2025 – What’s coming up!
It’s a going to be a beautiful full year of performances – come say hi and I’ll tell you a good joke or give you a really solid high five!
winter

RUNNING ERRANDS
January 28th – 8PM
Running Errands is a short play series & a cheap ticket to see the most exciting, innovative local theater.
“What are you afraid of exactly?”
“Excerpt from an Unnamed C-Section Play” written by Madeline Wall, directed by Seth Campbell, and performed by Joni Griffith. Featuring live looping, music, and a question in the woods…
SPRING

LOVE SONG & LIBATIONS
February 14th – 7:30 PM
Join musicians Joni Griffith and Tommy Boynton in a night of music celebrating love through the ages! From the toe tapping standards of the golden age of jazz, to delicate and poetic compositions of norwegian art song, all the way to present day artists – these are our favorite songs expressing the multifaceted experience of love and all the laughter, heartache, confusion and joy that comes along with it.
Buy the full package including one slice of cheesecake, one glass of wine, and admission to the concert for $38.
Buy admission to the concert only for $25. You can always buy wine or cheesecake at intermission if it fits your fancy that night!

BOOK BY SARAH BANCHER
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY ABIGAIL AND SHAUN BENGSON
“I will let my heart break. What else can you do?”
“Hundred Days” is an exhilarating and heartrending true story about embracing uncertainty, taking a leap, and loving as if you only had 100 days to live. With magnetic chemistry and anthemic folk-punk music, creators Abigail and Shaun Bengson explore a fundamental question: how do we make the most of the time that we have?
SUMMER

ALICE TIERNEY
June 2025
Singing the role of Lyra with Opera Reading Project
Winner of the Opera America Discovery Award. Alice Tierney follows four archeologists who unearth the mysterious history of Alice Tierney; an infamous woman in 1880s Philadelphia. Tierney’s death was officially recorded as a suicide but others claim she was actually murdered. As the archeologists unearth her home, they also create multiple Alices; projections of who she might have been. This new opera explores how we construct and tell our stories, and how our stories shape the way we see ourselves and the world.
PAST EVENTS from 2024

Returning December 2024
A Tribute to the Victorian Music Hall @ Celtic Junction Arts Center



A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with COMBUSTIBLE COMPANY – June
Puck & Musical Composition


THE CRADLE WILL ROCK with AOT April 18 – 21
Swing for Mrs. Mister, Ella, Dauber, Steve, Cop

GIANNI SCHICCHI with ORP – FEB
Gherardino and cover for Nella

A new site-specific dance film created by Sydney Swanson with music by Joni Griffith
WHAT ARE MY HOPES FOR THE NEW YEAR AND BEYOND?
- Intentionally cultivate relationships with companies I’ve yet to work with, while still doing work with ones that I LOVE and ADORE (excited that this is already happening).
- Stop waiting for people to find me, and stop being afraid to ask them to hire me.
- Record more of my own music!
- Perform at some venues I consider scary.
- Be less afraid about vocalizing and verbalizing dreams I think are “too unrealistic”.

THE MUSIC LAB: INSPIRATIONS AND VARIATIONS
Available to watch NOW!
I am beyond excited to share this free online two-part video series written and conceived by myself, Hannah Howland, and Austin Jacobs in partnership with the Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony. Join us as we embark on a wild musical-magnetic adventure featuring none other than Mozart! Designed for elementary age children, this series explores how music is a continual and evolving conversation – a conversations with other musicians, artist, the birds outside your house, and the grocery next door!
You can find more information on the symphony’s website here.
The Music Lab is wcfsymphony’s new concert series for young audiences. Building on the three-decade history of our free Lollipops performances, The Music Lab makes musical creativity, experimentation and interactivity accessible to little concertgoers. The series launches digitally in 2021 and is available free and on-demand to educators, home schoolers, and families.
Stay in touch, I can’t wait to connect with you in 2024 and beyond!
Love, Joni
