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WRITING PROJECTS

 

Here you'll find information about different shows I'm working on and have worked on. To hear and view clips from these shows, please visit Media.

Pea and Carrot
Pea and Carrot
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A fresh, new musical for young audiences that follows two young vegetables in their first trip outside their grocery store city. With meddling narrators who think they know what's best, it tackles issues of economic and racial injustice with heart and a sense of fun. Book, music, and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein.

Happily Never After
Happily Never After
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A full-length musical comedy about fairy-tale princesses in their 40s and 50s. It takes a pointed look at what society expects of princesses, and women, and how these characters deal when their real-woman bodies and feminist minds cannot comply. Book by Michele Cassidy, music and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein.

George
George
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A full-length musical based on the life of female Victorian novelist, George Eliot. It deals with issues of relationships, family, gender, and confidence. It received a workshop reading at Barnard College in May 2010 and is currently in development. Book, music, and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein.

Oregon Trail
Quest for the West: Adventures on the Oregon Trail!
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An interactive musical comedy based on the beloved '90s computer game and produced by No.11 Productions. It was showcased in the 2011 NY Frigid Festival, the 2011 D.C. Fringe Festival, at the Kentucky Repertory Theatre in the summer of 2011, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Festival, and at the NY Fringe Festival in 2012. Book by Julie Congress, Ryan Emmons, Zachary Fithian and Jen Neads, music and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein and Danny Tieger.

Plan B
Plan B
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A raunchy musical comedy about a scientist trying to build the perfect robot woman. After its initial run at Columbia University in late 2008, it ran at the Looking Glass Theatre in NYC in early 2009. Music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Rebecca G. Greenstein, book by Daniel Mitura.

A Craving
A Craving
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A silly and poignant 10-minute musical. When a pregnant woman gets a late night craving for a radish, her husband sets out to find one, but he finds a whimsical world of gangsters and lessons instead. Book, music, and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein, written for the BMI 1st-year final project.

Hapless Romance

Hapless Romance

 

A 10-minute musical involving a date gone horribly awry with larping (live action role playing, e.g. Dungeons and Dragons), featured in the 2010 West Village Musical Theatre Festival, where it won best lyrics and honorable mention for best overall musical. Music and lyrics by Rebecca G. Greenstein, book by Celine Rosenthal.

Varsity Show

The Varsity Show

 

Columbia University's 115th Annual Varsity Show: The Gates of Wrath is the 2009 edition of a musical tradition that satirizes student life (and the same tradition in which Rodgers, Hart, Hammerstein, and others took part). Rebecca G. Greenstein co-wrote the music, lyrics, and orchestrations for, musically directed, and conducted this full-scale musical.

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