From Penn State Musical Theatre’s New Musicals Initiative: Trampoline
January 9, 2025
Five childhood friends are thrown back together as adults, under bizarre circumstances… and even as everything seems different, they’re forced to ask how much they’ve really changed at all. Join their reunion in this darkly comic fairy tale, the first musical collaboration from Deborah Abramson and David Kirshenbaum.
Music by Deborah Abramson.
Book & lyrics by David Kirshenbaum.
Directed by John Simpkins.
Commissioned by Penn State Musical Theatre and featuring the Class of 2025.
Penn State is the proud home of one of the preeminent training programs in musical theatre. Led by Head of Musical Theatre John Simpkins, it is also home to a New Musicals Initiative where each year writers are commissioned. The writers visit Penn State to meet a group of third-year students – they share work and discuss timely issues. They return the following year and workshop/ develop the show with a Penn State creative team and the students who are now in their fourth year. Opportunities exist to continue into production at Penn State and professionally. Previous commissions include Love in Hate Nation (Joe Iconis), The Last Day (Mike Reid/ Sarah Schlesinger), The Lucky Boy (Kirsten Childs), Dust and Embers (Sam Salmond), Nostalgia Night (Sofya Levitsky-Weitz/ Matthew McCollum), Make It All Better (Gilbert Bailey), Me and My Friends Killing Nazis (Alexander Sage Oyen, Lauren Marcus, James Presson), In-Gauged (Christian Thompson, Maria Wirres), The Morris & Essex Line (Joshua Salzman/ Ryan Cunningham).
Featuring:
Hannah Bank
Dante D’Antonio
Chloe Evans
Maddy Glave
Andrew Palmieri
Ethan Peterson
Lav Raman
Ronald Spoto
Regine Torres
Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.
Pricing
- $40 (includes $5 in fees) – $51 (includes $6 in fees)
- VIP Seating: $62 (includes $7 in fees)
- Premiums: $84 (includes $9 in fees)
- Prices shown are only valid for online purchases. Additional $6 in fees for all seating sections if purchased at the box office.
- $25 Food & Beverage Minimum
