Los Angeles, CA – June 6, 2019 : For Immediate Release
The Hollywood Fringe Festival premiere of Cave Girl The Musical – Glennis McCarthy, a long-standing performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, brings the true story of her struggle with addiction and her original brand of musical comedy to a darkly hilarious and touching new solo musical. Cave Girl The Musical tells the story of Gloria, a woman who leaves her life behind to live in a cave where she thinks she can finally be free. As a last-ditch effort to stay in the cave, Gloria attempts to disappear into a musical. When the music fades and the true villain is revealed, she is faced with the one thing she has been trying to avoid, the truth. McCarthy imagines, “the different path my life could have taken had I not found the road to sobriety and happiness. I hope to endear people who struggle with addiction or mental health issues to audiences who might not otherwise understand.” The show-within-a-show and parody musica
