AIDEN

One-act musical

Book by Carli Freeman, Jacob Iglitzin, & Clay Herzberg

Lyrics by Jacob Iglitzin

Music by Clay Herzberg

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Jamie is a stressed-out executive at a major tech company. In search of love, she tries out a new dating app and meets Aiden, the man of her dreams. But what Jamie doesn't know is that Aiden is really "AIDEN" – an artificially intelligent chatbot sent as part of an elaborate scheme to scam her...

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Performances (Feb. 13–16, 2025): Short Play Festival (SPF LUV 2025) at The Players Theatre (Be Bold! Productions, Off-Off-Broadway: New York, NY). Online Playbill Here.

Direction by Jacob Iglitzin

Music Direction by Clay Herzberg

Featuring: Amy Herzberg, Max Ashford, George Mulder, Peter Deng, Hannah Lizotte

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Staged reading (Sep. 14, 2024): Readers' Theater "From the Script to the Stand" at Surfside Playhouse (Cocoa Beach, FL).

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Staged reading (Nov. 18, 2023) – Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center, for the NYPL for the Performing Arts "Across A Crowded Room" musical theatre writing program.

Direction by Carli Freeman

Music Direction by Clay Herzberg

Featuring: Melody Munitz, Anthony Castellano, Keith Allen, Nick Catapano, Emma Payne, Laura Cetti, and Christian Caro

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Awards:

• Winner: Best Play of Week 2 at Short Play Festival LUV 2025

• Tie for Best Play - Spring 2024 Virtual Festival, Equity Library Theater of New York