Our first musical, E=MC2,A Musical Journey Through The Extraordinary Life Of Albert Einstein, was written by Soroca & Allocca (Karen Soroca and Janet Marie née Janet Allocca – https://danstarproductions.com) who have been writing songs together for over twenty years.

Karen Soroca grew up in a family of scientists which led to her early interest in Albert Einstein. After studying Professor Einstein for years, she approached her writing partner, Janet, in December 2018 about co-writing a musical based on this extraordinary man’s life. By January 2019, Karen and Janet began their collaboration, starting first with the songs and then the libretto. An informal read through was held in November 2019 in San Rafael, CA, followed by script and song revisions and the physicist/technical advisor, Vincent Dumont, Ph.D., reviewing everything for historical and scientific accuracy. Then, covid hit in March 2019, closing theatres throughout the United States and bringing everything to a halt.

By April 2022, theatres began to open, making it possible for them to hold a highly successful Equity-approved staged reading at the Victory Theatre Center (VTC) in Burbank, CA.

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Cast and crew, left to right: Row – 1 Dr. James H Forsell, Janet Marie, Karen Soroca, Elaine(EE)Moe, Diane Burt, Linda Lukas; Row 2 (seated) – Jennifer Kersey, Chris M. Allport, Kristin Towers-Rowles; Row 3 – Randy Crenshaw, Renae Jacobs, Jeff Sable, Susan Soriano, Brigit Comeau, Jennifer Bennett; Row 4 – Mike Genovese, Michal Dawson Connor, Jeremy Matticks, Koelen Andrews, Brandon Alexander Guzman, Trevor Shor.

After a few more edits to the libretto and music, in the summer of 2022, all the songs were orchestrated/arranged so live musicians (instead of a pre-record) could be used for the upcoming performances.

The next plan is to do a one-month run of four performances per week in an LA theatre.

To learn more about E=MC2
https://emc2themusical.com