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2019 ABOUT NYMF

Now in its 16th year, the New York Musical Festival is the premiere musical theatre festival in the world. Over 400 new musicals have premiered at NYMF and thousands of artists and administrators have participated in Festival productions. We are extremely proud of all the alumni writers who’ve been a part of the Festival since its inception. Since a musical is the most collaborative of art forms, we’re equally proud of the artists and administrators who have launched their careers through Festival positions both onstage and off. So “hats off” to all the directors, choreographers, musical directors, arrangers and orchestrators, designers, actors, musicians, managers, publicists, producers, casting directors, stage managers, wardrobe crew, deck crew, follow-spot operators, sound engineers, properties masters, and the dozens of other positions both on and offstage, all of whom worked together to bring to life the musical that you’re about to witness. When we say “Musicals Live Here” we mean that NYMF is the platform for all these wonderful theatre artists to launch or expand their professional careers. It is fair to say that the future of musical theatre lives here as well.

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NEW YORK MUSICAL FESTIVAL SCOTT PYNE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WEST HYLER, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Hi Friends, We are thrilled to welcome you to the 16th season of the New York Musical Festival! With 30 musical stories being told in full productions, concerts, and readings, you’re sure to find something that you love in this year’s Festival. All of our presentations are happening along two blocks of 42nd Street, the place where musical theatre dreams have been born for generations. We encourage you to have the full NYMF experience and visit all of our venues to take in all the different kinds of formats in which this year’s musicals are being presented. We’re also presenting industry-focused events like Michael Cassara’s audition workshop and The Road to NYMF Panel. Our Festival chair, Joe Iconis, is the guest artist for the NYMF songwriting workshop as well as giving an exclusive NYMF concert with a Q&A during the Festival’s third week, so there’s a good reason to come back every day of the 28 straight days of NYMF — every day of the week there’s something exciting happening! You’ll also notice there’s been a changing of the guard of the NYMF leadership team. It is our great honor to take over the reins of the Festival. As the new leadership, we want to thank all the artists and administrators past and present who have collaborated with us to bring the Festival to life, from the devoted NYMF staff that carries their love of musical theatre to work every day to our steadfast board, sponsors, and donors who provide the essential support for the celebration of musical theatre called NYMF. And to you — waiting with anticipation for the show to begin — thank you for coming to NYMF and believing in the power of musical theatre! In fellowship,

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THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAYOR’S OFFICE OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT NEW YORK, NY 10019 Dear Friends, It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 New York Musical Festival! The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) celebrates new works of musical theatre and offers New Yorkers a wonderful and unique festival experience. Throughout the year, the festival attracts unproduced works from across the country and then develops them through innovative collaborations in order to present them on the world’s stage during this festival. Through their efforts NYMF is building the next generation of musical theatre talent and expanding audiences for small musical productions. The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment is dedicated to advancing the visibility of musical theatre through a variety of programs and initiatives. Broadway in the Boros is our annual summer program bringing free Broadway and Off-Broadway performances to public spaces to reach diverse audiences throughout the five boroughs. In addition, we launched the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre which provides finishing funds to theatrical productions led by female-identified creatives. In the first round, we provided funds for 14 theatre productions. The next application deadline is October 2019. Also this year, we are commissioning a study on the economic and cultural impact of the New York City’s Off-Broadway and independent theatres and site-specific work, which we plan to release in the fall. Visit our website (www.nyc.gov/film) and follow us on Twitter (@madeinny) to discover everything New York City has to offer the creative community. ENJOY THE FESTIVAL!

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BY THE NUMBERS 23 shows have had commercial Off-Broadway productions

56 shows have recorded cast albums

About Face; A Letter to Harvey Milk; Altar Boyz; Balls... The Musical?; The Big Voice: God or Merman?; Captain Louie; Clinton The Musical; Desperate Measures; Frankenstein (Day of Wrath at NYMF); Brooklyn Crush (F@#cking Up Everything at NYMF); Gay Bride of Frankenstein; Gigantic (Fat Camp at NYMF); The Great American Trailer Park Musical; Gutenberg! The Musical!; Himself and Nora; The Last Smoker in America; Liberty; Play It Cool; REAL MEN, a musical for guys and the women who put up with them; R.R.R.E.D.: A Secret Musical; Rooms; The Shaggs; Vote for Me: A Musical

4 shows have opened on Broadway [title of show] • Next to Normal (Feeling Electric) Chaplin (Behind The Limelight) • In Transit (Along the Way)

Next to Normal writers, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (Walter McBride)

26 shows have had not-for-profit Off-Broadway productions

Bedbugs!!!; The Blue Flower; Bread and Roses; Brooklyn Crush (F@#cking Up Everything at NYMF); Christmas in Hell; Cross that River; Cyclops: A Rock Opera; Desperate Measures; Fingers and Toes; Gigantic (Fat Camp at NYMF); Gutenberg! The Musical!; In Transit (Along the Way at NYMF); Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical; The Kid Who Would Be Pope; Lonely Rhymes; Marry Harry, Midnight at the Never Get; My Vaudeville Man! (Mud Donahue & Son at NYMF); Next to Normal (Feeling Electric at NYMF)); The Other Josh Cohen (V-Day at NYMF)); The Piper; Shout! The Mod Musical; [title of show]; Unlock’d, With Glee; Yank!

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Shows have gone on to further productions in

50 STATES

1 Pulitzer Prize 7 Drama Desk Awards • 35 Nominations 1 Lucille Lortel Award • 24 Nominations 1 GLAAD Media Award • 3 Nominations 9 Helen Hayes Awards • 23 Nominations 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards • 16 Nominations

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1 Ovation Award • 11 Nominations 2 Barrymore Awards • 17 Nominations 2 Richard Rodgers Awards 3 Obie Award Citations 7 Jeff Award Nominations

In Transit writers, James-Allen Ford, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Russ Kaplan and Sara Word (Walter McBride, Broadwayworld.com)

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[title of show] writers Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell (Carol Rosegg, Playbill.com)

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3 Tony Awards • 13 Nominations

Chaplin writers Thomas Meehan and Christopher Curtis (Bruce Glikas, Broadway.com)

4 MILLION NYMF shows have gone on to reach an estimated 4 million theatregoers

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2019 ABOUT NYMF

THE NEXT LINK PROJECT AND THE NYMF ARTIST FELLOWSHIP A flagship of the Festival, NYMF’s Next Link Project is an innovative writers’ service program open to any writer – produced or unproduced, with or without agency representation. The program receives hundreds of submissions from all over the world each fall, and every script and demo recording is reviewed by numerous members of NYMF’s Reading Committee. A double-blind screening process, designed to ensure that the quality of the work and not the name of the author guides our readers, culminates in a select group of finalists being reviewed by a Grand Jury of leading musical theatre artists and producers. Finally, up to ten shows are awarded production spots in the Festival. The 2019 NYMF Grand Jury included OBIE and Drama Desk Award winning actress Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), NYMF Artistic Director West Hyler (Paramour), Tony Award-winning producer Jane Dubin (An American in Paris), Goodspeed Musicals’ Artistic Associate Anika Chapin, director Jenny Koons (Burn All Night), choreographer Lorin Latarro (Waitress), Rattlestick Artistic Director Daniella Topol, Public Theater Literary Associate Jack Phillips Moore, director Saheem Ali (Public Theater Mobile Unit’s Twelfth Night), LCT3 Associate Director Natasha Sinha, and the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory Mei Ann Teo.

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JOE ICONIS • 2019 NYMF HONORARY FESTIVAL CHAIR “As a writer who has been attempting to forge a path through the treacherous wilderness of the American musical theatre for the past twelve years, I can say from firsthand experience that NYMF is a vital and necessary part of our community. The platform and the support that NYMF provides musicals at the start of their sure-tobe unpredictable lives is invaluable and necessary. I am so beyond honored to be the honorary chair for this legendary festival that has already introduced the world to so many iconic musicals. I can’t think of another festival that showcases such a wide variety of dramatic artists, subject matters, and performance techniques, all falling under that glorious, sequined umbrella known as Musical Theatre. During the NYMF season, there is a palpable excitement racing through the streets of midtown. Festival patrons run from show to show, screaming one-sentence reviews at each other as they hurry to make the next curtain. “I loved it!” “I hated it!” “I got confetti in my hair!”

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Of course, the reviews themselves don’t matter, the thing that matters is that the community is talking about musicals. New musicals. Created by passionate artists who descend on our fair city for a few weeks in an effort to stir things up and, hopefully, add another title to the canon of Great Pieces of Musical Theatre. I am so thrilled to be the honorary ring master of this theatrical circus and can’t wait to shout my opinion on specific shows loudly at friends on 42nd Street.” — Joe Iconis JOE ICONIS is a Tony-nominated composer, lyricist, writer, and performer. He has authored the musicals Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, Bloodsong of Love, Love in Hate Nation, and many others. The original cast recording of his musical phenomenon Be More Chill has over 300 million streams worldwide, and his song “Broadway, Here I Come!” was hailed by the New York Times as a new entry in the Great American Songbook. Joe’s songs appeared on NBC’s “Smash,” and his writing has been featured in The New York Times and The Dramatist. He has been nominated for a 2019 Tony Award, two Drama Desk Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, and is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award, and Richard Rodgers Award.

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COME HEAR THE MUSIC PLAY. At the 2019 NYMF Concert Series, we’ve got a mix of musicals presented in concert as well as popular NYMF created events and an exclusive intimate concert with our 2019 Honorary Chair Joe Iconis!

ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL Music and Lyrics by Josh Canfield

With the cover of the night, zombies terrorize a small town, but when morning comes they leave no trace of their feasting, just missing people. One feisty news reporter, Shelly Sheets, is on the case when she witnesses her co-worker, Eve, being kidnapped and almost eaten by the creatures. Eve is then miraculously saved by one thoughtful zombie, whose new desire is to find his lost humanity. Shelly, her love-sick camera-man Kevin, Eve, and the zombie, embark on a mystical journey with singing fairies, dancing Oracles, hidden portals, and one magical lake — all the while chased by the gruesome leader of the “eaters”, Big Z, and his comedic, brainless band of zombies. fffffffffffAAAAAAAAAA\\\\\\

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 7/29 8pm

FINDING BEAUTIFUL

FELLOWSHIP ARTIST

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Anessa Marie and Danny Bristoll A celebration of identity, love, and life through the eyes of both a trans woman and gay man in today’s society. Featuring a full jazz ensemble and music influenced by both jazz and musical theatre, both unique voices combined offer a raw and unsung exploration of gender identity and the joys and sorrows of transitions, both physical and emotional, in America today. Finding Beautiful promises to speak to anyone who has juggled finding the beauty and love within themselves and the strength to be yourself unabashedly. Writer Anessa Marie is the 2019 NYMF Fellowship Artist. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 7/17 8pm, 7/19 1pm

HEAD AND HEART

CREATED BY NYMF

Music by Various Artists It’s said that the brain isn’t fully developed until age 25, but the battle for the mind is ongoing. Logic demands the clearcut fact, the rational guide. Emotion fights for the untamable colors, a raw feeling, an intuition. So how do we, as young people, navigate the tension of logic versus emotion that is prevalent in everything we do? Brought to you by an all-female team, Head and Heart explores this question, searching for our most authentic selves through a balance between the two. Presented by the 2019 Student Leaders.

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 8/3 1pm

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2019 NYMF CONCERTS INTERSECTING CHORDS: RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE CREATED BY NYMF IC Music by various artists

Too often in today’s world, the stories that carry the most power only share one side. If you could rewrite a story to redefine stereotypes or share a new perspective, what would it say? Join us for our concert series that celebrates female, queer, and trans artists who are changing the landscape of musical theatre. Featuring music by Zoe Sarnak, Angela Sclafani, Preston Max Allen, Ty Defoe, and many more! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 7/29 1pm, 8/2 5pm

JOE ICONIS IN CONCERT

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Music by Joe Iconis

Join our 2019 Honorary Festival Chair, Joe Iconis, in this intimate evening about his career and his music.

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 7/20 6pm

SAVAGE THE MUSICAL

Music and Lyrics by Nicolette Blount and John Waynelovich Savage is a dramatic musical inspired by the true story of 1920s Native American sharpshooter and silent film actress, Wanda Savage, as told through jazz- and-blues-influenced pop music. Wanda was a renegade performer who shot her way through circuses, vaudeville and Hollywood before landing in a Wyoming brothel. Savage is as relevant today as it was 100 years ago – the story of a divorced single mother who fought racism, sexism and abuse to make a name for herself. Her thirst for fame came at a heavy price...losing the one she loved most. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA

The Laurie Beechman Theatre 7/9 9:30pm, 7/14 1pm

SLIDE; A TALE OF MENTAL ILLNESS Written and Conceived by Caren Tackett

A concept album from the perspective of Sarah, a diagnosed schizophrenic woman trapped within a dysfunctional society.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre 7/9 6:30pm, 7/10 9:30pm

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2019NYMF NYMFCONCERTS CONCERTS 2019 SONGWRITING WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE With Ben Bonnema and Joe Iconis

Hear brand-new music from the participants of the introductory songwriting workshop led by Ben Bonnema (Apple Boys, Boys Who Tricked Me, Larson Award Winner). The week-long songwriting process culminates in an open presentation of participants’ work created during the workshop. Their songs will be performed by professional musical theatre actors and in front of special guest artist Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, The Black Suits) who will offer guidance and feedback. See page 24 for workshop information.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre 7/30 6pm

THE F*CK AM I DOING?

Music by Emily Rose Simons; Lyrics by Ali Keller Turning thirty means that “Finding yourself, figuring out what you want to be, and who you want to be with” is about to get a lot less charming and a lot more sad. The F*ck Am I Doing? is a concert series for the aging millennials who are still trying to find their place, their purpose, or their person — written by aging millennials who can relate to that #struggle.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre 7/16 9:30pm, 7/21 1pm

THE OLDENBURG SUITE

Music by Matthew Dylan Rose; Lyrics by James Feinberg The Oldenburg Suite is a sung-through musical about twelve tumultuous years in the lives of sculptor Claes Oldenburg, his wife, artist and art historian Coosje van Bruggen, and his brother Richard, Director of the Museum of Modern Art. A saga of seventies self-invention narrated by Andy Warhol, the show follows Claes as he struggles to overcome his audience’s preconceptions, Coosje as she becomes an artist in her own right, and Richard as he fights to lend stability to the strike-rattled MoMA. SSSSSSSSSSSSS

The Laurie Beechman Theatre 7/27 2pm, 7/28 1pm

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU... The free Developmental Reading Series showcases promising musicals early in their development. After working on their shows in consultation with NYMF staff and dramaturgs, eleven writing teams will bring their work to life with some of NYC’s most talented performers — and you get to give feedback! Don’t miss this chance to say you knew them when.

ABDUCTION

Book by T.J. Pieffer; Music by Becki Toth and Brad Kemp; Lyrics by T.J. Pieffer and Becki Toth Science! Cows! Musical Theatre! In the small town of Pluto, Indiana, Pippa Peterson must save the day from mysterious extraterrestrial lights before her whole town is beamed into outer space. It’s “The Twilight Zone” flipped on its head, with a cast of larger-than-life characters, snappy dialogue, and space jams that will get stuck in your head for light years to come!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Studio 7/19 7:30pm, 7/21 12pm, 7/21 3pm

BISLAND & BLY

Lyrics by Marialena DiFabbio and Susannah Jones; Music by Marialena DiFabbio; Book and Additional Music by Susannah Jones In November 1889, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland set off in opposite directions on a history-making race around the globe to beat Phileas Fogg’s fictional record from Around The World In Eighty Days. Though a world apart, Nellie and Elizabeth finds themselves on a journey that will change and connect their lives forever. Bisland & Bly is the story of two remarkable and remarkably different women who dared to persist in the pursuit of their dreams. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAA

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Studio 7/16 12:30pm, 7/19 2pm, 7/21 7pm

BROTHER NAT

Book and Lyrics by Liana Asim and Jabari Asim; Music by Allyssa Jones and Damien Sneed. In this sung-through musical inspired by Nat Turner’s historic slave insurrection, the hero toils and dreams of freedom until an Angel appears and issues a divine directive: rise and revolt! The sign Nat has been waiting for arrives: a solar eclipse. In the darkness, he gathers his warriors and seizes the plantation. Against all odds, Nat dares to RISE above injustice, REVOLT against slavery and believe in the REDEMPTION of all humanity. AAAAAAAAAAAAA

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Studio 7/15 7pm, 7/17 4pm, 7/17 7pm

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TITLE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES)

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TITLE SUMMER FREEDOM

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BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N URIED CHANCE EVERYTHING IS OKAY (AND OTHER HELPFUL LIES) FINDING BEAUTIFUL FLYING LESSO HEAD AND HEART HERO ILLUMINATI LIZARDS FROM OUTER SPA REEDOM SUMMER KAFKA’S METAMORPHOSES: THE MUSICAL LADYSHIP LEAVING ED NTERSECTING CHORDS ISSISSIPPI THE MUSICAL MY REAL MOTHER OVERTURE THE MUSICAL QUEEN E: THE RELUCTANT ROY S L I D E ; A TA L E O F M E N TA L I L L N E S S THE DISAPPEARING MA AVA G E T H E M U S I C A L TILL UNDERGROUND: AN URBAN TA HE F*CK AM I DOING? THE OLDENBURG SUITE BDUCTION ALIVE! THE ZOMBIE MUSICAL BISLAND & BLY BLACK HOLE WEDDING BROTHER N 2019

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