Jonathon Lynch: Composer
Michael DiGaetano: Lyrics & Book
A Hollywood Tale of The 7 Deadly Sins (although not so much sloth).
Musical Comedy
Miss Humanity
Carolyn Rogers has a passion for world peace which was one reason she was crowned Miss Humanity. That and her exotic bird impersonations. At the suggestion of pageant host reality TV star Rainy Seacoast, Carolyn goes to Hollywood where she could have a bigger platform for her goal. She does and five years after Rainy introduced her to his agent Devin Levin, Carolyn is a major movie star. But after five years of making the same princess or cheerleader movie over and over, her desire to bring world peace has taken a back seat. So she tells her agent she won’t make another movie until he finds her a war to end. Not wanting to see his top client embarrassed, blown up in a war zone or lose the twenty million he negotiated for her next picture, he makes up a war for her to end. That should work, right?
CAST
Ideal Cast Size:
14
Cast Size Options (min to max):
8
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22
Female:
4
Male:
4
Non-binary:
Any gender:
Notes on Casting:
Stage of Development:
The piece has had multiple readings and/or workshops
Seeking Further Development Support:
Workshop, 2nd Stage Production, Full Production
Prior Developmental/Production History:
New York Film Academy - January 2015
BMI Musical Theatre Librettist Workshop - 2021
Excerpts at various labs, workshops, and presentations - 2018-present
Next Steps:
Miss Humanity is ready to go! It's finished and has been well received at all of its presentations. We're looking for a producer or a company to take this piece to a full production, maybe through a workshop process first but not necessarily.
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BIOS
Michael DiGaetano
In twenty-plus years in Hollywood, Michael wrote, executive produced, created and was showrunner for many single and multi-cam pilots and comedy series for NBC, FBC, HBO, Fox, Paramount, James Burrows and Ron Howard. Screenwriting credits include Houseguest starring Sinbad and Phil Hartman as well as punching up both Flintstones and Casper scripts for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Ent. Michael also wrote screenplays for United Artists, Universal and Warner Brothers. Michael is a member of the Writer's Guild of America, The Dramatist’s Guild and Lehman Engel BMI musical theatre lyricist and librettist workshops. He was a finalist for the 2023-2024 Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre as a lyricist and librettist for his musical ‘Rewind’.