Queen Mab’s Alarmingly Mandatory Bridal Shower

[NoHo Arts District, CA] – The world premiere of Queen Mab’s Alarmingly Mandatory Bridal Shower at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2023. 

About Queen Mab’s Alarmingly Mandatory Bridal Shower:

This one-hour one-woman musical comedy features award-winning actress Elise Dewsberry; with book and lyrics by Scott Guy and music by Jacques Offenbach. Additional music by Max Bruch, Michele Esposito, and Ken Neufeld.

Come and celebrate love, magic, and music with the ferocious and endearing Queen Mab as she throws the bridal shower of the year, complete with mandatory attendance under penalty and duress, in a musical comedy that’s sure to delight and enchant!

Running time: 60 minutes – Ages 13+

The Production Team

Elise Dewsberry (Queen Mab). Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc., Elise has been involved in the development of new works for over forty years: as an actor/singer, as a director, as a dramaturge, and as a writer. Elise has previously been seen at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in the one-woman musical Mother’s Mothers’ Day. Elise is also the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com, and publishes a monthly blog on the craft of musical theatre available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/.

Scott Guy (Book & Lyrics; Producer). Executive Director of New Musicals Inc., Scott Guy has been actively involved as a writer and producer in both theatre and television.  He has six Emmy nominations, and over 100 produced television scripts for Warner Bros., FOX-TV, Disney, Discovery Channel, PBS, etc.   Upcoming/recent projects:  Disney (musical version of Pirates of the Caribbean); Corday Productions (Days of Our Lives); Manson’s Girls for Hollywood Fringe Festival (Pick of the Fringe); Der Strunkenwhitenlieder at Theatre Elision.  Scott is currently writing episodes for three different musical webseries:  Tales from a Darkening Wood, The Last of Its Kind, and Slow Time on a Prairie Porch.  Scott is the Executive Director of New Musicals Inc. where he supervises online writers’ workshops, lyric labs, and script consultations. Under Scott’s tenure, New Musicals Inc. has developed over 50 musicals for producers across the country, and over 100 independent musicals by NMI writers.