Green The Musical
Green The Musical
Trickery. Secrets. Temptation.
Yet one man strives to be true to his word.
Honored to have been Recognized
at the
CreateTheater New Work Festival
2025
The Team
Excited to have worked with...
Director
and
Colin Freeman
Musical Director
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Inspired by the romance, fun and fantasy
in
Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
At a New Year's Day feast in Camelot, a mysterious Green Knight challenges any knight to strike him in return for a promise to take a similar blow from the Green Knight the next year.
Young Gawain, true to his knightly code of honor, though a bit naive, accepts the challenge and beheads and fells the Green Knight who, nevertheless, arises to remind Gawain of his commitment.
A year later, Gawain embarks on his quest for The Green Knight, but becomes entangled with a forest lord who engages Gawain in a playful, but sly, game of exchanges, while Gawain fends off amorous advances from the lord's wife and quietly becomes enamored with a young lady of the household.
Gawain extricates himself and proceeds to his destiny with The Green Knight amid revelations and enlightenments that we all can embrace.
The Music
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Lord Bercilak
Affable lord of a forest lodge
with a twinkle in his eye.
Lady Bercilak
A beautiful, enchanting seductress who
sets her eye on Gawain.
The Creative Team
Book & Lyrics
A former Fortune 250 Financial Services Human Resources Executive who was inspired to create Green while studying for her master’s degree in English. Theatrical credits are slim but include being an Associate Producer for the independent film A Case of Blue. She is a member of the Theatermakers Mentorship Program, CTI Alumni and The Dramatist Guild and has been a long time community volunteer, including Board President of Passaic County Habitat for Humanity (NJ).
Dante DiMicco
Lyrics & Music
Singer, songwriter and musician who worked with Academy Award Winner Joe Renzetti (The Buddy Holly Story), Apple artist Lon Van Eaton (Van Eaton Brothers) and England’s Screaming Lord Sutch. Among the first Radio DJs to introduce Americana, he has composed for NJ Green Acres and Rescuing Aging Greyhounds and his work has been published by Robbins, Feist & Miller and CAM USA.
Music
Composer, sound designer, and producer whose work as a composer includes Seneca Falls (Open Eye Theater), Icarus Rising (dance) and over 100 Sesame Street animations and has scored The Restless Conscience (Oscar nominee), Kings Park: Stories from An American Mental Institution, Broadway Damage, Roughneck, Michael Joseph Jason John, Retractions, Nova, Nature, National Geographic Explorer, Monsters. Elliot is a US National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Recipient and was a longtime member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.
Justin Schmidt
Music
Music industry professional who has written and recorded film soundtracks, indie rock albums and podcasts, led several bands, served as Art Director for multimedia products and events and founded the music startup collective Post-Echo, which released conceptual multi-media works such as the comic book DRIFT, and the experimental music video web-series Passage. He is currently on hiatus as Director of Publicity for music PR company Missing Piece Group while traveling the world for a year with his wife and three young children.
Milestones
CreateTheater New Works Festival 2025
The Festival
Taking steps along the path of innovation and storytelling, Green: The Musical made a striking appearance at the CreateTheater New Works Festival, where it received multiple accolades including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Leading Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
The CreateTheater New Works Festival, dedicated to fostering and producing original plays and musicals, served as the perfect launchpad for Green. Through its support of emerging voices and bold narratives, the festival continues to champion the next generation of theatrical works—an effort clearly reflected in the success and recognition of this standout production.
“I'm beyond grateful to CreateTheater and Cate Cammarata for championing this project. CreateTheater's community of collaborators has challenged me to rework, rewrite and rethink elements of my work while giving me opportunities to present the show. We're just getting started!" — Kathryn Komsa Schmidt
The Reception
CreateTheater Reveals Recipients of 2025 New Works Festival Awards
CreateTheater has announced the winners of its 2025 New Works Festival Awards, celebrating innovative new voices in American theater. Highlights include FOUR by Clè Holly, THE MOTHERS by Chris Sherman (which tied for Best Play), and GREEN: The Musical by Kathryn Komsa Schmidt, which won Best Musical. The festival, held at Manhattan’s MTC Studios, showcased diverse, groundbreaking works developed through CreateTheater’s year-long programs.
“GREEN: The Musical, a vibrant retelling of the late 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
Concert Version---May 2023
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