BRASSQUATCH: The Fall Creek Brass Band Musical

Music composed by Alec Staples, Lyrics by Becca Blackmore and Alec Staples, Book by Becca Blackmore. Conceived by Alec Staples, Sarah Plotkin, Becca Blackmore and the Fall Creek Brass Band

A new family-friendly musical adventure!

Step into the hidden world of the Brassquatch, a legendary forest-dwelling community with a sound as big as their footprints. When our young hero fails his coming-of-age ritual, he’s thrust into an unexpected journey to discover who he is, where he belongs, and what it truly means to find your voice.

Blending New Orleans-style brass, gospel, jazz pop, and musical theatre, Brassquatch: The Fall Creek Brass Band Musical! will bring a funky, joyful, danceable sound to the stage, powered by the live energy of the Fall Creek Brass Band.

• The Hangar Theatre July 27 and August 3, 2026 - Selling fast!

• Old Greeny Fringe Fest 2026

QUIZ BOWL

Book and Lyrics by Becca Blackmore and Dan Marshall

Music by Julian Blackmore

It’s the National High School Quizbowl Championship! Dreamy-eyed brainiac Maggie McCutter hopes to win a scholarship so she can escape her controlling mother. Maggie’s world is hilariously turned upside down when she falls for Tyler O'Neil, a football-loving opponent from rival team, the Walla Walla Walruses. As she's torn between the family she’s got and the friendship she's found, will Maggie’s trivial pursuits be in jeopardy? QUIZ BOWL is the uproarious nerd-rock musical everyone will be buzzing about!

• Named one of the 10 best theatre shows of 2014 by Hypable

• WINNER Play-by-Play Best New Musical Award, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• WINNER Best Director, Thomas Caruso, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• WINNER Outstanding Performance, Jennifer Simard, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• WINNER Outstanding Performance, Alyse Alan Louis, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• Honorable Mention, Excellence in Writing Lyrics, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• Honorable Mention, Excellence in Writing Book, New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014

• Official Selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2014 Next Link Project. Full production July 2014.

• Finalist for the New Jersey Playwrights' Contest Musical Series, Staged Reading at William Paterson University February 2014

• Broadway's Future Songbook concert at Bruno Walter Auditorium - Lincoln Center, January 2013

• CAP21 table reading, October 2012

• NYTB in the D-Lounge presentation, October 2012

• CAP21 Writers' Residency, August 2012

• Staged Reading at Emerging Artists' Theatre's Notes from a Page series, May 2011

THE PECULIAR TALE OF THE PRINCE OF BOHEMIA AND THE SOCIETY OF DESPERATE VICTORIANS

Book and Lyrics by Becca Blackmore and Dan Marshall

Music by Julian Blackmore

Prince Florizel of Bohemia is galavanting around London in the hopes of avoiding an arranged marriage. Overseen by his reluctant Master of Horses Geraldine the Prince seeks out new thrills and adventure to compensate for his existential crisis, and when he meets the charming Pendlebratten in a pub the Prince is captivated by his story of a mysterious secret society. 

They make their way to the Suicide Club, a meeting place for individuals tired of life but lacking the courage to do anything about it, instead leaving the matter in the hands of fate by drawing cards every night. The Prince instantly falls in love with the secretary of the club, while Geraldine does his best to avoid unwanted attention.

As they partake in a deadly game of cards the stakes get higher as the Prince comes to terms with this age of convenience, and what it means to be both a monarch and man.

• Goodspeed Musicals Festival of New Musicals, 2019

• Developmental reading; Town Stages, 2019

THE THOMAS HARDY PROJECT

by Becca Blackmore

Jada and Abigail, two very different high school senior girls become friends as they complete a project about Thomas Hardy and his works. When a scandal about one of the girls explodes, the girls rage at the parallels in the school's response and the cruelty aimed at women in the novels they're studying, bonding even as they compete for academic acclaim.

• World Premiere Production, Westchester Collaborative Theater June 2026

• Winner, AACT NewPlayFest 2026

• Selection, Clay & Water Residency, 2025

• Finalist, Louise Wigglesworth Excellence in Playwriting Award, 2023

• Semi-Finalist, Local Lab 12, 2023

• Finalist, Jane Chambers Award for Excellence in Feminist Playwriting, 2021

PEACEFUL WARRIOR

by Becca Blackmore

After an apocalyptic disaster, a yoga class decides to meet to flow through their responses in this 90-minute real-time play.

• Finalist, Swarthmore Players Club New Play Festival, 2020

• Semifinalist, SPACE on Ryder Farm Creative Residency, 2019

• Semifinalist, Princess Grace Award, 2021

• FORGE Fuel; writing retreat, 2020

DEAD BEHIND THE EYES, or THE INGENUE PLAY

by Becca Blackmore

After an apocalyptic disaster, a yoga class decides to meet to flow through their responses in this 90-minute real-time play.

• Reading, Rover Readings, 2020

• Finalist, Todd McNerney Playwriting Award, 2019

• Reading, Vintage Theatre New Play Comedy Festival, 2018