We are currently raising funds with an online
crowd funding campaignpowered by Rocket Hub.
Click this link to help us reach our goal!
From 1st workshop to off-Broadway or out of
town production we would love to have you with
us on the ground floor of getting this one of a kind
never-done-before original new musical to Broadway!
NOTE: Seed Money Gifts are NOT tax-deductible and are NOT investments.
To explore other ways of joining our
“Light in the Tunnel,LLC” team,
contact Wendy Sayvetz, Executive Producer
call (212) 316-6372, (917) 715-8506
or e-mail at wendy@abacaproductions.com
In exchange for a Seed Money Gift of ANY
amount to “Light in the Tunnel” you will receive a
Thank You gift from us in return.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page for a
detailed description. We will add you to our VIP
mailing list and keep you in the loop on the
show’s
progress, status and any/all performances.
*** There are TWO (2) ways to make a non-tax-deductible
“Seed-Money Gift” (of any amount) to “Light in the Tunnel”.***
1. By credit/debit card via our PayPal account
2. By check payable to Light in the Tunnel, LLC
Mail to:
Wendy Sayvetz
711 West End Avenue
#7C-South
New York, NY 10025
* Write “Light in the Tunnel Seed-Money Gift” on the check memo –
or in the appropriate description box of PayPal.
IF this donation outreach came to you from a specific
subway performer cast member of whom you are a fan, please
indicate the name of that performer somewhere on the check or
an enclosed note - or in the PayPal description box.
Thank You!
Meet our cast of NYC subway performers
performing "live underground" in this 10-minute promo video!
Listen to excerpts of original music by our cast
while viewing a slide show of our creative team and cast...
Your Seed Money Gift Will Be Used to Help
Cover Pre-Production/Development Costs
1) Transcribing 100 hours of taped interviews of our 25
subway performer cast members along with several of our
underground audience members - conducted by our
script/bookwriter, Barbara Damashek, this past June, 2012.
2) Transforming these transcripts into a first draft script and
musical score that is ready by the end of this summer, 2013.
At which point we bring it to potential “lead-producers” and/or
theater company venues with the aim of selling the option for
commercial production – we already have
several producers who are interested.
3) Putting our cast of 25 New York City subway performers
through a 1-2 week intensive stage-acting & movement/dance
workshop conducted by our Acting Coach/Associate Director
Suzanne Shepherd and Movement Coach/Choreographer, Roger G.
4) Finalizing and negotiating – through our pro-bono lawyers
via Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts – all necessary legal contracts including personal story usage rights from our subway performers
and collaboration contracts with our creative team members.
5) Miscellaneous expenses such as office supplies,
music composition software, interview transcription software,
promotional activities including local/ground transportation, and
other accounting, legal and administrative costs.
Our Thank-You Gifts to You
for Your Seed Money Gifts to Us...
$1 - $99
“Thank You” by name on the website and
in any/all production programs.
$100 - $249
1) A “Thank You” by name on the website and in
any/all production programs
2) One copy of our “Light in the Tunnel”
DVD-ROM including: promo video, slideshow of our
Creative Team and Cast with original music underscore
by our subway performer cast members - downloadable
full-length original songs of our subway performer cast members
3) 2 free tickets to the first workshop
production and 2 passes to any opening night party
$500 - $999
1) A “Thank You” by name on the website and in
any/all production programs
2) One copy of our “Light in the Tunnel”
DVD-ROM including: promo video, slideshow of our
Creative Team and Cast with original music underscore
by our subway performer cast members - downloadable
full-length original songs of our subway performer cast members
3) 2 free tickets to the first workshop production
and 2 passes to any related opening night party
4) 2 guest passes to sit in on a workshop
production rehearsal of the producers' choosing
$1000 - $2499
1) A “Thank You” by name on the website and in
any/all production programs
2) One copy of our “Light in the Tunnel”
DVD-ROM including: promo video, slideshow of our
Creative Team and Cast with original music underscore
by our subway performer cast members - downloadable
full-length original songs of our subway performer cast members
3) 2 free tickets to the first workshop production
and 2 passes to any related opening night party
4) 2 guest passes to sit in on a workshop
production rehearsal of the producers' choosing
5) a free “unplugged” intimate house concert for you
and your family/friends within the 5 boroughs of NYC
performed by Wendy Sayvetz and at least one
additional subway performer cast member
$2500 or more...
1) A “Thank You” by name on the website and in
any/all production programs
2) One copy of our “Light in the Tunnel”
DVD-ROM including: promo video, slideshow of our
Creative Team and Cast with original music underscore
by our subway performer cast members - downloadable
full-length original songs of our subway performer cast members
3) 2 free tickets to the first workshop production
and 2 passes to any related opening night party
4) 2 guest passes to sit in on a workshop
production rehearsal of the producers' choosing
5) a free “unplugged” intimate house concert for you
and your family/friends within the 5 boroughs of NYC
performed by Wendy Sayvetz and at least one
additional subway performer cast member
6) dinner with Wendy Sayvetz and at least one or
more members of our cast and/or Creative Team
And please visit us at Facebook!
Andrew Schulman - steady engagement in Manhattan at Picnic, every
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday night,
7:30-10:30 p.m.
August 6, 2013: Andrew Schulman's Abaca String Band will make their 4th appearance at musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
May 15, 2013: Andrew Schulman performs in the Music Room at the Ritz Hotel in London
March 11, 2013: Andrew Schulmanreturns to 2nd Floor On Clinton for his fourth concert of a 4-part series this year- with an all-Bach program. For more about Tony Powe's intimate concert series on the Lower East Side click here for link: 2nd floor on clinton
September 25, 2012: BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music: interview with Andrew Schulman
Listen to the program here
: Soul music - BBc radio 4
A WNBC News 4 TV news segment on guitarist Andrew Schulman has won two prestigious journalism and broadcasting awards -
Schulman is the Resident Visiting Artist at the Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine in New York City
The segment featuring Schulman playing guitar in the Beth Israel Medical Center - Surgical Intensive Care Unit - has won a NY Emmy in the Human Interest category and first place in the 48 Hour feature category of the Best of PhotoJournalism competition organized by the National Press Photographers Association
August 8, 2012: Andrew Schulman's Abaca String Band will make their third appearance at musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
June 26, 2012: Andrew Schulman returns to 2nd Floor On Clinton with a performace of Scarlatti, Schubert, Villa-Lobos, Jobim, and more at Tony Powe's intimate concert series on the Lower East Side.
October 1, 2011: Andrew Schulman appears as Guest Artist at Levon Helm's"Midnight Ramble" in Woodstock, NY
September 19, 2011: Andrew Schulman receives "Wonderful World Award" from The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine - more info
Andrew Schulman's arrangements for solo guitar are now in the PUMP AUDIO catalog. For more information and to license this music for commercial use click on the link:
Abaca String Band and Andrew Schulman solo guitar videos now available at
Wendy Sayvetz videos available at
Andrew Schulman plays guitars made by Darren Hippner
Wendy Sayvetz is creator and
co-director/producer (with Sundance Award-Winning filmmaker, Steve Yeager) of a documentary feature entitled Suzanne Shepherd - A Gift of Fire, which has received major support from Alan Alda and is currently fundraising for post-production. 15 minute trailer available upon request. View 5 minute trailer on