Next Year in Connecticut!

A new musical by Sarah Rossman & Sequoia Sellinger

Development History:

• 2023 - 2024: Conceived and developed at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program under the mentorship of
  Donna DiNovelli, Mindi Dickstein, and Fred Carl.

• Fall 2023: Workshopped with acting students at NYU Tisch’s The New Studio on Broadway (dir. Kent Gash, MD J. Oconer Navarro)

• Feb 2024: Goodspeed Musicals One Week Writing Residency

• May 2024: 29 hour reading at NYU Tisch’s Black Box Theatre & Featured in a new works showcase at Joe’s Pub

• June 2024: Sold out Concert Reading at Green Room 42

• Sept 2024: Featured in Harvard-Yale Cantata at 54 Below

• Jan 2025: Featured in Women of the Wings at Green Room 42

• Apr 2025: 29 Hour Reading at Michiko Studios

• July 2025: premiere production with the sheNYC Festival at Classic Stage Company

Synopsis:

Over the course of one loooong Passover seder, Next Year in Connecticut! explores how mental illness hijacks family systems, transforming relationships and redefining normalcy. The Stableman family is simultaneously fortunate and unfortunate, struggling and trying, aching and laughing. Mental illness is abundant, boundaries are negligible, and laughter and disaster go hand and hand. The show features forbidden romance, Brisketgate, a dog shiva, an Exodus tap dance number, and hey, this might be the year that Elijah (the prophet) shows up! Welcome to seder with the Stablemans, where everyone has a seat at the table, regardless of race, gender, or HIPAA