"Perfect Crush" by Ethan Farmer, performed by Kate Louissaint, ft. Daniel Arana

The 7th annual Write Out Loud: From Contest to Concert presentation was held on September 15th at 54 Below in New York City.

The evening was hosted by Taylor Louderman (Tony Nominee, Mean Girls) with musical direction by Adam Laird and featuring a cast of New York theatre’s finest including:

•Shelby Acosta (Real Women Have Curves, 1776),
•Jenna Bainbridge (Wicked, Suffs),
•Desmond Luis Edwards (How to Dance in Ohio),
•Ryan Jacobs (2025 Write Out Loud finalist)
•Hannah Kloepfer (Pitch In)
•Taylor Iman Jones (Six, Head Over Heels, Groundhog Day),
•Tony Award® nominee Julia Knitel (Dead Outlaw, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical),
•Kate Louissaint (A Wonderful World),
•Bailey McCall (MJ the Musical, Waitress),
•T.J. Newton (Empire: The Musical Off-Broadway),
•Daniel Quadrino (The Who’s Tommy, Newsies)
•Lamont Walker II (Hell’s Kitchen, MJ The Musical,)
•Tony Award® nominee A.J. Shively (Paradise Square, Bright Star)
•Kuhoo Verma (Monsoon Wedding, Octet)
•Daniel Arana (Z Team, It’s A Wonderful Life)

The concert featured the work of 2025 Write Out Loud CONTEST WINNERS — “The Risk” by Freddy Hall; “I Will Go” by Amanda D’Archangelis and Sami Horneff; “Perfect Crush” by Ethan Farmer.

As well as the 2025 FINALISTS: Abbie Goldberg and Mason McDowell, Ash, Asher Shectman and Benji Hafetz-Price, Annabelle Dinda, Caroline Game and Michael Oosterhout, Gideon Temple and Hank Temple, Jack Richman, Julia Gytri and Avi Amon, Myles Carter, and Ryan Jacobs.

The band featured musicians Adam Laird (piano), Matt Brown (guitar), Magda Kress (bass), and Ryan McCausland (percussion).

Produced by Sarah Glugatch, Josh Collopy, and Hannah Kloepfer with music supervision by Benjamin Rauhala (Disney Princess - The Concert) and additional orchestrations by Nicholas Connors.

The 2025 concert presentation was generously sponsored by Nederlander Organization, Mary Strauss, Sean Walsh and Henry Tisch, Jenny Steingart and Ars Nova Entertainment with special thanks to John Gore Organization and Ken Davenport.

Special thanks to Mitch Burke.

Videography by Kayleen Bertrand.
Cover Photography by Rebecca J Michelson.