Civilians’ R&D In Process: A Sneak Peak at ASSISTED

R&D Group members Adam Chanler-Berat and Julian Hornik provide a glimpse at their new musical, ASSISTED, which will be presented in The Civilians' Findings Series this June.

Ahead of The Civilians’ FINDINGS Series, a works-in-progress reading series in which members of the R&D Group present the projects they’ve created over the course of nine months with the group, current members Adam Chanler-Berat and Julian Hornik sat down to discuss their piece, ASSISTED. The new musical follows a man embarking on a docu-theater project set in the memory care unit of an assisted living facility who must face destabilizing truths about himself and the facility he becomes enmeshed in. This meta-theatrical musical fantasia is a mediation on aging, dignity, and performance as a means of palliative care. 

Learn more about the project and get a sneak peek here, with Adam and Julian:


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Authors

  • Adam Chanler-Berat

    Adam Chanler-Berat (he/him) is known for his performances in the original companies of Broadway’s Next to Normal, Peter and the Starcatcher, Saint Joan, and Amelie as well as Off-Broadway in Assassins, Rent, Fly By Night and Fortress of Solitude among others. As a writer, he is proud to be a member of the Civilian's 2022-23 R&D group. Adam was a 2020 Rhinebeck Writer in residence with collaborator and Kleban Prize winner Ryan Scott Oliver. His play with music, Contra, has been workshopped at Ars Nova, was a finalist for Space on Ryder Farm 2018, and a semi-finalist for the 2020 O’Neill Festival New Music Theater Conference. Adam was a writer-in-residence with Barrington Stage (2021) as well as New York Stage and Film (2022). His Civilian’s R&D musical, Assisted, written with composer Julian Hornik, is currently a finalist for the 2023 Rhinebeck Writing Residency and Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor 2023 cohort.

  • Julian Hornik

    Julian Hornik is a composer/lyricist and librettist whose work has been performed at, amongst others, the Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Ars Nova, Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall, the Yale School of Drama, and every Gay Men's Chorus in the country. He has developed shows at Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, Vineyard Arts, Orchard Project, Johnny Mercer Songwriter’s Project, and the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop. Film and TV include Share (HBO), and animated series Helluva Boss. Recipient of the 2017 Lucille and Jack Yellen Award and the 2018 Sammy Cahn Award from the ASCAP Foundation; 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant finalist.

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