The cat’s out of the bag! Thank you PLAYBILL for the lovely write-up. Aaron is delighted to join forces with L.A. screenwriter and playwright, Steven Peros, for the new Hearst/Davies/Chaplin musical, The Cat’s Meow. Published by Samuel French (now Concord Theatricals) and produced in seven countries thus far, The Cat’s Meow involves a murder…
Cast size: From ten to fourteen+ (dependent on doubling and chorus size) 1 female-identifying lead 1 male-identifying lead Length: 105 minutes (60+45) Setting: A large unnamed Canadian city, and Barnabus Bay (a neighbouring small town) Current Status: Four readings (two informal, two with audience). Demos recorded for all songs. Workshopped by Arts Club in Vancouver,…
Aaron was thrilled to act as Sound Designer and Composer for Coal Mine Theatre’s production of A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter. The production was directed by Ted Dykstra and starred Mazin Elsadig & Noah Reid. Click here to preview a sample from the score. “Permission to Be Alive” (Joel…
INDIEWORKS recently released “The Trial of Bastiano di Bologna” (Music and Lyrics by Aaron Jensen) as part of the WEBBY award-winning series, Bite-Sized Broadway: A Mini-Musical Podcast. Each episode features a fully produced and orchestrated 10-20 minute work, performed by some of the best voices on Broadway. The titular role of “The Trial of Bastiano…
Aaron was delighted to provide music, lyric, orchestration, and dramaturgical support for the CTC New York Ensemble production of Henry Box Brown: A Musical Journey. The piece has recently been signed for a “Broadway Option” with four-time TONY award-winning producers. HBB has been in development since 2008, and was polished through community workshops, professional premieres…
Hamlet VR Experience premiered at the Stratford Festival, June 2022, featuring music by Aaron Jensen. Jensen composed the main theme for nyckelharpa, a traditional 13th C. Swedish instrument. The interactive theatre piece features veteran actors, Kyle Blair, Peter Fernandes, Kyle Golemba, and Gabriella Sundar Singh. Directed by Peter Kuling. Listen to the main theme, “Words…
Aaron is excited to break ground on a new musical, collaborating with acclaimed librettist, Sara Farb. CREATURE was shortlisted by Theatre Aquarius’ National Centre for New Musicals initiative. Stay tuned for more updates!
In summer, 2017, Aaron workshopped his original musical Everything There is to Know at the Toronto Fringe festival, produced by Musicals Canada and David Warrack. Everything There is to Know tells the story of a swashbuckling young girl, a merry band of adventurers, a broken family, and the end of the world. Both timeless and…
Aaron was delighted to join forces with comedy writer Jen Goodhue (Baroness Von Sketch, Kids in the Hall) for the new musical radioplay TTYL-FM. The piece tells the story of Nicole, the radio host of “Classical Mornings”, who learns while broadcasting that the entire staff, including herself, will be receiving a sizeable pay cut. The…
Aaron was thrilled to compose the score for MACBETH VR. The theatre experience features a star-studded cast of voice actors : André Sills, Julie Lumsden, Virgilia Griffith, Lauren Foster, Kristopher Bowman, Jonathan Tan, Deborah Hay, Jason Cadieux, and Seana McKenna. The score features: Sara Constant – Flute; Pamelia Stickney – Theremin; and Amber Walton-Amar –…
