April 18-21, 2024
Presented by the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
POLYPHONE 2024
POLYPHONE 2024
FESTIVAL OF NEW AND EMERGING MUSICALS
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The Doctor is Dead
Book, Music & Lyrics by é boylan
Co-Directed by é boylan and Rose Freeman
Music Direction by Maya KocibaA contemporary fantasy for queer imaginations, The Doctor is Dead follows a secret society of trans outcasts living underground. Using their unique abilities to investigate a mysterious empty coffin, our outcasts sing a song of leaving, of grief that becomes giving, of what begins in the end.
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Sweetwater
Book & Lyrics by Patricia Noonan
Music by Liz Filios and Sean Mahoney
Directed by Megan Nicole O’Brien
Choreographed by Kat Borrelli
Music Direction by Garrick VaughanAs World War II shakes the nation, sisters Beth and Frankie journey to Sweetwater, Texas, where they join with women from across the country to fly for the US Army Air Forces.
From the fringes of the history books, Sweetwater brings the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) center stage in a story of duty, love, sisterhood, and the joys and costs that come with being pioneers.
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10th Anniversary Concert
Directed by James Bruenger-Arreguin
Music Direction by Joey RiceJoin us as we revisit ten years of Polyphone with a concert featuring songs and artists from past festivals. We will celebrate the cutting-edge work developed at Polyphone that has pushed the form toward a limitless and exciting future.