Our Shows
THE BUBBLE
Based on the acclaimed feature film of the same name, The Bubble is a queer musical romance that tells the story of two men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, who fall in love amidst the bohemian energy of 2000s-era Tel Aviv, with the tragic conflict between their people as the backdrop. This daring new musical pulses with energy, urgency, and hope for a more peaceful world.
The Bubble has been developed/incubated at the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, The Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, Fire Island Pines Arts Project, Goodspeed Musicals, The Johnny Mercer Writers Grove, New York Theatre Barn, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, and The York Theatre, and has received support from The Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition, New York SongSpace, and the Phoenix Theatre. The Bubble was formerly developed under the title Borders.
Book, music, and lyrics by Janine McGuire & Arri Lawton Simon
Based upon the motion picture The Bubble by Eytan Fox & Gal Uchovsky, directed by Eytan Fox
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EXPRESS
Express is a transportive new musical that unfolds entirely within the bustling confines of the New York City subway. Set against the backdrop of pivotal moments from World War II through the turn of the 21st century, the show traces the transformative journeys of three generations of an American family navigating personal and cultural change.
Originally conceived as a triptych of site-specific musicals staged inside historic subway cars at the New York Transit Museum, McGuire & Simon have re-imagining the piece as a unified one-act musical with immersive elements.
The original score, inspired by the eras spanned in the show, takes the audience on a musical journey from Golden-Era Broadway to '60s folk and gospel to early hip-hop and millennial pop.
This ensemble-driven piece is an exploration of family, identity, and the everyday moments of connection that can change the course of a life. With a big heart at its core, Express invites audiences to reflect on how we navigate difficult times and emerge stronger, connected by the shared experiences that define us all.
EXPRESS premiered as a site-specific production at the New York Transit Museum in September 2015, was remounted there in April 2017, was excerpted in Theatre Now New York's Sound Bites 4.0 in May 2017, and was expanded and further developed at New York Film Academy's New Work Series in July-August 2017. Since then the songs “Side By Side” and “Look Up” have been performed all over the world. In January 2024, the show’s development continues at the Wichita State University Musical Theatre Incubator.
KIBBY THE SPACE DOG
KIBBY THE SPACE DOG is a Theatre For Young Audiences musical commissioned by Wichita Children’s Theatre & Dance Center, where it premiered in March 2018. Based on the children’s book of the same name by Andrea Cassell and with a theatrical book by Kelly Wonsetler and Kyle Vespestad, this is the story of a labradoodle named Kibby.
Kibby is the most popular dog in the neighborhood until the day he has to wear a cone on his head and becomes ostracized by his peers for being different. He goes on a puppy dream to outer space where he meets other dogs with cones, and returns with a message of acceptance and appreciation of all of our diffrences.