RENASCENCE (ORIGINAL OFF-BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)

Transport Group's world premiere musical, Renascence is a theatrical exploration of identity and artistry through the poems of Pulitzer Prize-winning Edna St. Vincent Millay. At the age of 19 she writes a profoundly powerful poem,Renascence, catapulting her to stardom andreleasing her from her rural, humble beginnings into abohemian, reckless and unconventional urban lifestyle."Vincent" captivates both men and women with her unapologetic sensuality and frank intellect and becomesthe"original riotgrrrl" of her time.Renascencenot only follows the early years of this artist's life,butalso invites it's performers and audience to sit in this poet's soul, and view humanity and nature as if through her window. Renascence has music byCarmel Dean(musical director If/Then, American Idiot), book byDick Scanlan(Thoroughly Modern Millie, Everyday Rapture), and lyrics from the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The cast of Renascence featuresMikaela Bennett(The Golden Apple),Hannah Corneau (Wicked, Hedwig and the Angry Inch national tour),Jason Gotay(Bring it On),Danny Harris Kornfeld(Rent national tour),Katie Thompson(Giant, Pump Boys and Dinettes) andDonald WebberJr. (Hamilton, Whorl Inside a Loop). The cast recording is produced by Michael Croiter. A Broadway Records/Yellow Sound release.