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Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime

Short Musical, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w, 2m

Book and Lyrics by Greg Edwards
Music by Andy Roninson

A ten-minute musical infused with a 32-bit score, Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime shows that, sometimes, the greatest quests aren’t in video games, but our own lives.

Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

Details

Summary

Evelyn Shaffer, an indie game designer, has landed an interview for her dream job at Moonbeam Studios. Even better, that interview is with her childhood hero, veteran designer Tim Beck. But as the interview progresses, Evelyn realizes just how quickly dream can turn to delusion. A ten-minute musical infused with a 32-bit score, Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime shows that, sometimes, the greatest quests aren’t in video games, but our own lives. 

Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series 

To license and purchase the sheet music and backing tracks for Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime, please visit evelynmusical.com

History
Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime was originally produced as a podcast by Take a Ten Musicals on 1 September 2014.
Keywords
Performing Groups

EVELYN SHAFFER – An indie game designer
TIM BECK – The head of Moonbeam Studios
RECEPTIONIST – A disgruntled employee

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Moonbeam Studios, a wildly successful video game developer. Present day.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

Song Samples

Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime
On the Other Side of the Screen
Game On

1. Overture (Optional)
2. Evelyn Shaffer and the Chance of a Lifetime
3. On the Other Side of the Screen
4. Game On

  • Musical Style Pop/Rock, Contemporary Broadway
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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Authors

Greg Edwards

Greg Edwards
Greg Edwards wrote the script for Application Pending (Off-Broadway, Drama Desk nomination) and Craving for Travel (Off-Broadway), lyrics for Neurosis: A New Musical (Off-Broadway, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, SALT Award for Best New Musical), and book and lyrics for Evelyn Shaf ...
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Andy Roninson

Andy Roninson

Andy Roninson is the son of refugees. His parents’ stories inspired his new musical Soviet Rebel Girl and the award-winning screenplay of the same name. Awards, etc.: Jonathan Larson Grant, Dramatists Guild Fellow, Johnny Mercer Foundation Grove at Goodspeed, JMF Songwriters ...

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