Other Theater Projects
Cancelled
Music and Lyrics by Melissa Li
Book by Kit Yan
Synopsis:
A scandal breaks in a progressive high school when Joey, the popular lesbian President of the GSA, accidentally sends an offensive tweet directed at Evan, a trans classmate. Tensions rise when their friends scramble to take sides, leaving Joey and Evan caught in the center of the drama.
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Virtual production at Diversionary Theater, San Diego (2020)
Commissioned by Keen Company for their Keen Teens program (2019-2020)
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This musical can be licensed through Concord Theatricals as part of the Keen Collections: Volume 8. Please visit: https://www.concordtheatricals.com/s/92839/the-keen-collection-volume-8
The Pussy Grabbers Plays
A collection of 8 short works inspired by the women who came forward
Produced by Kate Pines and Sharyn Rothstein
The Interview
Book and Lyrics by: Natasha Stoynoff
Music and Additional Lyrics by: Melissa Li
Lora Lee Gayer in Interview. Photo by Jenny Anderson
Synopsis:
The Pussy Grabber Plays is a theatrical production comprised of a series of short plays inspired by interviews with the women who came forward to tell the truth about Trump’s sexual assault and harassment.
The Interview was co-written by Natasha Stoynoff, one of the truth tellers whom Trump assaulted in 2005 while she was interviewing him for People. It was performed by Lora Lee Gayer at Joe’s Pub on January 14, 2019. Following the performance, all of the plays will be published online and offered royalty-free for any group that wants to perform the plays and spread awareness. All proceeds raised will be donated to local and national women's rights organizations.
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This musical can be licensed for performance royalty-free. All proceeds raised must be donated to local and national women’s rights organizations. To request permission and obtain a copy, please visit: https://www.thepussygrabberplays.com/get-involved
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99% Stone, The Theater Offensive (2011 cast)
99% Stone
Music and Lyrics by Melissa Li
Book by Letta Neely
Originally conceived by Abe Rybeck
Synopsis:
Based on the events leading up to the 1969 Stonewall Riots, 99% Stone tells the story of two flame queens, a stone butch dyke, and a Puerto Rican lesbian who finally rose up with the people and fought against institutionalized homophobia and discrimination on that one fateful night in June. Weaving the historic event with the resistance movements of present day, the musical follows two struggling groups of people as they take matters into their own hands.
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Originally created by Abe Rybeck as Rachel and Sybil at The Stonewall Inn, the show was a 20-minute piece of guerrilla theater that toured on the streets of Boston in the summer of 2011. Shortly after, The Theater Offensive brought in playwright Letta Neely and 99% Stone was born. A recipient of the NPN Creation Fund, the NPN Forth Fund, and the NEFA Expeditions Touring Grant, the musical had another successful workshopping street tour in the summer of 2012. The full-length show is scheduled for a staged reading in February 2013, a workshop production in Summer 2013, with a full touring production planned for 2014.