Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! features book, music and lyrics by Matt Chiorini and additional music and lyrics by Travis Newton. Helmed by Alan Muraoka, with musical direction by Andrew David Sotomayor, the cast features Blake Du Bois as Franz Kafka/Gregor Samsa, Morgan Smith as Grete Samsa, Kaia Fitzgerald as Mother Samsa, and Luis Rivera as Father Samsa.
One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to discover he’d caught the musical theatre bug. With puppets! Scuttle to this silly, surreal take on Kafka’s paranoid, mystifying masterpiece to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death.
Featuring puppetry by Spencer Lott, shadowplay, unforgettable music and surreal meta humor, Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! has delighted swarms of audiences from New York to Montreal and now skitters into Scotland for its Fringe debut.
‘Delivers in talent, sincerity and pizzazz’ (BroadwayWorld.com).
For a deeper look at Pleasance’s rich programming list, including children’s shows, a lecture series, and even more comedy and theatre, visit Pleasance.co.uk.
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Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer, activist, documentarian and an Award winning filmmaker and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Lia is also the host and Executive Producer of BACKSTAGE PASS WITH LIA CHANG, an Arts and Entertainment and Lifestyle program that airs on Sundays at 6:30pm on FIOS 34, RCN 83, Spectrum 56/1996 and streams on MNN2. Lia was recently profiled on Asian American Life. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers, musicians and corporations. www.liachang.com www.liachangphotography.com
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