First West Coast Reading of
Burning Man: The Musical
A New Musical Comedy about Hippies vs. Techies at Burning Man
Saturday, December 7 at 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, December 8 at 2pm
at Z Below
Director: Domenique Lozano
Music Director: Krista Wigle
Book and lyrics: Matt Werner
Music composition: Gene Back
Burning Man: The Musical is a musical comedy that follows Molly (AKA Sparkle Pony), a recent college grad who’s hired by the top venture capital firm in Silicon Valley to evaluate new tech startups that are pitching at her boss's luxury camp. After she discovers that Bill the Billionaire hired her with the intention of sleeping with her, Molly goes on a soul-searching journey through the desert, where she finds her mentor Hazel the Hippie, who prophesies her role in taking down Bill and his nefarious plan: to buy the desert and convert Burning Man into a Disneyland-style theme park called Burning Village. This musical shows how sometimes the most unlikely person can rise up and do great things.
Burning Man: The Musical is a parody of the Burning Man event and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Burning Man Project.
This is a staged reading of a new musical and it is free to the public. There are a limited number of seats still available for the Saturday matinee at 2pm. Please sign up for the lottery at http://bit.ly/burningmanreading, and tickets will be rewarded to the first people to respond to emails starting at 8pm Friday, Dec 6.
The other shows are sold out, but we will be opening a wait list starting one hour prior to each showtime. If you have RSVP’d to the show, please arrive no later than 20 minutes prior to showtime, or we may give away your seats.
Advance Praise for Burning Man: The Musical
“Bizarre, possibly brilliant.”
—Ryan Bort, Newsweek
“It's a little bit In the Heights, a whole lot of Rent, with maybe some Godspell and Les Miz thrown in.”
—Robert Viagas, Playbill
"Burning Man may be headed for Broadway."
—Patrick May, San Jose Mercury
"Silicon Valley's douchey invasion of Burning Man...[is] ripe for satire"
—Michelle Lhooq, Vice
“Steve Jobs would watch this.”
—Melissa Locker, Time Magazine
