Becca: A Musical

AWARDS: IUPUI / Bonderman Award, AATE Distinguished Play Award. Music and lyrics by Wendy Kesselman. Musical arrangements by Michael Starobin. A haunting vision of a child's world -- a place of mystery and fantasy -- becomes mesmerizing theatre. The 1987 first prize winner of the I.U.P.U.I. National Playwriting Competition for Young Audiences. Single set of a child's room. 1 boy, 1 girl, 4 animals and 5 or more creatures of the Closet--gender immaterial. Becca is a powerful exploration of the inner journey of Jonathan and his little sister, Becca. Mixing reality and fantasy, through music and dialogue, we see the world through the eyes of children -- a world full of mystery, dreams, and love, but also a world where the need for control sometimes results in the loss of freedom, abuse of power, abandonment of responsibility. A timeless play that speaks to children of today, BECCA reaches out to every age, for it is a play that resonates the child in everyone.