09/13/2026
ANNOUNCING YORICK ENSEMBLE'S 12TH PRODUCTION:
A NEW BRAIN
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Jamie Cook
Music Direction by Elias Condakes
March 5-14, 2027
Chelsea Theatre Works
189 Winnimisset St, Chelsea, MA 02150
From Massachusetts native William Finn, the Tony Award-winning composer behind Falsettos, comes an energetic, sardonic, and deeply personal musical about a composer facing a sudden medical emergency. Born in Boston and raised in Natick, Finn draws directly on his own life-threatening brain surgery for this brilliantly witty score.
By the Tony Award-winning authors of Falsettos, here is an energetic, sardonic, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. Gordon collapses into his lunch and awakes in the hospital, surrounded by his maritime-enthusiast lover, his mother, a co-worker, the doctor, and the nurses. Reluctantly, he had been composing a song for a children’s television show that features a frog — Mr. Bungee — and the specter of this large green character and the unfinished work haunts him throughout his medical ordeal. What was thought to be a tumor turns out to be something more operable, and Gordon recovers, grateful for a chance to compose the songs he yearns to produce.
More information, including tickets and auditions, will be announced at a later date.
A NEW BRAIN is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
