
ONEIDA the MUSICAL
London Showcase Concert
ONEIDA
WATCH a Highlight Reel from the show
May 29th, 2025
Seven Dials Playhouse, London
1. THE HIGH TIDE OF ONEIDA All
2. BUILD A BETTER TRAP Tirzah & Noyes
3. MAKING BABIES All
4. HE DRIVES ME MAD Tirzah
5. COMING CLEAN Edward
6. FIVE SENSES Theo & Ann
7. SLEEP AND DREAM Tirzah & Edward
8. NUTS Jamie
9. HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Tirzah
10. COLORS OF LOVE Ann, Cragin,Theo
11. THE HIGH TIDE OF ONEIDA (reprise) All

Beth Blatt - Book & Lyrics/Aunt Charlotte
Her words for musicals, plays and songs have been performed in New York, London, Tokyo, France; at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the UN. Her musical "The Mistress Cycle" was presented in London by Katy Lipson/Aria Entertainment. "Best Of" Awards from NYMF, 2nd Stage, the O’Neill. Grants: Jonathan Larson foundation, NAMT. Commissions: Oneida, Island of the Blue Dolphins (for young audiences), Unsung (site-specific in English and French), Catherine the Great. Founder Hope Sings. Created anthem for UN Women with 25+ international stars. She is currently obsessed with dramatizing the lives of Forgotten Women of France. www.bethblatt.com.

Lizzie Hagstedt - Composer/Tirzah
LIZZIE HAGSTEDT is a singer-actor-musician-composer. She is a 2021 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist and the recipient of a Cross Arts Collaborative residency at the Hermitage Artist's Retreat. Current projects include: Hereville with Robby Sandler (concert at the Old Globe and New Village Arts); Zitkala-Sa's Wild West with Lisa Helmi Johanson (winner Muriel O'Neil American Heritage Commission); and Sophie Blanchard's High-Flyin' Rock'n'Roll. As a performer, she appeared in the musical Southern Comfort at the Public Theater and played bass for the New Group production of Sweet Charity starring Sutton Foster.

Celine Rosenthal - Director
A Tony®-nominated producer, they served for 7 seasons as Associate Artistic Director and Resident Casting Director at Asolo Repertory Theatre. Founder of the Neela Theatre Project (Mumbai), a New Georges Associate Artist. Proud "Key" member of The Ring Of Keys & former NYC Paramedic. They've developed new work with the Musical Theatre Factory, NYMF, & National Queer Theatre. Created Asolo Rep’s first new work series, Ground Floor, & Muriel O'Neil American Heritage Commission. At Asolo Rep directed Dial M For Murder, Grand Horizons, and more. Work in film: directing the Award-Winning short film Wildflower and Asolo Rep BardWired's feature length, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Max Gallagher - Music Director/Jamie & Theo
Max is a musician, actor, singer, songwriter, arranger and musical director. Theatre acting credits: War Horse (UK/Australia Tour with Lyttelton, National Theatre), Brief Encounter (Watermill/also Show MD), The Duchess of Amalfi’s Steward (Globe Theatre), The Comedy of Errors & Macbeth (Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre). Also Composer/Co- Lyricist - Robin Good (Norwich Playhouse); Composer/MD - Oh We Do Like To Be (HighTide Theatre/Turbine Theatre); MD - Centralia (RJG Productions/ Arcola Theatre), Asst Composer/MD for Roots (including Edinburgh Festival/Spoleto, Théâtre de la Ville International Tour). He trained at Rose Bruford College.

Jon Bonner - Noyes/guitar
Jon trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. West End debut in ‘Bugle Boy - The Glenn Miller Story’ (Garrick Theatre). ‘The Commitments’ (UK Tour), ‘Calamity Jane (Watermill & UK Tour). ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ (UK Tour), ‘Blood Brothers’ (Frankfurt), ‘The Hired Man’ (Hornchurch, Hull Truck, Oldham Coliseum), ‘Henry IV pts 1&2’ (Bristol Old Vic), ‘Into the woods’ (York Theatre Royal), 7 pantomimes and many regional rep theatre productions. TV includes, ‘Coronation St’ (ITV), ‘Doctors’, ‘Grandpa in my Pocket’ (BBC), 'Somewhere Boy’ (Ch.4), various commercials and 2 radio plays for BBC Radio 4. Multi-instrumentalist, including trumpet and ukelele. More here.

Oliver Aston - Edward/ Violin & Piano
Oliver trained at Mountview and is a multi-instrumentalist and actor/singer/dancer. Recent credits include Piaf (Theo/Watermill), Treasure Island (Barn), Little Women (Grosvenor/ Natasha Price), Romeo & Juliet (Tybalt/Storyhouse Chester), Brief Encounter (Watermill), Now and Then (English Theatre Frankfurt), The Prince and the Pauper (Trinity Theatre). Also Mr. Burns, Spring Awakening, Alls Well That Ends Well, Half A Sixpence, The Sandman, After Juliet. Oliver also works in film and commercials.

Amy Bastani - Ann/Violin
Amy trained at Italia Conti Academy and graduated in 2019. Theatre and music work: Reza in Once (Barn Theatre, Cirencester), Marian in Robin Hood (Greenwich Theatre, London), Angie in Summer Holiday (UK Tour), Ensemble in Zorro (Charing Cross Theatre, London), Singer for Haven Theatre Company (Hopton Holiday Village, Hopton-on-Sea), Vocalist/Musician for Sensatori Resort Entertainment (TUI Resort, Ibiza).
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ABOUT ONEIDA the MUSICAL
Oneida began as a commission from the Village Theatre (Seattle), and has received developmental support from NAMT, The Tank (NYC), the Musical Theatre Factory (NYC), Music Theatre of Connecticut, VoxFest (Hanover, NH), Pallas Theatre (DC), Running Deer and MMD (Belfast Residency).

Oneida? Never heard of it!
The Oneida Community was front-page news in the 1800’s for their revolutionary practices – they coined the term “Free Love" way back then! But today, the only thing most people know is the silverware they made. Yes, Oneida.
At its peak, 300 people live and love under one roof - until forces from the outside world, from inside the community, from the human heart itself - bring it crashing down. At the center of it all is Tirzah Miller, the idealistic niece and confidante of the fiery founder. Must she choose to save her community - or herself?
Oneida asks - WHY do we let the government legislate who and how we love? HOW MUCH better people – kinder, more loving – can we be? WHAT do you do when a democracy is under attack?
Oneida began as a commission from the Village Theatre (Seattle), and has received developmental support from NAMT, The Tank and Musical Theatre Factory (NYC), Pallas Theatre (DC) and MMD (Belfast Residency).