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SOUND BITES X

10th Annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals

 

Merkin Hall

Kaufman Music Center

May 8th at 7PM

129 West 67th Street, NYC

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Now in its tenth year, the SOUND BITES Festival of

10-Minute Musicals is a fast-paced evening featuring a diverse lineup of stories

and styles from emerging writers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIG ASS SECRET

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Justin Anthony Long, Orchestrations by Noah Prizant

Jimmy is an average high school teenager with one big ass secret and today might finally be the day when he tells someone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK HOLES LIKE DONUTS

Book and Lyrics by Sam Norman, Music by Eliza Randall

When a star collapses, a black hole forms. When a beloved mother dies, her astrophysicist husband and daughter must learn how to live with the void in their lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEATH OF AN UNDERLING

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Kit Goldstein Grant

A petty government clerk accidentally sneezes on his boss, and desperately tries to make amends before he loses his job. Based on a story by Anton Chekhov.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAITH

Book by Simon Broucke, Book, Music, and Lyrics by Pance Pony

An ambitious and naïve young person signs an agreement with the devil in order to write the next global pop hit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEADSPACE

Book, Music and Lyrics by J. Quinton Johnson

A young man struggles with his parents' imminent divorce via a journey inside his own mind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CALL

Book and Lyrics by Danielle Koenig, Music and Lyrics by Utsav Bhargava

Theatre-goer, you haven’t bought your TICKET yet and we critically need YOU in the AUDIENCE of HOUSE CALL to watch as a relationship is put to the TEST after an INFLUX of Nancy Pelosi texts. Can I count on you? Signed, Nancy Pelosi. (Text STOP to quit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PROBLEM TROLLEY

Book by Cameron Reese, Music and Lyrics by RJ Christian

In the famous ethical dilemma, a trolley is barreling towards tragedy. But who the hell set that trolley loose?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPARKS

Book and Lyrics by Gabe Caruso, Music by Enzo Veiga

Atto and Tera, two housekeeping androids in neighboring households, yearn for something more human than their pre-programmed AI lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STARSONG

Music by Erika Ji, Words by Andrew Strano

Through light and puppetry, STARSONG tells the story of twin stars, born in a beautiful nebula at the heart of the Milky Way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE VELOCIRAPTOR'S VERY GOOD DAY

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Shane Dittmar and Sarah Kaufman

When an impossible-to-predict tragedy strikes, it's up to Velociraptor to embrace who he really is and make a discovery that will change the world forever.

 

 

SOUND BITES X is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support is provided by Music Theatre International and A.R.T/NY. Theatre Now is an artist service organization dedicated to the development, production, publication, and circulation of short and long-form musicals, by providing ongoing support for writers and their work in order to nurture voices and forms that push the boundaries of musical theatre.

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