CATHY LAWRENCE
(917) 596-2258
SPARKS!
A new musical by Cathy Lawrence, in collaboration with Eeppi Ursin and the cast
"Sparks! is an effervescent gem of a show. This compact contemporary musical brings you along the surprising, touching, and funny journey of two souls searching for meaningful connection. We thoroughly enjoyed the music, story, and the engaging cast. And the post-show improv at the end is hilarious! "-Karen Rutberg
Can one date change the world?
On a first date, Kitty, a horse-loving Cantor, and Lenny, a crack computer coder, long for a better world. He thinks dating should be about creating something to benefit others. She excitedly relates this to the Jewish concept of social justice: Tikkun Olam - repairing the world through good deeds. They hatch a wild plan to write a musical about the new dating concept.
But Kitty is soon disheartened by Lenny's insistence on using artificial intelligence. The musical waiters watch, wait, and craftily help the date along, ultimately embracing Tikkun Olam and discovering a spark or two of their own!
Performances and Reviews
August 31, 2025 2 PM
August 31, 2025 7PM
MEET THE CAST
NORA
BIO:
Originally from Taiwan, Yanzi Ding is a bi-lingual actress, singer-harpist, and pianist, as well as an immigration consultant at an NYC law firm. She is also the founder of Dear Nomadic Artists, a production company dedicated to supporting foreigners and international students in achieving success in the United States.
For creative content, please visit Instagram@yanziding2222 or yanziding.com
She is also the founder of the production company Dear Nomadic Artists, dedicated to supporting foreigners and international students in achieving success in the United States.
For more creative content, please visit Instagram @yanziding2222 or yanziding.com.
Originally from Taiwan, Yanzi Ding is a bilingual actress, singer-harpist, pianist, and immigration consultant working at a law firm. She is also the founder of the production company Dear Nomadic Artists, dedicated to supporting foreigners and international students in achieving success in the United States.
For more creative content, please visit Instagram @yanziding2222 or yanziding.com.
Originally from Taiwan, Yanzi Ding is a bilingual actress, singer-harpist, pianist, and immigration consultant working at a law firm. She is also the founder of the production company Dear Nomadic Artists, dedicated to supporting foreigners and international students in achieving success in the United States.
For more creative content, please visit Instagram @yanziding2222
or yanziding.com.
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LENNY
BIO:
Like the character they play, Sam Kline is very much into computers, and will soon complete a degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University. SPARKS! marks their first foray into theater since high school. Sam has been singing since he was a child, both in synagogues as a cantorial soloist and as the lead singer and bass player of The NY Troubadours, an acoustic cover band.
KITTY
BIO:
Logan Elizabeth Sigler is a Manhattan based actress and singer who is absolutely thrilled to be a part of "Sparks!". Originally hailing from Montana, Sigler moved to New York a few years ago and has since found immense joy in the community, culture, and grittiness of this beautiful island. Her favorite role was Maria in "The Sound of Music," and-- on top of Musical Theater-- Sigler loves to sing jazz, opera, and folk music. She hopes you enjoy the show!
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PAUL
BIO:
Paul Green may have resting murderer face but he’s actually harmless. He has been performing comedy for over 15 years starting in 2008 as an improviser and actor. In 2014 Paul expanded his comedy career as he begin performing stand-up Comedy in Tempe, Arizona. In 2015 Paul followed his dreams and moved to hollywood to pursue comedy and acting in the big leagues. After 7 years in Los Angeles he performed at some of the most iconic comedy clubs in the world such as the Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory Hollywood, The Hollywood Improv and more. In 2025 Paul hopped coasts to New York where he performs comedy and theater.
Cathy Lawrence
Writer/Director/Producer
MEET THE WRITER/PRODUCER
Cathy has a master's degree in Voice and Opera from Mannes College of Music ('87). She studied voice with Judith Nicosia, Margaret Hoswell, Pat Misslin, Steve Smith, and Jeanie Lovetri along with singing-acting studies with H. Wesley Balk throughout the mid to late 1980s. She was ordained as Cantor from the Academy for Jewish Religion ('03). She has Level III certification in Somatic Voicework, the Lovetri Method ('09). She was Faculty at the Mannes College of Music -The New School, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy. She was a soloist with Minnesota Opera (New Works Ensemble), Connecticut Grand Opera, Long Beach Opera, Virginia Symphony, the Amato Opera, and others, and with Gamelan Son of Lion, and Mothra, a nine woman rock band. She was the stage and musical director for Citywide Youth Opera in NYC and the Summer Arts Festival in Albany and directed and studied at The Barrow Group Theater in Manhattan. She also directed graduate and undergraduate students in the Opera Scenes Class at Mannes College of Music, taught singing-acting workshops at Mannes and Queens College in NYC and in the Vozplena school in Rio de Janiero and is an ordained cantor. Her late husband Stephen Lawrence was a well known composer, whose website you may view here: www.stephenlawrencemusic.com. Her sons, Sam and Nicholas Kline, have a trio (which she manages and coaches) that plays acoustic versions of classic rock music: www.NYTroubadours.com.