The Girl Who Was Plugged In
and
Striking 12
January 6-15, 2012
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by David Spencer
Book by Alan Brennert
Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Striking 12
Book, Music and Lyrics by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
Presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Inc.
This Production Generously Underwritten By
Featuring
- The Girl Who Was Plugged In
- Taylor Klein as Shannara
- Mikaela Carson as Zanth
- Stephanie Laaker as Delphi
- Jason Shipps as Isham
- Adam Segura as Paul
- Leah Heathcote as P. Burke
- Josh Brady as Joe
- Anna Redmond, Seth Scott, Mia Smith as Delphi's Handlers
- Tyler Armer, Shae Lee, Elizabeth Ragan as Ensemble
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- Striking 12
- Josh Brady as The Man
- Taylor Klein as S.A.D. Light Seller
- Mikaela Carson as Little Match Girl
- Adam Segura as Jack / Party Host
- Seth Scott as Small Part Guy / Post Nasal Drip Guy / Grandma
- Elizabeth Ragan as Narrator 1
- Mia Smith as Narrator 2
- Shae Lee as Narrator 3
- Tyler Armer as Happy Foley / Boss / TV Announcer
- Leah Heathcote, Stephanie Laaker, Anna Redmond, Jason Shipps as Ensemble
STRIKING 12 - On New Year's Eve, an over-worked and under-inspired single guy who's had enough of holiday cheer makes a resolution: to stay home and go to bed early. On another New Year's Eve, a continent away—and more than a century earlier—Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl tries unsuccessfully to sell her matches in the snow. The two stories are brought together when a young woman selling special "full-spectrum holiday light bulbs" to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder shows up at the grumpy man's door. Though the man (who probably could use the bulbs) seems to enjoy the young woman's company, he sends her away. It's not until he reads "The Little Match Girl" that he is finally pulled out of his funk. All of this unfolds through a tuneful pop/rock/jazz score that retains the vibrant style of its original performers: the celebrated band, GrooveLily.
THE GIRL WHO WAS PLUGGED IN - A homeless bag-lady whose soul is transplanted into the body of a gorgeous female android by a company which manufactures celebrities. The show is a one-act musical containing a curious mix of a science fiction framework around traditional themes - the generation gap, a love triangle and the archetypal conflict between those who have power and those who have none. A Kansas City community theatre premiere.
