O’Neil Theater

SATURDAY, JULY 6 | 7:15PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 | 7:15PM FRIDAY, JULY 12 | 7:15PM BOOK, LYRICS & MUSIC BY KEVIN WONG Rose Barn Theater Three brothers live together. They have a useless magical ability: to conjure images and sounds into the air. All three of them are trying to find a place for a soft magical boy in a hard, unmagical world. Kevin Wong is a composer-lyricist, singer/musician, and dramaturg. Selected past musical theatre writing includes Recurring John: A Song Cycle (Toronto SummerWorks Festival 2014 / Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2015); STAR!(ving): A Collection of Songs;  Misprint (with bookwriter Lauren Toffan, Women of Musical Theatre Festival 2016); Drama 101 (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Steven Gallagher, Bravo Academy 2017 / Etobicoke School of the Arts 2018 / Stage Door Academy 2018); and Reframed (Musical Stage Company / Art Gallery of Ontario, Dora Nomination – Best New Musical/Opera). Kevin is currently developing The Preposterous Predicament of Polly Peel (Act One) (with bookwriter Julie Tepperman), Believers (with bookwriter and co-lyricist Ali Joy Richardson); In Real Life (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Nick Green, most recently workshopped at Yes Theatre/Sudbury in October 2022); The Next BIG Thing (Film Project, Jake Foy). Training: Royal Conservatory of Music (Violin/Harmony/Music History); NoteWorthy (The Musical Stage Company, 2014); Composium (Theatre20, 2015). For more information

SATURDAY, JULY 13 | 7:15PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 | 7:15PM FRIDAY, JULY 19 | 7:15PM Rose Barn Theater BOOK & LYRICS BY TASHA GORDON-SOLMONMUSIC BY FAYE CHIAO When a thirty-something actress is suddenly aged out of the industry, she undergoes a wildly unconventional spa procedure to get her old life back. It sets her on a whole new path to pursue true power and equality... at a cost. This gleefully dark comedy takes on our obsession with youth and beauty—and the system underlying it all—with a pop-infused score and lots of blood. For more information

SATURDAY, JULY 20th | 7:15PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 24th | 7:15PM FRIDAY, JULY 26th | 7:15PM Rose Barn Theater BOOK, LYRICS, & STORY BY ABS WILSONMUSIC & STORY BY VERONICA MANSOUR With graduation in the rearview mirror, Bus is desperate to get away from her Minnesota hometown and everyone in it. The only problem? She can’t outrun herself. LIGHTHOUSE is a sweeping pop-country musical that celebrates the idea that maybe, just maybe, every version of yourself is worth being. For more information