A musical about a musical that rocked a community.
Hailed as “a work of explosive power,” Small Town Story is about two families in North Texas who struggle with a community battle ignited by a controversial high school musical. As the escalation divides father and son, mother and daughter, leaders and neighbors, all sides must find a way to harmonize before their way of life rips apart.
Book & Lyrics by Sammy Buck
Music & Lyrics by Brandon James Gwinn
Conceived by Joe Barros, Laura Brandel, Sammy Buck, Karen Marshall, Reed Prescott, Sam Willmott
Originally commissioned and developed by New York Theatre Barn
World Premiere Produced by American Theater Group, Producing Artistic Director James Vagias
Small Town Story was presented at Village Theatre’s 2013 Festival of New Musicals in Issaquah, Washington
Finalist, Richard Rodgers Award
NYTB Artistic Director Joe Barros discusses the history of the project with the National Alliance of Musical Theatre.
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Small Town Story on Broadway Radio.
Noah Galvin and Hannah Cruz in Small Town Story at the November, 2014 reading at Playwrights Horizons (photo by Michael Bonasio).
Anthony Lee Medina, Noah Galvin, Chandler Reeves, Emily Rogers and Alexa Green in Small Town Story at the November, 2014 reading at Playwrights Horizons (photo by Michael Bonasio).
Erin Leigh Peck and Carolyn Mignini in Small Town Story at the November, 2014 reading at Playwrights Horizons (photo by Michael Bonasio).
The cast of Small Town Story at the November, 2014 reading at Playwrights Horizons (photo by Michael Bonasio).
The cast of Small Town Story in the October, 2015 developmental production at the Hartt School.
Keaton Whittaker, Katie Griffith and Patrick Shelton in Small Town Story at the Village Theatre Festival of New Musicals, August, 2013.
The cast of Small Town Story in the October, 2015 developmental production at the Hartt School.
The cast of Small Town Story in the April, 2010 reading at the Julia Miles Theatre.
Joanna Young and cast of the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
The cast of the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
Stacey Todd Holt and Nick Siccone in the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
The cast of the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
The cast of the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
Ilana Gabrielle and Nick Siccone in the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
Ilana Gabrielle in the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
Claire McClanahan and Ilana Gabrielle in the American Theater Group World Premiere production at SOPAC. (Photo by Lianne Schoenwiesner, Spotlights Photography)
