Triple R is a three-step development incubator designed to accelerate an alumni musical towards production. The program begins with a cold table read in NYC to hear the initial draft aloud, followed by a 5-day writing residency in Rhinebeck to further develop the piece, and culminates with a staged reading back in NYC to collaborate with a cast and creative team. The staged reading of LOST CITY RADIO will be directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Suffs) and music directed by PJ Ju, and is produced in partnership with NEW NEXT NOW.
Join us on May 14, 2026 in NYC for a final reading presentation.
ABOUT LOST CITY RADIO
Based on the acclaimed novel by Daniel Alarcón, Lost City Radio is the story of Norma, a radio host in a country where radio is the only source of media. Ten years after a failed attempt to overthrow the military regime, what started as a radio show meant to find people who have disappeared during the war has become a propaganda machine for the state. Norma's own husband was one of the "disappeared," but when a young orphan named Victor shows up at her radio station with a clue to her husband's whereabouts, the two must work together to learn the truth and perhaps form their own family in the process.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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JOEL PEREZ wrote and directed The Upper Room which premiered at New Fest in 2025. He also directed and co-wrote Villa Encanto which premiered at the Tribeca Festival and was executive produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. He wrote and starred in Beautiful, FL which premiered on Disney+ in 2023. Other writing includes Stir, a play commissioned and world-premiered at the Old Globe Theater, developed at The Huntington Theatre, and which received an Elliot Norton Award for Best New Script, Lost City Radio (NYSAF, Berkeley Rep Ground Floor, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), and Love in Gravity (Award winning narrative podcast series). He is a 2021 Warner Bros. Discovery 150 Artist Grant recipient for his original comedy pilot You’re Tired, You’re Poor which 20th Television optioned for development. He won the 2021 Voces Latinx National Playwriting Competition for his play From the Fountain. He is a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Playwriting from NYFA. His acting work includes Fun Home (Broadway), Kiss My Aztec! (Hartford Stage), As You Like It (The Public Theater), and Sweet Charity (New Group; Lortel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical). Film work includes tick, tick… Boom! (Netflix). TV work includes Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (NBC), Person of Interest (CBS) and Odd Mom Out (Bravo). Follow him at @misterjoelperez and visit www.misterjoelperez.com
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BENJAMIN VELEZ is a Tony-Nominated composer/lyricist whose shows include Real Women Have Curves (Broadway, ART), The Tempest (Shakespeare In The Park), Kiss My Aztec (La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage), and Borderline (O’Neill). He was a Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellow and winner of the Fred Ebb Award, a Jonathan Larson Grant, the Stephen Schwartz Award, and the Kleban Award for lyric writing. He’s developed other original musicals, including Starblasters, Afterland and Lost City Radio at Ars Nova, Sundance at UCROSS, Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor, NYSAF, and the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. Proud member of the Advanced BMI workshop. Born and raised in Miami, FL.
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