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ROQUE BERLANGA
Director
Next To Normal
Forestburgh Playhouse
June 24th - June 29th 2025
Winner of three Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was chosen as one of the year’s best shows by critics around the country. Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens–the typical American family. And yet, because of Mom’s emotional struggles, their lives are anything but normal. This musical takes the audience on a powerful journey into the hearts and minds of each character, presenting their story with love, sympathy and heart.
Pippin
Actor's Professional Theatre Conservatory
July 28th - August 10th 2025
With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Associate Director
Global Tour
Fall 2025
Based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an original score composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and a book by David Greig.
Why Taylor Swift is Gay:
A Presentation
By Lilly Camp
Theatre [Untitled]
March 31st 2025
A playwright and self-proclaimed “Gaylor” takes us through a presentation on why they are convinced that Taylor Swift is gay (and leaving clues to out herself to queers), interspersing lecture, songs, and scenes of Taylor and her supposed relationships with three women. But what begins as their exploration of Taylor’s career, public life, and possible secrets is interrupted by Taylor hijacking the presentation and staging moments with the playwright’s own ex-lovers, until the playwright is faced not with the truth about Taylor, but instead with the reality of why they so badly needs her to be gay.
Disremembrance
The Night Mary Shelley Wrote Frankenstein
By Cati and David Brunell-Brutman
Theatre [Untitled]
April 27th - April 28th
A global disaster. A group of young artists stuck inside. Strange weather patterns. The year is 1816. A teenager named Mary Shelley is trapped with her friends while a storm rages outside. When their host Lord Byron suggests a scary story contest, he inadvertently resurrects the friends’ monstrous interpersonal drama – and sparks something in Mary that will change literature forever. Played in a liminal immersive space between the 19th century & the 21st, Disremembrance draws the audience into the maelstrom of grief, betrayal, & creativity that gave birth to Frankenstein.
The Machine Stops
Adapted from the short story by E.M. Forster
Book & Lyrics by James Powers | Music by Matthew Nassida
Theatre [Untitled]
May 12–13, 2025
What happens when two people refuse to compromise their beliefs? When upholding systems of power become more important than human lives? When The Machine that provides for us all ceases to function?
Based on the short story by E. M. Forster, internationally-produced composer Matthew Nassida and returning TU artist James Powers presents a retro-futuristic musical warning that investigates the influence technology has on our lives and the power structures around it.
You Are Not Gay
A New Musical by Timothy Thomas Leech and Alexander Ronneburg
Theatre [Untitled]
June 2nd, 2025
You Are Not Gay is a courtroom musical inspired by a landmark civil rights case that challenged the fraudulent practice of conversion therapy. Using a blend of rebellious pop-punk, gospel, and musicalized court proceedings, we follow Team Plaintiff as they develop their consumer fraud case and bring it to trial. Over the course of the show, our queer heroes (or “queeroes”) must overcome disingenuous defense attorneys, fundamentalist protestors, and even their own conversion therapists as they fight for gay rights and reclaim their identities.
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