WORKS
END OF THE LINE, an ant-sized musical
Book: Howard Ho, Lyrics: Chris Edgar, Music: Kristen Rea
Four worker ants set out on a routine mission to retrieve tasty morsels for their colony and end up on the quest of a lifetime. When faced with a fork in the road, will they return home empty-handed or receive a hero’s welcome for discovering the “legendary stuff” long prophesied by their antcestors? (Spoiler Alert: It's a Twinkie)
Developed in collaboration with New Musicals, Inc. A TNNY Sound Bites 5.0 Finalist & Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival 2019 Finalist.`
Performance Rights for End of the Line are handled exclusively by Music Theatre International.
More information about the show can be found on: https://www.tnny.org/licensing/End-of-The-Line.
NORTH POLE HIGH, a Christmas Musical
Book: Dan Margules, Lyrics: Kristen Rea, Music: Rafi Nemes
North Pole High is a new musical based on the young adult novel, North Pole High: Rebel without a Claus.
Developed in collaboration with New Musicals, Inc. Featured at Got Musical? 2016.
SOMBRELLU, an Original CITYstage Play
Play written by Kristen Rea. Free for educational use. Download Here.
Written in collaboration with CITYstage students at Pathways Community School and ArtShare L.A. Read about the process.
IN THE HALL, a Collaborative Musical
Book: Lori Jaroslow, Music & Lyrics: Kristen Rea, and others.
An original musical based on the writings and stories of students at Gaspar de Portola Middle School.
NEW HORIZONS, a space-science musical
Conceived by Aliza Rabin & Kristen Rea
Book & Music by Kristen Rea. Lyrics by Aliza Rabin
New Horizons is a space-science musical about Pluto and NASA's New Horizons space probe. Visit the New Horizons Page for more information.
Reading presented at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
A short play by Kristen Rea
Comedy, 1f, 1m
Siblings on a family trip to see Plymouth Rock realize American history has some explaining to do.
WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT
TOMATO PIE [working title] - A play by Kristen Rea.
Dramatic Comedy
Can college save America? In a future reconstruction era, society tries to heal and re-establish democracy by repurposing once-vibrant college campuses into new-age deconstruction centers for political prisoners. Loving Jesus didn't save us from authoritarianism, but maybe Plato can.
DIBS [working title] - A play by Kristen Rea.
Dramatic Comedy
A collection of short plays, including Rock, Paper, Scissors, that examine Americana and the implosion of American identity in the digital age.