This is one of those dream guests episodes. As I conceived this podcast, I made a list of New Yorkers I would love to have on the podcast and up there was Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

Jennifer is a multi-hyphenate theatre extraordinaire. She is the Creative and Programming Director at 54 Below, the author of Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Left Out and The Untold Stories of Broadway book series, and the conceiver of The Jonathan Larson Project. And that’s not even all of it.

I’ve admired Jennifer and her work for a long time and it was a lot of fun talking about documenting New York and theatre history, preserving Jonathan Larson’s legacy, and the overall joy of being excited about things.

Follow Jennifer (@jenashtep) on Instagram

The Jonathan Larson Project starts performances on February 14, 2025, for a limited engagement at The Orpheum Theatre. Get tickets at thejonathanlarsonproject.com

Purchase Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that History Books Left Out online or at the Drama Book Shop.

Special thanks to Alexa Spiegel for helping to make this episode happen.

Photo credit: Grace Flavien

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Find out more at janeaugust.nyc

Email: janeaugustnyc@gmail.com

This episode of the 'The Next Stop Is...' was recorded at BRIC House in Downtown Brooklyn with support from BRIC and premiered on Brooklyn Free Speech Radio. You can learn more about BRIC at https://bricartsmedia.org/