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Staged Reading, Evolution Festival at the Center at West Park, 2024
The stakes are high and the serotonin is low in this one-act musical about a medical startup testing its groundbreaking new antidepressant, Enditol. But there’s only one spot left in the clinical trial—how will they decide their last test subject? A song contest, of course. Follow eight contestants and their intrepid host on their journey toward mental health, high notes, and one very big pharmaceutical crown.
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Original Concept by Elise Wien
Composed by Liza Couser
Lyrics by Elise Wien, J.C. Pankratz, and Liza Couser
Book by Elise Wien and J.C. Pankratz
Directed by Liza Couser
Music Direction by Sarah Quinn
Guitar Arrangements by Graham Rigby
Featuring Robert Leverett, Zahra Ruffin, Elyse Steingold, Tora Toyohara, Ema Zivkovic
Piano Sarah Quinn
Guitar Justin Choi
