In January 2019, I wrote an essay, “The Year I Couldn’t Speak At All”, about my bizarre, year-long experience of voice loss caused by muscle tension dysphonia. The essay was published in The Walrus online and attracted the attention of Deena Kamm, a talented and experienced singer/songwriter, vocal coach and performer, who came across my essay online. Deena emailed me and explained how she’d been wanting to write a musical about the myriad vocal issues she'd encountered with her clients for years, and proposed that we write a musical together. A few months later we met up in Los Angeles to see if we got along as collaborators. We got along.

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By Summer 2020, I'd written Draft One of the script (called "the Book" in musical theatre) and Deena had written the lyrics & music for over 20 truly sensational songs, which she also sang and digitally recorded. We held two online Table Reads with friends (Covid), and wrote many more drafts as we searched for a producer who could help us get our show onto the stage.

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In 2023, we began a beautiful collaboration with two theatre companies in Bend, Oregon (Ellipse Theater Community and Silent Echo Theater). We've held two fun/fruitful Table Reads, and a very successful Workshop Production that sold out both nights and gave us invaluable feedback.

 

In January 2025 we'll begin auditioning for our Mainstage Premiere in July/August 2025, with two of Oregon's brightest talents in musical theatre: Richard Choate (Director), and Michelle Mejaski (Choreographer).

 

For more information, please email me directly, or check out our website:  https://www.voicelessamusical.com/