Works In Development
For materials, demos, and more information on any of the shows listed below, please contact Gabriel Barre directly at: gabe@gabrielbarre.com
38 MINUTES (Musical)
Music and Lyrics by Holly Doubet & Kathy Babylon
Book by Joe McDonough
Cast Size: 12
Band Size: 4-9
Four story threads interweave in this musical with a beautiful pop score about the real life Hawaii missile crisis that happened in 2018 when for 38 minutes everyone on the island thought they were going to be annihilated by a falsely reported incoming nuclear bomb from North Korea. See what everyone does with what they think is the last half hour of their lives…
CAMILLE CLAUDEL (Musical)
Music By Frank Wildhorn
Book and Lyrics by Nan Knighton
Cast Size: 12-15
Band Size: 5-9
A new musical about the 10 year affair between the famous sculptor Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel, told with a glorious score by Frank Wildhorn with scintillating book and lyrics by Nan Knighton that look the relationship from Camille’s perspective as a woman ahead of her time, an artist at least equal to her mentor, and an uplifting testament to making a mark and finding the gold for all of us!
DUTCHMASTER (Musical)
Music and Lyrics by Jeffrey Stock
Book by Marc Acito
Cast Size: 4
Band Size: 4-8
CALLING ALL KATES (Musical)
Music by Gerard Alessandrini
Book and Lyrics by Emily Goodson
Cast Size: 5
Band Size: 3-5
A man holds a contest to find the perfect mate and due to a misspelling, finds true love in the least expected place.
SPARKLY CLEAN FUNERAL SINGERS (Musical)
Music by Don Chaffer
Book and Lyrics by Lori Fischer
Cast Size: 4
Band Size: 1-4
A hilarious musical comedy about a dysfunctional southern family trying to cope with the recent loss of the mother/wife of the family.
WHAT KIND OF WOMAN (Play)
Book by Israela Margalit
Cast Size: 5
Perceptions, illusions, and reality collide as a woman in crisis tries to process her future.
HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS (Musical)
Music by Walter Murphy
Book by Mike Reiss
Cast Size: 5
Band Size: 1-5
HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS is a new family musical hilarity that ran for a few years as an animated seasonal special on NBC and has now been adapted for the stage. In the beautiful, fabled village of Stinky Cigars, (they named it that to keep the tourists out), resides many, happy and legendary characters…..including Santa Claus! It is Christmas Eve and Santa has just been accidentally knocked unconscious, and Edison Elf must find a substitute and lands on the grouchy, Murray who runs the local diner. Edison convinces him to take over, just for the night, and what follows is an adventure neither of them counted on. Toys are brought to good (and bad) boys and girls of all faiths and non-faiths around the world, but more than that, Murray discovers a bit about his own self-worth, and realizes he doesn't have to live life as a grump at all! The show features broad, physical humor, all suitable for the whole family and performed by a tight ensemble cast in a blur of costume and character changes. It also features a heart-warming story of rebirth, love, and second chances. The action is fast paced, and ridiculous and the music is infectious!
LIGHTS ON THE RADIO TOWER (Musical)
Music and Lyrics by Kevin James Thornton
Book and Lyrics by Emily Goodson
Cast Size: 2
Band Size: 4-5
In this contemporary rock musical, a brother and sister are brought together after years of estrangement to clear out their child hood home following the recent death of their father and as they do, they discover a renewed need for each other and forge a path to forgiveness.
REUNION (Musical)
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Book and Lyrics by Rinne Groff
Cast Size: 4
Band Size: 5-6
At the rehearsal for a concert to benefit the club where a fictitious rock band started out, all secrets, past and present are shared, willingly and unwillingly and all conveyed through their catalog of music which is now their only hope. Music is what got and kept them going, and is now the only hope to bring them back together.
MEMORY OF DAMAGE (Play with Tap Dancing)
Play by Lori Fischer
Music by Don Chaffer
Cast Size: 7
Band Size: 1-4 / (Music could also be pre-recorded)
A stunning, and often hilarious, play about a real doctor who performed controversial trans-orbital lobotomies in the early 1960’s and one of his patients who tries to figure out what happened to him, who did it, and why he no longer can feel.