‘Bea, Get Your Daughter in Order’ - some of these songs are very, on purpose, old-school theater vibes, but still have a couple little modern, pop hooks in everything.” “Songs like ‘Becoming’ and ‘Take Us with You’ are very current, young sounding. The divide between old generation and new generation, we wanted it to be represented even musically,” Tranter says. “We gave the adults the more theatrical songs, especially in the ensemble pieces, to lean into that old-school. In one song, “Panic,” a chorus of young people sing with urgency, “We want you to panic/ We want you to act/ You stole our future, and we want it back,” a theme that Tranter calls a protest moment or anthem.Īspects of character are revealed through the stylings of the songs. The music also has a strong folk influence, says Tranter, who draws inspiration from singers like Patty Larkin and Patty Griffin. Tranter and Pennell created a score that is meant to sound contemporary, with songs that easily get stuck in your head. …One of the things that fables allow us to do is take everything to a supernatural level, so that we can actually look at where we are.” Creative team members Justin Tranter, V (formerly Eve Ensler) and Caroline Pennell in rehearsal for "WILD: A Musical Becoming." (Courtesy Maggie Hall) Those situations are often at odds with each other. The musical really addresses the conflict that struggling farmers have in surviving, versus how we as human beings are struggling to survive on the planet. They know that instinctively, they know that intellectually, and they learn about it in school. “Every young person knows that if we don’t change, then they’re not going to have a future. “I really wanted to be creating some kind of story about young people, because I’m so in awe of the climate change movement,” says V. Sophia and her friends band together, demanding that older generations wake up to the crisis that is in front of them. A mother, Bea (played by Menzel), is faced with the possibility of leasing her farm, a decision that her daughter Sophia (played by actress YDE) feels would go against her commitment to preserving the environment. Much of the framework for the show was conceived when Tranter and Menzel joined V at her farm in upstate New York, where they collaboratively cooked up ideas. artistic director Diane Paulus and stars actress Idina Menzel. The story, which is very much a fable, was written by playwright V, formerly known as Eve Ensler, and the music was composed by songwriting duo Justin Tranter and Caroline Pennell. 9, the show is one that breaks from conventions, with a pop inspired score, a focus on environmental activism and a call for the audience to use their imaginations as a way of interpreting what they’re seeing. 20.Ī single mother struggling to hold on to her family farm, a teenage daughter empowered by her own resolution to fight climate change, and elements of fantasy all converge in American Repertory Theater’s new concert production “ WILD: A Musical Becoming.” Opening Dec. (Courtesy Maggie Hall)Įditor's note: Due to a breakthrough case of COVID-19 on the production team, all remaining performances of "WILD: A Musical Becoming" are canceled as of Dec. Members of the company of "Wild: A Musical Becoming" in rehearsal.
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