Arielle Jacobs, Kristolyn Lloyd, and Andrew Kober to Lead Lost City Radio Reading

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The reading cast includes Jacobs, Saajan Lakhani, Justin Gregory Lopez, Jo Lampert and more.

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Arielle Jacobs (Here Lies Love, Aladdin), Grammy and Emmy Award winner Kristolyn Lloyd (Liberation, Dear Evan Hansen), Andrew Kober (Gypsy, Beetlejuice), and more will be part of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat's May 14th reading of Lost City Radio, a new musical with book by Joel Perez (original Broadway cast of Fun Home) and music and lyrics by Tony nominee Benjamin Velez (Real Women Have Curves), based on the novel by Daniel Alarcón. The reading is directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Suffs), with music direction by PJ Ju (Big Gay Jamboree), and is produced as part of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat’s Triple R Program, with Casting by Andrew Fem and General Management by Sing Out, Louise! Productions .

Based on the acclaimed novel, Lost City Radio is the story of Norma, a radio host in a country where radio is the only source of media. Ten years after a failed attempt to overthrow the military regime, what started as a radio show meant to find people who have disappeared during the war has become a propaganda machine for the state. Norma's own husband was one of the "disappeared," but when a young orphan named Victor shows up at her radio station with a clue to her husband's whereabouts, the two must work together to learn the truth and perhaps form their own family in the process.

The reading cast includes Jacobs, Saajan Lakhani (A Christmas Story), Justin Gregory Lopez (Octet), Lloyd, Jo Lampert (Orlando), Geena Quintos (Miss Saigon), Jared Loftin (Teeth), Graham Stevens (In Transit), Chad Carstarphen (Hell’s Kitchen), Kober, and Adriana Medina Santiago.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat addresses a critical need faced by musical theatre writers: dedicated, uninterrupted time and resources to write. Lost City Radio was developed at RWR’s Summer Residencies in 2022 and this reading marks the culmination of Triple R, a three-step development program designed to accelerate alumni musicals towards production. Triple R ("2 Readings and a Residency") begins with a cold table read in NYC to hear the latest draft aloud, followed by a 5-day writing residency in Rhinebeck to further develop the work, and caps off with an AEA 29-hour reading back in NYC to collaborate with a cast and creative team. Recent Triple R projects include Starstruck by Emily Saliers , Beth Malone , and Mary Ann Stratton, which had its world premiere at Bucks County Playhouse last fall, and The Real Kyle McCarren by Andy Roninson and Sean McVerry, which will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Arielle-Jacobs-Kristolyn-Lloyd-and-Andrew-Kober-Set-for-LOST-CITY-RADIO-Reading-20260513)._