Actor / singer / musician / composer
03.02.2023: Private reading of Hereville produced by Kids on Stage Productions and the Lipinsky Family Jewish Arts Festival at Congregation Beth Israel in San Diego. This was our first time utilizing age-appropriate actors in the child roles, and was such an incredibly valuable step in the development of the piece.
10.4: Played bass and sang some for Johnny and the Devil's Box in concert at Rockwood Music Hall.
Fall 2021: Wrote an original score for Asolo Repertory Theater's production of Much Ado About Nothing. Look out for it in parks all over South Florida!
10.3-11.20.2022: Writing music for Looking for Ithaca an original adaptation of The Odyssey, Asolo Rep/FSU's Conservatory for Actor Training's fall school tour written by Jess Shoemaker and directed by Gaby Rodriguez. This is my fourth year contributing an original score for the tour.
12.2-12.5: Played bass and sang some jazz in the onstage band as part of puppeteer Jessica Simon's beautiful piece Ruby and Charlie at the Tank.
8.8: Played bass for my friend and all-around incredible human Vashty Mompoint's concert at 54 Below Bits, Gummies, Folk, and Love (or how I survived the last year of my life). Click for tix and deets!
10.17: Reading of my musical Oneida with book and lyrics by Beth Blatt at the Tank NYC. Click for seats!
05.21.2020: Digital debut of the first 15 minutes of my musical Sophie Blanchard's High-Flying' Rock'n'Roll Extravaganza directed by Celine Rosenthal as part of the Asolo Rep Ground Floor: New Musicals Series. Check it out below! I also music directed and appeared in two of the other four musicals selected including Johnny & the Devil's Box and Fountain.
1.11 & 1.13.2020: The Big Mouth struck again at Ars Nova this time. Glad to be back with Salty Brine and gang bassing it up.
what's coming up?
1.12.2022 - 3.26.2022: Composed an original score for Our Town at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida directed by Desdemona Chiang.
The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival will present two concert readings of Hereville through The Whole Megillah Jewish New Play Festival.
06.11.2023 @ 7 p.m. at the Old Globe: Click for tix!
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07.09.2023 @ 2 p.m. at The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center: Click for tix!
what's been going on?
04.29.2023: Took a whirlwind trip to DC to reunite with the Rough Magic band and perform some tunes from the Round House Theatre's production of The Tempest as part of co-producer Folger Shakespeare Library's 2023 Gala.
Lizzie Hagstedt
7.22-8.1:2021: Performed in a concert production of the beautiful new bluegrass musical Johnny & the Devil's Box by Douglas Waterbury-Tieman as part of Goodspeed Opera House's Goodspeed by the River series. Clock me on three instruments over the course of this highlight reel!
1.30 - 3.15.2020: Played a very pregnant German punk rocker named Strudel in the workshop production of MacGyver the Musical at Telluride Theatre. Book by Kate Chavez, Robin Ward Holloway, Lindsey Hope Pearlman & Lee David Zlotoff; Music & Lyrics by Peter Lurye; and directed by Kate Chavez and Sasha Sullivan.
11.12.2020-12.31.2020" Scored a digital production of Midsummer Night's Dream for Asolo Rep's BardWired program directed by Celine Rosenthal and featuring the FSU/Asolo MFA students.
10.26.2022-1.29.2023: Performing as Iris, singing and playing the accordion in the band Rough Magic in the Tempest at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland. Adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller fame), an unforgettable reimagining of Shakespeare’s most enchanting romance features haunting music from the catalog of iconic songwriter Tom Waits and mind-bending moves from Pilobolus, as well as astonishing feats of magic.
NOW NOMINATED FOR 10 HELEN HAYES AWARDS INCLUDING OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION IN A PLAY, OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY, AND OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION!!