Bigfoot! The Musical

Inception and development

Ruffin and collaborators Kevin Sciretta and David Schmoll began developing Bigfoot! in 2015 at Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater Company, as part of the long-running sketch comedy show "Serial Killers" in which concept shows compete against each other week-to-week.^[1][2]

The show first premiered as a one-act musical in the summer of 2018 at the Majestic Repertory Theatre in Las Vegas.^[3][4] Its second iteration was produced by ColdTowne Theater in as part of the 2019 Austin Sketch Fest in Texas.^[5][6]

The musical was staged as a concert at 54 Below in New York City on February 5, 2024. The cast consisted of Justin Guarini, Bonnie Milligan, Alex Moffat, Alex Newell, and Larry Owens.^[7][8] It was subsequently produced with a different creative team and cast as part of the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the festival's Fringe Award for Musicals & Operas.^[9][10] The musical was workshopped as part of the 2024 summer season of New York Stage and Film at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. The production, directed by Ruffin, with a cast of Justin Guarini, Jade Jones, Taran Killam, Janelle McDermoth, and Larry Owens.^[11][12]

Off-Broadway

On September 12, 2025, it was announced that the musical would premiere Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I in a co-production between Benson Drive Productions and Manhattan Theatre Club and it would be directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford. Previews began on February 11, 2026, followed by a March 1 opening night, and ran through April 26.^[13] The production was praised for its strong casting, slapstick humor, and political satire.^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

Off-Broadway production