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LIZARD BOY to Receive NYC Industry Reading at Playwrights Horizons

The new folk-rock musical Lizard Boy, which took Seattle by storm in it's world premiere at Seattle Repertory Theatre in 2015, will receive two private industry readings directed byBrandon Ivie (Jasper in Deadland) at Playwrights Horizons on March 10.

Written by and starring Justin Huertas, the comic book-inspired Lizard Boy was a hit for Seattle Repertory Theatre premiering to rave reviews, sold-out houses, an extended run, and four Gregory Awards including Best New Play. Huertas will reprise his Gregory Award-winning leading performance, as will his original co-stars Kirsten deLohr Helland and William A. Williams, who also received Gregory Awards for their performances. Ivie repeats his duties as director.

The Seattle Repertory Theatre commission mixes indie folk-rock songs played by a three-person cast with quirky romantic comedy antics and superhero mayhem.

The show is described as Once-meets-X-Men-meets-Grindr: "The ashes of Mount St. Helens left a boy, Trevor, with lizard skin and mysterious powers. Even as an adult, Trevor continues to wrestly with whether he's a freak or a hero in this exhilarating new rock musical, equal parts comic book lore and coming-of-age love story."

Come From Away, another new musical that world premiered in 2015 at Seattle Repertory Theatre, just announced a spring 2017 Broadway bow.

Ten local luminaries who made a big splash in the last 12 months.  

From left: 

Greg Lundgren organized the massive—and massively successful—Out of Sight exhibition of Northwest art at King Street Station. 

Emmett Montgomery continued his run of “Weird and Awesome” and competed on Last Comic Standing. 

Justin Huertas premiered and starred in his superhero rock musical Lizard Boy at Seattle Rep. 

Jodi Ecklund refined the programming at Chop Suey and saved a beloved music venue from disaster. 

Courtney Sheehan merged artistry and activism with her inspired programming at Northwest Film Forum. 

Julia Shapiro punked the patriarchy with new albums from her bands Chastity Belt and Childbirth. 

Yonnas Getahun encouraged arts participation via the COLLECT bus, co-curated the Capitol Hill PSA campaign and catalogued a year of literary recordings for Torchlit. 

Grace Love was crowned Seattle’s reigning Queen of Soul. 

Molly Sides tore up stages with her band Thunderpussy, starred in Glimmer at ACT and continued her Trigger: New Dance Happenings.