cleaVage YOUR LOGO: (to change your logo image, use the X to remove the current image) TITLE OF YOUR MUSICAL: CREDITS: (i.e. Book by Jane Writer, Music by Joe Piano, Lyrics by Amy Poet): YOUR WEBSITE: (if you or your musical already have a website, include the full web address here, starting with https://) CONTACT EMAIL: (the email a producer should use to contact you about your musical PITCH PARAGRAPH: (a paragraph that gives a summary of your musical - to whet the producers' appetites!) <div class="gmail_default"><strong><i>cleaVage</i></strong>, the "real" story behind fake breasts, is a comedic musical inspired by the surgeons and patients who shaped the spectacular rise, equally spectacular fall, and rebound of silicone gel breast implants (which remains the #1 cosmetic surgery worldwide).</div> <div class="gmail_default"> <div id="m_2774730025914459029m_-553858982567182523m_6412637838553931042m_7002830043818012366m_-1878641461047463511m_-1525579109210411980m_-7823964225435186422m_7039401326621736569gmail-:1gq"> <div id="m_2774730025914459029m_-553858982567182523m_6412637838553931042m_7002830043818012366m_-1878641461047463511m_-1525579109210411980m_-7823964225435186422m_7039401326621736569gmail-:1hd"> <div class="gmail_default"></div> <div class="gmail_default">If you think this is a conventional story, consider that:</div> <div class="gmail_default">1. The first breast implant patient was a stray dog named Esmeralda. (No, we're not kidding.) She is a recurring character in this musical (via barks) and even has her own song.</div> <div class="gmail_default">2. The first human patient was a penniless divorced mother of six who still lives near Houston and still has her original implants, which were placed in 1962!</div> <div class="gmail_default">3. Silicone gel implants were invented in Texas; saline implants, the competition, were invented in France. In Act 2, the American and French inventors have a "sword fight" for supremacy in the restroom of a French restaurant (Yes, that's in the musical. No, it didn't really happen.) Guess who has the longer baguette?</div> <div class="gmail_default"></div> <div class="gmail_default"><i>D (Dallas) Magazine</i> featured cleaVage in a 10-page article:</div> <div class="gmail_default"> <div><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2023/january/does-the-world-need-a-musical-about-breast-implants/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2023/january/does-the-world-need-a-musical-about-breast-implants/&source=gmail&ust=1710564515182000&usg=AOvVaw3YlzQ5XEHDH6i1ATtfrjPC">https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2023/january/does-the-world-need-a-musical-about-breast-implants/</a> </span></div> <div></div> </div> <div class="gmail_default"> <div id="m_2774730025914459029m_-553858982567182523m_6412637838553931042m_7002830043818012366m_-1878641461047463511m_-1525579109210411980m_-7823964225435186422m_7039401326621736569gmail-:1gq"> <div id="m_2774730025914459029m_-553858982567182523m_6412637838553931042m_7002830043818012366m_-1878641461047463511m_-1525579109210411980m_-7823964225435186422m_7039401326621736569gmail-:1hd"> <div></div> <div><i>cleaVage</i> may be a comedy, but it has lots of heart. There is a tender romance between a plastic surgeon and the first breast cancer reconstruction patient ("The Perfect Match"), a powerful "my body, my choice" anthem ("It's My Choice"), and an 11 o'clock inspirational song by our trans-woman narrator ("Just a Girl").</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> HISTORY/NOTES: (a spot to talk about what level of development you have reached, and/or what you are looking for next) We had two table readings in 2022 and a highly acclaimed staged reading in 2023. Texas Monthly titled their review, "Hamilton with Breasts": <a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/for-a-very-dallas-musical-experience-see-cleavage-hamilton-with-breasts/?/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Organic+Social&utm_campaign=SND" target="_blank" rel="noopener">texasmonthly.com/…/for-a-very-dallas-musical-experience-see-cleavage-hamilton-with-breasts</a> We are hoping for a workshop or a full production, ideally in a community or regional theater. We can't wait to show you our <em>cleaVage!</em> BIOS: (biographies for the members of your team) <b>Ron Friedman, MD </b><span style="font-weight: 400">conceived of </span><b><i>cleaVage</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400">, wrote the music and lyrics, and co-wrote the libretto. When not writing or performing music, Dr. Friedman is also a widely-published board-certified plastic surgeon who has been in private practice for 28 years. Fun fact: he does more male nipple reductions than any other surgeon in the nation. A songwriter since his teens, Dr. Friedman performed his original songs on television and for crowds as large as 15,000. The true story of silicone gel implants is remarkable, and he has an insider’s understanding of the intricacies. Of course, his friends are concerned; he places breast implants all day and then writes songs about them at night.</span> <b>Laura Goodenow</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> is the co-librettist of </span><b><i>cleaVage</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400">. Also a lyricist and producer, her other works include </span><b><i>Exposed </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400">(lyricist/librettist), a musical about the controversies and struggles of immigration; </span><b><i>Gold Jade Way</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400"> (librettist), a sung-through operetta of ancient Chinese poetry translations; and </span><b><i>Crost </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400">(librettist/lyricist), a musical based upon the lost love letters of 12th-century French lovers Heloise and Abelard. Her company, Real Women Make Waves, developed and produced the award-winning film </span><b><i>Year by the Sea</i></b><span style="font-weight: 400">, then distributed it to more than 100 theaters nationwide. Before her career focused on theater and film, Laura was an award-winning print journalist and newspaper editor, as well as a corporate editor and pharmaceutical advisory board notetaker. She is a mother of two and a Butler University graduate who splits time between Indianapolis, IN, and Nashville, TN.</span> AUDIO DEMO 1: (you can include up to three audio demos but please make sure they are MP3 and NOT .wav or .aiff) 4_The-Quest.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 2: 22_Its-My-Choice.mp3 AUDIO DEMO 3: Just-a-girl-2024-FINAL.mp3 VIDEO DEMO: (if you have a video demo/trailer/pitch, include the full LINK here)
