Wordsmiths: Three Musicals and an Opera

Musicals & Operas · bgsz musicals · Ages 13+ · United States of America

world premiere

A DREAM AT THE END OF TIME
In this adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story “The Quest of Iranon”, a golden-haired bard is on a journey to find his lost homeland of Aira. Along the way, he encounters Romnod, a youth who longs for art and music, who joins Iranon on his mission. As they get closer to their destination, though, it becomes clear that Iranon isn’t who he seems.

COFFEE: THE MUSICAL
A musical comedy about two best friends who open a coffee shop together, and their struggles to keep it open in the face of various hijinks. Gina wants her shop to succeed, while Nikki is more preoccupied with her crazy business schemes. Desperate, Gina reaches out to Sammy—the CEO of the largest coffee brewery around—for help. Meanwhile, their customers Jack and Eve just want to pass their upcoming exam, which gives Nikki the perfect opportunity to test out her latest product…

FREE THE FISH
Vance is a frustrated young environmentalist who can’t stop his family from using illegally caught fish in their chain of Tallahassee fish fry
restaurants. When environmentalists target the restaurant his father decides he’s going to steal the mayoral election and lockup the protesters. Now Vance must choose between his love of all things aquatic and his criminal family. Will he fish or cut bait? That is the question.

& an opera

GABA GIRL , a new monodrama by composer Whitney George and librettist Bea Goodwin, focuses on famed mannequin Cynthia of 1930s Saks Fifth Avenue. George and Goodwin, with the help of soprano Rebecca Richardson, unearth a fetishism of long legs, latex and the perfect woman. The New York Times hailed George and Goodwin’s ‘Princess Maleine’ as their “Top Four Classical Musical Events of the season” as well as accolades from The New Yorker, WQXR and OperaWire.

Production Team


* Fringe Veteran