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The Mad Ones

Samantha Brown balances on the edge of her future, car keys in hand. As she sits in the driver's sear, she faces a choice: will she follow in her mother's footsteps, or take the dare of her impetuous best friend and chart a new path?

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...

18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. Caught between a yearning for the unknown and feeling bound by expectation, she telescopes back to a time before her world had fallen apart. As she relives her senior year, we meet Sam's well-intentioned helicopter mother Bev and her high school sweetheart of a boyfriend Adam, but it's her painfully alive best friend Kelly that haunts her.

Kelly was everything Sam is not - impetuous and daring. She pushed Sam to break rules and do the unexpected. When Kelly is killed in a car wreck, Sam loses not only her best friend but also the part of herself that was learning to be brave. Now, Sam has to make a decision: Will she follow her mother's dreams for her, or will be summon the courage to drive away from her friends and family into a future she can't imagine?
REVIEWS:

"Touching and humorous... you'll love The Mad Ones."

 BroadwayWorld

"Simply stated, you'll love The Mad Ones. People of all ages can relate to this touching and humorous story."

 BroadwayWorld

"The Mad Ones is a fun show with great music and an honest message about being your own person."

 Theatre Is Easy

"Kerrigan and Lowdermilk are good at crafting catchy theater pop."

 Time Out New York

"If Kerrigan and Lowdermilk aren’t the best young songwriting team in the country, they’re right up there with other candidates – as is implied by the many awards they’ve already gathered."

 The Huffington Post


Premiere Production:

The Mad Ones, formerly known as The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, opened off-Broadway (Prospect Theater Company at 59E59) on November 17, 2017.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Roles for Teens

  • SAM – (18) Smart, with a wry sense of humor and wicked sense of play. She takes herself too seriously. She is a worrier. Detached and straightforward but it would be wise to cast against type. The actress needs to access a deep reservoir of emotion. She must transform into the star of the show. Witnessing that metamorphosis is the theatrical purpose of the evening. The part requires an infinitely inventive and exciting actress. In other words, don’t let Kelly fool you: Sam is the star.

  • KELLY – (18) So alive, spontaneous, brighter than bright, cooler than cool. She is not bookish like Sam, but she has intuition and a deep ability to connect with the human condition.

  • BEVERLY – (Early 50s) Sam’s mother. A professor of statistics. Incisive, deadpan. Previously remote, Bev’s been more involved of late – one might say overbearing.

  • ADAM – (18) Kind, a heartthrob. He has great emotional intelligence and the loyalty of a St. Bernard.

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    Mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...

    18-year-old Samantha Brown sits in a hand-me-down car with the keys clutched in her hand. Caught between a yearning for the unknown and feeling bound by expectation, she telescopes back to a time before her world had fallen apart. As she relives her senior year, we meet Sam’s well-intentioned helicopter mother Bev and her high school sweetheart of a boyfriend Adam, but it’s her painfully alive best friend Kelly that haunts her.

    Kelly was everything Sam is not – impetuous and daring. She pushed Sam to break rules and do the unexpected. When Kelly is killed in a car wreck, Sam loses not only her best friend but also the part of herself that was learning to be brave. Now, Sam has to make a decision: Will she follow her mother’s dreams for her, or will she summon the courage to drive away from her friends and family into a future she can’t imagine?

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