top of page

10-MINUTE MUSICAL COLLECTION

Book & Lyrics by Greg Edwards
Music by Andy Roninson

Comedy

The Almost In-Laws

6-8thgradepresident-v2.png

Des has to introduce his fiancée to his parents, and they're, well... elves.

Overview

Cast Size

4 (2m, 2f)

Duration

11 Mins. Approx.

Setting

A forest near Delaware. Not Christmas time.

Subgenre

Christmas/Holiday, Fantasy

Themes

Family, Relationships, Acceptance, Marriage

Target Audience

Appropriate for all audiences

Style

Contemporary Musical Theatre

Instrumentation

Piano/Vocal

Additional Resources

Accompaniment Tracks

Cautions

N/A
Synopsis

Casting Information

  • DES - Late 20s, an average city-dwelling man, Jennifer’s fiancé.

  • JENNIFER -  Late 20s, a smart city-dwelling woman, Des’ fiancée.

  • MOTHER - Looks 50s, Des’ mother, matronly.

  • FATHER - Looks 50s, Des’ father, patronly.

Songs

Full Show
00:00 / 11:16
Some of Our Best Friends
00:00 / 01:53
Parents Are Dumb
00:00 / 01:32
Happy Happy Elf Elf (Reprise)
00:00 / 01:17
Casting & Songs
Media

Media

Production History

Batavia Players

Date: August 27-28, 2021

Venue: Batavia, NY


Telo Presenta

Date: August 23-27, 2021

Venue: Streaming


Staples Players

Date: May 20-22, 2021

Venue: Westport, CT


Bard High School Early College

Date: May 27-28, 2020

Venue: Queens, NY


Bennington Community Theatre

Date: November 15-17, 2019

Venue: Bennington, VT


City Theatre

Date: May 31-July 1, 2018

Venue: Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL

Producer: Susan Westfall on behalf of City Theatre


Sound Bites, Theatre Now New York

Date: May 21, 2018

Venue: Signature Theatre Center, New York, NY

Producer: Chris Giardino on behalf of Theatre Now New York

DES: Kyle Olsen

JENNIFER: Rebecca Odorisio

MOM: Adrien Swenson

DAD: Nicholas Alexiy Moran

DIRECTOR: Erin Thompson

MUSIC DIRECTOR: Andy Roninson

The Almost In-Laws won Best Musical at the Sound Bites festival.


Take a Ten Musicals Podcast

Date: August 1, 2015

Venue: takeatenmusicals.com and associated podcast feed

Producer: Andy Roninson on behalf of Take a Ten Musicals.

DES: Aaron Phillips

JENNIFER: Christiana Cole

MOM: Tiffany Topol

DAD: Bruce Sabath

DIRECTOR and MUSIC DIRECTOR: Andy Roninson


Production History
Author's Bios

Author Bios

Illustrated Mountains

GREG EDWARDS wrote the script for Application Pending (Off-Broadway, Drama Desk nomination) and Craving for Travel (Off-Broadway); lyrics for Neurosis (Off-Broadway), and book and lyrics for Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime (Samuel French OOB Festival winner, City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting, Take a Ten Podcast). Greg’s essays appear in Avidly (LA Review of Books) and McSweeney’s, and his game Jessica Plunkenstein and the Dusseldorf Conspiracy (NYT “Best Adventure Game of the Year”) was published by PC Gamer UK. Greg is an alumnus of Yale (Phi Beta Kappa), the BMI Workshop (Harrington Award), and the Dramatists Guild Fellows. www.greged.com

Illustrated Mountains

ANDY RONINSON is a composer, lyricist, orchestrator, and music director living in New York City. He is a recipient of the 2019 Jonathan Larson Grant, a 2019-2020 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellow, and a participant in the 2017 Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project. As a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, he was awarded the Robert B. Sherman Scholarship and the Harrington Award for Creative Excellence. For more, visit AndyRoninson.com. He is the creator, host, and co-writer of TAKE A TEN, the all-original ten-minute musical podcast. Recorded episodes featured Broadway voices like Laura Osnes, Rob McClure, George Salazar, and more. Episodes have been produced live around the world and have won numerous awards including Best Musical twice at Theater Now’s SOUND BITES Festival, the 2016 City Theater National Award for Short Playwriting, and the top place at the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival. To hear every episode for free, visit TakeATenMusicals.com.

Illustrated Mountains
bottom of page