Adam took a bus to South Philly and canvassed for Barack Obama. He knocked on 80 doors in 4 hours.
August 17, 2008
Adam and collaborator, Zachary Dietz, wrote a song called "Let's Improvise" as a wedding gift to Ben and Carla Magnuson. Dietz performed the song live in Chicago.
August 7, 2008
Adam made a trip to Mt. Sinai hospital in Manhattan to have a trabeculectomy.
July 2-21, 2008
Adam returned to Grandstreet Theater in Helena, Montana to teach musical theater and song interpretation to grades 3-12.
June 1-7, 2008
Giving Up Later, an "in the works" revue with music and lyrics by Wagner/Magnuson/Dietz, made a successful run at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
May 6, 2008
TEETH was released on DVD. Adam plays Phil (Dawn's friend) and is featured in the DVD's bonus features and deleted scenes.
March 29, 2008
Adam's songs were featured in OCU STRIPPED, a project devoted to new musical works, at Oklahoma City University.
February 11, 2008
Adam co-produced a benefit concert with Ryan J. Davis for Barack Obama. Broadway for Barack: The Voices of Hope featured Manoel Felciano, Jenn Colella, Kate Rockwell, Marty Thomas and lots of young songwriters.
January 18, 2008
TEETH opened in limited release in NY/LA and expanded to several other cities the following week. Read the LA Times review!
December 25, 2008
Jesus had his 2008th birthday AND Adam collaborated with Zachary Dietz to create a Christmas present for his friends and family. Listen to and download "The Little Drummer"
December 16, 2007
Adam joined forces with Eric March, a songwriter he met at the Johnny Mercer Songwriters' Workshop, to present Getting the Pumpkin Gnocchi and Splitting the Truffled Mac 'n' Cheese with a Friend is the Best Way To Satisfy the $15 Food/Beverage Minimum* at the Laurie Beechman Theater. *$10 Cover Charge Not Included. It was very successful and there was much witty banter and merriment.
November 15, 2007
The trailer for TEETH is released online. View it here!
August 23, 2007
The three song demo for a musical adaptation of the Carl Reiner film, BERT RIGBY was completed. It features Christian Borle (Legally Blonde), Jill Paice (Curtains), Jim Corti (Ragtime) and Betsy Wolfe (110 in the Shade).
Adam traveled to Helena, Montana to music direct Grandstreet Theater's production of Grease. He also taught several musical theater courses to high school and college students.
June 20, 2007
Facing the Facts: A Cabaret was Adam's directorial debut which featured three of his original songs at the Laurie Beechman Theater.
March 30, 2007
Adam returned to Cincinnati to perform in a staged reading of When the End of the World Comes... A Collaborative Work About Race Relations in Cincinnati. The University of Cincinnati joined forces with the Harmony Fund to produce the "Laramie Project"-inspired piece and held the performance in downtown Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Adam portrayed the woman he interviewed, Angela Leisure — the mother of 19 year-old Timothy Thomas, who was shot by police sparking the 2001 riots.
January 2007
Adam made his feature film debut in Teeth which premiered at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. Lionsgate partnered with the Weinstein Co. to buy the distribution rights and will release the film in late summer 2007.
October 16, 2006
Adam performed a set of four songs as part of the Storefront's "New Mondays" series, a venue for composers and lyricists, both new and legendary, to present new work. The same night, Henry Krieger performed two new songs written for the movie adaptation of his musical, Dreamgirls, and Faith Prince appeared as a guest vocalist.
September 10-11, 2006
Adam introduced himself as a songwriter to the New York community in An Evening of (mostly) True Songs at the Laurie Beechman Theater, featuring 17 songs sung by Broadway talents Andrea Burns, Justin Bohon, Benjamin Magnuson and Katie Klaus.
May 25-27, 2006
"Traci's Song" was chosen to be a part of Things to Chase: A Composers' Showcase at Theatre 315 in New York City.
March 2006
Adam traveled to Madrid, Spain to film a commercial for Amena, a Spanish cell phone company. He had to dance or "bounce" continuously for 16 hours each day. The scene was an homage to Bobby Van's performance in the 1953 musical, The Small Town Girl where he hops through the town.
November 9, 2005
"Traci's Song" made its NYC debut at the MAC/ASCAP Songwriters' Showcase and was performed by Christy Faber. Special guests were B.J. Ward and Christine Lavin.
November 4-6, 2005
Adam was assistant director on Is There Life After High School? at the York Theater. The show's composer and lyricist, Craig Carnelia, also directed.
August 2005
Adam attended a week-long intensive writing program, the Composers' Stage Project, as part of the Perry-Mansfield Performance Art School and Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The program's director was Broadway composer, Craig Carnelia.
June 2005
Don't Look Down premiered with five performances at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival to rave reviews and sold-out crowds. It was the first time any of Adam's songs had been heard outside of his living room.