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10-MINUTE MUSICAL COLLECTION

Book, Music, & Lyrics by
Chris Kerrigan

Drama

The Only Thing That Matters

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Three adult sisters have dinner together at one of their homes in the suburbs. Kerri, the middle child and black sheep of the family is determined to not be undermined by the judgments and critiques of her two more well-adjusted and successful sisters. But as soon as alcohol and discussions of social issues descend upon the evening, all bets are off.

Overview

Cast Size

3f

Duration

10 Mins. Approx.

Setting

Dinning Room, Brentwood, CA, Present Day.

Subgenre

Kitchen Sink Drama

Themes

Family, Current Events, Politics, Women’s Interest

Target Audience

Teen (Age 14 - 18), Young Adult (Age 18 - 23), Adult

Style

Contemporary Musical Theatre

Instrumentation

Piano/Vocal

Additional Resources

Accompaniment Tracks

Cautions

Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language
Synopsis

Casting Information

  • KERRI - Female Identifying, early 30’s, recovering alcoholic with two weeks sober. Vulnerable, reactive, damaged by past traumas.

  • ALLY - Female Identifying, late 30’s, upper middle class suburban mother. Always moving, highly judgmental, privileged.

  • MYSTIE - Female Identifying, late 30’s, career woman, lives life on her own terms, highly judgmental, somewhat bratty.

Songs

Full Show
00:00 / 10:28
The Only Thing That Matters
00:00 / 02:52
Two Men
00:00 / 01:29
The Sensitive One
00:00 / 01:59
Casting & Songs
Media

Media

Production History

2019 - Performed in Theatre Now's SOUND BITES 6.0 Festival at Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center.

Production History
Author's Bios

Author Bios

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CHRIS KERRIGAN is a musical theatre actor, singer/songwriter, and playwright living and working in Los Angeles. He is the head of the theatre department at STAR Education, a far-reaching after school program that serves over a hundred schools in the greater Los Angeles area. He has written nine full-length children’s musicals (Two Sides to Every Story, Screen Time: The Musical!, The Toy Store, and Reading is Rad, to name a few) that have been performed in elementary schools far and wide. He has performed in several regional productions including Parade (Hugh Dorsey), Violet (The Preacher), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), American Idiot (Tunny), Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde), and Avenue Q (Brian), to name a few. He plays piano/keyboards in several LA bands as well.

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