Fallout
A family of Ukrainian immigrants flees anti-Semitism of Soviet Russia in the aftermath of Chernobyl to settle in Brighton Beach, where the son grows up to pursue the burgeoning tech world of the early 2000s in this new American musical inspired by the life of its composer/lyricst Dmitry Koltunov; book by Motown’s David Goldsmith.
The Writers
Dmitry Koltunov (Lyrics & Music) is a Ukranian born singer-songwriter, making his musical debut with Fireflies. Dmitry immigrated to NYC at the age of 10 from what was then the Soviet Union as a Jewish refuge. Dmitry’s writing focuses on his experience in chasing the American Dream, going from living on food stamps to working on wall street. He is the singer/guitarist for Broken Record Player, a NYC-based indie rock band that has performed at some of the best independent music stages of NYC such as Joe’s Pub and Rockwood Music Hall. Dmitry is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania where he studied Economics and Computer Science while taking classes in writing, poetry, jazz, and music theory. Dmitry has been writing, singing, and performing since an early age.
David Goldsmith’s (Book) plays American Guernica, Hotel Buzz and I Ragazzi are available for production through Broadway Licensing and Dramatists Play Service (www.dramatists.com). BROADWAY: Motown The Musical. WEST END: Motown The Musical, Imagine This (lyrics). NATIONAL THEATRE OF ISRAEL: Masada 1942 (book, lyrics). OFF-BROADWAY: Invisible Thread (Story Consultant), 2nd Stage Theatre, Diane Paulus, dir. LOS ANGELES: Having It All (book, lyrics), Ovation nominee, Best Musical, Best Book. DISNEY TV: “My Once Upon A Time” (lyrics) from Descendants 3. CARNEGIE HALL: Tribute To Stephen Flaherty (writer, curator, parody lyrics). David lives in Manhattan with his wife, Broadway’s Bryonha Marie. www.davidisawriter.com.
Development History
The musical now entitled Fallout began in 2017 as “Nasha America,” as part of a two-week incubator at University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music musical theatre department. The show held multiple NYC readings and workshops throughout 2018 and 2019 followed by a period of extended research during COVID. We grew the specificity of the show with deep ethnographic research into our two communities: Brighton Beach immigrants from Soviet Russia and Startup founders. These revisions led to a set of smaller workshops of the show and the title change to Fallout. Further revisions culminated in a concert/formal workshop in October of 2022, prior to submission to NAMT.
Connect
Jonathan Mills, Paradigm Agency: 212-897-6400 jmills@paradigmagency.com | David Goldsmith: 310-272-6385 davelyrics@mac.com | Dmitry Koltunov: 516-532-7721 dkoltunov@gmail.com