Tia DeShazor
actor
lyricist
librettist
What's up with Tia? What's the news?
I'm graduating with an MFA in Graduate Musical Theatre Writing friends!
And I can't wait to tell you about my THESIS...
Sandra & Vernell Save Albany Street
a musical caper
with music by Sophia Schott
DeShazor & Schott
what a team!
When Sandra, a fed-up 1973 Detroit housewife, decides to leave her husband, she
enlists the help of Vernell, her reluctant best friend, to disguise as a man and help her open a bank account.
In the process, Vernell uncovers the financial mishandlings in her own “perfect” marriage, and while Sandra returns the favor the two discover a plot by city officials to destroy their neighborhood with the construction of a highway.
They’re not having that, but they’re going to need a lot more disguises and schemes to
save Albany Street!
sandra, vernell, kirby and wesley
the first cast of sandra & vernell save albany street!
we presented the first 45 minutes!
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The first cast featured CK Edwards, Arnold Harper, Ashley Ware Jenkins, Angela Birchett, Kiara Wade, Virginia Woodruff, Commodore Primous, Ashley Cooper, Nyla Watson, Kaeja Cox, Vashty Mompoint and