Program Alums (left to right): Ben Bonnema & Arianna Rose (both Cycle 21)
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Alums Ben Bonnema & Arianna Rose (both Cycle 21) will have their new musical LOST GIRL presented in the 2021 JETFEST produced by the Jewish Ensemble Theatre in Michigan.
Set in 1909 London against the backdrop of the Suffragette Movement, THE LOST GIRL is about the power of memory, myth, and discerning the difference. "And then one night came the tragedy," J.M Barrie writes in the last chapter of Peter Pan. The eponymous character returns, only to reject the aging Wendy. Our show builds up to this very moment - from Wendy's perspective.
Shaken by the loss of her husband Edward, Wendy first tells her daughter the Neverland stories as escapism, pure fiction. But each of her siblings begin to experience strange and vivid memories, forcing the question - could it all be real?