The two companies, both focused on developing new work in the Pacific Northwest, join forces for the first time to expand the audience for a brand new new musical. Copious Love Productions and Gaisma Theatre Group announce that they will co-produce the world premiere production of Chicken Tinders, a new musical with book and lyrics by Scott Zenreich and music and lyrics by John Gregor. Chicken Tinders will be performed in the Issac Studio Theatre at Taproot Theatre Company from Friday May 22 to Sunday May 31, directed by Jenny Cross and music directed by Justin Tran.
Chicken Tinders is a fable, in the spirit of Chaucer, about the last Chicken in a Farm’s pecking order. One morning, the Rooster who normally crows to bring up the Sun dies, and the Farm is thrown into a frenzy thinking it’s the last day on Earth. It’s a zany, heartfelt allegory about making original art and what we prioritize in perhaps our final moments.
The cast includes Noah Fletcher as Chicken, Janet Krupin as Fox, Ania Briggs-Garcia as Rose, Rebecca Cort as Gigi Giblets, Jeremy Steckler as Buddy, Fune Tautala as Bernard La Plume, Justin Tran as James, Cheyenne Barton as Lyla/Meredith, and Gabriel Zuniga as Alec/Elon. Chicken Tinders received a developmental workshop at Taproot Theatre Company in June 2024.
Tickets are now available for purchase at copiouslove.org and gaismatheatregroup.org.
ABOUT COPIOUS LOVE PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2010, Copious Love Productions has been committed to producing seasons of entirely original Seattle works. Programs include main stage theatrical productions, workshops, readings, writers groups, and community events. Copious Love seeks to bring artists into deeper community with one another, and we strive to promote equity, cultivate new voices, and amplify the creativity so abundant right here in the Puget Sound area. Copious Loveโs world premieres include Bethany Sees the Stars by Emily Golden, Journey West! by Andrew Lee Creech and Evan Barrett, and The Untitled Play About Art School by Nelle Tankus.
ABOUTGAISMA THEATRE GROUP
Since its launch in 2023, Gaisma Theatre Group has showcased and supported new musicals by writers from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Gaisma is the Latvian word for โlight,โ and our mission is to shine a light on new voices in our community through the development and presentation of original musical theatre. Recent projects include Photosynthesis: Seed to Stage, a co-produced showcase of the new musical Photosynthesis by Seattle-based writer Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako. Presented at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, the showcase offered Seattle audiences a preview of this bold new work by a writer from the Central District. Other projects include New Year, New Musicals, a concert celebrating works by local musical theatre writers, and support for the recording and release of demo tracks from the new musical Buried Deep by Seattle-based writer, Jeremy Berdin.