MECHANICAL

music by Mike Pettry

book and lyrics by Sara Cooper

2018 Queens Council on the Arts grant recipient

MECHANICAL is a musical about a high school election, robots, and misinformation in the age of social media. When Ellen learns that she is part human and part Artificially Intelligent American (AIA), she runs for junior class president against Johnny, a popular bully who is running on an anti-AIA platform. Believing in her capacity to change the status quo, she instead finds herself at the mercy of social media image, a student body bent on mass consumption, and a sea of rapidly spreading misinformation.

Check out the press release for our readings in September 2018.

Demos coming soon — in the meantime here are videos from our 2018 concert at Dixon Place.