Fountain
When her grandfather’s memory begins to fade, twelve-year-old Andi must brave a looming hurricane and embark on a perilous odyssey through the oddities of Florida in search of the one thing that might save him: the Fountain of Youth. A raucous folk-rock celebration of the healing power of family folklore, Fountain looks at love and loss through the eyes of a child—and encourages us all to find the wonder in the weird.
The Writers
Christopher Anselmo (Book, Music & Lyrics) is an award-winning songwriter and playwright. His musicals include Fable (NYMF), Atlantic (Edinburgh) and the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA. His latest musical, Fountain, has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. In addition to his work as a writer, Anselmo serves as associate to composer Jeanine Tesori on her projects, most recently the Tony Award-winning Kimberly Akimbo and Soft Power. Member of ASCAP, Dramatists Guild, BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum. christopheranselmo.com
Jared Corak (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a Brooklyn-based writer and lyricist, originally from sunny South Florida. His musicals include the New York Times Critic’s Pick adaptation of The Pout-Pout Fish, which premiered at the New Victory Theater in 2019 and continues to tour the nation with TheaterWorksUSA, and Fountain, which has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks and the O’Neill NMTC. He is the recipient of the Ellen Schwartz Award for Lyric Writing and the Jean Banks Award. When he is not writing musicals, he works on the CBS TV show FBI. Member of the BMI Advanced Workshop and Northwestern alum.
Development History
Fountain has received residencies through New Victory LabWorks, Musical Theatre Factory, Barn Arts and the O’Neill Theater Center’s Incubator program. It has been a recipient of the inaugural 2023 Pipeline Arts Foundation Award, Honorable Mention for the 2023 Relentless Award, and winner of Asolo Repertory Theatre’s “Ground Floor: Making Musicals” series in 2020, which culminated in a 29-hour reading there in 2022. Most recently, Fountain was one of three new musicals presented at the O’Neill’s 2023 National Music Theater Conference (NMTC).
Connect
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