Under the leadership of Artistic Director Maggie-Kate Coleman, Polyphone represents an institutional effort by University of the Arts to change how musicals are born and how young theater makers are trained. By putting student actors and creatives in collaboration with cutting-edge artists of new musicals and dedicating university resources to new works as they are being born, Polyphone has made a transformative impact on hundreds of young artists, audiences, and the field of new musicals as a whole.
Your ticket to Polyphone gains you access to all four exciting productions.
For more information, please visit www.polyphone.org
The Blazing World
Adapted from The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World by Margaret Cavendish
Book and Lyrics by Brandy Hoang Collier
Music by Sean Eads
Directed by Zi Alikhan
Kill the Whale: A Musical Odyssey
Adapted from Moby Dick by Herman Melville
By Daniel Henri Emond
Directed by Chloe Treat
Lilith and Her Demons
Adapted from Lilith and Her Demons by Enid Dame
Created by Apartment 20
Music and Lyrics by Sarah Norcross Hough
Directed by Randi Alexis Hickey
Shapeshifters
By Truth Bachman
Directed by Zhailon Levingston
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Shapeshifters
The musical will be released on social media in an 8 episode series throughout April. Follow @shapeshiftersmusical on Instagram and TikTok for updates.
The final presentation will begin streaming on Wednesday, April 21st at 7pm online at www.polyphone.org
Lilith and Her Demons
The presentation will begin streaming on Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm online at www.polyphone.org
The Blazing World
The presentation will begin streaming on Friday, April 23rd at 7pm online at www.polyphone.org
Kill the Whale: A Musical Odyssey
The presentation will contain both live and prerecorded elements and will begin streaming on Saturday, April 24, at 2pm online at www.polyphone.org