on september 14th, i’m presenting an original 20-minute musical at the bruno walter auditorium at the licoln center library as a part of the across a crowded room program through the new york public library. the cryptogram is a absurdist musical based on aso-neith cochran and lee de forest. book by divya mangwani, music & lyrics by benjamin walton (me), music directed by jonja merck, and our cast includes katherine winter, nick drivas, kinza surani, mollie downes, andrew sivco, and laura cetti. information about the event here.