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Romeo + Juliet + Anybodys

There's a place for us...but not for her.
An hour-long jump into the mind of musical theatre's most underwritten, overlooked heroine.
In weirdly deconstructed play-with-music, Anybodys fights for the spotlight amongst The Buddy Boys and grapples with the reality that in most stories "you ain't somebody, you somebody's girl."

Winner: Producer's Pick of the Fringe
Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2017

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Development 
Performance: Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2017)
Performance: The HIVE, NYC (2017)
Workshop: Manhattan Repertory Theatre (2016)

​Critic's Pick (Cincinnati CityBeat)
"From its attention-grabbing musical opener, to its finale with Anybodys’ triumphant declaration of who she is, this production never lets up...
​it’s the epitome of Fringe creativity and energy."

​Audience Responses: 
"bizarre and beautiful"
"something completely different"

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Delivery: A Triptych

Three women in three very different worlds try (and fail) to deliver their message.

PART I                                                      
"Share How You Feel"
A Customer Service Fantasia in 
Becky's Home Office in Mishawaka, Indiana

PART II
"Why Do You Have So Many Letters"
A Chance Encounter on
A sidewalk in Southern California

PART III
"It Wasn't Enough"
A Public Display of Historical Absurdism at
....some point after The American Revolution

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Development
Performance: The Tank, NYC (2018)
Performance: Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2018)

conceived and written by Genevieve Simon
developed with and directed by Claire Edmonds
music by Marlena Mack and Zak Houston
movement by Hayley Palmer
Featuring Maribel Martinez, Marlena Mack, Zak Houston, and Genevieve Simon

Audience Responses: 
"hilarious, quirky, thought provoking...like nothing you'd expect" 
"so funny and also scary" 
"I loved the dancing!"
"some kind of crazy genius" 
"I laughed (a lot)"