Weird Romance
Two One-Act Musicals of Speculative Fiction

Music by ALAN MENKEN
Lyrics by DAVID SPENCER

"Her Pilgrim Soul"
Book by ALAN BRENNERT
Based on his original story

"The Girl Who Was Plugged In"
Book by ALAN BRENNERT and DAVID SPENCER
Based on the story by James Tiptree, Jr.

AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

STRAWDOG THEATRE
3829 N Broadway St
Chicago

Fridays & Saturdays 7:30pm
Sundays 5:30pm

Students $15 | General Admission $20

FEATURING
Eric Martin | Harmony France | Lindsay Naas
Laura McClain | Edward Fraim | Dave Fink
David Lipschutz | Jenn Rhoads | Tom McGunn

History has taught us that love can exist anywhere, under the most unlikely circumstances. And love can penetrate anything – including alternate realities and surrogate bodies, and can survive seemingly insurmountable obstacles, high-tech pitfalls, and the unknown future. A science fiction musical that falls squarely into the cult category has come to Chicago for fourteen performances only at Strawdog Theatre.

Weird Romance, whose authors are all multi-award-winners, features music by Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid); book by Alan Brennert (The New Twilight Zone, L.A. Law, bestselling novel Moloka'i); plus lyrics and additional book by David Spencer (The Fabulist, Public Theatre La Bohème, Theatreworks/USA's Phantom and Les Misérables).

Their daring musical adapts two of Speculative Fiction's most acclaimed stories: The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr. (pseudonym of Alice B. Sheldon), which examines the folly of love's outer trappings; and Her Pilgrim Soul by Alan Brennert, which examines the deeper, undying love held within.