Casting for the first full-length reading of Lighthouse of the Singing Birds includes Tony Award winner Lillias White (The Life, Hadestown, Disney’s “Hercules”), Nichelle Lewis (The Wiz on Broadway, Ragtime at Encores), plus stage and screen talents Charlie Burnham (violinist/composer), Starr Busby(Octet, The Beautiful Lady), Jared Wayne Gladly (Aladdin, Frozen), Yayoi Ikawa (jazz pianist/composer), Polanco Jones (The Wiz), Marla Lou (Theater Producers of Color 2023, Hadestown), Matthew D. Morrison (musicologist), and Mercy Viola (cultural worker/performance artist).

Marla Lou’s featured interview in Fordham News’ “20 in Their 20s” series.

Marla Lou talks about all things Hadestown and Claim Our Space Now in this interview with Los Angeles Wave Magazine.

Marla Lou’s becomes a member of Theater Producers of Color’s third Producer Cohort.

Marla Lou gets a shoutout in the Haitian Times.

Marla Lou talks with Playbill about making the revolution irresistible and the founding of Claim Our Space Now.