MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS
A NEW MUSICAL
Industry Reading Thursday, March 31, 2021
At Open Jar Studios (1601 Broadway)
Public Concert Monday, April 4th at 9:30pm
At Feinstein’s/54 Below (254 West 54th Street)
Millennials Are Killing Musicals is a new musical written by NAMT and Drama League Award-winner Nico Juber.
Featuring direction by Ciara Renée (in her New York directorial debut), Millennials Are Killing Musicals includes an all-star cast: Klea Blackhurst (Hello, Dolly!, Everything the Traffic Will Allow), Alex Boniello (Dear Evan Hansen, Spring Awakening), Nicholas Edwards (Frozen, The Last Five Years), Lauren Marcus (Be More Chill), Olivia Puckett (Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton), Marissa Rosen (For The Girls), Nora Schell (Jagged Little Pill, Spamilton), and Nyla Watson (Waitress, Wicked).
Millennials Are Killing Musicals is an entirely original, irreverently funny, and heartfelt musical about the Millennial existential crisis, motherhood, and stereotypes that define a generation. Meet Brenda: a quirky, stressed-out, single mom who hates her job, longs to be a writer, and can’t help but compare herself to the seemingly perfect “Jake’s Mom” at school. Brenda is finally ready for love and creativity in her life when her #influencer sister Katrina shows up eight months pregnant, completely unprepared for motherhood. Torn between two men, juggling an opinionated mother and an increasingly unstable Katrina, Brenda must learn how to break her self-destructive patterns and live filter-free so she can achieve her dreams.
In addition to Juber and Renée, the creative team for Millennials Are Killing Musicals includes Music Supervisor & Arranger Ted Arthur (Diana, Moulin Rouge!) and Music Director Jane Cardona (Head Over Heels, To Kill A Mockingbird). General Management is by Evan Bernardin Productions and Casting is by Michael Cassara, CSA. Production Stage Manger is Rachel A. Zucker.
Millennials Are Killing Musicals has been in development for three years, songs have been selected for and performed at: A Little New Music, The Latest Draft Podcast, the ASTEP Art of Wellness Benefit, New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series, Feinstein’s/Vitellos mostlyNEWmusicals, and The Green Room 42. Millennials Are Killing Musicals was a 2021 NAMT Festival & O’Neill NMTC Semifinalist and is a current 2022 O’ Neill NMTC Semifinalist.
Millennials Are Killing Musicals is a fiscally sponsored project of New York Theatre Barn.