August 2, 2018 - August 5, 2018
by Mereideth Willson
directed by Isaac Lamb
CoHo Theater - 2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland, OR 97210
A re-imagined concert staging
book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson
“Well, ain’t no call for a boys’ band in this town…”
You got that right. We’re assembling an all female one. In this stripped-down staging of an American classic, we probe a question we’ve been asking since last season’s Men on Boats: who gets to tell our most foundational stories? What if the Music Man you’ve been waiting for all this time wasn’t a man at all…
Adjust the lens. Challenge the tradition. Hear it again for the first time.