A Musical Trip through 1960s Counterculture

Set against the backdrop of the revolutionary 1960s Boston, HONEYLAND, a coming-of-age musical, follows a group of college graduates as they navigate the era's defining moments—the civil rights movement, feminism, and the anti-Vietnam protests.  HONEYLAND promises a vibrant musical experience at Off-Broadway’s The Triad Theater (158 W 72nd St, New York, NY). Performances begin Sunday, October 13, and continue through Saturday, November 2nd.

Experience the journey of young activists as they grow, love, and fight for change in a time of immense social upheaval. HONEYLAND, from Theatreroo, brings to life the passion and turmoil of a generation shaping its future.

An original Musical about Love, Activism, & the Spirit of the 60s!

HONEYLAND will speak to people who lived through the exciting, volatile 1960s, and also appeal to young people embarking on their own life journey today. The songs are engaging and the performers in the show are highly talented and charismatic.
— Denny Lawrence, Director

Publicity Photos by Thomas Mundell, Mundell Modern Pixels:

Meet the Cast

  • Anika Buchanan (Helen)

    Off Broadway Debut! TV: "Ratu Ratu of Queens", "American Sports Story", "Playboy Murders". Theatre Favorites: Rizzo in Grease, Sofya in Dogs of Pripyat, Lydia Light in ZM, Sheila in Evolution of Mann, Francesca in Suenos, Mamma Mia!(The Muny, Plaza Theatricals), Rapunzel, BATB (OCTC). IAMT Grad. Much love to everyone at Malissa Young MGMT, Avalon Artists Group, Jamibeth Margolis, and the entire cast and creative team of Honeyland! @anika_buchanan anikabuchanan.com

  • Abby Goldberg (Fran)

    Abby is thrilled to be a part of this groovy production! She returns to the Off-Broadway stage after playing Shaunda in Dear Mom, I'm Gay! last summer. Other favorite credits include Chava in Fiddler on The Roof (Drury Lane Theatre) and Wendla in Spring Awakening (The University of Alabama). This performance is in honor of Frankie. @abby.g

  • Noah Marcus (Tom)

    Off Broadway debut! Favorite Credits: Frankie Valli (Jersey Boys), Perch Perkins (SpongeBob Musical), Gremio (Kiss Me Kate), Maximus (Tangled The Musical), Jonah Haber (Bad Jews). Noah would love to thank the Creative team of Honeyland and JBM Casting for this opportunity. He would also like to thank his family and girlfriend Riley for their endless support. Instagram @thenoahmarcus

  • Kelsey Marshall (Understudy Fran & Helen)

    Kelsey is delighted to be joining the cast of HONEYLAND. She is a graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Big thanks to Paige Chambers Rutsche and her team at Resolute Artists Agency! @kelsey_marsh

  • Ben James Tyrrell (Mike)

    Ben is thrilled to be making his Off Broadway debut! After receiving his BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona in 2023, he appeared in a short film titled Room Service, and most recently performed in From Here To Eternity The Musical, working alongside renowned lyricist Sir Tim Rice. He’d like to thank his agents Jim, Bridget, and Eaton at Bloc NYC! See you in Honeyland! @benjamestyrrell

Meet the Team

  • Clarry Evans - Producer / Theatreroo

    Clarry Evans has been producing professional theatre in Australia for 45 years. In 2019, Clarry Evans founded Theatreroo with 75-minute versions of their well-known stage shows in a pub theatre setting. These include Macbeth: Contemporary Rock Opera, Boudicca - Celtic Opera, and Baby Boomer, which ran for 5 months in 2023.

  • Denny Lawrence - Director

    Denny Lawrence is an award-winning performer, writer, and director who has worked in Australia, Canada, U.K., and USA in theatre, film, and television whose extensive credits include five feature films, numerous telemovies, and miniseries and hundreds of hours of television. Recent theatre productions include The Crucible, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (both in Melbourne), and national touring productions of Always Patsy Cline, Educating Rita, Love Letters, Shirley Valentine, Glorious and My Brilliant Divorce.

    In the early 2000’s Denny lived in New York performing theater and teaching at the Strasberg Institute and Stonestreet Studios. He was also Director of Television and Acting and Directing at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

    At Theatreroo in Brisbane, Australia, Denny co-wrote (with Clarry Evans) and directed two new musicals: Utopia and Baby Boomer, and a satirical cabaret, Perfect World.

  • Clare Cooper - Musical Director

    A singer/songwriter/multi-keyboardist and musical director. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and the New School’s Creative Arts Therapy program, she is an award-winning songwriter who has recorded two CDs, “Northern Drive” and “Valentine.” She is the composer of musical comedies “How To Marry A Divorced Man” and "Desperation," with book and lyrics by Bryan Leys. Theater credits include “Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding,” “Jaws! The Musical,” 2014 Fringe Festival favorite “Urban Momfare,” and “Memphis.” TV credits include “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and AMC’s “Into Character.” She has been musical director/arranger for cabaret shows at Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex, Rose’s Turn, The Triad and Laurie Beechman Theater.

  • Michelle Lemon - Choreographer

    Michelle Lemon is thrilled to be on the creative team for Honeyland, which marks her Off-Broadway choreography debut! Choreography credits include You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (upcoming), Oliver! (Outstanding Choreography Berkie Award Nominee), Something Rotten (Assistant Choreographer), and Frozen Jr. at The Sharon Playhouse, and Cinderella (Assistant Choreographer) at The Children’s Theatre Company. Michelle also performs at regional theatres across the country and was recently on the National Tour of My Fair Lady. @michelleglemon www.michellelemon.com

  • Jackie Mates - Production Stage Manager

    Jackie is thrilled to be joining the Honeyland family. Most recently she served as the Production Stage Manager on the off-broadway productions of Sesame Street: The Musical and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show with Rockefeller Studios. Jackie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Production with a concentration in Stage Management from the University of Melbourne. Favorite credits include the Australian National Tour of The Sapphires (HIT Productions), Pomona (Red Stitch Actors Theatre) Ghost Quartet (Antipodes Theatre Company) and the Opera Australia season of The Ring Cycle.

  • Jamibeth Margolis - Casting Director

    A professional casting director based in New York City. She was with Johnson-Liff Casting, Cameron Mackintosh, and Margolis-Seay Casting and is now out on her own as a freelance casting director and owner of Jamibeth Margolis Casting And Productions. Previous credits include the Broadway and National Touring Companies of such hits as Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Cats, and Jane Eyre as well as two dozen other shows on Broadway. She currently casts for Off-Broadway, National Touring Companies and shows for prominent regional theaters and all of the major theater festivals in NYC. She is proud to have cast Harmony by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman this season on Broadway. Her casting office is dedicated to the development of new plays and musicals. Jamibeth won an Artios Award for her casting of Fiddler On The Roof In Yiddish at Stage 42 (directed by Joel Grey). Thank you to the full HONEYLAND team for this opportunity. Member: Casting Society Of America www.jamibetharts.com

  • Molly Goldberg - Costume Designer

    Molly is a freelance costume designer who works hard for the money. She’s designed several productions around New York such as, ROT at Columbia University, Don Giovanni at The Madison Theater, [Title of Show] at Brooklyn Navy Yards, Finding Madame Curie at Theatre Row, And Then There Were None at The Gallery Theater, The Best Punk Band in Conway, Missouri with Up Theatre Company, RENT at Long Island Musical Theatre Festival, Next to Normal at Columbia University, and most recently, Winesday at The Jerry Orbach Theater. IG:@goldbymolly

  • 22Q Entertainment LLC - General Manager

    A full-service Producing and General Management Entertainment Company founded by Robert Levinstein and Alan Wager. Robert is an Emmy nominated Producer for his work on the Amazon series TAINTED DREAMS an exciting Soap Opera now streaming on Amazon Prime. With over 25 years experience between them in the live entertainment field, credits for 22Q include Executive Producers and General Managers of the Off Broadway Play WOULD YOU STILL LOVE ME IF... starring Kathleen Turner at New World Stages as well as the critically acclaimed KICK! directed by Lynn Taylor-Corbett, IT IS DONE a thriller set and performed in a bar (a critical success in New York…and award winning in the Los Angeles transfer) along with the New York City premiere of THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT, which played under the stars at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Off-Broadway, they produced the hilarious one woman show ITALIAN BRED and the powerful play, THE CLEARING. Across the country in North Hollywood, CA they were represented as producers of the award winning production of ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE starring Sally Struthers. Back in New York City, they General Managed all three installments of the “MY BIG GAY ITALIAN” trilogy and currently take the shows to Hard Rock Hotel and Casinos across the country. 22Q Entertainment has also teamed with the Oxygen Television Network, associate producing their Up-Front live events. www.22QEntertainment.com

  • Katie Rosin / Kampfire - Marketing & Publicity

    A full-service marketing and publicity KAMPFIRE PR/MARKETING was instrumental in the launch of the Broadway musical Brooklyn and the National Tour of Mother Load. Kampfire has been integral in multidimensional campaigns for Telly Award Winners, New York Innovative Theatre Award Recipients, GLAAD Award winners, back-to-back NYMF Best of Fest winners, and Drama Desk nominees. Off-Broadway highlights include Eisenhower, Theatre at St. Clements; The Creeps, Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's; KHAN!!! The Musical, The Players Theater; Daughter of the Wicked, City Center | Stage II; The Lucky Star, 59E59; The Little Match Girl, St. Luke’s; unFRAMED, John Jay College Performing Arts Center; GLAAD Award Nominee, She Like Girls, Ohio Theater; Glimpses of the Moon, Algonquin Hotel; IT Awards recipient, Elizabeth Rex, Center Stage; Triple Threat: 2007 Drama Desk Nominee (mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story, Theatre 5. She is currently the Director of Communications at Spruce Peak Arts, in Stowe, Vermont. During the pandemic, she served as Director of Communications at the Broadway Podcast Network. www.kampfirefilmspr.com IN: @kampfirefilmspr TW: @kampfirepr FB: @kampfirefilms

  • Tweiss Productions, LLC - Production Consultants

    Sharon Weiss and Eileen B. Weiss. Producers/Associate Producers: Hell’s Belles; Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking; Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging; A Short Wake; Between the Lines; NY revival of Goodtime Charley. Workshops/Festivals/Readings: Carolina Rising; How to Marry a Divorced Man; Appendage; Moonshadow; Desperation. Eileen co-wrote/produced Same Difference and worked for the Shubert Organization, Cameron Mackintosh Inc., Actors Theatre of Louisville.