A NYC-based Writer/ Composer/ Playwright, and proud member of ASCAP, Bryan's musical The ToyMaker recently completed a critically acclaimed run at The Theatre @ St. Clements as an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link Project starring Rosena M. Hill (Ragtime, Spamalot, Come Fly Away, Oklahoma), Rob Richardson (Tale of Two Cities), Greg Stone (The Pirate Queen, Urban Cowboy, Oklahoma! and Les Miserables) and Jessica Burrows (Zhivago). Other recent accomplishments include an award-winning FringeNYC production of his musical Trouble in Shameland, starring Evita's Florence Lacey and a staged Reading of the aforementioned The ToyMaker at the York Theatre starring Christiane Noll, Zachary James, Justin Greer and Joan Barber and an amazingly talented cast. Both shows were finalists in the Richard Rodgers Award competition. More recently Bryan teamed up with orchestrator Josh Clayton for a DEMO recording of The ToyMaker. As a result the demo includes 5 fully orchestrated songs that can be sampled at www.thetoymakermusical.com. New works from Lullaby Street were premiered by invitation of The Metropolis Opera Project earlier in 2010. Bryan also appeared in a Musical World podcast with Tony nominee Christiane Noll with The Encore Theatre Company. Earlier works include several plays, short stories, screenplays and the musical Mannekin, produced in Wilmington, NC in 1998. Upcoming works: Lullaby Street, a musical / Dust, the musical and Jefferson’s Bible.
A member of AEA (Actor's Equity Association), he has performed all over the country in roles such as Leading Man Adam in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jasper in Drood, Dr. Neville Craven and Albert Lennox in The Secret Garden, Kodaly in She Loves Me, Jigger in Carousel, Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac, Delmount in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Riff-Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Cinderella's Prince/ Wolf in Into The Woods, Bobby in Company and most recently Dr. Parker in Bat Boy, The Musical.
ASCAP / AEA
“Musical direction by Kenneth W. Gartman is spot-on.” -NYTheatre.com
Kenneth has music directed productions in NYC and in theatres throughout the country. He most recently music directed a reading of Bryan Putnam’s new musical , The ToyMaker, at the York Theatre in NYC starring Christiane Noll. Before moving to NYC, Kenneth had a successful conducting career in Texas. He has conducted church choirs, community choruses, and school choirs as well. His choirs from Coppell High School in Coppell, TX performed at Carnegie Hall on The Final Concert of the Millenium - December 1999.
“Technically the show is superb: from the costumes (Renee Mariotti) to the lighting (Herrick Goldman) to the multimedia effects (Peter Van Valkenburg), each area of production is well-executed.” - NYTheatre.com
