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BORDERLINE
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THE NEVERGLADES
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STARBLASTERS
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REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
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LOST CITY RADIO
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AFTERLAND
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UNTITLED EINSTEIN
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THE TEMPEST
MY SHOWS
An adaptation of the play by Josepfina López, about immigrant workers at a factory in 1980’s Boyle Heights, LA.
Book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin | Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez and Joy Huerta
“Divorcing My Mother To Marry My Husband” is the opening number in this irreverent and deeply personal adventure into my own mommy issues, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse.
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez, Book by Benjamin Velez and Harrison David Rivers
A young woman living with Borderline Personality Disorder tries to navigate moving back with her father and a new romance in the waiting room of her therapist’s office. Inspired by Aryanna’s own experience with BPD.
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez | Book by Aryanna Garber
A group of townies on the Jersey Shore, who still work summers at the same run-down theme park where they all met in high school, must figure out how the hell to grow up when their beloved park must close.
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez | Book by Kathryn Hathaway
For ten years, Norma has tried to forget her missing husband. But when a young orphan brings her a new clue from the jungle, everything changes.
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez | Book by Joél Perez
Set in the woods outside a decimated Philadelphia, this is the story of two teenagers, Theo and Lu, coming of age in the post-apocalypse.
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez | Book and Lyrics by Kathryn Hathaway
This Public Works adaptation from Shakespeare in the Park explores the grief of being cut off from community, the desire for retribution, and the healing power of love.
Music and Lyric by Benjamin Velez | Directed by Laurie Woolery
A farcical telling of the Spanish attempting to conquer the Aztecs in the New World.
Music by Benjamin Velez | Lyrics by Benjamin Velez, David Kamp & John Leguizamo | Book by John Leguizamo and Tony Taccone
An adaptation of the memoir by the same name by Carlos Eire, this is the story of a family trying to stick together during the Cuban Revolution.
Music by Benjamin Velez, Lyrics by Benjamin Velez and Richard Blanco, Book by Karen Zacarías
Directed by Sergio Trujillo
A concept musical about the relativity of relationships, seen through the lens of a series of funky jam sessions held by Albert and his first wife Mileva. Through space and time we ask the question of what we must give up of ourselves to be with the one we love?
Music and Lyrics by Benjamin Velez, Book by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz