New musical from Tina Treadwell, producer of the West End hit The Drifters Girl
Tina Treadwell (The Drifters Girl), Kenny D’Aquila,
Totus Tuus Family Trust and Treadwell Entertainment Group present
Charlie McCullagh, Chelsea Halfpenny and Daniele Alan-Carter
head the cast for the UK premiere showcase
of the new romantic comedy musical
IF I HAD YOU
Music By Joel Spineti
Book & Lyrics Kenny D’Aquila
Charlie McCullagh (42 Balloons, Jesus Christ Superstar), Chelsea Halfpenny (Waitress, 9-5: The Musical) and Daniele Alan-Carter (Dance of the Vampires, Oh What A Night!) are to lead the cast for two showcase performances of the new romantic comedy musical If I Had You at The Actors’ Church, Covent Garden on Monday 27 January at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
The rest of the cast includes: Dante Palminteri (Brunettes), Emma Kingston (The Band’s Visit), Gabriella Palminteri (New World Comin’), Alison Jiear (Jerry Springer the Opera – Olivier Award nomination Best Actress in a Musical), Maggie Lynne (Wicked), Sue Kelvin (Wicked), Sebastian Torkia (A Chorus Line), Simone Pavesio, Max Rizzo (Starlight Express), Gabriel Constantin (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Mia Raggio (The Sound of Music), Hubert Hogarth (The Wizard of Oz), Faith Delaney (Stranger Things – The First Shadow), Dexter Pulling (Les Miserables).
The showcase is being produced by Tina Treadwell (co-producer of the West End hit The Drifters Girl), Kenny D’Aquila, Totus Tuus Family Trust and Treadwell Entertainment Group.
If I Had You is a story of love, loss and hope set in the eternal city of Rome as one man’s heart takes him on the journey of a lifetime. It is a fantastical story that shows that love never goes away even though the years have.
This is a semi-staged scripts-in-hand workshop.
Age Guidance: Suitable for anyone aged 12+
Running Time: 140 minutes
Interval: 20 minutes
Tickets are available to the public at £17.50 and go on sale with this link: https://actorschurch.org/whatson/if-i-had-you/
Creative team
Music: Joel Spineti
Book & Lyrics: Kenny D’Aquila
Producers: Tina Treadwell, Kenny D’Aquila
Executive Producers: Totus Tuus Family Trust, Treadwell Entertainment Group
Casting: Debbie O’Brien Casting
General Management: Thomas Hopkins Productions
Kenny D’Aquila (Book & Lyrics, Producer) made his mark as Grantaire in the critically acclaimed production of Les Miserables directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. Later, D’Aquila was featured as Grantaire in the International Cast Album with the London Philharmonic. As a writer, D’Aquila’s first play, Uptown, opened in Los Angeles and won eight Drama- Logue Awards including Best New Play. His second play, Unorganized Crime, caught the eye of Oscar nominee Chazz Palminteri who went on to perform the play with Kenny at the Elephant Theatre in Los Angeles. D’Aquila then partnered with composer Joel Spineti to write Bats On The Moon, a new musical that follows the trials and tribulations of Richard Locke, a writer from the UK who created the great moon hoax in 1835. Bats On The Moon was one of six new musicals presented at the 2023 Florida Festivals of New Musicals.
Joel Spineti (Composer) is an American composer, music director and music educator who has travelled extensively throughout the United States as music director/performer for the national tours of Oil City Symphony, Forever Plaid and Pump Boys and Dinettes. He has served as musical director and conductor for over 30 regional musical productions. Spineti’s editors’ choice concert band compositions are available by international publishers, Alfred Music and the FJH Music Company Inc. In his capacity as educator, Spineti has travelled to X’ian, China and Limassol, Cyprus to coach and direct multiple musical theatre productions. If I Had You marks the third collaboration with longtime friend and award-winning playwright, Kenny D’Aquila. Previous works include Bats On The Moon (the story of London author Richard Locke) featured at the Winter Park Playhouse Festival of New Musicals and In The Key of Dee.
Tina Treadwell (Producer) is a celebrated talent manager, casting executive and theatre and Film producer. As president of Treadwell Entertainment Group, Ms Treadwell, with business partner Kim Rena Coleman, develops and manages the careers of acting, music and literary talent, including If I Had You playwright Kenny D’Aquila. As the former VP of Talent and Music Specials at Disney Channel, Ms. Treadwell oversaw the casting of series and movies and was the creative executive behind Disney’s In Concert Series, which helped launch the careers of Britney Spears, LeAnn Rimes, Backstreet Boys and most notably NSYNC. A graduate of Princeton, Tina is proud to have collaborated with West End producer Michael Harrison on the Olivier Award-nominated production of The Drifters Girl at the Garrick Theatre. She also enjoys a successful partnership with producer/artist, Navi, with whom she co-manages The Drifters
Greg Blanchard (Executive Producer) is Executive Producer of Totus Tuss Trustee. Blanchard enjoyed a highly successful modeling and acting career which included playing the role of Enjolras in the Los Angeles production of Les Miserables at the Shubert Theatre, where his friendship with Kenny D’Aquila began over 30 years ago. After acting, Greg added to his impressive resume, building businesses as an entrepreneur whose focus is on health and assisting humanity.