David Kornfeld

Words: Rebecca Hart
Music: David Kornfeld

Productions:
Civilians R&D Findings Series 2019

Originally developed as part of the Civilians R&D Group 2018-2019, Microcosmos is an explosive and lyrical rock odyssey into the hidden galaxies of the mind.

Based partly on our own neurodiverse lives (epilepsy and Tourette's), we are asking questions about creativity, sanity, and what we consider "normal."

Civilians Blog Post

Words: Alex Higgin-Houser
Music: David Kornfeld

PRODUCTIONS

The Actor’s Church Covent Garden 2018

Underscore Theatre 2018 –
Jeff award Nominee:
   -Production (Musical)
    -New Musical
-Director (Nick Thornton)
-Music Director (Robert Ollis)
-Performer in a Leading Role (Bridget Adams-King, as Lucy Parsons)
-Ensemble (The Anarchist Folk Band)

Underscore Theatre 2016 –
Jeff award Nominee:
    -New Musical
    -Lighting

“Kornfeld, whose prospects are exceptionally bright, is headed to New York this fall. I suspect I’ll be writing his name again...This is a very accomplished suite of songs." - CHRIS JONES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE ★★★

"The score for “Haymarket” is a real beauty, with everything from songs designed to marshal the masses, to sophisticated love songs, to the mocking “Order of the Gallows” (when the women whose husbands are imprisoned pin symbolic nooses to their lapels). Riffs from “La Marseillaise” are tossed in for good measure, too. I can’t deny I’d like to hear it all again…There is so much heart and truth in this production” -HEDY WEISS, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

"This is a story not only of historical significance but one with a sweep and grandeur worthy of musical theater. There’s the political struggle and violence of Les Mis, the rigged trial of a Scottsboro Boys, the class consciousness and racial struggles of Ragtime...Kornfeld’s melodies and harmonies have the simpler structures of folk music of the era but are lovely and accessible, while Higgin-Houser provides very solid and frequently funny lyrics...A very significant show" -JOHN OLSON, CHICAGO THEATRE BEAT ★ ★ ★

"One of the finest new musicals mounted on a Chicago stage in years!...Haymarket is proof positive that the American musical is, indeed, in good hands!...Sparkling...This show has so much promise – don’t miss it!” -CHICAGO CRITIC

"The music in the second act is outstanding. It goes from one strong number to another...One of the other things that’s very powerful about The Anarchist’s Songbook is the use that the show makes of relevant musical traditions. So there’s singing that evokes the male German chorale style of singing, there’s a lot of string folk associated with the labor movement, there’s accordion music which goes with the sort of Irish and Polish members of the working class, and I just found that exceptionally thoughtful and powerful as we tell a story, because we have tendency to think about the working class as a single entity, and this musical olio evokes the multiplicity of people and kinds of people who were involved in the movement...it’s a very lilting score, a very lovely score, and particularly apt for the show." -THE DUELING CRITICS

"People who would like [Haymarket] are people who like awesome women of the noose, circus trials, and dynamite. I think people should definitely go see this show. It was a super fascinating story and I hope everyone will go see it." -ADA GREY

"Melodies are infectious and spot on" -PERFORMINK

"Glimpses of greatness abound." -CHICAGO READER