LEWIS LOVES CLARK

Book and lyrics by Mike Ross
Music by Dylan MarcAurele

FRIDAY, AUG 8, 7:30 p.m.

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Lewis Loves Clark is a funny, fast-paced epic about the famous Corps of Discovery expedition. Combining bluegrass, folk, and pop, this tragicomedy follows Meriwether Lewis (a depressed closeted alcoholic), William Clark (just breathtakingly oblivious), Sacagawea (permanently exasperated), and York (would rather be birdwatching) as they grapple with the not-so-great unknown. There is also a cute stuffed dog.

Lewis Loves Clark was presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in 2024. www.namt.org. Developed in part at the Barn on Fire Residency, a program of New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Art Project.

DEAR MR. C

Book, Music, and Additional Lyrics by Tidtaya Sinutoke
Lyrics by Lily Ali-Oshatz and Naomi Matlow

SATURDAY, AUG 9, 2:00 p.m

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Dear Mr. C is an intimate, verbatim, indie-pop memoir with a hint of traditional Thai lullaby that tells the story of a Thai writer who’s trying to find peace after one phone call from Thailand turns her world upside-down.

Jet City Improv presents: An Improvised Musical!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 5:00 p.m.

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You bring the title—we bring the show. With Broadway in our hearts and chaos in our hands, the cast creates a fully improvised musical right before your eyes. No script. No plan. Every word, step, and note is made up on the spot—raw, fearless, and on fire.

From show-stopping numbers to wild twists, this is musical theater like you’ve never seen before.

Featuring the We Have Some Notes Ensemble

The Goree All-Girl String Band

Book and Lyrics by Jenny Stafford
Music and Lyrics by Artie Sievers
Story by Ashley Monroe, Artie Sievers, and Jenny Stafford

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 8:00 p.m.

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The year is 1938, and The Goree All-Girl String Band is the biggest new radio sensation in Texas. They also happen to be convicted criminals. The six band members teach themselves music from behind bars and earn a slot on a prison-based radio program. Through sisterhood, determination, and a little bit of luck, these women work (and play) together to fiddle their way to freedom. Inspired by a true story, The Goree All-Girl String Band is a tale of redemption with echoes of modern-day questions about women’s prisons.

LEGENDALE
Music by Andrea Daly
Book & Lyrics by Jeff Bienstock
Story by Bienstock and Daly

SUNDAY, AUG 10, 2:00 p.m.

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Andy only feels alive when he’s online playing “Legendale,” the most epic role-playing video game of the 2010’s. After a series of misfortunes pushes him to the edge of despair, an unassuming milkmaid offers him a road to rediscovering his inner warrior. Legendale explores adventure, romance, and the power of fantasy, in a musical comedy that reminds us how to feel alive. Spunky, funny, and full of heart, Legendale is for grown ups (and aspiring grown-ups), and anybody who wants to remember that between the grind of work and stress of life, we all deserve a little ‘play.’

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