Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program alums Sam Rosenblatt & Elspeth Collard (both Cycle 29) presented a staged reading of their new musical LIKE THE WIND at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
The new electronica-pop musical explores the lives of Bennie and Cai, two queer teenagers running away from a conversion therapy facility in the summer of 2018. Loosely inspired by Bonnie and Clyde, Bennie and Cai choose to change the fate that society has set for them and break through the constraints of expectations and rules. With a queer, female writing team at the helm, Like the Wind explores themes of identity, forgiveness, and queerness in young people.