BARCODE began as a reading at Dixon Place, workshopped at a rock club with cast members from “American Idiot” and premiered at FringeNYC with “Hair” author James Rado as creative consultant. *** BARCODE - a Rock 'n' Roll Freedom Tale ***
Book, Music and Lyrics by Mike Blaxill and Debbie Andrews of Gladshot
Director and Choreographer: Kay Cole
Creative Consultant: James Rado
BARCODE takes place in a not so distant future where the Data Jammer resistance fights a hack-tacular media war against Earth Corp, the one corporation that rules the globe. Earth Corp wields control over the populous by imprinting barcodes on the wrists of every citizen to monitor all activity. An unlikely romance develops between the young Jammer Dorna, and Nest, the son of an Earth Corp News anchor. "develops a crazy universe in true balls-to-the-wall fashion with an extremely appealing score as its centerpiece" - David Gordon, Theater Mania
"a new rag-tag, upstart, rock-and-roll musical that would be truly terrifying if it wasn't so much fun" - Denver Nicks, The Huffington Post
