June 25, 2023 by Steve Schalchlin.

The exciting true journey in story and song of a dying singer/songwriter who grew up in church but found salvation in musical theater. Singer-Songwriter Steve Schalchlin has performed on theater stages, in symphony halls, cabarets, churches and temples across the world. Steve is most well known for his Off-Broadway musicals (written with partner, Jim Brochu) “The Last Session” (NY Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, L.A. Drama Critics Circle winner, Best Musical & Score, GLAAD winner), “The Big Voice: God or Merman?” (LA Ovation Best Musical), his Mass (“Miss Appassionata”) and song cycle for peace “New World Waking,” which debuted at Davies Symphony Hall with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. Winner of BroadwayWorld.com’s Editor’s Choice Songwriter of the Year for 2015, his AIDS education concerts have played such institutions as Harvard University, Stanford, Penn State and the American Jewish University in L.A. He is renowned as the first AIDS blogger. He is proud to have played John Lennon’s Imagine piano and has dedicated his life to the healing power of music.