Midwestern Gothic (musical)
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Midwestern Gothic is a horror musical with book and lyrics by Royce Vavrek and music and lyrics by Joshua Schmidt. The work was commissioned and premiered by Signature Theatre on March 28, 2017.[1]
In a frozen little town in the middle of nowhere lives Stina, a young woman filled with a desperate hope to escape her humdrum surroundings. Following her mind's twisted flights of fancy, it isn't long before Stina's imagination is driving her to create more and more bizarre diversions, leading to a sudden and shocking twist of events.[2]
The authors have suggested that this piece is influenced by their upbringings on the Canadian and American prairies, as well as the work of Sam Shepard, Andrea Arnold, Martin McDonagh and Catherine Breillat.[3]