String (Hammond, Gwon)

String (Hammond, Gwon)

A Musical Fable About the Greek Fates in the Modern City
Book by Sarah Hammond
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon

String (Hammond, Gwon)

String (Hammond, Gwon)

A Musical Fable About the Greek Fates in the Modern City
Book by Sarah Hammond
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon

Overview

After angering Zeus, the Fates – the goddess sisters who spin, measure and snip the strings of life for every human on Earth – find themselves banished to a modern office building in the mortal world, where they continue their work hidden among the mortals whose destinies they weave into one giant, glorious tapestry. When eldest sister Atropos accidentally loses her pair of scissors in the building, she meets Mickey, the building’s overnight security guard. Soon love gets the better of her, and she finds herself falling for him, stealing his string to keep him immortal and defying all of the rules she has to follow as a goddess. This exception to the rules begins to disrupt the natural order... Can the tapestry of the Universe and her sisters stand this flaw? Fall for this original, uplifting and belty musical about fate, love and the imperfections that make us human.

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Details

  • Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Sarah Hammond

Sarah Hammond grew up in Hong Kong, Belgium and South Carolina. Honors include Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award, a MacDowell Colony fellowship, a commission from South Coast Rep and a residency at the Royal National Theatre. Her work has been seen onstage at Trus ...
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Adam Gwon

Adam Gwon is a musical theater writer named one of “50 to Watch” by The Dramatist magazine and hailed “a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater” whose songs are “funny, urbane, with a sweetness that doesn’t cloy” by The New York Times.

His musicals have been p ...

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