrilling pangs of new love to their painful final separation. There is, however, a twist: The man retells the relationship from beginning to end, while the woman relates their story in reverse. The two characters' emotional timelines converge only once -- at their wedding in the middle of the show. 

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Awards

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Drama Desk Award (2002):

- Outstanding Orchestrations: Nominee (Jason Robert Brown )

- Outstanding Set Design of a Musical: Nominee (Beowulf Boritt )

- Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Nominee (Norbert Leo Butz )

- Outstanding Actress in a Musical: Nominee (Sherie Rene Scott )

- Outstanding Lyrics: Winner (Jason Robert Brown )

- Outstanding Music: Winner (Jason Robert Brown )

- Outstanding Musical: Nominee

 

One Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination

- Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical

 

Two Lucille Lortel Award Nominations

 

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An inD Theatre production in association with BISA Vocal Studio