PROFESSOR BARBICANE

AUGUST 2019 - JANUARY 2020

Do we all have a place in the universe? If so, where is it? And what happens when the lives of a queer Victorian-era astronomer, a Lunar Goddess, and a skeptical young alien collide during one pivotal journey to the moon? Through an eclectic score that combines punk, prog rock, and 19th-century operetta, this piece loosely inspired by George Méliès's film explores man's desire to conquer, the fascination of space, and the breaking binaries.

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History:

• Semi-Finalist, 2021 Polyphone Festival, University of the Arts, PHL

• Concert Reading, 2020 The Maas Building, PHL

• Staged Reading, 2019 Temple University, PHL

• Table Reading, 2019 Simple Studios, NYC

• Workshop, 2019 Temple University, PHL

• Developed in part at the George and Joy Abbott Center for Musical Theater at Temple University, PHL