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I was supposed to die, but I wrote a musical instead.

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JUNE 29, 2013
2pm - 4pm
NEW YORK CITY
CABARET MATINEE
THE UNITY CENTER
213 West 58th Street

Guest artists: Jim Brochu & Steve Schalchlin

July 2, 2013
10:30pm
NEW YORK CITY
BACKSTAGE AT 54 BELOW
WITH SUSIE MOSHER
54 Below
254 W 54th St, Cellar

---- WATCH FOR THE LONDON CAST ALBUM of THE LAST SESSION on JAY Records, produced by John Yap. The limited run at the Tristan Bates Theater was produced by Rob Harris for CliMar Productions starring DARREN DAY, SIMONE CRADDOCK, AJ DEAN, RON EMSLIE and LUCY VANDI.

PORTLAND OREGON
World Domination Summit.
July 5-7. Steve will present.

ABOUT STEVE

Steve Schalchlin: I'm a small town singer/songwriter living in New York City but my main job is to stay alive. I have been open about my HIV/AIDS positive status and even began blogging about it since before blogs were invented. I was featured recently in the NY Times and on BBC World News and will soon perform at the World Domination Summit in Portland, OR, which may be how you found me here.

I was supposed to die, but I wrote a musical instead: The Last Session. And the healing songs from that show created and has served a huge community and set me on a worldwide adventure that is still unfolding.

Historically, I became somewhat of note for having created the first online "AIDS diary," which pre-dated blogs -- one of the first to use social media to promote a theatrical production.

The diary was a daily report of a man dying. A "watch me die online" diary played out in real time. And then, by chance -- because my name was picked in a lottery for a new medication -- I did not die. The Death Watch became a Life Watch. Simultaneously, the little musical that could, The Last Session was playing Off-Broadway to glorious reviews and was revived in London in 2012 to also glowing reviews.

Living in the Bonus Round is a blog, a philosophy of health and life and the true story of a guy from a small town in Texas on an adventure in life, where time speeds up and the prizes are better.

MUSICALS:
THE LAST SESSION
THE BIG VOICE: GOD OR MERMAN?

EXPERIMENTAL/IN DEVELOPMENT:
NEW WORLD WAKING

GLBT:
My latest project is refashioning "New World Waking" from its concert hall size into an experimental "crowd-sourced event" suitable as a school/church/community project that focus on redemptive non-violence, using real life examples of people who were victims of bullying or other forms of violence. People I met here on the Internet.

MORE ON NEW WORLD WAKING:
I wrote it after I got to play John Lennon's "Imagine" piano because I met Gabi Clayton online, and then wrote and sang the story of her son, who committed suicide after a gay bashing. Then, somehow, George Michael heard about it, and the next day they were filming us:

http://www.youtube.com/v/tZ-lAy3Yxow?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

MUSICAL THERAPY:
I also donate my time as the Tenor in the back row and Resident Composer at Christ Church Bay Ridge, Episcopal church, which gives me a chance to learn from one of the great musical directors/musicians in New York, Mark Janas.

Though my primary work, today, is in theater, concert or cabaret stage, I'm really just a simple balladeer, at heart and am likely to sing in a hospice as a huge auditiorium. I'm pretty much the same, whether you put me in a tux or overalls.

The healing power of music is what I believe in.

SONGS:
If you're looking for material for your group, whether civic or religious, I got songs for you! Inspirational music suitable for any kind of campfire event, secular or religious. Easy to learn. With strong, emotional messages of thankfulness, courage and feeling reborn.

You can find these pieces at Watchfire Music. You can download sheet music to my songs as well as recorded demos to help those who don't read that well.

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Musical Awards and Honors

For the record and to impress our friends and relatives, a partial list of the honors for our musicals "The Big Voice: God or Merman?" and "The Last Session" which I wrote with life partner and playwright Jim Brochu of the recent hit play about Zero Mostel, "Zero Hour".

2013 The Autograph Best Original Music, The Last Session-London. What's On Stage.

Best Score, L.A. Drama Critics Circle 1997 & 2003.

Best Musical, L.A. Ovation Awards, 2005.

Best Musical, ADA Awards 2005.

Best Musical Director, ADA Awards 2005.

Best Lead Actor in a Musical nomination. L.A. Ovation Awards 2005.

PFLAG-LA Oscar Wilde Award, 1997 & 2003.

Best Concert of a Musical, Best Original Writing, Desert Theatre League Awards 2005.

Best Theatrical Production nomination, Off-Broadway & L.A. GLAAD Media Awards, 2004.

Best L.A. Theatre Production, GLAAD Media Awards, 1997.

(And thanks from me to all those groups. Prizes are fun. I like prizes.)

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