disconnected: a frankenstein musical

03/27/2021

The pandemic hit just as Gayle and I were beginning an update to the musical. Fast-forward to the present. I had the strong urge to record my favorite song in the musical. In the show, the song is sung first person by the characters Felix and Angela who are currently students and homeless. For the purposes of this recording, I sing it second person—as if singing TO them.

Lyrics below. The pandemic hit just as Gayle and I were beginning an update to the musical. Fast-forward a year. I had the strong urge to record my favorite ...

01/31/2020

Wishing everyone at Fertile Ground Festival this year the best of times!

06/24/2019

Quick update: Gayle has cleverly revised the story of act one, and has created act two. Chris is busy updating the music and creating new music. Paul, our new director and collaborator, is keeping the ship moving forward. You are going to be in for a treat come February!

05/07/2019

Announcing our new/updated cast and dates/times for Fertile Ground 2020! (see below for information)

04/13/2019

Just confirmed our Fertile Ground dates for 2020:
Feb. 2 & Feb. 4 ~ 7:30 PM Lakewood Theatre
Staged reading of Acts 1 & 2

04/11/2019

Excited! Casting this weekend! Fertile Ground 2020 here we come.

02/16/2019

I thought I posted this already! Nice encouraging review from Willamette Week. Thanks Bennett Campbell Ferguson.

Fertile Ground 2019 is literally ending on a high note with an array of plays that includes several striking musicals. The Broken Planetarium’s Sirens of Coos Bay is a rock-and-roll revamp of The Little Mermaid, Holly Yurth Harmon’s Welcome to Zion uses song to take us inside the mind of a torme...

02/14/2019

Here is a short teaser of some of the songs presented at this year's Fertile Ground Festival.

disconnected: a frankenstein musical book by Gayle Towell music and lyrics by Chris Rentzel all rights reserved --- This is a teaser of some of the songs tha...

02/05/2019

Our wonderful cast and crew!

02/05/2019

Review from BroadwayWorld

https://www.broadwayworld.com/portland/article/BWW-Review-Fertile-Ground-Musicals-VORTEX-1-DISCONNECTED-A-FRANKENSTEIN-MUSICAL-SIRENS-OF-COOS-BAY-20190202

Thanks Krista Garver!

02/01/2019

Photos from our 2nd reading. One more reading to go (SOLD OUT), then we start editing, improving, and creating more for next year!

01/24/2019

We open this Sunday!
January 27 at 2:00 - SOLD OUT
January 29 at 7:30 - SOLD OUT
February 3 at 2:00 - SOLD OUT
There "may" be some no-shows, and in that instance, we will be making a wait-list starting 30-minutes prior to each show. Thanks for all the support!