the luck
show synopsis
When the only woman of Roaring Camp dies in childbirth, the surviving men must decide between the illusive hunt for California gold and raising a baby boy. Set at the tail end of the California gold rush, THE LUCK is an adventurous and heartbreaking folk-musical, driven by a relentless thread of hope and redemption.
project timeline
A STORY IS BORN - FALL 2015
We began writing our very first musical, The Luck of Roaring Camp, in Fall of 2015 while we were juniors in college.
COLD READING - OCTOBER 2016
An initial cold reading of the script was held in October, 2016, comprised of a handful of actors and friends.
CONCERT SHOWING - DECEMBER 2016
On December 3, 2016, Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) hosted a concert showing at Helen K. Persson Recital Hall, immediately gaining The Luck of Roaring Camp a grass-roots following.
WORLD PREMIERE - OCTOBER 2018
In October, 2018, PBAU Theatre premiered the show in a sold-out run at West palm Beach's Fern St. Theatre under the direction of Allen McCoy.
REVISING THE SHOW - SUMMER 2022
Then in the Summer of 2022, after years of hearing the music in our heads and reliving the story, we went back to the drawing board and re-wrote the entire show, streamlining and refining what we had from the beginning: a powerful story of hope, loss, and redemption.
REVISED SHOW READING - OCTOBER 2022
Bringing together the original cast as well as a circle of friends, we hosted a new reading in October of 2022—a full six years after the first—and are now dreaming of opportunities to share this revival with a public audience.
next steps
Our next step is to fund a public concert reading of THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, directed and performed by a cast of professionals, to gauge audience response to the revisions as well as pitch the show to interested producers for the opportunity of a full-production at a theatre company.
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